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I went out to feed my fish this morning, the garden looks so peaceful in the early morning hour. I didn’t have time to take picture, but couldn’t resist and here are a few snap shots of my garden this morning.
Snow peas
Beans
Sunflowers
Sweet Basil
Gardenia
All photos were taken with Canon T2i, and EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens.
Someone has been visiting my garden and nibbling on my flowers and vegetables.
I have been keeping an eye on it and sure enough Saturday morning he visited again, and this time eating my marigold flowers. He saw me and was trying to hide behind the flower bush.
The chipmunk was there also, Bo said that he was the one responsible for stuffing the furs into the bird house. When I saw him my light meter was off since I was shooting in Manual mode and it came out too dark. I had a little help from Photoshop and the photo came out decent but still some digital noise. So the rabbit and the chipmunk live in my garden.
My backyard is a busy gathering place for birds also, this Robin was perching on a flower pot.
It’s a typical Saturday at my dad’s house. I can’t wait till our next camping trip and we are counting down the day.
My dad’s Asian corns are getting taller, pretty soon I won’t be able to see Lee sitting on the other side of the backyard.
The weather was in the 80s and perfect weather for a cookout.
My sister has to help the Snow Peas climb the teepee trellis at the beginning and now they can help themselves.
Beans and Snow Peas
Long string beans
Cucumber plants
The Thai eggplants were big enough to plant, I still have yet to find a place to plant mine. My sister gave the young plants to me last week and there’s no more room in my planting beds. I do have to move some of the plants around.
Cherry tomato plants
I never knew what they look like after the white flowers disappeared.
I bet you can clip this off and plant the bulbs in the ground for a new spring onion plant.
The Kaffir Lime tree grows new leaves in the Spring.
The Pomegranate tree produces many flowers this year, but so far I have not seen a fruit.
It is Spring cleaning at my dad’s house, Bo helped my dad pressure wash the storage shed.
The white fence has mildew over time.
And the wooden bench.
Don’t ask me what’s Lee doing, I guess a karate move or something.
All photos were taken with Canon T2i, and EF70-200mm f/4L USM lens.
We were fortunate to have good rainfalls and thank goodness the April frosts didn’t do any damage to my young plants.
Lee was busy digging away.
The look on her face when she saw her bird house.
I don’t know who is trying to build a nest. It is a lot of stuff trying to fit into a small little house.
I made a trellis for the snow peas two weeks ago and it is made from crape myrtle branches that Bo cut down before the Spring of this year. As you can see the crape myrtle tree in the background and the new branches look healthy.
It looks like they are climbing pretty well now, but I had to train the vines to climb at the beginning.
I have never planted pole beans before and I think they need to climb also.
I’m also training the grape vines to climb and will need to make a trellis for the climbing spinach vines soon.
My mom used to plant the spinach vines at the refugee camp in Thailand and it is called pak plunge in Thai.
I planted these pickle cucumbers from seeds, they should be climbing the A-Frame in a week or so. It is amazing how fast they grow.
Chili pepper plant.
These are my second batch of radishes and I put them down in time when the ground was still cool. They are fast growing and should be ready to harvest in a month or so.
I do love basil and planted many this year.
I planted this one in a pot and a good thing about it is that you could move it around.
More Thai basil in pots.
I think it must be the rain that made everything grow so fast. I couldn’t believe how big my cherry tomato plants have gotten.
The mints and pennyworth plants.
My gardenia plants are budding.
My blueberry plants look promising this year. I just hope that the birds will save some for us.
I would not take my chance in eating these mushrooms.
I was hoping to take a few exposures of the birds. I sat and waited and waited, and they flew right by.
The fish are so happy with the new waterfall.
Lee’s white and silver Butterfly Koi has gotten a lot bigger this year.
Bo’s ginkgo tree.
The peach tree bears many fruits this year.
Bo’s walking path is almost completed. He still has to fill in the gaps with sands, and so far it’s looking real good.
All photos were taken with Canon T2i, and EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens.
This is my contribution to Karma’s When I Feel Like It Blog’s April Photo Hunt. This month’s hunt is to get to know us a little bit better, and she has two objectives in this month’s choice: 1) to give you a creative spark and 2) to find out more about you! Karen is asking us to photograph at least four (more than four are most welcome) of our favorite things. The deadline is Saturday April 28, 2012, you are welcome to join in the fun.
As most of you know that I’m a Buddhist, there are more than one hundred gestures of a Buddha statue but I chose this one for a reason. Those that are Buddhists know right away that this is a Monday Buddha statue. It is a statue stopping the relatives from fighting and overcoming disease. The Buddha is depicted as standing with his right hand in abhayamudra. The left arm falls to the side, gently touching the robe. Source. And yes, I was born on a Monday, and I’ve to say that I have been playing the role of stopping conflict throughout my life.
I’m Laotian and my favorite Lao food is Nam Kao or Laotian Crispy Rice Salad. I had to use a photo from my archive, I hope Karen doesn’t mind.
My favorite room in the house used to be this room until Max came along. The room has a bay window, and overlooks the garden, so it is a room with a view and Max loves it.
Now a place to sit back and relax is my living room. We have two 55 gallon fish aquariums for Bo’s Jack Dempsey Fry, and a 30 gallon tank for more Jack Dempsey Fry. Bo has successful bred 2 sets of Fry. Studies have shown that aquarium is a health benefit that can help to lower blood pressure, calm the mind, and help to alleviate anxiety. It is relaxing to sit in the living room and hear the sounds of the water, and not to mention seeing all the beautiful fish swimming around can be entertaining and mesmerizing at the same time.
These are a few of his first batch, and the Jack Dempsey Fry are now 8 month old.
I am an organic gardener and have been gardening for several years now.
I was fortunate to receive seeds from a fellow blogger, and the Spinach vine seeds finally came up.
My garden has an urban look, and might be because I was raised in New York City. I planted my vegetables in containers and raised beds to utilize the small space in my garden. This is my first year planting snow peas and I have to make teepee trellis for them to climb soon.
BONUS/CHALLENGE: How well do I think I know Karen? How much have I been reading over the last two years? I think Karen will like this photo because I know she is a gardener too. 
All photos were taken with Canon T2i, and EF 24-105mm f/4L IS USM lens.
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