Yesterday Prescott and I went to a small party hosted by the parents of one of my students (they also own a landscape architecture business, so I think Prescott wound up on the invite list before I did). Afterward, we went to a nearby green space, Hort Park, which functions as a giant Singapore gardening resource: they grow experimental plants, they host gardening classes, and they have a beautiful garden that’s better labeled than most parks in Singapore. This is the front entrance:
I had fun taking selfies (there might have been some alcohol consumption at the party):
Prescott and I also spent time investigating the vegetable garden, where they grow everything from corn to giant okra:
They also grow fruit, like this tiny pineapple (though I’m pretty sure it’s just ornamental)…
…and bananas (the pink cone is a banana flower, and the tiny yellow things at its base are itty-bitty baby bananas):
We went to the playground …
… and we explored funny little art structures that dot the gardens hither and yon, which involve everything from cubes and mirrors to small huts to a little cartoon man with a fish on his head (we still have no idea what that one’s about).
I promised myself that I wasn’t going to post any flower pictures this time, but we were at a garden, and these were too pretty to resist…
and this one makes me laugh …
… and this one reminds me of Christmas:
Speaking of Christmas, I went to a carol sing on Saturday night.
It wasn’t what I’d expected from a sing-along at an Anglican church. There was a four-piece band, so we sang Christmas carols that had a bass line and a backbeat. Not the usual organ- or piano-based Christmas fare — it was far more karaoke than John Rutter. But I had a great time.
The cartoon is of Woody Allen. Search Google Images for “Inside Woody Allen” to see that I’m not kidding!
What is Woody Allen doing in the middle of a rock river in Singapore?