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Kesidang, Kerak Nasi or Bread Flowers, all are the same, though they are tiny,
they have a sweet fragrance that mesmerises.

The long lasting scent is very therapeutic and helps to relieve stress and act as natural perfume which lingers on for few days......

The above, Hubby cut few stalks and placed it on my work desk. Thanks DIA......

the day... alone again

A bit of leisure time till the end of the day today....... Hubby left me for his deep sea fishing again for the second time this month. It is fine, I have the whole of the day by my self... just hope that I do not fall asleep all day through, though :)

Last night I sent Darr off, back to KL. She came home for a short break and attended a job interview............... my pray that she will come to stay with us here in Kedah soon.

I managed to catch this view yesterday at almost dusk. Few shots about Hubby's work.... and some of his driftwood's and logs collections. Most of them has a special place in this little hut of us.

At this special part, abutting the living room, he used a treated log to replace one column and another one, cut into a quarter piece and became the column and frame.

And if you happen to pass by our house you will often see us sipping a cup of coffee (WE SHARE.. :D) and munching some 'cucoq' (kuih-muih) on this platform whereby little pond is right underneath with one baby 'Alligator Gar' fish swims and light splashing of water heard vaguely from little fountain flowing from the house to the outside and falls into the pond..... I love this part of the house the most!

Thanks Dia, for letting me have my hand-stitch projects done here....

I do not know what this plant is named. I missed its blooming flowers lately. But Hubby says it is called "Janggut Nabi Adam"..... ?????

Hubby's handcraft...... a real 'keras tangan'

I turned into a very busy bee lately to complete lots of embroidery. But I always have to peek on Hubby constantly, as what he was up to ...... and what was his latest project outdoor.... :D

Look what I've caught him doing...........


I, really am proud of my Hubby!

My daily routine.... z z z z z z z z z

Who can possibly do some sewing in this situation...... I wonder!

Having a very skilled hubby in constructions and building management works I can't stop him from ransacking my sewing corner too..... now he has almost completing the renovations at the final part of the house.

Since I took over the dining area as my favourite corner, hubby demolished BOY's room to replace the dining and I am so happy that I have a bigger dry kitchen.... finally!

I am now residing in the master-bedroom to sew our baju kurung for the coming 'Eid..... with most of the time air conditioning is on, and most of the time too I snoozed more than finishing my tasks...... :D

HUBBY'S NEW TOY

Now Hubby has lots of new activities and plenty of time at home. Since he has got a new toy, a gift from me on his 55th birthday and in conjunction of his retirement on the 6th of March recently, he started to list out the things to do with his new baby, THIS.............

He was busy doing this framed table top to house his collection of penknives when I showed him a printed picture of an accessory for my sewing room.




I went in, back to my corner to continue doing some sewing and later that day he gave THIS......
a ruler/templates holder from local 'keruing' timber. Heavy and very durable!

Oh my, you really made my day...... thanks Dia.....

This cost about $10-20 on eBay, but it cost us nothing.... Hubby collected what was scattered around us......patched and put it back to life.... it enlightened and returned us the true bonding of love and care............

Wait, after 10 years of doing patchworks and quilting I have only two pieces of cutting ruler and no templates?????..... So what should I slot in to fill up the empty grooves.... :D

SLEEPERS?

It is more than two months now hubby is having his freedom and happy organising and preparing for his activities...... so far he had been to the sea to have his rusty skill polished in deep sea fishing... he had done very well. Brought back more than we could consume for two months round.

Not to mention his several trips to the nearby forest with few friends well equipped with necessary gadgets for safety and brought back few items that I don't know what they were.....

Lately he came home with logs......according to him it was used as railway sleepers..... SLEEPERS???? Oh, okay I understand now!

He bought them from a trifted store..... Is there any such stores around here? ..... well.

He replaced the gazebo's floor tiles with that sleepers...... not bad, and I love the look of it since it matches the all timber structure around. But I was wondering how did he carry, cut and placed them to the position now. I knew that he was up to something that day but since I was so busy indoor with my sewing, just have not got the time to visit him outside...... It was done by him alone..... and Dear I love your works and..... you....!

p/s Please notice the stone inserted in between the roots of that plant.... !
I just simply do not understand!

INDEPENDENCE in other words

Today is an independence day for Hubby...... first day of his retirement...

No more rushing early morning to the bus terminal and came home late evening.... He was lazing around watching football since last night.... and pampering himself.... and later today having a good nap.

We had discussed so many possibilities to fill up his time and at the same time to generate some income for our everyday needs, and surprisingly he has loads of things that lingering in his mind...... busier that his normal working schedule :D

I am not rushing him anything because he normally has a very good judgement and manage his time quite efficiently...... he is my man, and knowing him through thick and thin.....

Just wondering .... should I keep me busy with fabrics and threads, minimising other activities, do I have to reschedule my life to suits him..... or ???????..... well, will see how it turns out to be!

But one thing I am sure, he will be much closer to his old-faithful-bone-shaker...... that yellow monster!

EVERGREEN CONES

As I was sewing the evergreen block of the GREEN-BOM , I remembered I had snapped this fruits/cones few weeks ago. Do not know from which species of evergreen conifers they were...... maybe from some pine family......but what attracted me was its seed will pop out once it had dried up..... Hubby collected these from his work place somewhere planted near the luxurious hillside in Penang Island.

Some of his other collections from the jungle.... something like empty shells..... a polished stones/granite from the river bank.....the whole tray of these are just besides the brown giant I mentioned months ago... still patiently and faithfully sits there....mmmmm :)

AWAY FOR SOME SPLASHES!!

Last Friday we were off to Bukit Merah Lake Town Resort.

All eight families (30 people) gathered up for three days and we had great times! My three kids came up too.

Hubby and me, always get surrounded by kids.



Further left, Atin had her day dreaming 'cos she loves the water but did not know where to start.... while waiting to get admission. One of her cat's-shy acts....

My son, BOY, getting even darker under the sun!!

Could not get my two girls, they had disappeared earlier.





This was one of the best place where I immersed myself for almost four hours...... water... water... water... had really good splashes!!!!!
I really got tanned. I have always love to swim... and had not much time doing so lately.

Get hold few of my little nephews and nieces to do a proper breathing and swimming , and some can't even float........ :p




Managed to catch hold of Hubby's disappearing acts. On his way to stroll around the village behind the resort.

He gets an additional pics of his 'outing' collections. Right now he is working hard to find out what is this furry fruits called............non-edible definitely!







Everybody was having fun and at the end of the day we went our separate ways..... Most of them went back to Kuala Lumpur including my kids.....

SUBSTITUTE! ( New Home)

I was panting up and down wondering why my hubby came home late from work last Saturday. Understood that his journey took him more than one hour but the wild thought was hovering me more than anything........ oh damned! Nothing else but ...........I was sooooooo HUNGRY :-p

Finally he arrived home with his old-yellow-silver-bone-shaker (his FWD Pajero) accompanied by this huge green thing. We had a very late dinner!

Well, as long he was happy.......................... indeed he was. The next day, he woke up so early to plant this 'SHREK' (I named it) and had his breakfast outside, at his little garden.

This is his favourite nook....... when the weather is fine he sips his hot coffee here situated just outside our little house. This gazebo is my hubby's own ........... designed and 'handmade' by him amongst few other things ......





My son's, BOY, vintage Vespa (formally belongs to my father). Just ignore the Vespa.... just look at the little bird's house. Made from barks of trees....... and some of his driftwood collections from the jungle around Kedah forest.


BUT wondering when will the brown giant thing in the living room be removed :-(


P/S As per today (20th May) this 'brown giant' has its permanent home, under the porch where hubby always sit and has a good rest after the hard-days-work. So now I have a peaceful mind. :-)

WITHER AWAY

I was shocked when I woke up this morning with this huge thing hovering my living room...

This belongs to my dear husband's garden creature. But somehow it got withered away and he was upset about it cos this is one of his best plant that he nurtured day and night.

I simply do not understand plant and its nature (cos I just do not bother to understand). Sometimes (seldom) just help him water his little garden while he is away from town. (Always hope it rains everyday during his absence cos I am lazy to do the watering). Temporarily he put the whole plant in a plastic wrapper and it went inside a huge rattan basket.

Somehow this brown thing, smells like freshly cut grass, and the leaves do not fall off... luckily.

Well, I hope dear husband is happy that he placed this giant in the house for awhile... hope it will disappear soon.