How does your garden grow.....

This question is not for Mary who is quite contrary, but for my brother S, who is  passionate about his gardening hobby. He has a variety of plants in his garden, like ferns, gladioli, petunias, zinnias, hibiscus, Song of India, chlorophytum, coleus, herbs like coriander and curry leaves, and vegetables like chilly and spinach.

His current obsession is the Adenium and already he has some 20 pots of adeniums.

Have a look at his very first gorgeous gladioli blooms.

Some more of his wonderful flowers,

Petunias

Marigold

Cute little critters guarding the blooms!

Birds of feather...snack together!

 The result of all this vigorous gardening is that now he has run out of "floor space". To cut a long story short, I decided to try my hand at Macramé (after a gap of 20 years) and make some hanging plant holders so that he can have a mid-air garden.

I wanted a simple and quick pattern. Ta-da, this is the result.

I love these leopard print beads, don't you?

See you later. Please feed my fish at the bottom of this page, thank you.

I Love Lucy

"I Love Lucy" is one of my all time favourite TV sitcoms. As kids, my brother and I could watch Lucy for hours, even the re-runs.

But today's post is about Lucy of Attic24. Lucy has a beautiful blog which I discovered on one of my crochet pattern hunting trips. Her patterns are beautiful and her choice of colour is exquisite. I decided to try one of her patterns and chose the Hexagon blanket. I started the blanket in January 2012 but the details and progress made so far will be a whole new post.

Lucy's photos are so gorgeous and colourful, they make me wish that even I was staying in some lovely English countryside. Since that was not possible, I decided to take inspiration from her and start my own blog. Blogging is such fun!!

Thank you Lucy for the inspiration and the patterns. And of course, a look at your beautiful surroundings.

Here is a sneak peek at my blanket,