Dewdrops

I spotted these dewdrops this morning and quickly took out my camera to take a few shots, before the sun dried them up! The shoot of the staghorn fern simply reminded me of a piece of light green-coloured felt.

Dewdrops on a shoot of a staghorn fern

Physalis minima

Locals call this plant letup-letup. I came across someone’s fotopage who referred to the plant as letup-letup kelambu. However this should not be confused with another letup-letup plant, the Passiflora foetida.

The local variety of the Physalis has smaller fruits which are not so orangy-coloured when ripe, unlike the variety sold in supermarkets (which I believe are imported). I’ve tried planting some seeds from the bigger variety once (bought the punnet from Tesco mainly because I wanted to try and plant them!). Out of the five or so fruits (seeds) I sowed, only two seedlings grew. One however didn’t survive long. The other grew well and even produced some flowers. I waited eagerly for it to produce some fruits, alas the plant died one day, in the scorching hot weather…

I  took these photos yesterday, from my parents’ garden. I will attempt to photograph the ripe fruits/dried calyx soon!

More info on the Physalis here: http://www.tradewindsfruit.com/sunberry.htm

A new schooling year

The new schooling year has begun. It’s a new start for Amir Syakir, especially since we’ve moved temporarily. Hubby got a one-year research attachment with an organisation very near my parents’ house, so Syakir has moved to a new school as well (we’re hoping he could reenter his previous school when we return home next year).  Apart from the hassle of going to two separate schools daily (sekolah kebangsaan and sekolah agama), he’s adapting well to his new routine. Us parents, too. We’re staying at my parents’ so in a way I’m really thankful for the extra help I can get from them. Mum enjoys playing with her youngest grandchild. I have yet to capture a photo of them together, smiling at each other. A wonderful sight, I tell you!

As usual, here are some latest photos of my three Zufayris (plus a few additions).

Taken on Eid ul Adha.

Taken on the New Year.

Izzah enjoys picking 'wild flowers' here in the kampung. Those are bunga ulam raja, actually.

Comel seems to have adapted well too. :)

Fresh after his bath.

They both like to get in people's way.

He looks very much like his daddy.

T’was the season to be jolly.

No, I’m not referring to Xmas, but the fruit season here in Malaysia. By now the fruit season is nearing its end (if it hasn’t already ended). My mother told me that buah rambai marks the end of the fruit season. True enough, there are no more durians, langsat and hardly anymore manggis, cempedaks and rambutans being sold by the roadside, but lots of rambai.

Here are some photos taken when there was an abundance of the fruits.

Mangosteens

A wheelbarrow full of langsat.

Mum posing with fresh langsats.

Rambutans

Mum with rambutans.

Izzah with her favourite fruits.

Just a normal Wednesday

Razin Muqri is fast asleep on me (koala style) right now, so yes, I’m leaning back as much as possible while typing this. Don’t know how long I can stay in this position.. he’s at least 7.5kg now.

So just to make it brief, here are some latest photos of my lil boy.

I have difficulty in trying to button up his shirt due to his chubby cheeks!

His wet hair all fluffed up by yours truly. Hahaha!