A Homemaker’s Diary

I love this rose. It’s called double delight.

Searching more info about it on helpmefind.com, I found out interesting facts about rose like it that change color from white/cream to red/dark pink.

“Some roses fade in the sun, some roses darken in the sun, some roses actually change color in the sun. Roses such as ‘Elina’,’Double Delight’, ‘Headliner’, ‘Color Magic’ and ‘Paradise’ all show these traits.”

‘Double Delight’ was almost discarded because it was thought to be just another WHITE rose. Only later were its phototropic characteristics seen when it turned red in the sun.

This hybrid tea rose is also very fragrant. It’s the main reason why I choose to buy it in the first place.

I bought some sweet pearl corns (jagung mutiara) from someone who get it straight from the farm in Cameron Highland last few weeks.

Since most people said the corn is juicy and you can even eat it raw, I decided to steam them instead of boiling.

And surprisingly it was good! Next time I hope to order some more corns. This time I’m going to make bubur jagung.

The hippeastrum is blooming and I got the chance to drink my cup of Milo before these two boys wake up. What a good start of the day, I thought to myself.

How about you? How’s your Friday?

I was shocked to see my pokok susun kelapa like this a few days ago. I knew that it must be the attack of caterpillars again. Last time it was my curry leaves plant which became the victim..huhu!

The next day when all the leaves on the plant were gone, we saw this fat caterpillar. It even have the guts to pose for this picture..sigh!

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And then we saw another one on the hippeastrum’s leaf.

By afternoon both caterpillars were gone. I thought they have turned into chrysalis but after thorough inspection all around the plants, I couldn’t see any sign of it. Hubby said maybe the birds have found the fat caterpillars and had them for lunch.

There goes our plan to breed our own butterflies..huhu! Son #1 was sad because he planned to send the butterflies to Butterfly Park. Maybe next time, Son! For now, Mama needs to revive the susun kelapa plant so that it won’t die like the previous curry leaves plant..isk!

While I was waiting for my second son to be born last February, I found the offer by Pixajoy to try their mini flat album. For RM5 you’ll get 16 pages of mini album. The delivery charge is RM8. Since I have never tried this kind of printed album before, I thought it will be a good idea to commemorate 5 years of my eldest son’s life.

It took some time to find suitable pictures to sum up some of the best events in our parenthood, like the first moment our dear son was born, Hubby’s first Father’s Day, our first Hari Raya as parents and so on.

The templates and layout given by the album editor are quite elaborate as well. It’s just a matter of creativity and of course patience to choose which one that suits the theme of your album.

After submitting the completed album online, it took about 2 days for the printed album to be delivered via courier. I am happy with the finished product and will definitely make a bigger album for our family of four soon.