Sunday, 27 November 2011

Beauty is in the eye of beholder

Beautiful 'passiflora foetida' or wild maracuja flower (in my language we called it 'bunga letup' or 'leletup') that I came accross during my morning walk today. This vine bear edible orange color fruit/berry that I used to eat when I was small :) 

Before the flower open:

 Before open

Slightly open:

 Slightly open

Fully open!! :)

 'Bunga letup' (Passiflora foetida) ... fully open

'Bunga letup' (Passiflora foetida) ... fully opened

And these tendrils of passiflora foetida have also caught my eyes:

 Letup or Leletup (Wild maracuja)

Letup or Leletup (Passiflora foetida/Wild maracuja)

 

Tuesday, 22 November 2011

Are you out there ...?

 
I want your sun to reach my rain drops,
so your heat can raise my soul upward like a cloud.
[Rumi]
 
Are you out there ... ?

Thursday, 28 July 2011

Side Farm camping site

I can't decide which one I like best between Side Farm, Patterdale or Syke Farm, Buttermere campsite. Side Farm campsite located on the higher area gave better view of the surrounding especially Ullswater.

Side Farm Camping is situated in Patterdale at the southern end of Ullswater and provides an excellent base for fell walking, watersports and mountain biking. Overlooked by the Place Fell and with stunning views towards the Helvellyn range, this site is a spectacular location for exploring this beautiful area of the Lake District.

1. The location of this camp site was a bonus :)

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2. A short walk after we put up the tent DSC00629

The sheep and I ;)

 Juniper berries  This tree would makes a pretty bonsai :)

3. A cold morning that made you feel like not leaving the tent :) 2011_06_17_5304

Our neighbours :)

Our first visitor on a cold wet morning Early bird cacthes big worm!

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It's fun watching this guy!! :)It's fun watching this guy! :)

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5. Aira Force, one of the most famous waterfalls in the Lake District.  Aira Force drops an impressive 65 feet and is surrounded by pretty woodland.2011_06_18_5326

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Aira Force

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This caught my eyes.

6. Ullswater at night Sometimes I wonder ....

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We walked until Hayeswater, but the weather getting worst and we decided to leave. Hayeswater

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8. One of the things that I like about this camp site is that there's a yellow field :) - a field of buttercup - that we have to pass through each time we drive in/out the camp site. 2011_06_19_5591

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At peace with self

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Not just Buttercup, there're also Forget-me-Not Forget-Me-Not

9. But what I don't enjoy is having to open/close the gate especially when it's raining :) (there are 2 gates to get to our camp site!) . But I do feel honored when I can open the gate for other cars behind us to pass through :D 2011_06_19_5638

10. We caught the one who steal our bread on our last day.

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11. It's sunny and blue sky on the the we're leaving Ullswater!!! DSC00746

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But we have to be fast and beat the rush hour in the Lake District so that we can reach our next camp site, Syke Farm at Buttermere on time ;)

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Tuesday, 26 July 2011

The most memorable day in England (Summer 2011)

Speechless. That would be the best word to describe my situation when H told me there's a field of red poppies on our left (it was hidden by some trees and I have fallen asleep  while H was driving). We were driving back from Oxford, already exited the motorway and driving through Cotswold to our next destination Bourton on the Water. I always seen picture of beautiful poppy field in Spain on flickr and I always dream of seeing poppy field while holiday in Spain. Alas it never comes true  . It never occurs to me that my dream would be fulfilled in England

This is what we saw from far

Whispering grass.

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When I saw you standing there ....

 The red poppies sharing secret :)

Call me crazy, but I have fallen in love ...... with red poppies

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A dream comes true ......

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Thank you to my driver cum the love of my life for not falling asleep while driving, otherwise we would have missed the poppy field

A red poppy field in Cotsworld.