A Side Of DO Hill

The District Officer’s quarter’s sits atop this small hill situated at the fringe of the Taiping Lake Gardens, hence its name. The tall trees in the picture are the Tembusu. A parasitic wild fern can also be seen growing on one of the trees.

Hazy Taiping 2

Those hazy, lazy days of June when Taiping was engulfed by thick haze which transformed it into a misty and mysterious land which the sun dares not intrude into.

Hazy Taiping

Those hazy, lazy days of June when Taiping was engulfed by thick haze which transformed it into a misty and mysterious land which the sun dares not intrude into.

I came across these dainty little things during my daily walk in the early morning. They look like pretty flowers but I think they are mushrooms. What do you think?

Awaiting Succour

It's the hot and dry season now.

Beautiful Flower

I don't know what kind of flower this is; perhaps someone can tell me. The tree can grow quite tall.

Dappled Light

where
weary sunbeams rest
dappled light

Hornbills

I don't know whether you can see them but there are two hornbills on the palm tree - one in the centre and the other on a frond on the left.

Mushrooms

A bouquet of pretty mushrooms.

Ramling Rose

Rambling rose, rambling rose

Where you ramble, no one knows

Home-grown strawberry

Morning Exercise

Morning exercise at the Lake Garden

Bouquet

A sun-specked bouquet of bauhinia kockinia

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After the Storm

hung to dry
after the storm
raindrops