The Lonely Dove

The pair of doves that I noticed several weeks ago (see “Bamboos and Critters“) visiting our garden patch is now down to one. The lonely dove was still cooing away and darting around among the plants. Wonder what happened to its mate? Perhaps an unfortunate accident with a cat or a bird of prey?

Potential Fruit of our Labours (part 2)

More updates this week, on fruits (including beans and seeds) that are on the way to our stomachs.

The knife beans are ready for harvest now.

Knife or sword bean pods

Corn on the cob coming soon!

The black sesame seeds can be found inside these little pods.

 

Potential Fruit of our Labours (part 1)

Here is an update of some of the fruits that will soon be large enough to be harvested. We shall in time to come have bananas, bottle gourds and corn on the cob (the maize is just in the flowering stage).

Bananas are growing larger

The bottle gourd is becoming a bottle

The maize is flowering

Yellow Cassia and Blue Lotus

This week I am still in Thailand, but have moved from HuaHin to my sister’s house in Bangkok. This is a photo of the Yellow Cassia flowers, of which there are several flowering trees lining the house fence along the road.

yellow Cassia flowers

If you are ever in Bangkok and want a change from Thai food, my sister runs a small cafe that is attached to the same compound as the house, that serves English tea and food. It is located at 20 Sukhumvit Soi 31, and is close to the BTS Prom Phong station. The cafe is named “Cassia” after the yellow flowers.

Cassia cafe

another view of Cassia cafe (behind the rain tree and large climbing bougainvillea bush)

This morning we went to the excellent brunch at the Four Seasons Hotel in Bangkok, and the lobby and restaurant were decorated everywhere with these blue flowers. OK, they are not Blue Lotus, but are water lilly flowers. However, they are as close as to what I would imagine Blue Lotus to be, according to the title of the comic book starring TinTin and his dog.

blue water lillies