Water Fountain

We planned to drive today Valentine’s Day. We started in Waikiki, walked a little bit and decided to have coffee. But the coffee shop we went to is full so we just decided to drive some more, stopped at Makapuu and check the Rabbit Island view. There were also lots of tourists there so to…

I call it the thirst quencher because it sits right in the middle of nowhere by the beach and anybody who would pass by it would surely be filled and satisfied having a drink from this fountain. I took some photography lessons a while back and this is one of the pictures I took as…

Just finished decorating our fresh noble fir Christmas tree. It made me feel like a kid again. Wishing and hoping for the best gifts Santa will bring me through the chimney. It may not be the case but putting each one of the decorations evokes lot of memories. I have collected all types of ornaments…

My last vacation to the Philippines gave me chance to take a lot of pictures. This picture is the house that belongs to our late President Ramon Magsaysay. It is now a historic house in Castillejos, Zambales. As you may observed, the architecture is based on Spanish design. The windows were made of capiz shells,…

Once in a while I go around the garden looking for something to capture with my camera. I happened to stumble on this bee that keeps hovering around the winter-melon vine. It goes from flower to flower sucking the nectar from each flower and pollinating each one in the process. The bee probably don’t even…

Society Garlic is not an edible herb but it is good to have in the garden. It is very ornamental and attracts pollinators. I like to have them in my garden just to enjoy the purple flowers it produces every spring to late summer. It is easy to grow, especially in a xeriscape garden. It…