White Flowers

These are beautiful flowers and very common here but I cannot identify them by name.

White Periwinkle

I took this photo just after it stopped raining. So, you can see the raindrops on the plant.

White Periwinkle-- Common name: Periwinkle, Sadabahar (Hindi), Shavam Naari (Malayalam) Botanical name: Vinca Rosea

Information from http://www.flowersofindia.net

Pink Periwinkle

The pink Periwinkle is a happy-go-lucky small shrub. It cares not for the world. It rejoices in sun or rain, or the seaside, in good or indifferent soil and often grows wild. It is known as 'Sadabahar' meaning 'always in bloom' and is used for worship. Numerous soft-wood branches from the ground, give it an appearance of fullness. Closely planted it can have an impressive effect with its various colours.This is one flower which can be found all over India.

Common name: Periwinkle, Vinca, Sadabahar (Hindi), Shavam Naari (Malayalam), Sadaphuli (Marathi), Nayantara (Bengali)

Information from: http://www.flowersofindia.net/

Hibiscus?

Is this variety also hibiscus?

They Win, I Lose

So, finally these parents won and they've made their nest in my balcony. They've laid eggs and the eggs have hatched already. I couldn't follow up coz I have to climb over my window to enter the bedroom balcony. Jeetu mentioned them in his post 'Pigeon And My Money Plant'. I didn't want them to lay eggs here coz now they'll keep coming back, and these birds make a mess of the place where they live.
I'll try to show you pictures of the baby pigeons.

Mussaenda Erythrophylla

Look what yesterday's rain and wind has done to this plant. Look below what it was like till yesterday. I could hardly hold on to my camera and umbrella when I took this photograph.
Also, most of the flowering plants that I photographed and showed you last week, are uprooted now.

Yellow?

These were planted adjacent to the bougainvilllea. Which ones are these?

Bougainvillea

Bougainvillea was named after Louis de Bougainvillea, a French navigator who came across it in Brazil during the 18th century. Bougainvillea has gained popularity all over the world, due to its versatility, richness and suitability to thrive in degrading environmental conditions. It is a semi-climber and can be grown as a hedge, a shrub, a climber over a sunny wall and also in pots. It loves open sunshine and the colours of some varieties grow brighter and more attractive in hot dry climate. A postal stamp was issued by the Indian Postal Department to commemorate this flower.

Information from: http://www.flowersofindia.net/
Have a nice weekend!

Krrish's First Scribbles On paper

My 23 month old Krrish has learnt to hold wax crayons and scribble on paper. These are his first scribbles captured on camera for him to see when he is older.

Instant Lunch

Krrish had high fever, cough and cold( flu) from Sunday and wanted to cling to me all day (he usually prefers even sleeping by himself). For two days, I spent almost every minute of the day carrying him in my arms, he even wanted to sleep on my lap.
So, for the last two days, Jeetu and I had Maggi Atta noodles for lunch and cheese sandwiches for dinner.
Now Krrish is much better and playing, and full of mischief again and I'm back to my routine Indian cooking, which is usually time consuming.

Pink Oleander

These are similar to the deep pink flowers ( Oleander) in my earlier post. Thanks to 'TOG of Coral Gables' for helping me identifying them.

Red Flower

I couldn't find this flower on the few sites I know. Please help me with the name.

Dwarf Powder Puff (Calliandra emarginata)

The name 'Calliandra' means beautiful stamens. The Dwarf Powder Puff has light green kidney shaped leaflets.

Butterfly Pea

I love the colour of this flower. Its botanical name is Clitoria ternatea. It is a twining plant.
Wish you all fathers and grandfathers, Happy Father's Day.

Gulmohar- Delonix Regia

The gulmohar, also known as Flame Tree is covered with clusters of flame red flowers. Finally I've posted a flower whose name I'm sure of.

Tomorrow, the 16th of June, we complete the 100th post.

Frangipani

I think the name is right this time.

Yellow Flowers

Please help identify the flower.

Deep Pink Flowers

This is my favourite colour and my favourite photo of the flowers in my complex. Please identify.

Flowers

The complex where I live has many beautiful plants and flowers like this one. I do not know the names of any of them. There are a few more. Can fellow bloggers and readers identify and give me the common name or botanical name?
Thanks to my fellow bloggers, I know that the name is Mussaenda erythrophylla.

Shopping At Manish Market

Walk into Manish Shopping Centre and you are transported into another world. Laces, Dupattas, Dress Materials, Embroiderers working right in front of you, tailors, jewellery, cosmetics and accessories.

Woman's world of fashion.

Manish Shopping Centre

The Manish Shopping Centre at Four Bunglows area of Andheri(West) is very popular for dress materials, readymades and tailoring. The shopping centre boasts of 100 plus tailors who are all loaded with tailoring jobs throughout the year. This photo only shows the entrance.
Also you can buy all tailoring material, jewellery sets & bangles (bridal too), laces and cosmetics, accessories(hair bands, clips). You can get kurtis (for women) and kurtas (for men), sarees and salwar kameez tailored and embroidered with latest designs at competitive rates.
If you are shopping in Mumbai and also wish to get fashionable clothes stitched, you cannot miss this market.
I will show you the inside tomorrow.

Mangal Murti

An image bringing auspiciousness is Mangal Murti. Here, it refers to Lord Ganesha (Ganpati) who is worshipped during the Ganesh Chaturthi festival.
Just when I was about to take a photo of the popular sweet shop 'D.Damodar' in Dadar from the bus, this goods vehicle passed by. The sweet shop is right there, behind it. I'll show it some other time.

Another Garland Vendor

I saw this 'Mausi' sitting quiet behind the ST bus stand at Dadar, busy making flower garlands (gajras). I took her photo from a waiting bus I got into, to go home. This is a common sight in Mumbai, and she will easily finish selling all of them before going home in the evening.

Welcome Decorations

The decorations for sale here are for putting up at the entrance door. Sale of such decorations is common in Dadar area in Mumbai, but a tobacco store in Dadar selling them is unusual. The name of the shop reads as 'Liberty Tobacco Stores'. Most people put up such 'Torans' during festivals, or Diwali time of the year.

Clouds

Today, we could see a lining of clouds on the top of the mountains. The mountains are getting greener by the day and we will soon see the waterfalls.

Monsoon

The premonsoon showers took the city by surprise. Many came out to enjoy getting wet in the rain.


For about an hour after the rain stopped, the mountains were hidden by clouds.




Navi Mumbai is lesser polluted than Mumbai but the dust had settled down and everything was even more beautiful than before.

Pavement Under Construction

Like many other Mumbaiites, I have never been able to figure out why all the pavements and roads are dug or being repaired at the onset of monsoon.
Why now and not earlier?? I hope this reaches the concerned authorities.

June Monthly Theme: View From Your Bedroom

The gulmohar tree is the best view outside my bedroom balcony now. An educational institution is coming up right opposite my place. You can see Millennium Towers on the right side. The mountains will have lots of greenery and small streams of water(looking like tiny waterfalls) flowing down in the monsoon. Unfortunately, the mountains will soon give way for more construction.

There are currently 87 city daily photo bloggers are participating today in this theme day, so if you want to see what they all see from their bedroom, just click on any of the links below.
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