Just to prove that I know that this blossom is a hyacinth and not that other blossom that begins with "h" and is common in our area, I've begun the BLOG today with this spectacular flower that is growing in our community.

The other images are of another stone chop that I got in Singapore a long time ago.  We have two of them and we use them as bookends.  I don't know what kind of stone the carvings are. I've liked them from the day when I saw the two of them in a shop.   They are eight inches tall and three inches wide.