Health benefits from eating pepper

My mother and my loving husband had worked together in planting herbs and vegetables in our backyard about a year ago. The plants generated an enormous harvest and we consumed the very fresh vegetables we ever had.

There are three varieties of Capsicum planted in our yard like Hot Chilli Pepper and not hot Chilli Pepper but one of my favorite is the Bell Pepper. These have large, sweet,

Tomato is in my super food list

Do you love tomatoes? Me, I really like it. Whenever my meal has tomato side dish or any viand accompanied with tomatoes, I eat more. Tomato stimulates my appetite. And it’s good, because tomatoes are extremely rich in antioxidants, especially carotenoids such as betacarotene and lycopene, as well as vitamins C and E, making them good protectors of the cardiovascular system and against some forms

Coleus Herb

Coleus is also quite popular as an ornamental herb in many parts of the world, mostly due to its large and colorful leaves. Potted coleus plants are often displayed indoors or planted out in the gardens. The coleus plant is eaten as food in many Asian countries, for example, in India the coleus is cultivated in some regions and used in making pickles and eaten as a fresh salad vegetable.

Butterflies

It was difficult to take photos of these lovely butterflies because every time I focused my camera to them, they will quickly fly and hop to another flower.

Purple flowers

These beautiful purple flowers are attraction in a native restaurant we've hanged-out. Actually, whenever I turned around I saw the the different varieties of purple flowers. These fourpurple flowers that I have taken are the only nice quality photos I've got. Some were not really good shots.

Pink Euphorbia

This is the Euphorbia Milii and is also called Crown-of-thorns or Christ Plant. I wonder why?

Hibiscus Species and Cultivars

Hibiscus is a national symbol or flower of South Korea and Malaysia. When I was young we used the gumamela in the Philippines (local name for hibiscus) as part of a bubble-making pastime. The flowers and leaves are crushed until the sticky juices come out. Hollow papaya stalks are then dipped into this and used as straws for blowing bubbles. In some other countries, Hibiscus were used as

Smallest mushroom

This tiny growing mushroom cannot be easily noticed. I don't have tripod at this time and I had to lay down on the ground just to take a close-up shot of this mushroom.

Red Flowers

Valentines Day is coming and the color of love is "Red".

Fuchsia Orchids

Flowers make me happy.

Aenium Flowers

We were driving back to Manila when I noticed this unique flower along the Tagaytay highway. I forgot to ask what was the name of this blooming flower.

Photo taken January 19, 2008 at Cavite, Philippines

Thanks to San Diego Backroads for the informative comment. Now I knew that this is a family of aenium.

Orchids

Isn't it beautiful? Pretty, violet!

Photo taken January 18, 2008 at Batangas, Philippines

Dew

During my holiday last December, it was very cold in my hometown and I hardly getting up early in bed. But I just want to observe the nature and make still shots to freeze its beauty.

How is dew formed?
After a warm day, the temperature drops at night and the air and the water vapour in it become chilled. The water vapour becomes heavy and settles on the cooled leaves of plants.

Photo taken

Bougainvillea

These thorny and woody yet elegant vines growing in our garden from 1-12 meters tall have some varieties from yellow, pink, red, orange, and purple colors.

Photo taken December 30, 2008 at Batangas, Philippines