Wednesday, April 15, 2015

And what flower is it?

This flower is a favourite for everyone around. It is quite fragrant and by evening time, the flowers on the shrub entice everyone with a heady attraction. It starts off as white, individual flowers on a long stem, and slowly turns yellow as it withers. As far as I know, we get these flowers all round the year.

The sapling cutting came from a friend's house. We did't know the name of the flower, and everyone asks, " And what flower is it?"

My daughter said, she will take a picture, and search on Google. You can search for a match using the Google search. You first search for images. In the images search result, the search box has a camera icon. Clicking this, you can get the option to give a URL or upload an image from your computer. The search engine gives results.

I tried the same. Here is the result I found:

Hmmm. Not very helpful. Well, even before this, I had tried my old trusty method of search.

I found this answer. Eureka!

Brunfelsia Lactea, or Brunfelsia Gigantea...Lady of the Night, they say!


Thursday, April 9, 2015

A cockroach's wise words to man

A COCKROACH'S WISE WORDS TO MAN

You may call me creepy,  crawly,
But man,  you're no match for me.
You constantly complain of
Pollution, jams and garbage.
I silently cope with this human baggage.

Pesticide is a constant theme in your media.
In everything from milk to mango -  see Wikipedia.
You invented pesticide to exterminate,
Verily that will make you ex, my mate!

Crawling everywhere, see our might,
Without bark or bite, we cause such fright,
We start, scamper in light  bright,
But have a ball causing you such blight.

When will you, oh man, realise?
We're Nature's army to neutralise
All your humbug, hell, en masse
Clean up your act,  stop this trespass.