Flowers are one of the many gifts of nature that God has given us; gazing at them often makes us sigh in awe of their perfect beauty. They possess a sacred symmetry; their petals and colours are mesmerising.

I woke up to an emergency alert half an hour before midnight on the 8th. Red Rainfall Warning Signal it said. We can hear the rain and wind lashing through the roof. We tried to go back to sleep but it