Saturday, 27 November 2010

Friday, 26 November 2010

Maranta leuconeura erythroneura

Prayer plant
Photo idea from plantsarethestrangestpeople.blogspot.com

Looked dry when bought, recovered after watering and misting.

Links
> Wikipedia
> plantsarethestrangestpeople.blogspot.com (Neurotic)
> guide-to-houseplants.com

Kaufland (květinářství), 35Kč ($1.87)

Plant inventory


Aloe vera » »
Asplenium antiquum 'Osaka' »
Beaucarnea recurvata »
Calluna vulgaris
Cordyline fruticosa 'Kiwi'
Cordyline fruticosa 'Mambo'
Cupressus macrocarpa 'Wilma Goldcrest' »
Cyclamen persicum
Didymochlaena truncatula »
Dieffenbachia 'Camilla' » » »
Dieffenbachia 'Sterling' »
Dizygotheca elegantissima » »
Dracaena marginata » »
Ficus benjamina 'Starlight' »
Ficus pumila 'Snowflake'/'White Sunny' »
Fittonia verschaffeltii »
Gasteria excelsa »
Gerbera jamesonii (2)
Haworthia limifolia »
Hedera helix (2) »
Hypoestes phyllostachya (2) »
Kalanchoe calandiva (2)
Kalanchoe tomentosa »
Ledebouria socialis 'Violacea' »
Maranta leuconeura
Pachypodium geayi »
Pteris ensiformis »
Sansevieria trifasciata 'Hahnii' »
Schlumbergera truncata (2)
Sedum rubrotinctum
Spathiphyllum »
Syngonium podophyllum 'Regina' »
Tradescantia zebrina »
Zingiber officinale »

Planning to acquire
Alocasia »
Chamaedorea elegans »
Cordyline fruticosa 'Black Tango' »
Crassula ovata »
Dieffenbachia 'Sterling' »
Dracaena fragrans 'Gold Coast' »

Wish list
Cordyline fruticosa 'Black Tango?'/'Caruba Black?'/'Red Sister?' »

Thursday, 25 November 2010

Kalanchoe calandiva

Flaming Katy

Second mini Kalanchoe calandiva - such a peach!

Links
> Wikipedia
> guide-to-houseplants.com
> Mississippi State Univeristy (Calandiva kalanchoe is simply irresistible)

Bauhaus, 29Kč ($1.57)

Sedum rubrotinctum

Jelly bean plant

Already top-heavy, may have to repot soon.

Links
> Wikipedia
> plantcare.com
> sukulenty.cz

OBI, 25Kč ($1.35)

Saturday, 24 July 2010

nevíš ještě

Albert Clock One hundred eighty minutes
You couldn't even spare

For something enjoyable
On a wet summer night

It's just a slight blow to my
Already bruised ego

I shrugged it off and ran free
Without you by my side

Friday, 9 July 2010

Backwater

Nothing you do surprises me
    Neither the good nor the bad
Nowhere is where we are going
    Now it's just a little sad
Being in this relationship
    To which there's no more to add
Why do we still let it linger?
    Who's using whom? Who's been had?
 Nitra river

Thursday, 24 June 2010

Over Jalfrezi

It seemed you did not respect me
when all I got was your silence
Three days later you confirmed it
when you denied my existence

For the first time I feel detached
I no longer crave your presence
What we have is falling apart
it's slowly losing its essence

Saturday, 22 May 2010

Flame

My singed wings are proof
    of how blind I've been

Though maimed I still fly
    I hover and wait

for my scales shine when
    dangerously close

But now I can see
    you are not the sun
 

Wednesday, 19 May 2010

Spare tyre

sunset over Paris I could be of use
but hardly in a year

I could be taken out
to gain space for your gear

I could be toyed with
rolled around with a stick

I could lie here waiting
  in the dark
    riding the bumps
      slowly rotting away
        wishing I'm in a riot
          out in the street
            burning

Manhole

How many times do you need
to fall face down
before walking around
that bitch of a ditch?

The first time we can
consider a mistake
but you did it again
so I say for your sake

It has been too long
you ought to have learnt
true love, unlike pity
can never be earned.
 mossy ditch

Refrak

sunset in a cup Attention, like light
though bright and cheery
when focused to a dot
singes skin easily

In the end it bothers
even the most patient
or makes the recipient
take the giver for granted

Recept pro sladké sny

Forcing your way through taffy
gets enervating at some point

You must know it's quite daffy
still you believe there's a point

You continue wasting energy
precious time and opportunity

Just spit out the hard candy
and find a new sweet to fancy
 smoke in Bangkok

Thursday, 13 May 2010

Tick-tock

yellow tram I wonder how you'd feel
if I found someone else

Perhaps it would just be
a passing sense of loss

Like spilling cold coffee
or missing a tram that goes

every 4 minutes.

Monday, 10 May 2010

to move on.

When
    walking with you
    happens only
    when there's a vacancy
When
    seeing you
    is practically
    serendipity
When
    a future with you
    is as likely
    as winning the lottery
It's time
   autumn leaves

Sunday, 9 May 2010

cul de sac

Orloj If you must lie again
    about meeting your friend
for the minutes you spent
    were unknowingly lent
whatever you have now
    simply must end.

Saturday, 8 May 2010

2 cents'

Drop the pretense.
Stop the nonsense.
Get off the fence.
Don't be so dense.
 sharks

Saturday, 24 April 2010

K-9

Like the proverbial dog eating scraps
that drop from his master's table
he patiently awaits crumbs
of her time and attention.

Never sour or resentful
ever loving and faithful
he thrives on moments she spares,
their handshakes and her smiling stare.

Monday, 12 April 2010

Pale ale

Samurai IPA You're down with post-holiday blues
That you numb with seasonal brews
Whose bitter yet cool aftertaste
Helps you through this trying phase.

Thursday, 25 February 2010

Lager

A hundred minute bubbles
form and rise from your parched tongue
with each pull of chilled amber
all sorrows drowned before long.
 2 glasses of lager

Thursday, 11 February 2010

Lee

Newcastle-upon-Tyne Running away from the light
at the end of the tunnel
not looking back, desperate
to escape to the dark bliss
of nothingness.

Tuesday, 26 January 2010

Taglamig

Sinisipol ng hangin
Ang niyebeng gatudlok
Na nakakapuwing ma'y
Pagkurap mo'y tunaw rin.
 Radegast Station, Lodz

Sunday, 24 January 2010

Westerly

Like an unanchored boat gently pulled
By the ebbing tide of a grey sea
Which draws the cruel and drowns all fools
I feel you drifting away from me.

A whirlwind you were that came and went
Could never be caught, forever free
But I'm grateful for the time we've spent
On that summer tryst and autumn spree.