A sad day

When we heard the news about the MH370 flight this morning, we were out doing our Saturday walk.

Macam tak percaya langsung when I read the news.

Terus lah sepanjang jalan tu, both of us kept on checking all the reliable news sites to confirm the news.

Bila dengar about plane accidents, selalunya tak rasa apa2 sangat.

But this time rasa sangat pilu cos it hits closer to home.

I cannot imagine the anguish all the families are going through.

So, post malam ni, I just letak gambar bunga from our garden aje lah ye.

Maybe by looking at these flowers, it can soothe the troubled souls.

 

The joy of having grapevines

Every Summer for the past 2 years, the grapes have been giving us an abundant of crop.

This year we all rasa paling banyak so far sampai the lorikeets pun dah tak larat nak makan, hehehe.

But they still came occasionally melawat kawasan .

We all pulak lagi lah dah tak larat nak makan!

I managed to make some sundried raisins the other day and last week, I made raisins using the dehydrator pulak.

But before we could make the raisins, we had to pick all the grapes and salvaged the good ones.

Bukan senang kerja dia, nasib baik ada buruh kasar sorang yang sangat rajin and ringan tangan menolong I.

Kena went through each single grape to see if there are any splits, blemishes and what nots and to see whether they are ripe enough or not.

Penat giler!

Out of the 10+ bunches of grapes that we picked, we only managed to salvage 1 small bowl of it.

Yang lain kena buang masuk compost.

After so many hours in the dehydrator, they became like this

I said to The Other Half that I would rather just buy the already made raisins at the shop than have to go through all the troubles of making them, hehehe.

Tapi sayang pulak anggur kat pokok tu tak termakan and rosak macam tu aje.

And that’s just the red ones, the green ones pun banyak jugak.

But we all suka makan fresh the green ones cos sgt manis and juicy.

Miss 10 jugaklah yang kena jadi buruh kasar tolong I sort the grapes.

Lepas dah sort out the good ones, basuh pulak bersih2

This part dia suka sebab dapat main air, hehehe.

But the part that she loves most is eating the grapes .

And I also use them in salads.

Lepas ni, kalau our blood glucose levels naik, you all tau lah kenapa ye!

A garden update

Since this blog went into hibernation 8 weeks ago, so did the DSLR camera.

I’ve only been using the phone to take photos of anything and everything.

I guess sebab I wasn’t going to update my blog during that time thus there wasn’t any point in carrying the big camera pergi mana2.

Updating Insta cuma guna phone aje tu yang balik2 guna phone aje untuk ambik gambar.

But my photo taking skill using the phone is still as hopeless as before, hehehehe.

Even with so many photo editing apps, the photos are still mediocre .

So pagi tadi since I had to water the gardens and petik a few things and pruned a few things and tidied up a few things, I thought might as well start guna the DSLR balik.

And I do miss using it!

But a bit kekok jugak lah nak guna setelah sekian lama tinggal kan.

You all layan aje lah ye some photos I took of the garden this morning.

The pink aster

Dahlia

Another type of dahlia (if I’m not mistaken)

The portulaca/ros jepun

The strawflowers

The purple rose

the pinkish orangy yellowish one

the red one

And the row of lavenders

They are slowly growing.

The citruses are flowering and fruiting as well.

The front garden doesn’t look to bad, does it?

Cuma tak larat nak trim the grass every 2 weeks! Penat weh!

Is anybody out there? :-P

Blowing dust….

Dusting dust…..

Too much dust……

Coughing, sneezing, spluttering….

Too much effort….

Going back to hibernating!

See you guys in a few weeks time

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Hahahahahahahaha…. Kalau I tulis itu aje, maulah berjela kutukan I terima agaknya.

So, did anyone miss us?

It has been a good 8-week break for me, a bit like school Summer break, detaching myself from the blog.

I didn’t even do that much of a blog walking.

But I have been really busy on Insta though…... .

And since a few people dah tanya I on Insta and on the blog’s comments bila I nak update blog again sebab they are having withdrawal symptoms from being away from my blog too long (sila muntah berjemaah now, hahahaha), tu yang I update balik.

So, where should I start?

All four of us are doing great.

The girls are currently in their Summer break until the end of January.

Miss 14 will be going into Year 11, the senior year. Uniform pun tukar kaler once they are in the senior years. And exams pun makin susah, hehehe.

Miss 10 will be going into Year 6, one of the final years of primary school.

Their batch will be the first batch in WA to enter high school in Year 7 instead of the usual Year 8.

So, both of the girls will have to put their heads down and study hard this year.

The Other Half has been doing great with his exercise and eating healthily. He’s lost some more weight.

So now he thinks he’s looking more and more like PitBull, Bruce Willis and Vin Diesel all combined into one gorgeous hunk!

Hahahahaha….

And cerita tuan tanah pulak.

I’m still maintaining my current weight, still tak dapat2 nak lose that extra kilo and a bit from the problematic areas.

But I went cycling and walking most days with The Other Half while he was on his 2 weeks Xmas-New year break which was most fun.

I guess at this age I have to be happy with my weight as long as I continue to keep fit and stay within the healthy BMI.

And on another news, The Other Half and I celebrated our 18th anniversary a few days before Xmas .

For readers who’ve been missing our gardens, our gardens are flourishing wonderfully in the gorgeous Summer weather.

We now have tomatoes and snake beans and eggplants and chillies and grapescoming out of our ears.

Everyday I have to think of recipes that can use all the veges up but still banyak lagi leftovers which I have converted into other things.

And with the grapes ripening, the rainbow lorikeets are back as well.

Tiap2 pagi and petang, 2-3 ekor bersidai kat pokok2 anggur ni sambil menjoyah and makan anggur!

Banyakkan hasil tanaman. Memang sampai kena bagi2 kat orang.

And the front garden is looking quite colourful at the moment

Cukuplah for now eh!

Dah lama I tak menulis blog, tulis panjang ni pun dah sakit2 tangan!

Hahahahaha….

Esok2 lah ye I continue with the food pulak .