Vanna Vanna pookkal - Tamil movie review

Prashanth, Vinothini and Mounica play lead roles in this love triangle. 

The good thing about this movie is there are umpteen shots of nature - snakes, monkeys, flowers, waterfalls etc  Mounica's love for Prasanth is one sided and he meets Vinothini and falls for her.  She too starts loving him but by a cruel twist of fate they cannot get married. 

Some fantastic songs and refreshing cinematography.

Garden diaries - Swiss chard

Our swiss chard's peak time was in mid to late spring.  We were able to harvest fresh large greens for our stirfry and soups.  After that the heat has been too much for this plant and its barely surviving now.

Garden diaries - Rose

A rose is the centerpiece in any garden!

This beauty came to our home just as a cutting without any leaves in early May.  Quickly leaves appeared all over in the next few weeks and two buds made their appearance in early June.  Since then there have been no flowers.  Guess we have to wait another year for the next set of flowers.

Garden diaries - Sunflower

 These pictures were taken over four days and you can see that the last picture has the fully blossomed flower. 


Our first sunflower bloomed in mid June.  All others follow in succession. 


This beauty opened late June.

Garden diaries - Zucchini

 Our zucchini plant started blooming in mid May.  Female flowers started making their first appearance in late May.  The flowers were a bright yellow and bloomed early in the morning and closed by noon.





Female flowers are characterised by a swollen bulb and are closer to the base of the plant.  Male flowers are on a simple stalk and are taller.  Male flowers are abundant too.







In a couple of weeks (in mid June) our first full grown zucchini presented itself!