Little details of life

It may be a look, a touch, a smile, a mail, a message or even a call makes you vibrant. Our mind needs all these. Everyone needs attention and love. Children express it in the right moment. As adults we are trained to suppress our feelings and vent it out as frustrations. The above picture is from my friend, its taken on a vacation trip. Its details make it more perfect and more beautiful. Little acts of kindness and love make our life more beautiful and meaningful. We have to start this from our home.

In our life we may be chasing towards our goal, but we can make this chase more colourful by just watching the surroundings and happenings around us. Sometimes children will call us to see something, it may be a craft, an insect or may be a rainbow. Earlier I always scold them and warn them to don't call for such silly matters. Last week I had attended a gathering of parents arranged by the art of living group. Its the concluding session of the art excel course for young children organised by them. It was very interesting for me. In it they had told a story.

The story is about a new year event occured in a village. A family went to the new year carnival just to enjoy. Family included parents and a little child. From the beginning the child started crying without any particular reason. Father bought balloons, ball, toys and some eatables to stop his crying. After some time he became mad and scolded him a lot. Then some toys fell into the ground from the little one' s hand, the father leaned towards to take them from the ground and then only he noticed that his son can only see the legs of the crowd !! He can not see the other events occured around him because he is too small for it.

We have to think that if we are a parent like the father in this story.....

Welcoming a new day

Flowers with dew drops. Its a common sight in Idukki during cold mornings. Is this image a right thing to share my happiness today? I am really happy to have a platform like this to share my thoughts. Everyday I am eager to see the updates of other blogs too. Variety of subjects, that's the interesting part of blogging. Once more thanking all of you for following me and inspiring me at the right time.

I like these blogs..

Finally a dedication to table tops also... Colours Dekor had dedicated a month to Table tops.

Its very interesting to see wide range of table tops from various parts of the world.

The above table top is from Happier than a pig in mud . The image has a lot of positivity, a nature touch, cheer of colours and garden freshness also. We can see lot of creativity in table tops.

The attempt of Colours Dekor needs much appreciation. It evoked lot of memories in me. Its about my cousin's home. It was their daily routine to make a fresh table top. They had a small garden. They plucked fresh flowers and made energetic table tops which gave more positivity to the living room of their house. They made flower arrangements with dry grass and dry flowers also. Most of the flower vases are with Roses and Senia. They had an old fashioned round table made of wood. They placed these arrangements in the centre of the table and on the top of the TV stand. I loved them a lot. Thanks Colours Dekor for evoking my nostalgic memories. I had spent most of the holidays in this home very near to my mother's home. Most of my childhood memories have a connection with this home and its surroundings. Thanks for evoking the colour and smell of my childhood through your lovely table tops!!! Its not an easy way to convey our happiness to others. Its a rare thing to apply creativity in smaller details. Its a new idea and new theme and wishing you all the very best in your life. I expect more and more cute ideas from my fellow bloggers which inspire me to do more positive and loving things in my life.

Koova (Arrow root plant)

Flower of Koova plant.

In Kerala we make 'kurukku' with the powder from this tuber. Its very starchy.

Flowers from Munnar

Neela vaka

Munnar is a town in Idukki district of Kerala. Its apt location in Kerala to spend your vacation time . Summer is the tourism season in Munnar. Shots by my husband during his one day trip to Munnar. Its climate and sceneries attract lots of people from various parts of the country.

Flower from Kerala

This flower is like 'karakom' from kerala. Its layers always remember me of karakom and kavadi.
Flowers from the road side.
Shots from Shasthri nagar, Petta, Kochi
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Meaning of vadamalli is it will not fade. Its a very common plant in Kerala. Flowers used to make 'Chendu' for marriages and its a main flower in 'Athapoo'.

White flowers

Shots are from Pambadumpara, Horticulture garden, Kerala.

Rose flowers -Symbol of love and beauty

Red Rose -'The queen of Roses'

Red rose shows deep love and affection. It is the most popular rose during 'Valentine's day'. A single red rose tells you the ultimate expression of love. Different meanings of Red roses are innocence, love, courage and heroism. Cleopatra filled her bedroom with red rose to receive her lover...

'Flower power' of Kerala

These flowers are from Model Floriculture Nursery Unit run by Kerala Agricultural University at the Cardamom Research Centre, Pambadumpara. Shots taken by Mr.Sreejith.
Flowers have a large global market today. Flowers became an indispensable part of our occasions. Now we have not enough space or time to cultivate flowers for our own usage. In old days it was used in some special occasions and for Poojas. But now its a status symbol to adore home and offices with fresh flowers. Thus the floriculture opened a new vista to the youth of India. Government and banks are doing a good job to promote the various opportunities in this 'Flower world'. Market of cut flowers will rise on special days such as valentines day, mothers day and fathers day. In these days cut-flower rate will increase Rs.5/- to Rs15/-!!!!!India Government is doing a lot of programs to help floriiculturists. Apart from the global market flowers have a large local market also. Its also a sustainable employment route. Women from various parts of India are participating flower cultivation run by self help groups. Bush Jasmine, Kanakambaram and Roses are the main items. During Onam days Arali, Jamanthi and Kongini are also in the market.

Daliya Flower

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Yellow flowers

Pavizhamalli

Dashapushpam

Nalumani poovu

Its the tea time blooming plant(nalumani means 4 o'clock). Very cute tubular flowers in majenta, yellow and white colour. The flower will bloom in evening and flowers remain open in night and close by morning. Its scientific name is Mirabilis Jalapa. This plant is used in medicines for Scabies and Itches. In Kerala it is also called as Anthimalari.
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• Chethi




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Shades of violet

Shots from Maradu, Kattithara Sahakarana Road
Green house Beauty of yellow Thottavadi Kozhikkoodu

Poochedi poo

These are also called kongini poo. They have a bad smell. They are of different colours. Now its used in gardens and parks. Its a common plant in Kerala. We can see these in hedges and sides of the roads.