Beauty Speaks for Itself.

As usual, these pretty little things were found in our garden.

Photos were captured using Finn, my Fuji FinePix J150 W. Tweaked with Picnik, using the Gritty tool.


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Pretty Little Whites and Pinks.

I just realized that I've been lacking nature/outdoor/flower shots as of late. To make up for that deficit, I give you...

Bougainvilleas!

They're all over our garden and bloom all year long, but these paper flowers are most beautiful and exceptionally vibrant during the summer. :)

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Tales from The Fridge.

The weather was totally unforgiving today. With the outdoor temperature rising to a staggering 37 degrees Celsius, I might as well be in the flaming tombs of Dante's Inferno.

Under the blazing sun.

The little man, seeing how irritable I was with the heat, the dust, the perspiration, and everything that has to do with summer, stepped out of the house and sat on one of the chairs in our garden.

Sitting handsome. :)

"Mommy, halika dito! Malamig dito!" (Mommy, come here! It's cool here!) he called out.

Ever so sprightly!

"Pag dumaan yung Mamang ice cream, ibibili kita," he offered. (I'll buy you ice cream once the ice cream man passes by.) But the ice cream man never came. Perhaps he chose not to brave the scorching sun.

Not wanting to let my son's big little heart down, we made a quick trip to the nearest supermarket just to score this.

My new favorite ice cream, next to Reese's Peanut Butter Cups.

Anything with caramel, I love. Yue, on the other hand, likes this because it's named Bumble Bee.

Caramel is love!

Oh, those heavenly swirls of caramel! There are no words to describe how delectable this treat is!

Yue and I could have finished the entire tub in one sitting if we wanted to. But we saved some for tomorrow, lest the temperature goes up to 38 degrees. If that happens, the little man and I will just spend the entire day at the mall. Free airconditioning, no extra charge on my electric bill. Haha!

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Stalin | Thanks for the Memories.

Don't despair too much if you see beautiful things destroyed, if you see them perish. Because the best things are always growing in secret. - Ben Okri

I'm still grieving, still writhing in pain. Although my sadness is not a fleeting moment, I am trying to cope up and move on. I am getting the strength from those five years of happy memories.

To my friends, fellow bloggers, and blog followers, thank you for seeing me through these trying times. Your words of support and encouragement are truly appreciated. Please bear with me as I try to get my groove back.

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Macro (and Bokeh) is Love!

Seems like each time I look at our garden, there's always something new, something pretty, and something picture-worthy going on.

Today I found these pretty little things.

Pretty in purple!

I'm not sure what they're called, but their butterfly-shaped leaves were simply amazing.

Profile shot. :)

And they make for a great bokeh, too, considering I'm using a point-and-shoot.

Butterfly bokeh!

Take two.

Bokeh fun!

Now for a fancy focus.

:)

And I just had to squeeze this in, just because.

On Yue: Ben10 shirt from BHS, Plaid shorts from Old Navy, Spiderman sneakers by Reebok.

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