Garden of Roses

My heart is a garden of roses
That bloom
When I feel
You.

My heart is a garden of thorns
That prick
When I think of
You.

wishing that a climbing rose grows and blooms happily in the kitchen door πŸ’• my guests will feel the beauty without having to think of the gardening

picture from Pinterest

Home

A home, Beloved,
Where orchids bloom silently
Giving a surprise.

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can you see a long spike there? how didn’t I see it before my trip? it should have been around for around 2-3 weeks 😍

a bud! πŸ’•

Roses Faraway Home

Where is home?
It is where roses dry out
Silently on a table
With their colours and shapes.

Where is home?
It is also where roses grow
Peacefully in the garden
With their beauty and scent.

Where is home?
It is where roses are
Sincerely exist in life
With their space and time.

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left it on Oct 24 evening, will meet them again on Oct 30 morning in a home

Hidden

What’s hidden’s beauty
Admiring silently.
Reciprocityβ€”

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getting off from bus #857, i saw something silently looking at me as saying β€œhey, sweet heart how was your day?”

it’s this beauty!

Half and Half


Do you know,
Beloved…?
In the middle of a water
Tossing wildly a Land
Stretching like a tail,
Tinted with merry tiny blossoms
Willing to smile
In May summed up are they.
Bearing light fragrance
Infusing air elegantly
For you, only for youβ€”


Do you also know,
Beloved…?
I lullaby some seeds
That wake up lazily,
Stretch to the sky
Then sprinkle perfumes
With thousands of flowers
In the 9th month
Being warm and fuzzy
In the other half
For you, only for youβ€”

For you
Whether to take
Or to give up.
There is no heaviness in a no.
There is no lightness in a yes.
There is pain in silence.
Yet life is so rich,
There is always cure
For any wound.
Let poems sing heart songs
For you, only for you.

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Nodding Orchids

Those nodding orchids
Complying with breeze flow hum,
Dance then fly away.

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life is just like that β™₯️

found the ID: Brassavola Great Egret

the other one finally bloomed yesterday, both dancing together since then

the slowest to bloom among the gang yet the most gracefully dancing

Love β€˜Coz It’s Time

There’s a crook
I can’t understand.
It is when I saw
You in silence
And said in heart
β€œI find no reason in
You for me to love but
What is this emotion?”
There’s another
I can understand.
It is when I felt
A warm summer
And said in heart
β€œThere’s enough reason to love
You in silence
That forever blooms.”

No reason is needed to love
For love is blind.
Yet there’s reason to keep the love
For love is the only kind.

It’s time
When it’s time.

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my orchids after one week left home alone

welcome! my orchids have taught me that flowers bloom when it’s time; not to be seen, not to be picked, not to be admired; they’re blooming simply to bloom β€” there’s only one reason to understand: it’s time

what is her ID? unknown and still beautifully blooming

with a line of my white shirts hanging as the background, this oncidium is gonna be yellow

another stem of oncidium waiting for its timing to greet me with yellow

dendrobium peeps again β€” thank you

dendrobium from the same cluster in the same pot that keeps greeting me with health and happiness

All in Store

After a long pause,
Waves of time now delivers
Pretty joy in store.

How should she welcome
A guest that greets with surprise?
A sweet smile in storeβ€”

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buds of secundum are welcoming with joy

Surprisingly Survives

Surprise!
Said she
Showing the hopeless
That
Survival is about adaptability
Welcomed by nature,
Approved by resolution,
Driven by muscles,
Enjoyed by senses.
I’m gonna be yellow!

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can you see the spike of oncidium (must be yellow) at the left? i saw it when sitting on the toilet enjoying my good time πŸ˜€β€” suddenly the beauty struck me! 😍 thank you! πŸ™πŸΌ i’ll be patient waiting for you to bloom πŸ’›

she used to be one of balcony gang members and was about to pass as the original media (wood bark and charcoal) started decaying; her new home is now shower room in a glass flower vase; media is sponge, charcoal and water 😍

White Welcome

When home welcomes you
With unexpected colour,
Blessings are around.

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Home again! πŸ’

Nice to say hi to orchids that I thought to be yellow but white instead!

thought yellow but white! pretty!

the second bloom after 3 years! thank you!

all are here! full team! πŸ’

Good Time

Growth is happening,
Vectors might turn to balance
Good time everywhere.

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when i was away working, she was happy blooming πŸ’

and she has been preparing πŸ’

Faded Away


The longing has gone
Too far left by trueness.
No plate is prepared,
No wish is grown,
No intelligence is to decipher message
As heart is numb by laughter
And ridicule.
No number symbolises,
No alphabet pronounces,
All are faded away.
There’s only mine on its way.
Dandelion,
Bring it fly
To where it roots beauty,
Peace and eternity.

Only love remains
For the journey
That appreciates
Not a point
That fades away.

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i’ve met dandelions in many different spots; all of them are blooming new dreams, totally new, leaving the blur ones β€” prayer heard and soon coming true πŸ’

Grown Blessing

All are grown blessing,
Making days more radiant
Without prejudice.

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Flowers don’t envy others just because of colours, shapes, fragrance and/or sizes. They just bloom without prejudice blessing whoever seeing, smelling, touching, feeling, listening to the description.

Be blessed by flowers even those of grasses.

Salaam.

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gerbera, ranunculus and the gang πŸ’

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A Gift

What gift is not wrapped?
Blooming flowers in April.
Warm and colourfulβ€”

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she is sitting next to the shower so she is generously bathed twice a day

balcony gang πŸ’ watered once in three days plus some blessings from the rain

at the corner of the shower room, behind the glass door so she doesn’t bath too often 😎 but still blooming πŸ’

Freshness

A window shows some
What’s in both sides with freshness
Hidden by curtains.

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Let’s refresh. Refresh. Refresh.

Salaam.

celebration of freshness through centrepiece of orange and yellow
orange lily
yellow gerbera
orangish red or reddish orange gerbera
what is it? cute beauty!
another cute beauty 😁

Sweet Surprises

Sweet surprises march
Silently following a season
Bringing colours to the sight.
Don’t hold breath,
They stay quite long
To give more space
For wow! and whoa!

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I think I don’t give my orchids enough attention that I always see the bud rather lateβ€” only when they are long enough to stand out.

Sorry….

And thanks much! for giving me surprises after several years not blooming.

Salaam.

i guess she is pink
i guess she is yellow
i guess she is purplish white

Garden

Colours, hues, shades, tints
In a garden strike the eyes
Wandering within.

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I am on an emergency short leave to visit my mother as my mother is sick. A sister called saying β€œshe doesn’t want to eat”, β€œshe can’t sleep well”, β€œshe doesn’t want to visit her doctor”, β€œshe thinks it is her time”, blahblahblah…. Alamak! Although sometimes we think she can be a drama queen, we start to think seriously when she can’t sleep well.

The second day of my visit she already watered her plants that line along my sister’s narrow garden. She sang along while walking in her house. She ate one big chunk of fast food’s fried chicken that my nephews insisted taken away for her. She has been back to her nature after meeting her children and grandchildren whom she missed who are now laughing with her at every breakfast, lunch and dinner time.

This morning she happily greeted the newspaper lady delivering her favourite β€œJawa Pos”, the lady said β€œgood morning, Ibu, you look radiant again”. She also had a short chat with her front neighbour about rain, cats and plants.

I think sometimes you just need to meet someone to be healthy. πŸ’—

Yesterday morning I joined her watering the plants and took pictures of some of the blooms that have always made us all smile.

Salaam.

java tea β€” we call it β€œkumis kucing” here
jasmine sambac, everlasting fragrance β€” her favourite
zinnia, the humble beauty
white bougainvillea, the tough beauty
orchids at the left side of the gate β€” β€œyour sister is a good gardener, she has made your orchids happily bloom!” she said
the one at the other side
the one squeezed between leaves

Pink Roses

Pink roses in a vase welcome seven cold guests, turning them to smiles.

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an innocent staff put these roses in a vase to welcome us; she said the roses were grown in the dorm garden, which we found true; what a sweet gesture πŸ’ (Nagano, 2014) β€” we should have smiled more widely to her 😁 see you again this year

Ode to Day

Dear, day.
Do you know that I never stop waiting for you?
When my watch ticks a second,
My heart drips a note,
My pulse vibrates softly,
I know I am closer to you.

Dear, day.
Do you know that every part of you blesses me?
When morning breaks,
Noon flares,
Dusk fades to night,
I know the next you is waiting
For me.

Day oh day
Many I can’t understand,
Much I can’t decipher,
Little I can see,
Very few I can give
Yet I still hope
To meet you again.

Dear, day.
How I am blessed with family,
Gifted with friends,
Sufficed with this self,
You are still the one
Sung by this heart.
Sunday
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
All have been today
And never faded away.

I am blessed, day
With another you
In the best way.

And for you
I am grateful.

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as dark as serene night
as shadowy as calm dusk
as bright as each and every morning
she is well protected under the shade of glorious sunflowers πŸ’
dear sunflower πŸ’•
and the white drops of details
when all glass vases are prioritised for orchid roots, fondue pot be today’s best choice πŸ’
all must be got rid of in order for the flower arrangement to get a spacious and β€œclean” background β€” there is always thing to prioritise; if it is not you, don’t feel bad β€” it’s just like that everyday so just be blessed with becoming either 0 or 1 in this binary world πŸ’•

Corner

In a bright corner she’s seen. The sun sends her light reflecting bright life.

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this is more than enough to put me in a good mood after a long trip; she delivers a stem of buds after moved to a corner where sun greets her directly β€” thank you!

I Left

I left my flowers behind a closed door to be beautiful stories.

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home alone and still continuously blooming; when I am home, they will be a history of blooming flowers left behind a closed door β€” employ some adjectives to make a factual history an extraordinary story πŸ’

Love

Perennially
Love celebrates all seasons
Cycle by cycle.

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finally got pink lilies; back light makes it darkly perfect πŸ’
have a nice weekend from pink lilies πŸ™‚
all about perspective; seeing absence as a potential is like a bud of lily before opening the petals happily, even like a bulb of lily before springing before the winter is spinning away