A Walk-In Factory Visit

Good morning! I am feeling cheerful today. After last night's downpour, the sky is much clearer and I can see the nearby hills. Early in the morning I was greeted by these sweet and lovely pink Dwarf Mexican Petunia blooms from my garden.

We were getting ready to go for breakfast at our friend's shop.

This is special wanton noodle, called the Tok Tok Wanton Mee,

not like the normal wanton mee you find in most coffee shops.

Ahhh! This one has special addition!

Crispy, freshly deep fried lard! Yums yums!

If you are curious to know where is this shop, click here for the address.

Later in the morning, I joined my friends for a walk-in factory visit.

We drove past a residential area and I snapped some nice fencing shots.

We were on our way to visit a woodworking factory.

All kinds of wooden moulds.

It is alright to visit during rest time.

 When the workers are at work, wood dust will be everywhere.

Can you see the layer of fine wood dust on the working surface?

I was more interested in this giant jaw-like thing.

This reminded me of the movie "JAWS", directed by Steven Spielberg. After watching the movie, I dare not go swimming. That was many years ago.

Another object that caught my attention was this funny looking robot things. Someone was just trying to have some fun to brighten things up.

When I saw this, I remembered the cute robot in the factory.

This one has a nose but without eyes.

Linking to Good Fences.

"... Hear this, you foolish and senseless people,

who have eyes but do not see,

who have ears but do not hear:

Should you not fear me?" declares the LORD.

(Jeremiah 5:21-22a, NIV)

PURPLE, PINK AND WHITE DWARF MEXICAN PETUNIA (RUELLIA BRITTONIANA OR RUELLIA SIMPLEX)

Today's focus is on the Dwarf Mexican Petunia flowering plant. Some of its common names are Katie Dwarf Ruellia, Dwarf Purple Ruellia or Dwarf Bluebell. Its scientific name is Ruellia Brittoniana or ruellia Simplex). It belongs to the Acanthaceae family.

Dwarf Mexican Petunia is a native plant of Mexico. It is a hardy plant that can survive in very hot weather.

It hardly needs any fertilizers. It is a water plant but can adapt well to dry, poor soil conditions.

It grows in groups and is a short plant growing to a height of about 12 inches.

It is fast spreading. The seeds scatters by explosion far and wide.

Dwarf Mexican Petunia flowers are in shades of purple, pink and white and it flowers all the year round. I have all three colours in my garden. I don't know if there are other colours besides these.

It blooms well in full sunlight. More sunlight, more blooms. If kept under shade it will bloom less.

The flowers are of single flower with single layered petals and only last for a day but makes up with its continuous blooms.

It grows well in pots or in ground. It is easy to maintain and hardly any pest problems.

Dwarf Mexican Petunia are good for front borders and are grown as landscape or as ornamental plants for its showy, colourful flowers.

Once you have planted Dwarf Mexican Petunia in your garden, they are there to stay.

It can even grow in places where there is very little soil.

"Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine
and puts them into practice is like a wise man
who built his house on the rock.
The rain came down, the streams rose,
and the winds blew and beat against that house;
yet it did not fall, because it had its foundation on the rock.
But everyone who hears these words of mine
and does not put them into practice
is like a foolish man who built his house on sand.
The rain came down, the streams rose,
and the winds blew and beat against the house,
and it fell with a great crash."
(Matthew 7:24:27, New International Version-NIV)