RSSFinancial Crisis Explained
18 May 2012 No Comments
Word of advise. Do not buy things you do not need.
Sunshine & Shadows
16 May 2012 No Comments
in Quotes
Keep your face to the sunshine and you cannot see the shadows.
~Helen Keller
Fine Weather
14 May 2012 No Comments
in Simplify
It is perfect gardening weather today. So, I have been a little busy bee…
- Buried my kitchen scraps. The world’s simplest composting works!
- It is finally warm enough to sow beets and arugula in my veggie garden.
- Weeded out some dandelions and clover patches while enjoying the sun.
Mommy Dearest
13 May 2012 No Comments
in Events
One good mother is worth a hundred schoolmasters. ~George Herbert
There is no denying of the above statement. Who I am today is mainly what I have learned from my mother.
Baking Bread
11 May 2012 No Comments
I can’t get back to sleep this morning, so I got up at 5am to bake bread.
Mind you, this is not my first attempt in bread baking. The only difference is that it is my first time using a machine for the kneading.
The bread dough fell during its transfer to the oven so it has a dense texture. Otherwise, it tasted fine. I learned that I might have left the dough on its second rising a tad too long.
Work Hard, Be Inspired
09 May 2012 No Comments
Inspiration exists, but it has to find you working. ~Pablo Picasso
GreeNoodle
07 May 2012 No Comments
in Food & Drinks, Health
Just prepared and ate a packet of instant noodles which I bought last September in Seattle. I know GreeNoodle does not sound very appetizing, but it was tasty and it was a quick and healthy lunch. 
I think that as the world population grows, people are going to cultivate and consume more forgotten vegetation. That is… if we don’t first obliterate ourselves by means of war and destruction. 
Koninklijke Serres Van Laken
05 May 2012 Comments Off
D and I visited the Royal Greenhouses of Laeken yesterday. For the entry price of €2.50 and a place that is over a hundred years old, I was really not expecting much. But oh boy… we were impressed! The magnificent greenhouses are absolutely teeming with life. There were all sorts of plants and blooming flowers that comes in glorious colors and lovely fragrances.
It was a trip well worth the traffic jams (though we were lucky not to encounter any…).
Little Faces Of May
03 May 2012 Comments Off
in Quotes
Queer things happen in the garden in May. Little faces forgotten appear, and plants thought to be dead suddenly wave a green hand to confound you.
~W. E . Johns
Empire State Building
01 May 2012 Comments Off
I have visited the Empire State Building twice in the mid 90s. The view from the top is magnificent if the weather cooperates. The Empire State Building is opened May 1, 1931.