Cucumbers, Brinjals, Long Beans & Cauliflower From My Garden

Today's post is a mixture of bits and pieces or mish mash of photos I have taken.

Passing by 2 pigeons on one of our morning walk.

Waiting for this home grown plant to bear cauliflower.

Cucumbers hanging from the vine in my garden.

Green brinjals or eggplants harvested from 3 plants.

The above were harvested one day earlier.

One of the long beans is more than 25 inches long.

Every now and then, I have to check for these mealy bugs that hide under the brinjal leaves. I have to cut them off to prevent them from spreading to other leaves.

These black ants love to feed on the mealy bugs and also help to spread the mealy bugs to other plants. Someone recommended using washing dishes liquid detergent and water solution to spray on them which I have yet to test it out.

One evening I found this dragonfly clinging on the edge of a wooden frame on the wall.

It was showing its belly or the underside of its body. I tried to catch it to release it outside the house but it flew away and I couldn't find it. I found it dead on the floor the next morning. If it didn't fly away, I could have saved it.

Linking to Saturday's Critters.

A witness who tells the truth saves good men from being sentenced

to death, but a false witness is a traitor.

(Proverbs 14:25, The Living Bible-TLB)

Nasi Briyani From Balans Corner Restaurant

The rainy season is here and right now, it is raining outside as I sit here putting up my post.

Dawn at 6:55am

No morning walk on this particular morning because there was a slight drizzle and dark sky over us.

Sunlight shining through the dark clouds - 7:45am

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We were informed by our friend that we needn't have to worry about getting lunch. Food will be delivered to our house come lunch time.

Special Nasi Briyani for lunch!

There are pieces of chicken, 1 hard boiled egg and sambal wrapped together with the flavoured rice.

Papadam crackers in a plastic bag.

Fried bitter gourd and eggplant.

Gourd sambal.

We also received "mango lassi" (creamy fresh mango with tangy yogurt) in the above plastic cups.

We have been wanting to dine-in at Balans Corner to enjoy this special nasi briyani. Instead, someone is so thoughtful and kind to deliver the nasi briyani direct to our house. Hubby and I shared a packet of nasi briyani for lunch and kept the other packet for dinner. Thanks to our friends, we get to enjoy the promotional nasi briyani for lunch and dinner.

My garden had a pretty visitor.

After a long spell, this pretty dragonfly decided to pay us a visit.

Linking to Saturday's Critters.

Dear brothers, you are only visitors here.

Since your real home is in heaven, I beg you to keep away

from the evil pleasures of this world;

they are not for you, for they fight against your very souls.

(1 Peter 2:11, The Living Bible-TLB)

Thankful For The Food We had

After we have finished a few rounds of morning walk, we went to one of our regular coffee shops for breakfast. Most mornings, hubby and I will share a bowl of noodles but that morning, I wanted to eat loh pan mee which hubby doesn't like. So, we each ended up ordering and eating something which we enjoy eating.

Our unsweetened black coffee.

Hubby ordered fried noodle.

I ordered a bowl of Loh Pan Mee with thick gravy, with black vinegar added.

Later in the morning, I made herbal jelly (gui ling gao).

This herbal jelly is soothing for dry throat.

I had leftover rice in the fridge.

I cooked fried rice with onions, dried prawns, and egg for lunch.

A friend dropped by to visit us and gave us this mango from their garden.

Another friend gave us the above steamed buns.

We had steamed buns for dinner and supper.

This dragonfly paid us a visit.

I tried to guide it out of the house but it was flying all over the places.

It finally landed on the handle of my first-aid box. I slowly reached out to it with a fly swatter and it cling on to it. Then I brought it to the window and out it flew away.

Saw this baby grasshopper on my hibiscus.

It had been feeding and pooing on my hibiscus.

Grasshoppers like to feed on the petals of my hibiscus.

Linking to Saturday's Critters & Garden Affair.

Instead, feed your enemy if he is hungry.

If he is thirsty give him something to drink and

you will be "heaping coals of fire on his head."

In other words, he will feel ashamed of himself

for what he has done to you.

(Romans 12:20, The Living Bible-TLB)

Water Fountain At Ipoh Railway Station

One evening after our dinner with friends, we drove to the Ipoh Railway Station to help get tickets for a friend. We parked our car and got down to enjoy the cool night air.

Railway station at night

Ipoh Town Hall (opposite the railway station)

#1 - Water fountain

The square or park in front of the railway station is usually crowded on Saturday and Sunday evenings. It was a Friday evening and the place was quiet. Great for watching the fountain display and taking of snapshots for my blog post.

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If the wind happens to be blowing in our direction, we can get wet.

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A nice place to relax and enjoy the fountain

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Oh, the joy of drinking deeply from the Fountain of Salvation!

In that wonderful day you will say, "Thank the Lord! Praise his name!

Tell the world about his wondrous love. How mighty he is!"

(Isaiah 12:3-4, The Living Bible-TLB)

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The following photos are for joining Saturday's Critters.

Fido, my hair dresser's pet.

Dragonfly in my garden.

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Custard Apples & Little Critters.

After I have harvest the first 2 fruits from my Custard Apple plant, I trimmed off all the branches. Even though it was planted in a big pot, it grew tall. To control its height, I cut and shortened the plant.

Very soon new branches started to grow and once again it was covered with lush leaves.

Then followed by many small buds.

Hopefully, some of these will not drop but will turn into fruits.

Ahh! I caught sight of one small fruit here!

And another 2 fruits further up!

After some time, it grew to this size.

Another one up here!

Keeping a look out. This one is going to ripen anytime now.

So is this one!

I received some baby Adenium plants from a friend.

These are all grown from seeds.

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The following photos are for joining Saturday's Critters.

This week the focus will be on these tiny critters.

A baby grasshopper on my garden fence.

Another grasshopper clinging onto my papaya tree trunk.

A baby dragonfly on the side wall.

This butterfly came into my hall and landed on the floor.

We were in a car show room looking at some new cars. Spotted this lizard on a brand new red car. It too wanted to show off its beauty!

Linking to Saturday's Critters.

A lizard can be caught with the hand,

yet it is found in kings' palaces.

(Proverbs 30:28, New International Version-NIV)