Van's Wonderland: Home

Showing posts with label Home. Show all posts

Tuesday, March 08, 2011

Trying to Grow again..

Introducing my mini garden ...

1) The hardy herbs (Mrs Rosemary, Mrs Thyme and Mr Spring Onion)

If they die.... I will never attempt to plant again....

2) Japanese roses / a.k.a 9 a.m flowers (according to my grandparents)

They look a lot better now (this was taken 3 wks ago)

3) ???? They just looked cute so I got them from Bunnings :P

4) The bravest thing I've ever planted... Baby Snow Peas!

They are about 30 cm now and have started flowering ^^

Thursday, January 27, 2011

Ooh La La...My Bison Pot & Carrots...

The last photo was edited to give an antique/rustic feel.... do you like it?

The main reason for this post was to show the ginseng like carrots the hubbie took home from work. A nurse at the clinic had a huge harvest last week so she was giving them away.... They look too cute to be eaten.... Maybe I should replant them? Will they grow more baby carrots? Haha I doubt it......

Most of my friends would know that I can't grow anything. I can even kill cactus. And up til today I still have the dried cactus sitting on my kitchen bench....I don't want to believe that I killed it....so I'm just gonna pretend that the cactus/cacti are still alive :)

FYI: All my herbs die too (even rosemary)

The only things that thrive in our garden are the things planted by our gardener i.e everything. Anything else we put in..... it goes to vegie heaven....

Hmmm actually we do have one thing that survived. Our Olive tree....but I think it only survived because my gardener transplanted it into the ground...otherwise I think it would have been short lived too....

Lesson learnt so far....is to get the gardener to plant it and look after it. No potted plants in the house unless its plastic... :P

Monday, March 09, 2009

Hyacinths & Chicken

These are the two things that I absolutely adore

Hmm besides the other million things that seem to reduce my bank balance

Few things about me:

1) I love eating chicken

2) I don't like eating lamb stuff

3) I'm scared of porky smell (thats why always buy female pork)

4) Beef...must be cooked til its BURNT...no blood please.

5) Love flowers...except smelly ones (i.e very few...maybe only stargazers)

6) Love flowers (did i already mention it?)

I stumbled across this beautiful/dangerous shop in Auburn 2 weeks ago. I call it a BLACK shop because once you step into the shop, your nose is filled with the most enchanting smell of lavender, bergomet, camomile, etc etc..and I'm certain a spell was cast on me because money flew out of my purse not long after..... but I was a happy....even though i was a few bucks poorer.

The shop is called Handmade @ 134 Auburn Road, Auburn. Will remember to post pictures of any items I purchase from there.

This Chicken thing I bought from there is actually a door stopper. Its made from some suede-flannel like material, and its filled with lavender, camomile and all things nice. I can't bear it sitting on the floor (just in case my dog decides he wants to pee on it) so I've placed it on our chinese round dining table with my Hyacinths. Note the teapot doubling as a vase! The chicken comes in a smaller size, and different colours...for the pantry...to ward off any moths or pesty insects.

Oh and lunch/dinner this week was Grilled Cha-su with cold Soba noodles + miso soup. I made enough to last me two dinners and two lunches. I was pretty sick of it after that.......

Sorry about taking so many pics starring the Chicken

Will upload my birthday post soon!!

Monday, January 05, 2009

Kitchen Addition!

Checkout my all-Stainless-Steel Kettle! Cool huh?

...
...

Its not exactly a kettle.....its actually a kettle shaped Tea-Leaf-Infuser

I had to get it the other day while doing last minute Christmas shopping...This cute little gadget has brewed me good tea from Simon Johnson (can't remember what tea i got...it was some green tea with chestnut i think....) while I dream away in Vampire Land with Edward Cullen. Hah!!! Someone is going to think I'm CRAZY....

Thursday, October 16, 2008

Weird things in my Garden

What in the WORLD??? This birdy commited suicide in my fishpond. I hope it didn't traumatise/poison my fishies. Hmmm maybe it was trying to eat the fish and the fishies attacked it!!!!

A bird decided to build a nest on my electricity meter.....it tried to build one on top of my main door before this!

How can such an ugly thing turn into a butterfly? I found this THING in my backyard...squirming around.... Don't worry I didn't kill it....I swept it up and dumped it into my green bin