Big Yellow Cucumber Harvested From My Garden

On this particular morning, I walked out to the side garden to check on the yellow cucumber plant as hubby has told me that one of the yellow cucumber is due for harvest. I was surprised to see the size of the yellow cucumber. I told hubby to wait 1 to 2 more days to harvest the yellow cucumber. There are altogether 3 yellow cucumbers hanging from the vine.

Starting from this smallest out of the 3 yellow cucumbers.

This is the 2nd largest of the 3 yellow cucumbers.

And this is the largest and due for harvest.

Looking forward to cook soup with this yellow cucumber.

And the snake beans are also due for harvest. I like snake beans cooked with garlic and salt and add water to cook till the beans are soft.

These were harvested a few days later.

Photo above credited to Julie Chong.

This mural is painted by Julie Chong. She also does glass painting for churches.

Linking to Monday Mural.

I, Jesus,

have sent my angel to you to tell the churches all these things.

I am both David's Root and his Descendant.

I am the bright Morning Star.

The Spirit and the bride say, 'Come.'

Let each one who hears them say the same, 'Come.'

Let the thirsty one come - anyone who wants to;

let him come and drink the Water of Life without charge.

(Revelation 22:16-17, The Living Bible-TLB)

Harvesting Home Grown Veggie For Dinner

After about a week plus without rain, it has started to rain again. This time, it usually rains in the afternoon or evening.

Sunrise at 7:25am.

Hubby's vertical garden.

Bok choy growing in hubby's vertical garden.

Some were ready for harvest.

These were harvested for dinner.

Minced meat with egg patties, ginger slices and bok choy in soup.

Sitiawan mee sua or wheat noodle in soup for dinner.

Mee Sua will always reminds me of my childhood years in Sitiawan.

Linking to Wordless Wednesday & My Corner of the World.

For the reverence and fear of God are basic to all wisdom.

Knowing God results in every other kind of understanding.

"I, Wisdom, will make the hours of your day more profitable and

the years of your life more fruitful."

Wisdom is its own reward, and if you scorn her,

you hurt only yourself.

(Proverbs 9:10-12, The Living Bible-TLB)

Curry Noodle & Clear Soup Noodle At Kedai Kopi Ah Chow, Ipoh

This was a Sunday (yesterday), so instead of morning walk, we were preparing to attend Sunday church service.

Sunrise at 7:35am

We were on the way out to Ipoh old town for breakfast at Kedai Kopi Ah Chow.

Rice vermicelli with bbq pork, chicken and prawns in clear soup for me. The prawns were hidden under the noodle.

Hubby ordered curry noodle (dry version) but he didn't specify "dry version", so he was served the usual curry noodle. Poor me drooling over the curry noodle. I am still being a good girl, refraining from spicy food.

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We attended 2 church services at different churches and after the 2nd church service, we attended a sponsored buffet lunch at one of the Salvation Home For The Aged near our area. It was a triple celebration (Christmas, New Year 2023 & Chinese New Year).

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Home cooked dinner.

I finally get to cut down and cleared the bottle gourd vines from my garden. Ingredients for boiling soup: Half bottle gourd, 1 corn on cob, carrot and soft bones.

Hubby's bowl of soup without carrot.

My bowl of soup without the corn. I love corn but have to avoid because it may cause indigestion and wind/gas.

I harvested some home grown siew pak choy or bok choy from the garden. I just plain blanched it.

This is fermented beancurd (fu yue). This is hubby's favourite whenever I cook porridge at home. Recently, I found a way to enjoy this with my rice. I just take a cube and mix it with my steamed brown rice so that I don't get the flat taste in my mouth.

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I found the following mural in the Heritage Town Cafe Gopeng which we visited in June, 2022.

Some chairs covered with black plastic were blocking part of the mural.

Hope to revisit Gopeng soon in the near future.

Linking to Monday Mural.

For I know the plans I have for you, says the Lord.

They are plans for good and not for evil,

to give you a future and a hope.

(Jeremiah 29:11, The Living Bible-TLB)

Attractive White Flower Of Bottle Gourd

I finally get to see the white flower of the bottle gourd plant and get to take some snap shots of the attractive white flower.

Fan like green leaves of the bottle gourd plants.

Bud of the bottle gourd plant.

Usually the flowers are facing upwards above my head so I couldn't see or take good photos of the flowers. This flower happened to be at the edge of the trellis where I can see it clearly.

Attractive delicate white flower of the bottle gourd.

These are some of the bottle gourds harvested from my garden.

This is still growing well even in this rainy season.

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Breakfast at Kedai Kopi Ah Chow, Ipoh old town on a Thursday morning, 2 days before General Election (GE15). Elder son reached home in the wee hours of the morning and he wanted to catch up on his sleep.

Dry curry noodle for hubby.

Tom yam noodle for me.

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Home cooked dinner 

Pork tenderloin cooked with Sichuan pickled mustard.

Steamed 3 types of eggs (chicken eggs, century egg & salted egg).

Blanched home grown nai pak choy.

Home cooked dinner for 3 people.

Mural found on the back wall of a row of shops in Ipoh new town.

Linking to Monday Mural.

What a God he is! How perfect in every way!

All his promises prove true.

He is a shield for everyone who hides behind him.

(Psalm 18:30, The Living Bible-TLB)

Split Cabbage Head In My Garden

Before the rainy season started, I had 5 pots of cabbage plants growing in my garden.

This was taken in August, 2022.

This was taken in September, 2022.

This was taken in October, 2022.

The cabbage plants were growing well and healthy.

Here in this photo, the cabbage heads have started to form.

November, 2022.

This cabbage head is getting big.

This is the biggest of them all.

Due to the rainy season, the excess water has caused this cabbage head to split.

The split affected the whole cabbage head.

The insufficient sunlight also contributed to the damage.

Even the figs also split open due to excess water.

This is the curled up flower of the cranberry hibiscus.

Cranberry flowers.

Took this photo on a sunny morning.

This photo of the zebras was taken by a friend who visited the Taiping zoo.

Beautiful stripes on the zebra.

Linking to Saturday's Critters.

But He was wounded for our transgressions,

He was crushed for our wickedness

[our sin, our injustice, our wrongdoing];

The punishment [required] for our well-being fell on Him,

And by His stripes (wounds) we are healed.

(Isaiah 53:5, Amplified Bible-AMP)

Purple + Green Amaranth & Bottle Gourd From My Garden

On this particular morning, I noticed that the purple and green amaranth were ready for harvest

The above is just enough for 2 people.

I also harvested the above bottle gourd to make soup for dinner.

This is hubby's bowl. He prefers the soup more than the ingredients. I am the one who usually will finish most of the ingredients.

I also make minced meat + fish paste patties.

I blanched the purple and green amaranth.

This is plain without any garlic oil or soy sauce.

This was our dinner without any rice.

I kept back some of the patties for the next day's dinner.

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Thanks to Shirley for sharing the following photos with me.

She saw these chickens when she was out on her morning walk.

These chickens look healthy and well fed.

These chickens belong to one of her neighbours.

Linking to Saturday's Critters.

And how can we be sure that we belong to him?

By looking within ourselves:

are we really trying to do what he wants us to?

(1 John 2:3, The Living Bible-TLB)