God as I see in the Daily Floral Offerings - 24 April to 7 May

 Monday 24 April 2023, White Jasmines are repeated, the day being observed as Aadi Shankar’s Jayanthi

Ground spreading Yellows are picked for this Tuesday 25 April 2023 to offer and decorate the altar.

The day’s selection has fallen on this rose plant with its eye catching big and yellow roses. Will see them soon as collected on 26 April 2023 at 11 am in the following snap.

Selected “Yellow Roses”. The Red Rose in the center enhances their uniqueness pleasing the Creative Eye of Him / Her.

Thursday 27 April 2023 these collected flowers will take the center stage on the altar. These pretty delicate beauties with their tenderness and lovely mixed shades of pinks and whites will decorate the deities. They come as ground spreading thick congregations in very attractive colors of Rose white, Red and Orange during spring time and we have all three colors. These belong to Lampranthous Family.

Red Roses from our yard of a different variety for the Friday prayers (28 April 2023). Roses dominate our front and back yards and we have about eight varieties, some are creepers and others are plants, and a few are the vertical stem types yielding both small and large flowers and of different shades. 

Today, the roses clearly created the illusion in me to create the impression; you are able to offer us to your deities by daily plucking, but we already done what you are doing, as we have done our duty by flowering and offering ourselves, long before you, and so true, and opening my eyes and my thinking. Unlike man with his selfish motives the plants are doing their bit of flowering or yielding fruits without asking purely to please The Creator and giving the best and not expecting any returns and deriving pride and pleasure.

The red roses of today are of medium size, say 3” diametrically.

The days essence is to thrive for The Creators recognition as prosperity and satisfaction are only the derivatives blessed there from. You do your part the best HE ensures and that too not for your asking.

These snaps are indicators of how Nature surpasses mans imagination or creation.

The biggest "Rose Color Roses" of this years Spring Season and each one of them 6 to 7" diametrically and having soothing fragrance. In all, this single plant has an yield of  16 Nos. when snapped (28 April 2023). A close up of the largest amongst them - a feast to the eyes gifted by The Creator. 

The specialty of this a Rose Plant is it gives roses of 4 to 5" dia. All from the same plant, but of varied colors and the noticeable are white, rose, mix of rosewhite, yellow, orange, red, and a mix of any of above two colors. At the time the snap is taken there are as many as 26 Nos.

Saturday, April 29: This is a local U.S. “Hibiscus Red”, which droops down and is quite attractive, a new addition of this year and still in a potted stage before transplanting, as it needs conditioning before planting in soil. I love the color and the flowers.  

Plucked Hibiscus Red are displayed below. The plant drew attention indicating are you ignoring as I am young and with less number of flowers. Small or big, doesn’t matter, we are all equally dear to The Creator, and more so as our very creation is due to His wand.

Sunday, April 30: The Flowers of Glandularia Plant”, with the Pink and Purple Pink and which turn white-ish afterwards will be taking the ornamental position on the deities of daily puja. They flower in bunches and with their own attraction and pleasing to the eyes.

View of same flowers of another plant. These form shrubs spreading and where they touch the soil start rooting and propagate by themselves and flower all through the year.

The picked and plucked flowers - beautiful, eye pleasing and lovely.

Monday, May 1: These are “Ranunculus" White Flowers in shades with a smear of pink in one pot and another pure white, both being a collection of this year and chosen for the Monday 1 May 2023 morning Prayers.

The Ranunculus comes in the Yellow shade also and pictured for presentation.

Closeup of a few White Ranunculus Flowers.

Selected these Geranims for this day of 2 May 2023.

This flowering cactus drew my attention asking why the attractive flowers are not picked and offered! Flowers are very small, say 10mm dia.  But difficult to pick being in the midst of protecting thorns.

Wednesday, May 3: The biggest lilies with attractive white coloration picked for the day's offering. 

We have the well known saying ‘Service to Man is Service to God.’ But I consider ‘Service to Plants is a much more valuable Service’, as it is real Service to the environment, besides engaging the interested and helping the objectives of Society at large and contributing your mite in one’s own way. 

This Lilly is known as “Calla Lilly or Arum Lilly” and native to Africa.

Thursday, May 4: These are Wild Flowers to be offered for the day and we have them in our front yard.  They spread themselves. Ideally suited as California weather confirms. Services droughts. Requires little or no watering. Remains green. We have two colors for plucking.

Today’s flower is called “Hottentot Fig”. It awakens with Sunrise and opens while it closes with Sunset and it does so for 3 to 4 days. When plucked and kept in a vase also it stands active for the same period.

This is the second coloration with us. Both colors are attractive. They cover vast stretches of the sandy soil of the sea coast of CA and especially Santa Cruz Bay.

This is a basket full of the beautiful flowers just picked out and you can see the two prominent colors on either side with a third light rose color in the formation popping up this year during Spring Time.

Friday, May 5: Fridays are special. Rose and Roses days. Will cover the roses that are with us and blooming. Each is unique in its own way and with its own color and creative attraction and unmatched. So will go one by one in picturing.

I named this rose as “Passion Rose” with its rare coloration.

These are the “Yellow Roses”.

These are superb and I call them “The Velvety Roses”, the petals being velvety. It’s bounty flowering is its uniqueness. This plant at the time of snapping has as many as 32 roses, and each one of 5 “ dia. To cover these features an additional snap is taken and shown below. Notice the bounty of Velvet Roses.

These are the familiar “Rosy Colored Roses”. These also are of 5”dia.

Next we have three giant Red Roses.

A close view of one of the biggest red roses and this one is seven inches across diametrically, a beauty.

Creeper varieties two colors are with us and one is still potted and the second is huge in size and planted in the front yard in the soil and it is full of buds and will flower in a few days.

May 7: These flowers not covered hitherto are chosen for offering. Three types are being offered since we do not want to disturb the potted plants to look drab. 

Argyranthemum

Cowslip

Sunday, May 7: With today four weeks of the present series are to come to a close. Today the coverage will be on some of the remaining flowering species we have with us in our yard and they include creepers, grounded plants and potted ones. Todays snaps and description will follow ones the Sun pops up brightening the life of the flowers of the day to be covered.

Blue crown Passion Flower.  Season for these has just begun. Flowers well.  Attracts butterflies. In Telugu we call the same flowers as “Pancha Pandavulu and Kouravulu”. Kauravulu are 100 in number and the has the same number. In the midst you can find the 5 Pandavulu.

These are called “Japanese Honeysuckles”. The plant is a creeper. The flowers come as pale yellow in color. They change to be white on following days. They look like lilies but do not belong to the Lilly family. They give light fragrance.

This is called “ Lobularia” plant with its white flowering in bunches. A very common California plant that can be grounded or potted and very easy to grow and stands drought conditions.

Calendula Marigold. This flower is very attractive. Has dark yellow coloration. Appealing with its glow tending to be somewhat  fluorescent.

This is “Marjoram” plant and potted. This is greenish as you can see. It is as good as a flowering plant. It has very good fragrance. It is used in scents. It is also edible and used in American cuisine. It is called “Maruvam” in Telugu and Tamil and very popular in India and invariably forming a part of puja flowers and extensively used in garland preparation.

These are flowers from the grasses with their yellow color and about one inch dia. One may laugh at the coverage of grass flowers. But they form part of offerings to Ganesha and grass being the favorite.

These are called “Cowslip” flowers. Like the yellow shade of this flower. It is very delicate. Has life for about a week on the plant and about three to four days in a vase and finds a place in floral arrangements.

This flower is called “Cockscomb”. It is called in Telugu Seethammavari Jadalu.

Flaming Caty or Calancheo. This grows easily. Gives orange flowers. Tiny to look at. But attractive. Plant cuttings survive easily for spreading.

These are “Pink Ladies”.  They are seasonals and with their own delicate look and attraction.

We have the “Red Valerian” also. These are popular and common in CA.

Lantana Yellow has its own attraction and I like this flower that has no smell and it is potted. When grounded spreads well and flowers well drawing the attention of passersby.

These are “Common hollyhocks”. These come in red and white colors and we have the red.

Daisy Bushes are also very common coming in different colors. We have the white.

With these I am closing for the day. I am also closing this sequence of pictorial presentation on the floral offerings and God as I look, comprehend and view and thereby derive a form of consciousness and unification with HIM in my own way, and thus Flowers and Nature becoming part of life, and through their rearing my service to the environment.

Thanking Ramita in giving me her helping hands in blogs and Google for covering and hoping the pictorials attract the attention of the interested.

Lastly, in closing would like add that we have some others not covered here and they have yet to bloom. My thankfulness goes to the Creator whose inducement helped this venture on the pictorials.

Credit for the venture is truly HIS.

This pictorial presentation is a world that I created for myself comprehending the Creator as I have seen each day of the last four weeks. This is the offering of a ninety year old for the common good of one and all humanity.