Valentine’s Day Flowers at the Dangwa Flower Market
If you’re looking for the perfect combination of blooms to celebrate your love’s beauty on Valentine’s day, try the Dangwa Flower Market in Santa Cruz and Sampaloc, Manila. It’s located along Dos Castillos street and is heralded by the Manila Times as one of the most famous landmarks in the area. You definitely won’t miss the row upon row of colorful flowers. The...
Read MoreFlowers for Valentine’s Day at Dangwa
The Dangwa Flower Market is a a fresh flower produce market. Prices of cut flowers like roses, zinnias ,marigolds, chrysanthemums, Daisies, are quite affordable. Right now, a bundle of [tag]flowers[/tag]can fetch as much as 250 pesos or $5.00. During [tag]Valentine’s Day[/tag], the bouquets could probably reach three times the prices today. But it is still cheaper to buy the flowers in...
Read MoreSiberian Husky
My daughters wanted a Siberian Husky. Siberian Huskies are strong, compact, working dogs but they ran after small animals. We have two adorable cats at home and we just can’t allow a dog to hurt them. Looking at this Husky reminds me of a wolf staring at me. He really looks intelligent and perky. But the cats have been a household member for a long time now. We really considered their...
Read MoreHermit Crabs
Imagine a hermit crab dressed as Superman, or as Winnie the Pooh ? I caught these hermit crabs in different arrays of “costume” at the Park Square mall . Sold for 100 peso each, I wonder what one can do with a pet hermit crab. Although hermit crabs might look harmless, they can use their claws to grip things tightly. I think it’s cruel to paint their shells. view other hermit...
Read MorePlants at the Salcedo Saturday Market
I thought that the Salcedo Saturday market is mainly a market for food stuff. I was pleasantly surprised to see these beautiful decorative plants and flowers that would blend well with the house. View photos of Salcedo Saturday...
Read MoreThe Koi and the Swan
Remember my swirling carp photo at Greenbelt 3? I thought that was such a delight to watch until I espied the swan feeding the Koi in a man made lake at Fernwood Gardens. It truly warmed my heart to see another animal feeding another specie. Nature really takes care of each other. Look at this swan as it gobbles up some food on the feeding dish. Then the generous swan dumps the food onto the...
Read MoreButterfly Release
A butterfly release is common now in funerals, weddings, parties or just any occasion. I caught this butterfly flitting from plant to plant over at the Loyola Memorial Park in Marikina City. Since the early centuries, the butterfly has symbolized renewed life. The caterpillar signifies life here on earth; the cocoon, death; and the butterfly, the emergence of the dead into a new, beautiful...
Read MoreFossilized Flowers
These are Maddela Flowers. They have a Fossilized and dried flower making in Quirino Province. Making fossilized flowers using the leaves of acacia trees, guavas, some grasses, and water lily is a popular, dollar-earning industry in the province.
Read MoreA Rose laden Table
It must cost an arm and a leg to have a rose laden dinner table. This was a sample table from Hizon Food Caterers. They couldn’t give me an idea how much a table like this cost. One has to determine the number of guest before they can give a quotation. I’d rather have pink roses than red roses for a theme party. Red is just too bold a...
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