Mystery Monday - What's the name of this plant.

There's nothing much happening lately that is exciting to report except this particular plant.

I received this plant as a Boxing Day Open House gift from Susan on December 26, 2011.  We decided while my sister was visiting here during the holidays that we would host an open house.  This was a great way to see your friends and family during the holidays.  Most of them liked the idea because after all the cooking and entertaining during the holidays, they get to relax and just enjoy friendship, visiting and sharing stories after Christmas.  What I was impressed the most is that this plant has survived and I'm sure I've posted other topics about this particular plant.  After the transplant week I did with all my indoor plant, I am very happy to report that all of them are growing and looking healthy.  But this one particular one is the one I am most proud of because it actually lasted this long.  What's funny is that I don't even know what is the name of this plant.  So if you have any idea what this one is, please send me a comment.   

More leaves have come up and another bloom. It's alive.

Toonie Tuesday - Only two topics

ONE - while golfing yesterday, it so happen that my first ball went into the water on the first hole.  I thought I would just check it anyway to see if I could retrieve it, but it was too deep.

Just then I realized there were two turtles just chilling at the edge.  While I get my phone to take a photo, the little one decided to return to the water ever so slowly.  So this was all I got.

You might have to really zoom in to see it.

TWO - we invited our friends Jean and Gil for dinner last Saturday.  Since we will be travel soon together, we thought we would make some plans, share ideas and maybe talk about the last minute details of our trip.  They have been to Maui several times which means we will have our own tour guides or at least know which are the best spot to check out.  When they arrived, they brought me a very cute terrarium in a glass container.  Apparently I only have to water/spray it one a week.  As I have mentioned before, I don't have a green thumb, but you can check out the four plants I have in the kitchen area.  They are actually alive.

The one in the middle is their gift.  The one on the left is a Jade plant.  The one behind was a gift from a friend from December 2011.  The one on the right is from my MIL which is also a jade plant.