Common Name: English Marigold, Calendula, Pot Marigold, Ruddles, Scottish MarigoldScientific Name: Calendula officinalisCalendula is another flower which is a common sight in our gardens back home. The short plants with elongated fleshy leaves and yellow-orange flowers is a pretty sight in the winter/spring sun.Calendula flowers has medicinal properties and also widely used as a dye …
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D for "Dahlia"
Common Name: DahliaScientific Name: Dahlia My earliest memory of seeing a Dahlia flower is in my maternal grandmother's garden. Come winter and a variety of Dahlias will bloom along with other seasonal flowers in her beautiful garden. Over the years, Dahlias of myriad colours have found a place every year in our winter garden.From this …
B for "Butterfly Pea Flower"
Common Name: Butterfly Pea FlowerBotanical Name: Clitoria ternateaAssamese Name: Aparajita (meaning 'undefeated')Butterfly Pea Flower is a common and important flower in Assam. It is basically a perennial creeper and the flower varieties are the common indigo blue and rare white. It is said to be the favourite flower of the Hindu goddess Durga and is …
A for "Anthurium"
Common Name: Anthurium, Laceleaf, TailflowerScientific Name: Anthurium andraeanumThis heart-shaped flower is truly elegant. It is vastly used as an ornamental flower in event decorations. Red, pink and white are its popular colours. Below is a photograph of a white Anthurium in bloom back home.I am taking part in the Blogging from A to Z Challenge …
AtoZ Challenge Theme Reveal 2016
Yes, it is that time of the year again, the AtoZ Challenge! This is my third consecutive year of participation. Frankly I had started preparing for this event around four months back. This year too, I have tried to work on my posts ahead of time and schedule them to be published on respective days.For …
The Thing Called Love
It is February. Thanks to St. Valentine, it is now known as the month of love. It is the month, people try to get hooked and couples try not to fight, so that they don't have to be alone on 14th February. Boyfriends try to save as much as possible, girlfriends are at their sweetest …
The Kitchen and the Magic Sink
Maa had always warned us about the kitchen. She says that once you enter it, you cannot come out of it easily. After getting married, I finally realized that she could not have been more right.Apart from Az, I share my marital home with his two siblings and three cousins. And when seven people use …
Share The Load
The last week had been a busy one. Az (my husband) and I were visiting my parents in Assam the previous week. So office last week was quite hectic with workload. Plus it was six days working for me. Each day I wished I could sleep a little longer in the mornings. So I was …
Sharing The Laundry Job
I was excited when I received a mail from BlogAdda two weeks back, saying that I have been selected for the #WashBucketChallenge activity post my #ShareTheLoad blog post “The Official Laundry Officer”. And yesterday, I finally received the Ariel Matic sample pack. The activity asked that I take up the #WashBucketChallenge activity with the male …
Jerry
I don't really remember when it all began. I just remember beginning to see something small and fast darting from room to.room. It would always move along the walls and seldom across rooms, other than through doors. I concluded that it had to be a mouse. I couldn't see any visible damage in the house …
Natasha'z Points To Ponder 