It made my day!

The Purple Cluster in full bloom.  - It looks far better than the image here. It made my day today.
@allknowing (153544)
India
November 25, 2012 12:52am CST
Today is Sunday and for me it is a laid back day. I relax, doing nothing much, taking a stroll in the garden listening to the chirping of birds,watching tv, reading the paper and over seeing what my maid is up to. As I was strolling I was pleasantly surprised to see this creeper in full bloom. I call it the purple cluster as I do not its real name. It blooms just about twice in the year. I took pictures of this cluster from all angles and here is one for you.
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@jaiho2009 (39140)
• Philippines
25 Nov 12
I check the photo and I can say that it's such a lovely scenery. I love nature and that is one thing I miss from my hometown. I lived here in metro city and only visit my hometown once a year or sometimes twice a year. I am planning to visit my hometown this coming February to witness and attend the Flower Festival Sunday is always a hectic day for me-...it seems the day is not enough to fulfill all my duties and other responsibilities.
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@jaiho2009 (39140)
• Philippines
26 Nov 12
A waterfalls, I like that idea. Someday I wish to build a pavilion - a place for rent, for special occasions (whew- that's my dream) Wish my mom will agree with it...our place in my hometown is a perfect venue for nature lovers- a fairy tale wedding concept and I will add that waterfalls
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
26 Nov 12
Good idea. If you can be sure of a good clientele and the access to your place is convenient a venue like that will make you rich overnight. I had a business designing landscaped gardens and one of the features was always a waterfall.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
26 Nov 12
We gave up our glamour life so to say and settled down in a semi rural town. Here we were able to get land much cheaper and it gave me an opportunity to design my dream home and garden. I was a landscaped garden designer having designed serveral gardens for builders in the Metro. I did that for myself here. I have a waterfall too.
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@Blondie2222 (28610)
• United States
25 Nov 12
Usually on Sundays I am at my boyfriends house having a relaxing day with him but we got together this weekend on Friday instead because I had other plans Saturday night. So I'm just home relaxing buy myself today been doing some Christmas shopping online and watching movies. Pretty soon I'll be getting ready and then have our bowling league tonight from 6-9 which we have every Sunday. Love those kinds of trees or bushes whatever it may be, so pretty. Glad your enjoying your Sunday just as I am. Enjoy the rest of your day.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
26 Nov 12
Sunday has its own flavour somehow no matter which part of the globe one is, each doing their own thing but remembering to relax, no doubt!
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@chrystalia (1208)
• Tucson, Arizona
25 Nov 12
now that is pretty--it reminds me jacarandas, but I don't think it is, since they are trees more than shrubs. It looks like a beautiful day over there-- of course we had a whole hour of sunlight today here (which was cool). You live in beauty
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
25 Nov 12
I am more than satisfied with what I have here, which keeps me merrily on my toes, even on other days but more so on Sundays as I hardly do any work. My friend who visited us from the UK envied us for the sun we have here. Is sunlight rationed out where you live too?
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
25 Nov 12
I see a blue star! well deserved!!
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• Tucson, Arizona
25 Nov 12
well, it is sunny 6-8 weeks in summer-- most of the time. And a few odd days the rest of the year. It isn't nearly like Olympic national forest, by Seattle-- that is the largest temperate rainforest in the world, gets 300 inches of rain a year-- here, we get 30-50 inches a year. But after 80 or 90 days without nice sunlight, it gets a little dull. Wow-- my star is blue. What the heck does that mean, anyway? I never really got that part.
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
25 Nov 12
hi allknowing I am sure you must have herd that great ghazal "Dil Dhoondhta Hai" and this discussion of yours reminded me just that one. How wonderful the early morning sun feels on a winter morning. Sundays have always been special to many and me too... earlier when I used to work, this was the only day I could get to enjoy my way though there was always some extra work like washing clothes and arranging the room (it was in such a mess... but then, a bachelors room I guess is supposed to be that way). Now I am married, and the bachelor's room has started turning into a family guys room but then... sundays are still special as many of these days, me and my wife are together...
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
25 Nov 12
No matter which part of the globe we are in, Sundays have a special stamp and somehow it points to relaxing. I do very little on Sundays and loll around but never miss my strolls in my garden that I have designed with great effort. It is now fully grown with lots of yielding trees, bushes, plants, a waterfall, birdbath and flowering plants. My terrace garden is doing well too.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
26 Nov 12
But did the landlady reward you? I hope she did! Did I inspire you to start gardening thesids? If so my day is done. Nothing like gardening. It takes away the blues. Now this whitish green leaf plant is it a flowering plant?May be you can post a picture here. Tulsi is a must in every house specially the Hindus. I have black tulsi all over the garden and I am not a Hindu!
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@thesids (22180)
• Bhubaneswar, India
25 Nov 12
I have just started planting plants in pots on the terrace. Have just two of them at the moment but I think I would definitely add a raat ki rani (jasmine? I think). There is one plant whose name I dont know but has whitish greeny leaves and then there is a tulasi (Holy Basil) - I got that last sunday. I have another pot and I have got that filled today - did some digging in my landlord's garden and the old lady was - oh dear, why are you doing that... take care of your gall bladder stones
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@TeamCholent (2832)
• United States
25 Nov 12
There is almost nothing better than a quiet and sunny day spent outdoors where one can just relax and really enjoy life and well nature and the time off to freshen up and rejuvenate for the week ahead. Any plans for the rest of the weekend?
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
25 Nov 12
Thanks for asking. What more can one want? I love taking pictures and I have enough around our garden to capture.I suppose my siesta would be a bit longer! Thanks for asking.
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@jeztrose (1405)
• Philippines
25 Nov 12
Wow what a nice flower, it's really gorgeous. i also want to have that one in our backyard. . Well Having a good time with yourself with a good sunny day with you really makes our day complete, plus seeing such a nice picture of nature that is really wonderful.Even some time in our busy day we also need to see the beauty around us, to give them attention.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
25 Nov 12
I had written a poem for seniors and in these 2 lines I had suggested how they should spend their leisure hours besides of course other things: [i]Sit by the sea for hours Stop by and smell the flowers[/i] It is not just for seniors this applies to every one I guess. One needs to take time off and spend time with nature.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
26 Nov 12
If only every one befriended nature the world would be a swell place indeed!
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@jeztrose (1405)
• Philippines
26 Nov 12
You really are one of those people who is a nature lover i guess.Because you give importance on our simple beautiful nature that most of us didn't have time to appreciate it, you even made a wonderful lines out of them.
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@pergammano (7682)
• Canada
25 Nov 12
Once again, I am overcome with jealousy..it is cold...cold and wet here! And the only excitement is "how many shades of gray" the sky can be!!! Being that I cannot discern the structure of the leaves or flowers, it is impossible for me to even guess what genus THAT beauty belongs to...BUT, of cours, as usual, my curiousity is piqued! From the picture (as it is posted) it looks somewhat like a Clematis (Montana)..and Clematis' come in three groups, as their name determines..Group 1, blooms once a season..2, Twice and 3, thrice! Is this beautiful speciment aromatic? Am waiting for the local news...as something woke me at 2:10 this a.m., and also put my animals into a somewhat frenzy...I am hoping that it was not another earth=quake, as the one 5 weeks ago was enough for a while! Have a great, ethereal Sunday...mine will be quite active..work a.m. and then off to a gathering of acquaintances...today is our biggest Football game of the year..the 100th Grey Cup!
• Canada
26 Nov 12
Have added a comment to your photo..and (thanks for sharing!) I must tho; again, ask two questions..is it aromatic, and is it vinial (vine like) and the third question (duh)Is it a vine that is growing over a shrub in your garden? I lied, that was 3 questions! I think this is the same determination I made last time...it was the one, I determined as a Bougainvaillea that we disagreed on, if I recall properly...but you would have the "wizardry" of the computer world, to dig up that discussion...LOL! Still no matter it's genus..such a beautiful species to greet you each day!
@allknowing (153544)
• India
26 Nov 12
It was the sweet peas that you said looked like bouganvillae and this, you were still at it. This is a creeper that rests on another tree and trails down and it has no aroma.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
25 Nov 12
Close up of the purple cluster - I am trying find out the name of this flower
Here is the close up
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@Hatley (163772)
• Garden Grove, California
26 Nov 12
hi allknowing you have a beautiful yard and the wisteria is just gorgeous and i believe its scented too is it not? What a lovely place to walk and commune with nature and listen to the birds singing looking at that makes me feel more relaxed as its so lovely.Wisteria grown naturally'is one of the loveliest of blooms.
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
27 Nov 12
You have a beautiful garden and that creeper is amazing. I seen that picture and it made me want to lay out of work today and paint..lol...of course I won't be able to..but it did make me consider it.
@JenInTN (27514)
• United States
30 Nov 12
Wow..that is just beautiful. Yes...I do..I oilpaint..well...when I get a chance. I am so covered up I haven't been able to enjoy it for quite some time.
@allknowing (153544)
• India
27 Nov 12
This cascade looks far far better than the picture. I have a video clip and I shall post it here when I am ready. Do you paint Jen..?
@allknowing (153544)
• India
27 Nov 12
http://youtu.be/1Ywqmr9nNIU
@jenny1015 (13359)
• Philippines
25 Nov 12
being one with nature could be a relaxing feeling indeed. How I wish our place has a garden of its own. Unfortunately, the whole place is just full of cemented pavement, as there are a lot of vehicles being parked here, as well as a few of the construction equipment of my father in law which he had from his former company. I didn't have much sleep last night and so I was hoping to have a relaxing Sunday myself, too. Well, it is kinda hot today and it makes me sleepy but couldn't. So I just logged back in to use my spare time.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
25 Nov 12
We too were in the Metro surrounded by the concrete jungle. We opted out of it and decided to settle down in a semi rural town where we live a laid back kind of life surrounded by greenery that we have created. Here too slowly many buildings are coming up but fortunately our property is skirted by 3 roads and so we are safe.
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@stary1 (6611)
• United States
25 Nov 12
allknowing You are wise to stop and notice the beauty of nature that is all around us. Too often we rush though our lives without seeing all the wonderous things around us..from the flowers to the trees and all the fascinating people all around us with their own fascinating lives..we live in a truly wonderful world..
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
25 Nov 12
This environment was created by us from scratch. Gardening is my passion and I have planted a lot of flowering bushes, flowering plants and flowering trees besides fruit trees. I get to see a lot around me as this is what was chosen by us after bidding goodbye to city life.....
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@riyauro (6421)
• India
25 Nov 12
Oh my goodness the flowers are lovely and i can imagine how lucky you must be feeling to be in a peaceful place. I have bird chirping here but I do not have a lovely bloom like that you have. Good sunday ya? cool.. How to Make a Knotted Waxed Linen Wrap Bracelet (Beads on the Outside)
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
25 Nov 12
Is that how you spend your lovely Sunday making knotted waxed linen wrap bracelet!
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@Raine38 (12387)
• United States
25 Nov 12
Oh wow, they're really gorgeous! I love flowers especially when they just recently bloomed. Unfortunately I don't have the hand to nurture a plant or a flowering plant to bloom, so I guess I will just have to content myself with pictures and the neighbors' gardens.
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
25 Nov 12
I am sure if you earnestly try you may get a plant to bloom! And when you see the first flower that will just be the beginning. Soon you would be able to create the Garden of Eden!
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@edvc77 (2140)
• Philippines
25 Nov 12
The cluster seems beautiful and the atmosphere seems peaceful. Thank God for a nice day and environment. It's good to unwind at time s too. Thanks for sharing this. have a nice day!
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@allknowing (153544)
• India
25 Nov 12
I spend most of my time around here tht keeps me happily busy on my toes!I hardly socialise.
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@riyauro (6421)
• India
25 Nov 12
it is true that the place looks so peaceful.. great one. I can imagine it.
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@JamesKYTan (1605)
• Malaysia
27 Nov 12
That is really gorgeous plants. It is great to see what you have planted and blooming beautifully. For me Sunday is a family day. I will the chauffeur of day fetching my wife and son to wherever they like to go. Most of the time, morning will be in the church then to the mall for lunch, read and browse book at book shop or watching a movie.
@allknowing (153544)
• India
27 Nov 12
Your Sunday looks great too! Here's too everyone's Sundays
@roshigo58 (4856)
• Pune, India
28 Nov 12
Hi, From your description of Sunday I can understand how happy the Sunday was for you. It was very calm, quiet and pleasant Sunday for you. Such type of Sunday is necessary for everyone for the peace of mind. Nature always makes us happy so we should try to preserve it.
@allknowing (153544)
• India
28 Nov 12
We have to choose the right activities to guarantee that peace. It is all there. We just have to opt for it.