Josie's Garden,Seasonal Update

From my sister Josie's garden, she has been sending me picture after picture of what she has planted . I can see the transformation of a beautiful garden with her sheer determination. It is a well manicured garden and a flowering one at that. How I wish I could do that as well, but I have to be satisfied with container gardening, I know my sister, she is one that will not give up easily, and gardening is a healthy hobby.

White Roses

Beautiful Glory Bower Plant

Awesome Fern

My Daily Bread

What is my favourite food? well,it depends, I love pastries, but with that comes a lot of unhealthy habits if we are not careful and load ourselves with sugary stuff. I guess we have to take everything in moderation like what my son Jonathan said. I love to bake and these days I bake my own bread, as I feel commercial bread had become too monotonous to eat. I personally would like to have more nuts and fruits in my bread.I usually mix wholemeal flour with a bit of all-purpose flour, lots of nuts and dried fruits , my favourites are, walnuts, almonds and hazelnuts, apricots, cranberries and raisins. I like to toast my sliced bread and eat it plain or  I will just spread  a little apricot jam on it, yummy.

Proving the kneaded Dough

Doubled in Size then only Bake in the Oven

Freshly Baked Wholemeal Bread

Yummy when Toasted

Chinese New Year 2016

Chinese people around the world celebrate the Chinese New year on the eighth of February this year based on the Chinese Lunar Calendar, on the eve of the Chinese new year families will gather together for a sumptuous reunion dinner. Some families will cook while some will prefer to eat at a restaurant of their choices. This year the animal signs will be The Monkey

A Friend send this Picture, The Chinese in Melbourne busy shopping for the
Lunar New Year 2016


Below are the sumptuous preparation for the Chinese Lunar New Year

Christmas Events 2015

Christmas has come and gone, but to me it was a very memorable time especially last Christmas 2015. It could be because; most of the family members make an effort to join in the gathering and celebration. I had truly enjoyed last Christmas thanks to my sister in law; Marilyn who oversees all the programmes and has come up with some wonderful and unforgettable events. We started at around 12.30pm when everyone has attended church services and the last preparation of the food both cooked at home and ordered from the restaurants were brought home. Then one of my nephews Terry was assigned to be the Photographer, apart from his bank job, I heard he also does part time Photography, which is great and we had a collection of nice pictures to review.There were games for the kids and lucky draws to look forward to and all walked away with nice and beautiful gifts

Christmas Lunch at My Mom's Place, The Veranda is a Favourite Place
for such event

Everyone is Enjoying themselves

The Desserts Table

The Delicious Christmas Cakes ordered from my Friend, Emma
of Pink Roses

Laurance and Marilyn's Garden

How would I describe my brother’s house, he builds it like a Chalet style and it is all made of wood and all through the year fruit trees, flowers and greenery surrounded his house. His wife, my sister in law, Marilyn, also like to do gardening despite her heavy work schedules in one of the Government department offices. I love the orchid plant that she hangs over her balcony. All in all it is like a fairy tales house as everywhere you turn , you will see trees, plants and flowers. It is a cozy enclave for the family.

Below are pictures from his garden, it is an update to those previous write-up.

Orchid Plants hanging over the Balcony

Colourful Orchid Spray

My Favourite Wild Flower Spot