Artist Are You Scared ? Will you Survive! - by Rizwana A Mundewadi

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Artist Are you scared? whenever you see other artists works or visit exhibitions are you scared? I see that many us become a bit taken aback! especially after seeing the sales meter! it is human nature and every artist must accept this emotion as normal. Oh, I have not made so many paintings, or when taken aback they immediately start saying, I have just begun painting, or I just paint for hobby! The difference in positive thinking comes in what you do after this. I have learned to accept emotions, face them. It is not important how you feel now but how you react and what you do after this that designs your destiny.
Emotions have been with mankind since the evolution time and as there is love so also is anger, jealousy and greed.Competition like in every field is also in art. Do you sell by misleading the buyer in some one else's exhibition? promoting your art and degrading and laughing off some one else's? Karma is at work and as you sow so shall you reap.
Reiki and universal life force here comes into your lives. It is very very important that you believe that each one is unique, the universe has everything in abundance, you just have to tap it. Accepting emotions is the first step towards success and the immense possibilities with your life. There is no replacement to hard sincere effort. Remember successful people do things that most people do not like, they get up early and work towards their goals, they live for their goals! They go out and find work, they persevere and persist in their ventures. Then comes vast blessings from nature, grace descends upon those who are persistent. Keep the ball rolling as  a rolling stone does not collect moss.
Shine your core star in the whole world. Each one has a special place in this universe and as we are all inter connected to form a complete whole, so also each one is unique, special, no two you's ! I would be happy that I leave behind good happy art. That which will bring happiness, good health, wealth, prosperity and good luck to everyone. I do not have this other fear also which many  artists have, someone will copy their art! I will be the most happiest person if someone copy's my art,we need lots of healing artists to heal the earth, please come forward and make more of happy art.
"work and pray, pray and work, again work and pray and pray and work.......whether you see much fruit or not, remember Universe loves to see you work with your life, deserve every bit of the success.  All the best from Rizwana!
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The Healthy Blooms of Brahma Kamal Flowering Plant

The Brahma Kamla plant found in Himalayas is often mixed with the plant seen growing on window sill in homes. Named Saussurea Obvallata it is the plant growing in hilly regions and not found here. The original name of this plant what we call Brahma Kamal is a flowering cactus, Epiphyllum Oxypetallum, Orchid cactus which blooms at night. The blooms are very big and grow as extensions from the leaves itself.

It is believed to bring in loads of good luck and prosperity and a home where the flowers bloom is very auspicious and lucky. So waiting for the experience, the fragrance, the size, the colour, the shape , in fact the whole Brahma Kamal flower is unique and blooms only at night. The Brahma kamla flower begins to open after sunset and night sets in and reaches its maximum beauty and the flower is fully open by eight and remains till early morning only. If you miss it, it is gone, the flower is spent by sunrise.

What a sight! a healthy Brahma Kamla plant growing in full swing, loaded with big blooms, so many !

A healthy Brahma kamla plant with plenty of big blooms

couldn't help but share this! especially since I have been trying, struggling to grow this, with success in so many flowering and rare plants, I surely do wish i get to see the blooms in our terrace garden.

The Majestic Brahma Kamal Flowers

 Leaving aside the five previous Brahma Kamal plants who are on pause mode, I look at them and they stare, no response, music therapy, cutting, repotting , and feedings, tried it all! a small tiny leaf sometime, and thought hey are growing now the rate is too slow! 
Tips for Brahma kamal Plant Flowers and lessons I have learned-

 1) Avoid re potting the Brahma kamal and feed the plant regularly for flowering. 

2)Do not trim leaves let them dry on the Brahma Kamal plant itself.

3)Do not over water, the Brahma kamal plant has fleshy stem leaves and can do away with less water.

4) Cowdung is best for flowering as manure.

5) Finally, most important, do try to get a healthy mature Brahma Kamal plant, growing plant from leaves cuttings takes lots of years for the plant to mature and give your blooms. our local nurseries also have small Brahma Kamal plants so the search continues for a healthy flowering Brahma kamal plant...will keep posted.

New Brahma kamal Plant in Container

Our new Brahma kamal plant has taken to good growth and has developed new leaves fast within two  months. This time I am taking precautions of beetles, spiders and bugs who chew on leaves and make holes in the Brahma kamal plant leaves. They enjoy the fleshy stem of this plant.

This photo is from a Garden Care Simplified blog lover

My Brahma Kamal plants

As for the experience out of this world, the big blooms of Brahma Kamal flowers, the wait still continues...
Original photos of Brahma Kamal shared by our reader
God Bless and All the Best from Rizwana!

Checking brahma kamal plants for pests

Brahma Kamal flower photo from Garden Care Simplified blog follower

I do not sell plants, Gardening is my love and passion! I am A Healing Artist selling original Reiki healing art @ The Red Pilgrim's Healing Art , You Tuber The Red Pilgrim Dedicated since year 2000 towards spreading health wealth and joy to the world with my Reiki symbol healing paintings!

Mystical Brahma Kamal Paintings

Magical blooms fantasy Reiki happiness garden art collage

Healthy Growth Tips for Jasmine jai Juhi Fragrant Fast Growing Climber

Heavenly fragrant Jasmine Flowers in Container

 As the heat sets in and temperatures are rising in the day and we have cooler nights with chilly breeze over our terrace garden a welcome sight is the white heavenly fragrant flowers on the jasmine climber. The plant has taken good growth very soon and has spread with support of the rose plants covering the thorns, a blessing in disguise!

White Jai Juhi Flowers

 Early mornings are great with the fragrance travelling in the whole garden and feeling refreshed and happy! learned another new meaning for happiness is fresh natural flower fragrances.

Healthy Growth Tips of Jasmine Climber Creeper

 The jasmine plant grows from the direction of tip as a climber , but I guess if we trim the tips it will grow in a bush.
Healthy growing of Jasmine plant tips- 1) Select a healthy plant from the nursery, no black or brown spots on leaves, reason fro infection. See the leaves whether they are firm or drooping, signs of less water and care, risk of surviving when bought. Colors of leaves must be bright green in healthy jasmine plant.

Fresh Lime Green Leaves of jasmine flowering plant

2) Grow the plant in bigger container if you need a good length of growth as climber or creeper from this jasmine. So also you will get many good blooms which can be used to make gajras, hair decorations or malas for offering in temples to God. Tough plant containers must be selected as the weight of the jasmine climber is more and the container must be able to bear this. Select cement or metal containers for best long life. Hard tough soil for strong support to the weight of the climber.Water daily in early growth stages , once grown bigger the plant can bear skipping in watering.
3) Trim the tips before the plant has produced flowers. I have been trimming the new growths in jasmine plant of excessive growth in all directions, it looks and grows in all directions like a green flower. If you wish to grow as bush then leave them . Otherwise trim the weak shoots to give the climber a sense of direction one way according to your grill trellis or support. This will encourage healthy growth in your jasmine plant and also encourage bigger jasmine jai juhi blooms.
4) While plucking the flowers do take care to handle the climber gently. Be careful of birds nipping the tips of plants for fresh leaves. Grow away from bird bath or bird feeders as the blooms are sweet and birds love them. Select a shady area on your window sill or garden where the jasmine plant receives few hours of early morning or evening sunlight and not direct sunlight.
5) Another practical tip for using the Jasmine flowers in a room or cupboard as air fresheners is do not put them in water containers or vases. If kept in water the flowers will rot and die sooner within hours, leave aside will also not spread any fragrance. The jasmine flowers spread fragrance only when flowers are in dry conditions and the flowers will give out fragrance even after drying two to three days, but on the plants the heavenly fragrance remains for more days if the jasmine is grown away from direct blast of air or wind.

How to Plant a Bird Friendly Garden and Importance of birds in Garden

Mynas, parrots, sparrows, pigeons, koyal, king fishers, crows, eagles, hawks, bats, owls, and many colourful birds,we have seen them all. right from under the sky , from our own terrace garden. Any garden however many plants and flowers they have look blank without positive chi from the birds. This feng shui energy is believed to come from heaven and helps in healing past karma and present life. Terrace is an open space available to lucky few and still fewer try to grow a garden. As many love flowers, hardly some plant fruit trees or plants that favor bird life.

Water cabbage plant in bird bath

Pair of Myna Birds

Over the years with regular love, care and feeds there are many birds that are our friendly guests regularly.

Alexandrine Parakeet enjoying fruit in Terrace garden

White Pigeon

Sparrows

White Pigeon Dove Bird

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Always Available Humble Crow

Myna Birds showing their meal

Plant fruit trees in your garden which birds like. Guava, peach, Jamun, Chickoo, apples, and as these may not be very easy with our climatic conditions if you are growing fruit is containers they sure will frequent your terrace.

Parakeet after the rains

I have found that parakeets and other birds love to eat pea seeds, and many birds nibble on flowers especially chrysanthemums, marigold and blue bells. They also love the worms, ants, spiders, snails, and earth worms which are added spice to their meals.

Blue Bells fastest growing Climber

Water cabbage in water -easiest growing water plant in pond

Water cabbage growing in our bird bath is easiest growing plant in water as lotus and water lillies will require much space these plants are happy in small circular containers also.

As you love to watch birds when they feed and take bath you must also take care that they do not mess up too much with your plants so that they die, like our chinese roses are always plucked by pigeons and many stems seen on the ground! So plant these in seperate corners without access to birds.
You may have a bird feeder where you can put seeds, pellets, cooked rice, chapatis and left over food. Birds especially love toast crumbs and bread along with milk. As for the humble crows you may give them anything they gorge on it!  bones and cartilage cut in small pieces of chicken, mutton or fish parts are what crows love and have a hearty meal of it.
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Our Alexandrine parakeet especially loves nuts. Badam and Pista are an important part of her breakfast menu. Love birds feed on bread crumbs, chapati, cooked rice, leaves of spinach, corriander, suva, methi leaves along with their seed pellets.
How to attract birds to your Terrace garden- I have seen many great gardens, landscaped professionally after spending lots on it, but no birds. Birds do not come on their own. You have to be patient after planting bird friendly trees and plants. Put up a comfortable bird house nearby on a tree if possible. A bird bath or water fountain is a welcoming sight as smooth flowing water is considered very auspicious especially in feng shui.Have this water feature in the north if possible or center of your terrace garden.
Feed them with food everyday, you may have specially cooked food if their are karmic issues to be resolved or left over daily food can be put up on a corner or space where birds can see and can easily eat it.Do not expect them to feed from your hands immediately, give them some time to be familiar with the environment and you. After they learn to trust you you will be happy they even feed from your hand!

The pair of white pigeons

 Enjoy birds and see how they fight, play, enjoy water and you will see just like us they also have their teams and colleagues and best friends and mates! there is daily fight for survival by the lingering threat from the  hawks and eagles flying nearby, still how they enjoy each and every moment of their life.I have seen crows attack eagles as against vice versa where we know eagles are tough!and sparrows drive away crows when in groups! the bossy aggressive pigeon bathes first and even though there is plenty of space in the bird bath will not allow others till he is satisfied, only then will he let others to drink!

Butterfly Cocoon on feng shui lucky Bamboo plant

Friendly Female parakeet Parrot 

enjoy your bird garden and learn lessons of life.

Share your experiences with your pet parrots and budgie love birds! Rizwana Mundewadi bringing out joy of gardening, promoting growing plants,  and writing practical tips about container gardening since year 2010! Happy  Gardening!

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All the Best from Rizwana!

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Natural Dragon Symbols in the Sky Feng Shui for Terrace Garden

Two Overlapping Dragon Symbol in the Sky

 A miraculous sight in the evening before sunset. The sky was clear and the great distinct symbol of two overlapping serpents, dragons as in Buddhism is considered very auspicious the unending mystic knot , couldn't capture the complete symbol because of overhead wires. Dragons are considered very auspicious in feng shui and two dragons are very lucky.

Two Intertwined Snakes Symbol in the Sky

 Similarity between the auspicious Buddhism symbol of two gold fishes swimming in harmony, absolute bliss and that after few days of completing the Reiki feng shui dragon painting.

Dragon Flower Ashtamangala blessings artwork in progress

Dragon Flower Ashtamangala blessings Reiki painting displayed

My beautiful Reiki water Dragon immense feng shuii blessings art

Caterpillar Larvae of Butterfly

 Meanwhile the butterflies are having a good time feasting on our orange and lemon plants and there are plenty of larvae everywhere eating voraciously and leaving the plant barren!

Feng Shui terrace garden

Feng shuing your garden is another way to bring in positive energy into your life. Terrace garden feng shui must fulfill the aim of having a terrace garden in your home. Whether you need to feel relaxed into your terrace garden or you need to be refreshed will lead you to the next decision of selecting plants for gardening.

Space may be a matter for some with a small balcony size terrace whereas some have a huge area as terrace. In either case feng shui principles and feng shui Ba Gua Map when followed will make you feel happy with your effort of gardening and choosing the right plants will give you an ever green garden.
1) Form a square shape or as close to the square shape mentally or on paper of your terrace.

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2) Your climatic conditions and which plants will grow best in your environment of available sunlight.

Pink Rose for feng shui fame

3)South- Area of fame and recognition. Have predominantly pink and red coloured flowering plants or red leaves plants. This area supports the element of fire and is considered small earth and you need to have strong big trees or plants here. Flowers that will bring fame are poppies, roses, blue belles. In trees cherry , orange, lemon As this represents the fire element you may have a fireplace or barbecue here or can hang colourful lights in south area of your terrace.

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Red amaryllis for fame

Red carribean Plant for south

4) South west- Area of relationships marital prospects and marital happiness. Predominate colour flowers must be yellow. Being and supporting big earth. Emotional security daffodils, lillies, tulips, roses, gardenia, lavender (Still on my wish list!) periwinkle, geraniums. Mint or ajwain herb is considered very good to be planted here. Have your stone statue or artefact or stone here.
5)West - Area for fertility creativity and children. Select flowers in yellow and white colors.lily, morning glory, gardenia-Anant, white kaner, tagar, mogra, chameli, jai juhi etc as this area supports small metal you can hang a metal wind chime here. Also can add a gazing globe or small silvery artefacts that will reflect sunlight and shine, to improve creativity and children luck.

Orange Roses for good luck 

6) North West- Area for helpful friends and travel luck. While , yellow, orange are the predominant colours here. the area supports Big metal so you can have table and chairs to welcome grace into your home and help into your life, especially metal wrought iron furniture for garden.Passion flower, sunflowers, pea climbers, anant, mogra, champa- white yellow flowers, jade, silver jade.

White flowers for north, North east and west directions

White fragrant flowers for south west, north and northwest feng shui directions

Yellow Roses for north and north west feng shui directions

Peach coloured Aboli flowers for Northwest

Jade plant for south east

Money plant for south east

Ornamental Chilies for South

Peach Coloured Flowers for North West

Majestic red Rose for South

Purple Plants for North

Purple luck feng shui

7) North-Career.prospects This area supports metal element. dark blue, purple coloured flowers are best here. Silver jade, anant, jasmine, champa, periwinkle, mint all can be grown here for improving career luck. As this represents water you may have a pond or water fountain and bird bath here to invite heaven luck.Can also have a fishes for good luck in your terrace garden pond.

Why you need to repot newly bought plants from nursery read. 
8) North East- Yellow and orange colours are best here.Jasmine, marigold, chrysanthemums, sunflower, roses can be planted here. This area is small earth and it is auspicious to have a rock garden here. You may arrange colourful stones or rocks here or display stones in this area for self progress.
East- Family relationships and health- predominant color green, lush green plants , all shades of green. This area is termed as big wood and it is considered very auspicious in feng shui to have at least one big tree here like gulmohar..
9) South East- Wealth and Money- Most important area of your terrace garden. All fruit trees are best grown here. Jade plants, money plants and all round leaved fleshy stem plants bring wealth and money luck. Small wood supports this area so have wood in any form here. A swing, or artefact of wood. Maybe a moving wind mill to bring fresh energy with rotations as circulating movements activate chi.

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Have a Great Day from Rizwana!

"Remember that children, marriages, and flower gardens reflect the kind of care they get. H. Jackson Brown, Jr.

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Happy Gardening from Rizwana!

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