Preparing For 5th Chemo Treatment

It is Monday again. Wishing everyone a happy new week. Yesterday (Sunday), we celebrated Father's Day. Happy Father's Day to all fathers.

I was awake and I wanted to walk out to check if there was any sunrise for me to snap photos.

Sunrise photo.

Sunrise photo.

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Below are some of my surviving plants in my garden after I delegated the garden to my hubby.

Croton: yellow and green coloured leaves croton.

Aglaonema pink lady: placed in semi shade.

Coleus, placed in semi shade.

Bauhinia Kockiana.

This cat has been a nuisance to the neighbourhood. It climbs and left footprints on our car, scratch the seat of hubby's motorcycle and poo in our garden.

Mural.

Photo credited to Julie Chong.

Linking to Skywatch Friday, Saturday's Critters & Monday Mural.

Fathers, do not exasperate your children;

instead, bring them up in the training and instruction of the Lord.

(Ephesians 6:4, New International Version-NIV)

Ipoh Taugeh & Chicken (Nga Choy Kai) For Dinner

We are still in the monsoon season and most mornings we have overcast sky.

Overcast sky at 8:15am.

This pot of Coleus is doing very well.

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No home cooking on Independence Day, so we had dinner at "Buntong Nga Choy Kai" which is near to us.

We ordered a small plate of blanched beansprout (nga choy in Cantonese or taugeh in Hokkien).

Poached chicken (small).

Blended ginger to go with the poached chicken.

A bowl of flat rice noodle (koay teow) in clear soup.

Independence Day dinner for 2 people.

Sunset at 7:30pm

Linking to Friday Bliss & Skywatch Friday.

Hallelujah!

O servants of Jehovah, praise his name.

Blessed is his name forever and forever.

Praise him from sunrise to sunset!

For he is high above the nations;

his glory is far greater than the heavens.

(Psalm 113:1-4, The Living Bible-TLB)

Growing Coleus Plants In My Garden.

One afternoon, hubby came home from work bringing 2 plant cuttings for our garden. They were from his friend's garden. They have colourful leaves and their common name is Coleus.

The leaves are in maroon, pink, yellow and white.

Hubby planted the cuttings under the shade of the bougainvillea plant.

They were easy to grow and fast growing too. They grow well in partial shade and in well-drained soil. And they do not need to be fertilized regularly.

Coleus are not fussy plants but watch out for pests, especially mealy bugs, white flies, etc.

Coleus grow easily through cuttings. Just cut below the leaves node, remove the leaves and make sure the node is covered with garden soil. Do not over water or the plants will rot.

Coleus have tiny flowers. I haven't tried collecting the seeds or tried propagating with seeds.

Since the flowers are tiny and not attractive, I prefer to pinch off the buds to encourage more branches to grow.

To prevent the plant growing tall or leggy, I can also pinch off the young shoots.

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Here is another type of Coleus which my hubby brought home.

This plant has wavy leaves with scallop edges. The leaves have shades of green, maroon, pink.

There are many type of colourful Coleus out there.

  The leaves come in different sizes, shapes and colours.

Currently there are only 2 types of Coleus in my garden and they have helped to brighten up my garden.

But we Christians have no veil over our faces;

we can be mirrors that brightly reflect the glory of the Lord.

And as the Spirit of the Lord works within us,

we become more and more like him.

(2 Corinthians 3:18, The Living Bible-TLB)