Ulog #8: Cool walk on a bright day
The sun somehow shone today and the rain has stopped. It was a bit cloudy but it was still a very good weather as the temperature was just right.
I went out in the afternoon for my cancelled transaction from yesterday. Three security guards greeted me by the bank door. I smiled to all of them and got my queue number from one of them as I enter. There is a long queue inside so I searched for the cash accept machine. It is blinking green - ready to go! It was being serviced yesterday so I asked the security guard just to be sure that it is working fine and he said yes. I deposited through the machine and finished my transaction in less than five minutes. I returned my queue number to the guard as I was exiting.
The weather is so cool, it made me miss the outdoor. I did not want to immediately go back home. So instead of going the usual way and ride a trike back home, I circled to a different route - a longer one - and walked. I thought it will be a good exercise. The 15-20 minutes walk ended up to more than 30 minutes. I was lazily walking, enjoying the dry sidewalk. As they say, do not keep yourself too busy. Take time to stop and smell the flowers along the way.
Here are what I got, right in time for the day's #ColorChallenge #WednesdayYellow. They say yellow is the happiest color in the color spectrum and gives the body surge of energy. I kinda agree. It brightens the day.
Gumamela or hibiscus. Gumamela has different varieties in color and in shape. Red is the most common one. I remember during my grade school (I think it was in the fourth grade), our teacher asked us to bring gumamela flower for our discussion the following day. Then on the following day, our topic was about parts of a flower. Our teacher was saying that gumamela is the one that has all the flower parts that is why she required for it to be our sample flower.
Allamanda. It also has different color variety and yellow bell or golden trumpet is the most common one.
I do not know this one. I did "Search Google for image" but dwarf day lily is coming out. It is definitely not a lily. It is actually a tree so if you notice my shots are farther. I was trying to reach for the flowers overhead. Can someone help me out and tell me the name of this, please?
Cheers! 😊
Congratulations! You were featured by @headchange in the #payitforward contest. That is how I found you. All the best.
Thank you! 😊
golden yellow make you glow
traffic light is yellow mean you've got to slow
stars above shine bright yellow makes you're not in a shadow
steemit wednesday yellow let your yellow flower show
and here I come from @headcange entry post for the pay it forward contest this week to help your steemit account grow
Wow, I love the rhyme of your short poem! You are gifted with talent to have come up with such poem immediately when I am having hard time creating one. Very good. Thank you! 😃
hahaha.. you're very welcome, it just something come up after reading your comments with others, I don't usually create something like that too... :D
Sounds like a smart idea to enjoy those dry sidewalks while they last.:)
I hear there has been a lot of rain lately. It looks like a beautiful walk with all the flowers in bloom. Yellow is such a happy cheerful color. Day lily is the first thing that comes to me when looking at the last one, but just a guess.
It was a good walking exercise. 😊
Yes, it has been raining for days because of monsoon rains coupled with a typhoon. Many low-lying areas were actually flooded. But again, the rain subsided today which is very good.
Thanks for helping out with that last flower. Day lily is also the one coming out of my search but is not a day lily. Anyway, we will figure it out sooner or later. 😊
I'm glad @cicisaja came over she knows a lot about plants, especially medicinal and edible. All I ever know the ones in my area.
And thank you for directing her to my post! Thank you too for the pay it forward initiative that she mentioned. I went through few of your pay it forward entries and found it really amazing that people like you reach out to help others.
Kudos and long live!
Thanks so much! We all have a lot of fun with the #payitforward. Come play along anytime. A new round starts each week.
I'll be glad to join with any way I can help. 😊
Here is the place to check it out. You will have lots of fun and it is really easy.
https://steemit.com/contest/@thedarkhorse/curation-contest-week-16-of-paying-it-forward-07820bced897est
Yap, I've been going through @thedarkhorse's blog and trying to figure it out. So maybe you can also help me out with my understanding if I got it correctly.
Did I get it right? 🙂
I on't really know about plants 😉 but anything that lives in Philipina will be easily find in Indonesia and I think that our government really love to make same policies such as planting the poisonous trees as shade on each side of the street 😂 and that oleander especially native to Mexico.
Funny! I did not know that our government loves to make policies on planting poisonous trees as shade! 😃
Lovely flowers.
Thank you. 😊
Hello there @macoolette😉 what a nice post. That flower is yellow oleander, don't let anyone chew any part of it. Flowers, fruits, sap or leaves... its poisoneous!
Here is a link to wikipedia.oleander
If you are afraid to click on that external link, search on google for yellow oleander or cascabela thevetia.
I love this flower too, but one single leaf would kill you. Oleander too has many colours such as hibiscus, but with some different species.
Thanks to @headchange who guide me to your post😉 from her entry post for the pay it forward contest this week.
Thank you for sharing the lovely yellow flowers photograph and you story with us.
Wow! Thank you @cicisaja for sharing your knowledge about the flower. Indeed, I searched for yellow oleander and matched with the ones on my photo.
Thank you too for whatever pay it forward initiatives that you're into. It definitely makes the world brighter. 😊
Glad to help😉 I recognised the flower because you photographed the leaves also, you know.. some flowers look almost the same with other. I made a long note about flowers and plants around, because I simply love plants.
Have a happy green thursday😉
Right, let's move on to the next color! 😀 Have a great Thursday!
Lovely post. Sometimes I also take the off beaten path. It's great to clear out some ideas.
Thanks, @headchange, for your suggestion in The Pay It Forward Contest.
Thank you for your kind words @trincowski. Indeed, it is sometimes worth taking a different path.