I sensed this bud last May 18, 2009.
It came out like a screeching cat on a hot day.
I looked up and saw and heard the flower coming out!
I barked at my human companion Lui and we watched the bud in excitement.
Lui gets really excited every time she witness the blooming of a flower in our house named Heaven. Lui used to live in the city where flowers were delivered at her doorstep wrapped in something fancy. But now that she is living outside of the city and having a small garden and three dogs who taught her not only to smell the flowers but hear them sing as well, Lui's adventures with flowers are now exciting moments . . .
So everyday, the bud calls and sings to us . . .
Everyday, when the flower continue to bloom, we run and bark at Lui. And Lui would follow us and together, we would watch the bud opening . . .
. . . like an orchestrated fireworks . . . but without the scary noise.
. . . and while the weather goes sunny and rainy . . .
on the last week of summer in our country
this beautiful flower continue to bloom . . .
. . . as if defying the freaky weather
and our restless drooling . . .
. . . and the flower continue to open . . .
. . . to reveal its magical petals . . .
while its shrill singing is now melodious
and call to the numerous birds
flying in confusing circle around us . . .
Some people say this flower is called Birds of Paradise. But we have another flower named Birds of Paradise and it does not look like this one. And we prefer to call our other Birds of Paradise "Lacylulu" after our late doggy friend in the USA who died in the same month as our mother Pica.
Maybe this flower is indeed the Paradise of the birds.
After all, the birds love to fly around it.
And it is just as fitting because our small garden
. . . is our own paradise as well.
. . . as we watch this beautiful flower
become a beautiful part of our own paradise!
I love flowers!
And there are more flowers below.
Just click on the image and sniff them out!
