#osmanthusgarden

[mycthefirefly]

This cornflower blue flower is very tiny, and it's called "dayflower". It's just the size of a fingernail! Yet, besides it's medicinal properties, the sprouts and tender stems are edible and the juice of the flower can be used as a dye!

[mycthefirefly]

Welcoming new residents at the osmanthus garden!!

[mycthefirefly]

The Japanese hops is an invasive plant with pollen that causes autumn allergy. Though its pollen cannot travel far, they grow in great number. It's like what Master Cheng Yen says, in a tug of war between good and evil, it's the side with more people that will win.

[mycthefirefly]

Besides climate, temperature, and humidity, genes also play a crucial part in the blooming time of osmanthus.

For something to "happen", it's not due to one and one reason alone, but the accumulation of all the affinities coming together.

Life gets a little bit easier if we accept this.

[mycthefirefly]

A strawberry plant climbing out of the box to find a space to survive. Life will find a way; with the Dharma it is better. Don't give up.

[mycthefirefly]

Dried chrysanthemums go well with black, green, pu-erh, and oolong teas. They can also stand on their own. May we learn from chrysanthemums in bringing out the beauty of the team when working with others, yet shine when doing something alone.

[mycthefirefly]

Your heart makes up everything in the world.

FYI, I call this plant 'Stormtrooper'.

[mycthefirefly]

“The mind, the Buddha, and all living beings—these three things are without distinction.”

(These are flowers of sweet potato. )