Flowers in a Heart

What do caterpillars do apart from devouring our favourite plants?

Occasionally caterpillars create little masterpieces. The above is called Flowers in a Heart. A caterpillar munched a cabbage leaf to produce a heart-shaped hole. Tiny flowers from a herb plant bloomed right through the heart.

The artistic culprit has now transformed into a moth. Moths which usually drink nectar are important pollinators at night. However, they produce little hungry babies which have a totally different diet.

When you see holes in your favourite plant, remember to look out for messages from the caterpillars. Sometimes they leave behind messages of love and gratitude.

Blue Skies

Below are snapshots taken from my garden with blue skies in the background. They are to be admired along with the song entitled Blue Skies.

(Branches of Thai Jasmine) 

I was blue, just as blue as I could be

Ev'ry day was a cloudy day for me

Then good luck came a-knocking at my door

Skies were gray but they're not gray anymore

(Titty Fruit Flowers)

Blue skies

Smiling at me

Nothing but blue skies

Do I see

(Bird on a White Sandalwood Tree)

Bluebirds

Singing a song

Nothing but bluebirds

All day long

(3 birds forming a face)

 (Sunset)

Never saw the sun shining so bright

Never saw things going so right

Noticing the days hurrying by

When you're in love, my how they fly

 (Ficus Bonsai)

Blue days

All of them gone

Nothing but blue skies

From now on

 (Blooming Hibiscus)

I should care if the wind blows east or west

I should fret if the worst looks like the best

I should mind if they say it can't be true

I should smile, that's exactly what I do

(Tomato Flowers)

Lizard in the Garden

What do you think of lizards?

Note the slight tilt of its head?

Does this lizard look adorable in this position?

No??! Look again.

I find that creatures seem cuter when I look at them through macro view.

Is it because I have slowed down?

Or is it because we see eye to eye?

  

All lizards are carnivores.

Since they feed on insects and worms, they are considered beneficial to the garden.

  

Their presence is an indication of a healthy garden.

Welcome to my garden, cute little cold blooded reptile.