Windsong in the February sun

Chuan's Sarawak pineapples - we'll get to taste them IF the squirrels behave themselve
this time . . . .

This orange-and-yellow-flowered creeper (red trailing bauhinia) took forever to even sprout a few
branches and leaves ... then one day it decided: 'I like it here"
- and up the pillar it went, to the window upstairs.

A white orchid-tree flower - this plant is always blooming, although
the flowers don't have any smell. Sadness.

I love our many-petaled hibiscus. 

Heliconia rule in our garden!!!! You'll find them everywhere :)

Red ginger flower: we have many, many plants growing at Windsong - and cut blooms
can last for at least two weeks in water. If you leave the flowers on the plant, each petal grows into
a mini plant-let that can be just chucked into some soil, and voila! you have a new plant :)

Told you the heliconia rule !!!

Torch ginger - bunga kantan - Just looking at this one makes me want to make some
sambal or kerabu! Yummm!

Our happy Thai basil bush. When you water it, the whole place smells like Thai green curry!!! ;)

These pretty stars smell heavenly - like jasmine - and surprise, surprise: they're called 'star jasmine'!!! LOL!

This little tree is always full of little birds.

When I asked, in a previous post, what these blue flowers were called, Antares dubbed
them 'eskimo dog-lips'. To this day, Chuan and I refer to them as 'dog-lips'. You'll always
find some sprays in our bathroom.

These are in the alamanda family - and so, are highly poisonous. But, it's ok,
 'cause the girls don't think them delish at all!

These budding roses turn to brilliant white when they're fully opened. I tried taking a picture of the many bouquets
 on this bush, but in the damn sunshine, they just got over-exposed and looked like one, big, white blob.
I either need a better camera, or need to be a better camera-woman :(
 BUT: isn't this an amazing colour? I'd like to think of it as 'blush'. Sooo pretty.

We have a bunga cempaka (a local 'magnolia') tree at the back of our garden, and right now, it's full of these blooms.
The other day Chuan brought in one - OMG! The smell is so pungent!
It's nice lah, but a bit too over-powering for indoors.

Not the best picture of this baby - because of the so-wicked sun - but, we have two of
 these - big ones - on our pomelo tree :)

These staghorns, and birds-nests are happy on the old rambutan tree behind our kitchen. That palm, on the
right, was planted when dad died. Now, when I look at it, I remember dad, and it feels good.

The little red coral tree was grown from a branch of the one outside our car-port.
It's already flowering :) Soon, it'll be big enough to give us dappled
shade in the kitchen. The coconut tree behind it better fruit soon,
 if it knows what's good for it! Chuan is threatening to replace it
with a quick-fruiting variety!!! 

The view when I look out one of our kitchen windows!

If you visit in another 2 months or so, you'll be able to share our pisang rastali. It's the best-in-the-world
mainly because it's allowed to ripen on the tree!! MAJOR YUMMMM!

... and more heliconia :)

The smell from these frangipani (plumeria) blooms transport me! Even half-open, it smells heavenly. And look at the many
waiting-to-bloom in that bunch!!! Nice, eh?!

Our elephant vine always gets a thumbs-up from visitors. The carpenter bees love it, too :)

A close-up of one of it's morning-glory-like flowers

These sit right outside my seldom-opened front grille. We usually go in and out via the patio door, that's why.

This is where the girls and I spend our mornings; or windy afternoons :)
You can just about see the top of my rocking-chair!