Morning Walk Series [10]

When I was young, my Mum didn't like us to drink Ribena.  "Too much sugar!", she said.  Now, she boils this drink that tastes a lot like Ribena and it is all natural!  Just use the fruits from the Roselle plant.

Common name: Roselle
Binomial name: Hibiscus sabdariffa

Roselle flower and fruit

Morning Walk Series [9]

As we go about our busy lives, other little critters are also busy going about theirs.  When was the last time you noticed an ant nest or stopped to watch the ants busy at work?

Ants' Nest

Morning Walk Series [8]

Found this cute little Buddha statue amongst the rooftop garden bushes one day.  Looks so serene and peaceful...

Morning Walk Series [7]

After a long long long break, the Morning Walk Series is back with this very common, yet very eye-catching flower, which is also the national flower of Malaysia

Common name: Chinese Hibiscus
Binomial Name: Hibiscus rosa-sinensis

Chinese Hibiscus

Morning Walk Series [6]

I've never really liked eating eggplant (or brinjal or aubergine). When cooked, they have that dirty purple look and it looks all mushy.... Eeeeeee....  But I saw these cute little eggplants on one of my morning walks and couldn't help but take a pic :)

Common name: Eggplant or brinjal or aubergine
Binomial name: Solanum melongena L.

Eggplant

Morning Walk Series [5]

Casually strolling one fine morning with Little One again, and we came across what looked like a patch of dead, brown leaves on the ground:

Dead leaves?

Upon closer examination, those "dead leaves" were actually a cluster of fungus!

Fungus!

In our daily rush, don't forget to look around you.  You don't know what you're missing.

Morning Walk Series [4]

While I've been eating ladies' fingers since young and later cooked them myself, can you believe that I've never actually seen the plant until last year??  Well, here it is for all city folk like myself :p

Common name: Okra or ladies' fingers
Binomial name: Abelmoschus esculentus

Ladies' fingers flower and fruit

Ladies' fingers leaf

Does the leaf look familiar?  That's because we've seen it here!

Morning Walk Series [3]

While I was out walking with Little One, look who else brought their kid out for a walk too!

Grasshoppers out for a walk

Morning Walk Series [2]

Continuing with the Morning Walk Series, here's a plant that my mum used to plant in our apartment.  However, this is the first time I've seen Aloe vera flowers.  Very pretty!

Common name: Aloe vera
Binomial name: Aloe vera

Aloe vera

Morning Walk Series [1]

I've been bringing Little One for daily morning walks for about a year.  Our place is slightly away from the train station and shopping centre, making it a rather serene area.  Even though I've been staying here for many years, it was only through these walks that I realised that there is so much to see in the rooftop garden!  Here are some pretty flowers to start off the "Morning Walk" series:

Desert Rose

Desert Rose

Common name: Desert Rose
Binomial Name: Adenium obesum

Lovely Morning Walk

A lovely morning walk with the little one.  Cool breeze, what a contrast to the scorching heat yesterday.  Apparently we were not the only ones taking a walk...

Snail taking a morning walk

Snail climbing...

Have never noticed there were so many snails in the rooftop garden... One of the little things that we overlook in our daily rush...