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ON A VERY DIFFERENT NOTE…CHRYSANTHEMUMS!!
“Flowers always make people better, happier and more helpful; they are sunshine, food and medicine to the soul.”
Luther Burbank
Just in case you guys think I’m obsessed with baking & not just passionate about it, time to burst the bubble! I do plenty of other tinkering around too; lots of which is in the garden.
Been thinking of posting these for a while, but each day was bringing a change. Now finally, here are the Chrysanthemums growing in our garden, which I have been tracking from the bud stage to full bloom.
This is the season for these picture perfect flowers here in North India, & they are visible in full glory everywhere.
“The Earth Laughs in Flowers”
Ralph Waldo Emerson
Deeba @ PAB
About me: I am a freelance food writer, recipe developer and photographer. Food is my passion - baking, cooking, developing recipes, making recipes healthier, using fresh seasonal produce and local products, keeping a check on my carbon footprint and being a responsible foodie! I enjoy food styling, food photography, recipe development and product reviews. I express this through my food photographs which I style and the recipes I blog. My strength lies in 'Doing Food From Scratch'; it must taste as good as it looks, and be healthy too. Baking in India, often my biggest challenge is the non-availability of baking ingredients, and this has now become a platform to get creative on. I enjoy cooking immensely as well.
13 Comments
easycrafts
During mid December, there is a chrysanthemum show at chandigarh…i never missed it during my 3 yr stay there…i too have a lot of snaps..you have a nice photo collection of how it flowers…reminds me of the winters in north india…thanks
Susan from Food Blogga
You know, Deeba, I read an article not too long ago about a study that showed people were markedly happier (and more productive!) when surrounded by fresh flowers at their workplace. Lovely pics–thanks for sharing.
Taste of Mysore
Lovely Pics. Chrystanthemum Tea (white variety)is a popular herbal tea among chinese. It is considard as a cooling herb. I like the sweet smell n taste it imparts to tea.
sagari
nice post
Ben
Beautiful pictures! It reminds me of my mom’s garden in Mexico. Up here, however, it is too cold right now for any garden. It just started to snow right now :/
Cheers!
PASSIONATE BAKER....and beyond.
Hi EC, have heard about the show. I believe its unbelieveable the number of varieties & colours they come up with.
Thanks Susan & very right. Just makes the world a better place to be in.
The Chinese use the Chrysanthemum flower in a lot of their art-work too, Taste of Mysore. Have always been fascinated by the far-east!
Sagari, thank you.
Hey Ben, glad it reminded you of yr Mom’s garden.How lucky that its snowing ther! Is it a White Christmas every year? We don’t get snow in the winter; the kids would LOVE to have some though!!
theysaywordscanbleed
those are really cute flowers
Mer
I love how you captured the buds unfolding. Very nice.
My mums are all withered now. Too much wet and cold for them here, I think. Nice to know they are blooming somewhere. :0)
Purnima
Deeba–I must say you hv captured it so beautifully!!Cheerful colors and flickr has much more colors wait’n to b posted! Nice quotes too! You too are as cheerful and colorful as your blooming garden!!Tks for posting..made my day!!
VegeYum @ A Life (Time) of Cooking
love the flowers opening. So lovely to watch.
VegeYum
Cynthia
Don’t worry, we know that there is more to you than the excellent baking you do 🙂
Katy
beautiful! i’m so jealous because there’s snow on the ground in New York and flowers are many, many months away… i’ll have to live vicariously though you for a while!
Arundati Rao
love the colours…..