Chinese New Year Flowers

Dahlia

Chrysanthemums

Desert Rose

Chrysanthemums

Kalanchoe

Chrysanthemums

Chrysanthemums

Kalanchoe plants on sale

Chrysanthemums

Chrysanthemums

Begonia

Chrysanthemums

Chinese New Year is just around the corner, the footstep of year-of-Bull is getting closer and closer. This year's CNY falls on 26th Jan 2009 . Lots of things need to be done to welcome this joyous and blessed occation. Cookies to bake, special meals to prepare and house to decorate. And one way to decorate our house is with fresh blooming flowers. Flowers brings life and vitality.

http://www.thefloweringgarden.com/

Jiuzhaighou

Golden leaves, the sign of autumn. I love the golden color against the blue sky.

Wuhua Hai- different shades of colors. The water is so clear and blue.

Wucai zhi - I can see clearly the rocks in water. At certain angle, the water appears purple.

Shuzheng Lake waterfall - Standing in front of the waterfall can get you soaked to the skins.

Nuorilang Waterfall - Very huge waterfall. This is only a section of the waterfall.

Nuorilang waterfall - With sunlight coming from behind, we can see how thick the water had sprayed.

Jiuzhaighou - one of the must visit heaven-on-earth places. An awesome and breathtaking heritage site.

http://www.asiaexplorers.com/china/jiuzhaigou-unesco-world-heritage-site.htm

Siem Reap - Cambodia

Angkor Wat

Close-up of Angkor Wat

Ta Prohm

Ta Keo

Giant Face at Bayon

Cambodia is a very beautiful country to visit. You can spend weeks there and still there are places yet to cover. I can only imagine the time when everything was in perfect order. How the people then lived and pray at the many wats and temples.

I am glad my husband has a detailed desciption of the places we visited as I have a poor memory. I tend to forget the names of the places we visited. After a while, everything looks the same and it was very frustrating to be unable to recall it later.

You can spare all the walkings, the hot sun and getting dust on your clean body just by clicking the link below. It has a detailed information for almost every tourist attractions in Angkor.

http://www.asiaexplorers.com/cambodia/angkor-unesco-world-heritage-site.htm

Cherry blossoms

pink cherry blossoms

Pure and beautiful

close-up on the cherry blossoms

If you like flowers, you will definitely love cherry blossoms. They are so beautiful and once you see one, you will ask for more. The first time I saw cherry blossoms was during my honeymoon a couple of years ago at Japan. The whole tree was full of blossoms. Everybody was busy with their cameras, posing in front of the trees and was beaming from ear to ear and still couldn't get enough! The scenery with many full-bloomed trees was spectacular and not to be missed.

Daisy

Here is one of my favorite close-ups, from a Daisy. It is just like another new species of flower blossoming in front of me. I am really happy that I captured it when it was at its best.

Flowers - My Passion

I love flowers, any type of flowers. Since I got a digital camera from my dearest husband, Tim, I can't stop snapping flowers. If you can't find me, look for me where there are flowers. I shall be there. I love the close-up of flowers. Through the lens of a camera, I can see a whole new world of flora images where naked eyes prohibited me from looking at the beauty. This is a photo of a red rose which I took during the Penang Flower Festival 2008. Hope you like it.