There's this dream to make the street where we have our home a showcase for beauty and art. A neighbor, Gari, imagines the wall of the high school with murals created by neighborhood kids. Ling and I have dreamed of creating a garden along the length of the street. This summer, we moved nearer to the fulfillment of that dream.
On a small patch of land where a barangay outpost used to stand, Andong planted flower seeds which I asked from maintenance personnel working in the garden fronting a building in UP. After a few weeks, the leaves and buds started coming out and day by day we prayed they would survive the heat and the attack of insects or mischievous hands of street urchins. So now that they're in full bloom, we in Fr. Martinez Street have a tiny spot of beauty amidst the rocks and the weeds in the side of the street.
It is truly a glorious feeling gazing at them, savoring the miracle of life produced by nurturing hands!
Looks great! Back in Roxas we call these - margaritas. They are indeed colorful!
ReplyDelete"margarita" is the spanish word for "daisy", 'diba?
ReplyDeleteI think these flowers are also called Zinnias!
ReplyDeleteNgayon ko lang nakita ang little garden na to! Kapag ganyan ang maging sorroundings natin napakasaya siguro......at gaganda ang Fr. Martinez....!!!
ReplyDeleteSayang nga at di man lang umabot ng isang taon ang garden na ito. Pinabulldozer ng barangay ang ang mga tabi ng daan dahil palalaparin daw ito. Pagkatapos ng ilang buwan, ayun wala pa ring pagbabago at wala na ang munting garden. Huhuhu!
ReplyDeleteOo nga po, sabi nga ni andong ginastusan mo pa para sa lupa expecting na may little garden tayo for life...yun wala nagyari. Nakakalunkot lang!
ReplyDeleteButi na lang na-preserve kahit lang sa pictures! : )
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