A New Trellis For Our Bauhinia Kockiana Vines

This was the 2nd last day (30th) of May. It was a Monday. We had workmen to put up a metal trellis to support our Bauhinia Kockian vines in front of our house / porch. The first three pictures were before the metal trellis was erected.

These Bauhiana Kockiana vines acted as a screen for the front of our house from the outside.

The vines were propped up with the supports that were put up by hubby.

Hubby used metal and pvc pipes to prop up the vines. Due to the weight of the vines, it looked like the support was going to give way and might collapse any time. So hubby had some workmen to erect a metal trellis to support the flowering vines.

Workmen putting up the vertical support for the trellis.

Putting up the last vertical support for the trellis on a hot day.

I took this photo from my sitting room.

The workmen took less than half a day to finish the work.

One last portion (right hand side) of the vines yet to be support by the trellis.

Once the trellis was completed, hubby will have to dismantle the old support from under the vines which will take a few days to complete.

Will need some time for the vines to start growing and see how it will look like in the near future.

Now, the front of my house looks much neater and the porch area is now much brighter.

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Cooking for dinner.

I bought a fresh bamboo shoot from one of the roadside vegetable sellers. It is not easy to find fresh bamboo shoots in our area.

A big fresh bamboo shoot.

I sliced off the outer layer and discarded the hard part of the shoot, leaving behind the tender part of the shoot. Then I cut the bamboo shoots into strips. Then I blanched the bamboo strips in boiling water before cooking.

Ingredients: Blanched bamboo shoot strips, pork belly strips, chopped garlic, red fermented bean curd cubes (lam yue), dark and light sauce, oyster sauce, salt and sugar to taste and spring onions.

Noodle (mee sua) in white diakon and pork soup.

Ingredients for soup: white diakon, carrot, pork, red dates and gojiberries.

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The following photos were taken at the Gunung Lang Recreational Park.

We saw a pair of white peacocks in a cage.

The other one was resting at the side of the cage.

It seemed to know that there were visitors and without warning, this peacock started spread out and showed off its beautiful snow white feathers. It was a pleasant surprise for us. The white feathers look like delicate lace material.

Linking to Friday Bliss, Skywatch Friday & Saturday's Critters.

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yes, even when your hair is white with age.

I made you and I will care for you.

I will carry you along and be your Savior.

(Isaiah 46:4, The Living Bible-TLB)