Welcome 1111 to a New Decade and Happy New Year 2011!

Today is 1.1.11 !

Wishing you:

Super Sundays
Magical Mondays
Thrilling Tuesdays
Wealthy Wednesdays
Triumphant Thursdays
Fantastic Fridays
Splendid Saturdays
The whole year through!

"Happy New Year 2011 to you and your family!"

TQVM (Thank you very much) for all the best wishes sent my way.

“May God’s blessings come to you a thousand fold;

may the love in your heart never get old;

and may you find treasures more precious than gold".

..... anonymous.

Have a blessed Year ahead!



Last year, I had a great time visiting your blogs and I was enjoying myself throughout the festive season. I travelled round the world, saw a lot of snow and felt very cold, but I shared your Christmas joy and all the stories told. There were thousands of garden blogs to visit, so much to see. If I had missed you out last year, I'm sorry it was not intentional, so do let me know as I hope I wish to make up for it this year. 

Just to let you know that currently I am writing the following blogs, do visit when you have time as your comments and feedback will be very helful indeed. Don't hold back, shoot me with your honest opinions. That's the way to improve.

1. My Nice Garden - My main blog which is about native plants, my gardening passion and my gardening adventures will be my main focus

2. My Garden Directory -  Once in a while, I will write my jottings about garden supplies and resources in Malaysia. The blog links of all my garden blogger friends around the world are listed in this blog. Do inform me if yours is left out.

3. My Nice Flowers - Starting from 2011, I will post a flower picture everyday. This is a compilation of photos with flower names from the archive of My Nice Garden blog.

4. Klang, Malaysia Daily Photo -  A city daily photo blog about food, travel, and life in my city, my country.

I am very happy to see many tiny butterflies in my garden because my gomphrena and cuphea are blooming now. I have some home saved seeds of gomphrena, butterfly pea and red zinnia. If you would like to have some, do send me an email.

HAPPY HOLIDAYS!
Warmest regards and CHEERS! from,
Autumn Belle

Note: Don't tell me I didn't warn you. This is an active post specially to welcome the new year and will be updated at regular intervals. hahahahahahahahahaha .....

The midnight scene from my room window as my neighbours welcome the new decade on 1.1.11.

A Funtoystic Christmas and Farewell 2010 !

This is my last post for 2010. 

Thank you very much for your visits, comments, encouragement and support.

MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR from Malaysia! 

The pictures are from the Mid Valley Megamall shopping centre in Kuala Lumpur. Their theme for Chirstmas 2010 is 'Have a Funtoystic Christmas'. I have also selected some quotations which I hope will motivate and inspire you just as they had done the same to me.

This is my 201st post, 236 followers, 90 000 clicks and 4,836 comments after 1.5 years of active blogging. TQVM (thank you very much) to my blogging friends!

May your 2010 Christmas be as magical as you'd like it to be
and,
May all your wishes come true!

"From home to home, and heart to heart, from one place to another.

The warmth and joy of Christmas, brings us closer to each other".

- Emily Matthews

"Nobody can go back and start a new beginning,

but everyone can start today and make a new ending"

..... Maria Robinson 

"The difference between school and life?

In school, you're taught a lesson and then given a test.

In life, you're given a test that teaches you a lesson.

..... Tom Bodett

" I expect to pass through life but once.

If therefore, there be any kindness I can show,

or any good thing I can do to any fellow being,

let me do it now, and not defer or neglect it,

as I shall not pass this way again."

..... William Penn

"Health is the greatest gift,

contentment the greatest wealth,

faithfulness the best relationship".

..... Buddha

 
 

"Let us more and more insist on raising funds of love,

of kindness, of understanding, of peace.

Money will come if we seek first the Kingdom of God

- the rest will be given".

..... Mother Teresa

"I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph."

..... Shirley Temple

Do you still believe in Santa Claus?

Do you still want your children to believe in Santa Claus?

Do you have a special Santa Claus story to share with me?

My greatest Santa shocker was the song, "I saw mommy kissing Santa Claus last night!" As a little kid, I really didn't want my mom kissing anyone else except my dad, not even Santa!

Until then, see you in 2011!

Cheers!!!

Autumn Belle

MERRY CHRISTMAS and HAPPY NEW YEAR !
Selamat Hari Natal, Selamat Tahun Baru ! 

Gesëende Kersfees! Gelukkige nuwe jaar!
聖誕節快樂, 新年快乐, shèng dàn jié  kuài lè, xin nian kuai le! 

Naye Varsha Ki Shubhkamanyen!
Maligayang Pasko, Manigong bagong taon!
Ein glückliches neues Jahr!
Buon Natale e próspero ano novo!
あけましておめでとうございます, Akemashite omedeto gozaimasu!




Countdown-Clocks

Thank you very much for visiting. It's the start of another decade! Let's count down to 2011 .....
1. Lona, 2. Rainfield, 3. Diana (EE), 3A. Missy, 5. Lotusleaf, 6. Malar, 7. Wendy, 8. Aaron, 9. Andrea, 10. Milka, 11. Asha, 12. Diane AZ, 13. One, 13A. Bananaz, 15. Diana (Di), 16. Deborah, 17. P3Chandan, 18. M.Kate, 19. James, 20. Carol, 21. Life's Highway, 22. Flower Lady, 23. Tanya, 23A. Donna (GWGT), 25. John & Jacq, 26. Meredehuit, 27. Bom, 28. Titania, 29. Helen, 30. Evelyn, 31. Reanaclaire, 32. Kitchen Flavours, 33. Lynn, 33A. Birgit, 35. Kanak, 36. Babara, 37. Dona, 38. Arati, 39. Beth, 39A. Ayie, 39B. Theanne, 39C. Life Ramblings, 39D. Miriam Luiza, 39E. Klaraau01, 39F. Orchid de dangau, 39G. Carla, 39F. Fer, 39G. Meems, 39H. Jean,  50. Mike, 51. Rosey, 52. Vetsy,  53. Rainfield

GBBD Dec 2010 and Foliage Follow Up Day

Firstly, I would like to thank you very much for all the warm wishes and nice comments that you have left in my previous post. During my blog break, I had gone on an inland auto trip up North to Penang Island with my family. We went to revisit and dine at some of the favourite places that we used to frequent a long time ago. And yes, it did bring back a lot of special memories and cherished moments. Some places were those that I had been to as a kid, now I am bringing my kids there. Soon, my kids will have kids of their own and will bring their kids to the same places and tell them about their childhood with grandma/grandpa and Que Sera Sera, What will be, will be .....

It is funny to look back at my old pictures and compare how much or little each of us have changed, agewise and also physically. Those were pictures taken at the same spot, same location but at different times of our lives. I hope that you too would have many memorable moments with your loved ones during this holiday and festive season. For rememberance, my 'adventures' which centre around food and herritage buildings will be detailed in my Klang, Malaysia Daily Photo blog. Do visit when you have time. My trip to the Butterfly Farm will be posted here soon.

For this month's Blogger's Bloom Day, I have my second generation gomphrena which is grown from home saved seeds. They are grown up now and the first button flowers are begining to appear.

Wendy of Greenish Thumb blog has given me many many seeds. I have sown the marigolds but they seem to be growing very very slowly. This is how it looks after more than one month. Maybe the marigolds having time/jet lag due to their biological clock showing it is winter (in the USA). I think most likely the fault is with the gardener that is ME!, for their lack of growth. Actually, I have put them under the full sun and given them fertilizers too.

Oh dear, Wendy, I'm so sorry with this outcome. What else can I do ?

Another surprise from the marigold container is I got this attractive miniature yellow flowers. They are only about 6 inches tall, very slender and delicate. I think the flowers are really lovely and sweet.

I have taken some cuttings from my Angelonia plants and they are growing well.

They are starting to bloom now.

“GBBD Dec 2010 and Foliage Follow Up Day”, a copyrighted post, was written for My Nice Garden blog by Autumn Belle @ http://www.mynicegarden.com/ on December 14th, 2010.

This Costus woodsonii is my favourite plant at the moment. I love its lipstick blooms that seem to last for ages and its delicate yellow flowers that appear one by one from the spike. While prunning away the dead stalks, I accidently grabbed a good one and chopped if off! My heart nearly stopped when I found myself holding a cut-off juicy green stalk with the most beautiful jade green leaves. I have just decapitated a stalk that is going to bloom soon. Oh dear oh dear, luckily I'm not a surgeon, otherwise I could have cut off the patient's wrong leg!

Before I went for holiday, the hydrangea flower head was as large as a soccer ball. After I came back half the head has dried up. Why? This is because I placed it in the wrong location. There were some changes in the direction of the sunshine this month and my east area which used to have dappled light actualy has become quite sunny now.

These two partners are behaving well. My pandan (Pandanus amaryllifolius) is having a baby (plantlett) now. It's top was getting too heavy for its own good, so I moved my potted Murraya paniculata plant near it to provide support. My Murraya plant has grown a lot of foliage. Sometime ago, it was quite bald and completely overshadowed by the invading torenia which has since finished blooming and passed on.

These guys seem to be treating my garden like their holiday resort. They are lining up all in a row and I bet they are up to no good!

Caution: the next picture may be visually offensive, hence parental guidance is needed (PG13).

This fly couple also think that My Nice Garden is a Bug Hotel. The bugs do love my Ti-plant, don't they?


My grateful thanks to May Dreams Garden for hosting Garden Bloggers Bloom Day. Her link is here.
My grateful thanks to Pam of Digging blog for hosting Foliage Follow-up Day. Her link is here.