My Dragon Orchid

The rain fell steadily throughout the day while I rushed around doing some shopping therapy. First thing this morning was off to the Samsung shop in Vodaworld to get a new battery for my now ancient Samsung Galaxy Spica i5700. Well over three years old is ancient in the cellular industry. It was Samsung’s second Android based smartphone after the Galaxy i7500. It has served me well but it is time for a replacement but replacements are rather expensive so I will stick to replacing the battery for now, that is if they can find a battery for it in South Africa.

After all the running around this morning, I could not wait to get home and put my feet up. And waiting for me at home is the lovely deep red orchid that I have grown from small and is now flowering. Oooh I love the deep red dragon look of the flowers.

Phalaenopsis

Oh another day other and Friday is about here. Another a long day at work, I have nothing much planned for this evening other than just to wind down with my feet up. Then I remembered, I haven't taken a photo of the day yet. Oops, my bad, so I quickly looked around for something o take a photo of. With the temperatures reaching minus two tonight, my dogs could not be enticed out their warm bed for a impromptu photo shoot. My photos on the wall have all but been done before. So I was left with an orchid, an Aphrodite cultivar of the phalaenopsis orchid to be exact. Orchids are one of the most beautiful plants in the world and I can only imagine heaven one day deep with the elegant orchid flowers. Ahhh candy for the eyes.

Life's Orchids

A Chinese poem says that "the most beautiful orchids grow at the bottom of the gorge; the orchids fragrance fills the forest". Orchids have this essence of beauty that just does it for me. It is a lonely kind of beauty, one that stands alone on a counter top or in a forest of tropical green. Even wintry roses pales in comparison to the delicate warmth of the orchid.

This beautiful specimen was found in Marilyn's kitchen when I went over for dinner and to help with her Art Décor database. Sadly Sophia didn't want to leave as she presented me with a flat rear tyre when it was time to head back home. Must have been the orchid's magnetism that 'cause Sophia to stray but sorry for her, as we bundled Sophia into the back of Marilyn's Mercedes Vito van and headed home. Now the flat tyre is tomorrow's problem while I go tend to the orchids.