receiving photos of sunflowers from my blog readers always makes my day . like today, some photos were sent by niko in kuningan.

judging from the photos, his sunflowers are some of the successful ones. they look big and strong.

thank you for the photos, niko. i hope they will bloom soon.

this morning, on my way to the office, i received some photos of sunflower from arya. they finally bloom! i’m so happy… finally i have photo of sunflowers bloom from one of you

 thank you, arya

just received photos of arya’s sunflower’s growth. they look healthy and big. maybe balikpapan has better sun.

good luck arya, i hope they will bloom soon

after a few weeks, finally my sunflower shows some sign of bloom. the plant is literally small and the flower-wannabe is even smaller.

and the plant is so weak. i’m afraid it won’t be able to hold the bud… probably i need a stick or something to help holding  the plant.

and i still got 2 unknown seedings. i forgot to name the pot, so i have no idea what plant they are.
they’re either coriander, oregano or mint.

how is your sunflower’s growth?

update! i got a photo of sunflower’s growth from perez. like mine, his sunflowers are weak. maybe we should plant them during the dry season, when the sunshine is stronger.

errr… how come my blog more like a gardening blog now?
some news from around the house!

i’ve been living in the new house for almost 2 years now. and for the first time, i saw fruits on our rambutan tree! we harvested the fruits and tasted them. they were so fresh and sweet.

and the pink frangipani is going to bloom again. see the previous bloom photo here.

more photos of sunflowers were sent to me. yesterday, arya from balikpapan sent some photos! here are the growth of her sunflowers.

and more update of the sunflower from perez’s blog.

update! just received another photo of sunflower’s growth from meymey in bandung. she plants the seeds with her children and were so happy to see them grow

2 days ago, i received the photo of baby sunflower from perez. the seeds were sent all to way to papua, so i was excited to hear about it.

thank you, waiting to hear more about the growth

received the first photo of the planted seed of sunflower from a guy who attended our wedding, andi faisal.

thank you for the photo, love to see them grow .

any other photos from anyone?

got some seed of mint, oregano & coriander from mbak hani as a swap.

yesterday i bought some pots and fertile ground for them and started the planting project this morning.

i don’t have experience planting the seeds, but i felt like jamie at home already…
let’s see, i hope they really grow

i sent to sunflower seeds today. it should reach you in a couple days.

please write in the comment whenever you receive them. and i’d love to hear about how the sunflowers grow. photos will be nice.

it was early in the morning, i was checking my sunflower’s growth when i found some skinny white mushrooms popped up from the ground.

i always love the time after the rain. the gloomy atmosphere, the fresh air, and the water drops.
i took photos of the flowers around the garden. they just look more awesome after the rain.

sunflower garden, changi airport, singapore.

facts about sunflower:

	originally from the continent of america
	the head of sunflower tends to follow the sun. it’s called helianthus.
	van gogh is crazy about this flower, he painted a series famous paintings with sunflowers as his object
	have you seen everything is illuminated? the house is surrounded by sunflower field.
	sunflower heads consist of 1000 to 2000 individual flowers joined together by a receptacle base.
	the incas used the image of the sunflower as their sun god.
	greek mythology mentions something about sunflower but the european never seen the flower until they found america in the 15th century
	in changi airport, terminal 2, you can find sunflower garden on the upper floor. actually the place is the airport’s smoking area.
	sunflower is mentioned in the da vinci code because of its mathematical precision of the seed, it conform to the fibonacci sequence.
	sunflower is the national flower of china.
	like corn, sunflower is a short life plant, it takes only about 100 days until the flower can be harvested.
	the sundanese believes having sunflower in the garden will protect them from bad spirit and the javanese believes it can bring peace and happiness in life.

maybe because of the experience living in bali for a few years, i have this secret love with fresh flowers.

the office lady knows about my secret, once a while she places fresh
flowers on my desk in the office, in the morning before i arrive.
they’re not fancy flowers, just jasmine or frangipani. things she can
collected from the office’s garden.

i found some jasmines yesterday on my desk.

thank you .

it really helped me make my day.

after a few weeks, here’s some update photos of the plant of orange
melon. it grows fast, invading part of the back yard. it’s a bit scary
that it will make a big mess or crawl on other plants around it. let’s
hope it will begin to bear fruit soon.

i’m on another planting project. i’ve been in love with orange melon lately so i decided to take the seeds from the fruit and planted them on the back yard.

a few days later, some tiny green things popped up from the ground!

i don’t know how long it will take to be a real plant, let alone to produce some fruits. but i will keep an eye on the growing.