These days, the days are hot and sweaty. Some evenings we will get heavy downpour. Some evenings we only get to hear the rumbling of thunder and maybe a few drops of rain. When there is no rain, we will have to rely on the air-conditioner in our room to sleep.
Sunrise at 7:30am.
On this particular morning, I went to the garden to take a look at the plants. This bitter lettuce plant is growing taller than me.
My red and green algaenoma still surviving.
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My sister-in-law's daughter and her friend dropped by to visit us on her way to Penang. My sister-in-law sent lots of goodies to us and the yellow dragon fruit and plums (below) were among them.
The first time I saw this yellow dragon fruit and its plant was when we visited a farm up on a hill in Gopeng. The red skin dragon fruit is more common and easily found. So far I haven't seen this yellow dragon fruit being sold anywhere. I was told that this fruit costs about RM20.
Yesterday, I washed the skin of the whole fruit, cut it into halves. I scooped out the flesh of one half and tasted it. It was very sweet and juicy and the seeds crunchy. I gave the other half to hubby to taste. Good thing the flesh is white because he refused to touch the red flesh dragon fruit. Lol!
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My good friend Aislynn shared some snapshots of murals painted by her cousin sister Julie Chong. Julie Chong is a talented artist and she has painted many murals in other countries as well.
#1 mural, credited to Julie Chong.
For the first mural, I chose this from many others because I like the cute little birds.
Linking to Monday Mural.
Your words are what sustain me; they are food to my hungry soul.
They bring joy to my sorrowing heart and delight me.
How proud I am to bear your name, O Lord.
(Jeremiah 15:16, The Living Bible-TLB)
What a cute mural! We have these birds here and call them House Sparrows, or English Sparrows. I have an algaenoma just like yours!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Ginny.
DeleteThat bitter lettuce plant looks like a giant wild arugula / rocket salad. I have never seen the yellow variety over here. Taste same like the red one?
ReplyDeleteThis yellow one is more juicy and sweeter than the red one.
DeleteNon conosco questo frutto, mi piacerebbe assaggiarlo, buona giornata!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Paolina.
DeleteCute and beautifully painted
ReplyDeleteThank you, Bertiebo.
DeleteHi Nancy, good to hear from you. I haven't tried yellow dragon fruit. I believe that it is as tasty as red and white dragon fruits. Thanks for showing us that the flesh of yellow dragon fruit is white. The birds mural is indeed very skillfully drawn. Please take good care!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Mun.
DeleteThe yellow dragon fruit looks like squash
ReplyDeleteIt tastes sweet and juicy.
DeleteI have never eat yellow dragon, how does it like ?
ReplyDeleteVery sweet and juicy.
DeleteNever seen yellow skin dragon fruit before. White? I certainly would prefer that, not really into the red ones.
ReplyDeleteYellow skin dragon fruit is rare.
DeleteI had never heard of yellow dragon fruit, but I am sure I would enjoy it. The mural of the sparrows is very cute.
ReplyDeleteThank you, David. I am sure you would enjoy it.
Deletenever saw this fruit dear Nancy
ReplyDeletebrave of you to eat it but good that it was sweet and juicy :)
our summer are stepping in quickly as well
loved your plants
health ,peace and joy!
Thank you, Baili.
Deletelast verse is voice of my soul as well !!!!!!!!!
ReplyDeleteThank you, Baili.
DeleteI'd never seen white dragon fruit, just the red one. The bird mural is very cute, very talented artist. Thanks for participating in Monday Murals Nancy.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Sami for hosting.
DeleteCute mural. I love dragon fruit. We have white flesh with red skin variety, growing over our fence, cultivated by our Vietnamese neighbors. Tastes sweet and delicious, best when refrigerated.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Gigi. I love the red skin with red and white flesh too.
DeleteI have never heard of bitter lettuce or yellow dragon fruit, interesting.
ReplyDeleteWe are back home at last and I will be catching when I have time.
Take care cheers Diane
Thank you, Diane.
DeleteI've never had that fruit before. I would love to try it though.
ReplyDeleteLove that mural. So beautiful.
Have a fabulous day and week, Nancy. Big hug. ♥
Thank you, Sandee. I know you will love this fruit.
DeleteAs usual in your posts, attractive sunrise and murals! I'm not familiar with the dragon fruit. but its inside looks rather appealing.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Duta.
DeleteThat's a beautiful mural!
ReplyDeleteI'm glad your husband tried the dragon fruit, it looks good.
You are in my prayers.
Thank you, Mimi for your prayers.
DeleteMe gusta la pitahaya. Espero que estรฉs mejor.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Citu.
DeleteLooks like there´s new sunny day in ahead for you.
ReplyDeleteThank you, PP.
DeleteI never tasted yellow dragon fruits. I don't remember I seeing the real fruits but been seeing it online before. Just had white dragon fruits over the weekend. My kids like white than red. Maybe they are scared by the red colour. Lol. Hard to find white dragon fruits as they are imported. The locals we have mostly are red in colour.
ReplyDeleteAfter having taste the yellow dragon fruit, I think I prefer the yellow dragon fruit. Between the red skin dragon fruit red and white flesh, I prefer the red flesh because I find that it is more juicy than the white flesh.
DeleteI tried dragon fruit one. I thought it was ok in taste.
ReplyDeleteOhh this mural is too cute!
Thank you.
DeleteLove the murals. I would love to try the dragonfruit
ReplyDeleteThank you, Yogi. You will definitely enjoy the fruit.
DeleteI have never tried either of those fruits! The mural is just gorgeous, I love birds so that really caught my eye :) Thankfully we have had warm days but cool nights.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Connie.
DeleteAh the price of the yellow dragon fruit has gone down. It used to be RM35 here which I thought was astronomical. People were making reservations at the shop for it some more. So my kiasu hubby also was buying whenever he saw new stocks. To me the taste is ok but after eating a lot (courtesy of hubby), decided that I don't like the seeds being that crunchy.
ReplyDeleteI didn't know it is that expensive when my SIL told me the price of it. True, I would prefer the seeds to be smaller.
DeleteI did a bit of shopping at Safeway grocery store after finally leaving the tulip farm. In the fruit and vegetable section, I saw a green dragon ๐ what they are selling drsgons? Not sure what it ๐ค is and I didn't get closer to it. Maybe next time. There's more sunshine this afternoon instead of rain. It rained most of Monday.
ReplyDeleteI'm glad you were given delicious food from a nice lady. God bless and have a blessed week as you heal. ๐ ๐ท
Thank you, Becky.
DeleteOh! I didn't know that there is a yellow Dragonfruit variety. I thought the flesh would be yellow but it is white.
ReplyDeleteIt is my 2nd time seeing this yellow dragon fruit but it is my 1st time tasting it.
DeleteI read you don´t like your weather - I would love it.
ReplyDeleteI hate mine. Cold, grey, no sun, no rain, either. Plants don´t get green.
A joy to visit you!
Dragon fruit here is pink. We had it but once as it is very expensive.
Very cute birds.
Our weather here is hot and humid, makes you sweat alot.
DeleteA lovely sunrise.
ReplyDeleteThank you, William.
DeleteThe yellow dragon fruit looks amazing and I love that mural.
ReplyDeleteJulia x
https://www.thevelvetrunway.com/
Thank you, Julia.
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★·.·`¯´·.·★ ✨๐ธ ๐๐ป๐ช๐ฐ๐ธ๐ท ๐ฏ๐ป๐พ๐ฒ๐ฝ - ๐๐ฎ๐ต๐ต๐ธ๐ ้บ้บๆ ๐๐ ★·.·`¯´·.·★
๐ฌ (็ซ้พๆๅคงไธๅ - ็ด ่็ฝ่ไฝ ่ญๅ่ญๆ?)
๐๐ป๐ช๐ฐ๐ธ๐ท ๐ฏ๐ป๐พ๐ฒ๐ฝ- ๐ป๐ฎ๐ญ / ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฝ๐ฎ /๐๐ฎ๐ต๐ต๐ธ๐- ๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ช๐ฝ ๐ช๐ป๐ฎ ๐ฝ๐ฑ๐ฎ ๐ญ๐ฒ๐ฏ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฎ๐ท๐ฝ ?
https://youtu.be/EyYDEN0XPRk
๐ฌ Kirin fruit planting base~
https://youtu.be/vM6mYyhKOGg
๐ฌ Very Last Vietnam White Dragon Fruit Harvest
https://youtu.be/klldoy3XBXo
๐ฌ Asian Dragon fruit Farming and Harvest
https://youtu.be/eAY4OdcekWA
๐ฌ Fruit Farm in Desert Technology .. Dragon Fruit Factory
https://youtu.be/0BBaVZK2CaI
Thank you, Judith.
DeleteLa fruta se ve riquรญsima y el mural es precioso. Besos.
ReplyDeleteThank you, Teresa.
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