Summer Flowering Hippaestrum, originally uploaded by malyousif.

This is such a beautiful plant, and to have it actually flower at this time of year, in Bahrain, when the temperatures outside go between 35 - 45 celcius is such a thrill.

Water lilies, originally uploaded by malyousif.

The water lilies seem to have settled in their new home. I’ve got three blooms at the same time now, makes me really happy - especially that these blooms are an affirmation that they didn’t suffer to much from the abuse I subjected their plant to when I decided to move it.

Have a wonderful Friday my friends.

I couldn’t believe my eyes when I drove over a waste ground this afternoon and was faced with a huge number of these flowers growing by themselves in the wild. I had to get out of my car to investigate and was gobsmacked to find out that these bushes (and plenty of them) are capers!

There are literally hundreds of these flowers in the bushes, and as you will see from this collection, they are simply surrounded by rubbish!

Diamonds in the rough?

Well, if you look for something nice, you could even find it in what seems to be a desolate ground.

Waning ice-plant, originally uploaded by malyousif.

I love these plants, quite unassuming as they grow, but come summer and BANG! Full of colour!

Have a wonderful, safe and peaceful weekend my friends.

Breakfast, originally uploaded by malyousif.

Rose-ringed parakeets come to our garden every morning for the breakfast we put out to them. They must like it very much and appreciate it as their numbers increased over time. They actually wait on the surrounding trees and make such a racket until one of us gets out and puts breakfast out!

But it’s something we really enjoy. They are fun to watch as we’re having breakfast!