In fond memory of........

I dedicate this Lilly which bloomed @ SKK's bhilai garden in fond memory of my late Achamma (grand Mother --25 th June 2009) & late Achachan (grand father - 28 th August 2012).

In my last blog i longed to go home to bhilai......
I never thought my grand father 's sad demise would become the reason to be at home...

I was more close to my grand mom , but now with both of them gone there is a void......a generation gone.


 Some moments i shared with them are etched in my memory for ever  especially my Achamma's filter coffee
 & Achachan's laughter.




 This was the first water lilly that bloomed at home after 3 years this month....

 

Humble pranam  for my Achamma & Achachan

With Love

Preeti

Reverie of my home ........

Its really long time i have blogged..........& it could be attributed to "not much " happening in my gardens....
though i have some new addition ,but they are all slow pacers..........
hope they soon add lots of color to PKK's garden :) ..........


Meanwhile i was just going through some of the pixs from my Mom's garden (my parent's place bhilai).......
i guess i can call SKK's (Shobha Krishna Kumar ) garden  :) :)...........

And I was lost in those good old days.......basking in the glory of my mom's love & off -course  the color rich universe of SKK 's Garden............

Below are few pix of my Mom's favorite plant : THE LOTUS

When a bud is about to blossom ..me &mom would be super -duper excited & running around to capture the flower's growth every day....

it generally survives 3 days

I love this….color splash light pink …pinch of purple & brilliant yellow ..centre bud………. When a lotus bud blooms & if i am lucky enough to be at home my parent’s place…I enjoy this marvelous sight with a cup of my mom’s special Chai  :)

Happy Colors :) Happy flowers :) ..........
I wanna go home ...to catch them bloom............
Some day i to wud have them at home .......

Happy Gardening 

PKK

TGIF....

So finally its Friday..........

This week was exceptionally packed...............ufffffffffff...........kind of depressing, If i were to sight reasons they are plainly

• No Rain
• Calorie Gain :( :( .....................that's seriously a pain
• PKK's Garden is all but ruined by Mr.Yellow Caterpillar

They are literally "eating machines" & they haven't left any leaf unturned & i have an army of them literally in "WAR" @  PKK garden....

I hate them .....I just cant stand its sight ......I know its not correct but they are monsters they have destroyed whatever i had planted......Often ......I brutally crush them..........

I cant help i am sorry..

 

Its 3rd week of July ...No rains......... :(  sky is clear as if its April \May..........

Please ..........Please......... God of Rain (i guess its "Indra"...he sits all the way up in "Swarg" ) please give us some rain ........

I miss the  sound ,smell & sight of rains. The sound of  rain drops splashing the earth....the drenched soil ......goshhhhh........ these day i dream about rain showers & i tell you that's very unlikely me .......... my dreams are always haunted by 'Wasce' servers & Oracle  :)

I am not gona.... comment on calorie gain , its pretty sentimental.... :( :(

Status report from those  spared by monsters :

 First bloom of bear's Ear ,Something to smile about ............

I am not sure what is this flowering beauty called...........they are lovely.........

Hopefully ..Rain God positioned  up above would hear me & I wish i witness heavy- heavy  rainfall coming week.

(P.S I don't mind Potholes & rain coats  )

Signing off

PKK 

Happy Weeding & Crushing  :P !!!!!

Monsoon Hues..........

It seems this years monsoon would be poor :(
Sky is absolutely clear...........
With no rains...i am sure more than me,
 there are farmers & also Sharad Pawar  in pain  :(


And ..... I  miss those continuous rainy........ wet days :(

PKK's Garden activity report is very bad..........
No life @ my kitchen garden..ants, some kind of yucky insects are draining the life out of my plants....................as if lack of rain wasn't enough....


In any case my 9- 0clock flowers always make me smile ..they are so simple yet adorable...
............ they attract beautiful butterflies....

  

I love to see them blooming & gleaming @ sun .... .......

Modest Beginning

Finally i managed to smuggle  few pics of my cherished garden :)

I just moved to our new house in Kochi , so  i can say i have hand  picked plants & the process is on ....

PKK's garden ,me & my photography ,We all are at budding stage so plz excuse us :)
                                                               PKK's Garden 

This is the well top @ home.....I have decked it up with few potted plants i had .Target is to have a complete green cover over the well. This is  modest beginning i can quote :) 

This is the money plant cover i have :) 

I always get fascinated with these leaves especially the combo of yellow & green .

Oh byw, the black pot (i wud post a better pic next time ), is from my great grand mothers house its close to 90 yrs old .She used to store tamarind in this . 

Its my favorite pot :)

Well that's it for now, next weeks target is  to capture my vegetable patch --> progress   .

I just have this bottle gourd sapling growing in my kitchen garden .It looks strong ,lets see how it develops.

Motto

I read this today & i liked it a lot.............

"To forget how to dig the earth and to tend the soil is to forget ourselves."- Gandhi ji

 

 

So this becomes the motto :)

 

My kitchen Garden

So finally i got what i always wanted to do............. my dream ,my wish is coming true ............:) my own garden space.......... Thnx Ma for all your support :) 

I t was my childhood dream & fascination to have a garden 

 PKK's garden :) sounds interesting

 

My kitchen garden is bubbling with life these days :)

i have tomatoes 
humble brinjal samplings
lean lady fingers :)
healthy kovaikya (scientific : Coccinia grandis)
 green chillies 
spinach .....

They add such brilliant  color to my kitchen backyard ,that i have fallen in love again :) :P

Ohh i always wanted this ......

P.S Pix would follow soon