:Today's Flowers#104/Ruby Tuesday : Zinnia

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This is one flower specie that I love to look at always because they stand at the crowd. Their vivid color and their petals are a sight to love. They're perfect for photo shoot also as they can be easily captured with one shot only unlike the pale colored flowers where you have to concentrate on the lights and angle to have a clear shot. These shots are all taken on one snap each only in the same village in Montalban where hubby's family lives. Very colorful and pretty don't you think?

Here's some info from Mr. Wikipedia:

Zinnia is a genus of 20 species of annual and perennial plants of family Asteraceae, originally from scrub and dry grassland in an area stretching from the American Southwest to South America, but primarily Mexico, and notable for their solitary long-stemmed flowers that come in a variety of bright colors.

Zinnia leaves are opposite and usually stalkless (sessile), with a shape ranging from linear to ovate, and pale to middle green in color. The flowers have a range of appearances, from a single row of petals, to a dome shape, with the colors white, chartreuse, yellow, orange, red, purple, and lilac.

Zinnias are popular garden flowers, usually grown from seed, and preferably in fertile, humus-rich, and well-drained soil, in an area with full sun. They will reseed themselves each year. Over 100 cultivars have been produced since selective breeding started in the 19th century.

Happy Sunday! To see more entries for today's flowers and ruby tuesday click the badges!

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Stylish Accessories for Your Car

When you have a car of your own you’ll be relieved from the stressful hiring of cab. For the past couple of weeks we’re not using my brother’s car and we’re always hiring a cab to go to church every Sunday. Actually it’s really convenient riding in a taxi but sometimes the meter is tampered and even if you complained you’ll still pay the driver. When we’re going home from our church service we find it hard to hire a cab when we say the destination, it seems that our place is too far then the motive of the driver is to request an additional fare aside from the automatic flag down rate plus the meter reading. Well that’s too much and illegal but where will you complain, as they say if you can’t bear it don’t hire.

Anyway I miss our Nissan car which was heavily damaged last year by the big flood that hit the country. Even if it’s not the latest model we love and cares for it just like another member of our family. When we’re at the mall we look for accessories that would make it look nice. You know accessories can give your car a unique distinctive look and style so choosing the right nissan accessories for your Nissan car is necessary. Well if you really want the right accessories for your type of car you can visit CARiD.com and search for your needed automotive accessories. They offer both interior and exterior so have your choice now!

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Comments - Supervits

My Mom always tells me that health is wealth and no amount of money can replace a healthy body. I see to it that I and my family take vitamins everyday to strengthen our resistance and to avoid being sick. This is a very informative post and will be of great help to those who need sources of good vitamins and supplements. Thanks for sharing.

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Comments - CVS

The busiest season of the year is only few months away and people are thinking of gifts for their loved ones and decorating their homes also for the festive season. Having those beautiful country quilts, candles and baskets are great gift ideas and good for your own homes too. It makes shopping fun and easy.

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How can we secure our family’s future? People have different views in life and that includes how they earn and invest their money to ensure that their family will have the best of everything in the future. Some seek greener pasture abroad and work there until they have enough savings to start a business. My brother being an Engineer by profession built apartments for his kids’ education. It will be their source for educational expenses and some other miscellaneous. He wants the best education for them and still working hard to make their dreams come true. Of course all parents wants the best for their kids but don’t have enough finances to achieve it.

Most people I know invest on houses, lots, stocks and even jewelleries. Well if you’re really keen on these things why not? Investing doesn’t only require money but knowledge as well because you have to know the ins and outs of the business before entering any kind of investment. We’re talking about your hard-earned money and you should be careful in using them. One investment I saw which garnered some positive feedbacks is on the precious metals. You only need to buy gold eagle coins and store in safety deposit and wait for the appreciation of its value. It’s one of the most secured investment since the old generation where the old folks store gold and silver for future emergency needs for finances.

Well not bad for me as it could really be a tangible investment for everyone and I’m sure it has a high return of capital.

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His First Regular Flag Ceremony

He likes being photographed here :-) Funny kid!

It's kinda late but I just want to share Josh excitement over his first flag ceremony on the second day of his schooling. He had flag ceremonies when he was in preparatory school but on programs and occasions only. Prep students don't have daily flag ceremony and they study only for 2-3 hours a day so this new activity for Josh every morning gave him additional exciting things to do. Lately he told me that he got tired after the little exercises in their flag ceremony but he smiled when he demonstrated their exercises. Really this little kid is so funny and I noticed that he's gaining lots of friends already.

I was lucky to get a small nook behind one steel post because I got shy doing the snapshots, glad they didn't noticed my cam :-) camera flash was off!

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Enough Sleep for Stamina

Start of the work week again and as early as now I’m finishing some tasks to submit before lunchtime though I’m still very sleepy. I’m just taking advantage of the time zone being ahead for about 12 hours from my clients. We stayed in the church a little late last night and I’ve worked until midnight to arrange some posts so I felt like taking a nap this afternoon or I’ll be writing nonsense. I really can’t work if my eyes felt like closing up and no amount of coffee can cure it. Just a few hours of sleep maybe two or three hours will be enough to bring back my stamina for writing.

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