Garden Chef's Needle and Pen

Happy Saturday everyone! Why so happy? It's because I got my first blog article in Crochet Spot ! Crochet Spot is a site that talks about how to crochet and where you can find simply "funtastic" crochet patterns to work with. Founded by Rachel Choi, the goal of Crochet Spot is to provide easy to follow tutorials and crochet patterns. Now, you may click on this link to read an article I submitted as guest writer at Crochet Spot . The post is entitled, " From Umbrellas to Rainbows " . Featured at CrochetSpot.com See you again soon! :)   " Yet after brick and steel and stone are gone, and flesh and blood are dust, the dream lives on. " Anderson H. Scruggs Quotes

     Sorry, this is not about the world's worst dog in the movie, "Marley and Me" which stars Owen Wilson and Jennifer Aniston with their family dog. Take note, it's Marly, a former nursing colleague who used to work in the same cardiac center where I work for 28 years now. Actually, I call her Ma'am Marly because she used to be a Nurse Supervisor and some (just don't know exactly how many) years  my senior, but I decided to drop the "Ma'am" in this post. Marly now works and lives with her family in California, USA. She left the Philippines about 25 years ago. Marly and I just got ourselves reconnected a few months ago through a social network and since then, we have discovered that we share something in common---our love for crochet. But no, I will not talk about crochet. I mean, not for now (though I really plan to post something about her crochet works another time).      So, if not crochet, what's it gonna be? Well, it's about th...

       Hi there! After posting about cooking and gardening as my introductory posts for the past weeks, this time, I'm sharing about another love of my life...crochet.       Twenty-one years of being a wife and mother not only made me close to cooking but also brought me back to crocheting, a hobby I had in my teens. I taught my two daughters how to crochet when they were in grade school but only the younger one prospered in the craft. Well, today, I can say that she has grown so much in terms of speed and tension and I admire her work.           So here, let me show you some of her own creations. 

     Hello, it's been a week since I created this site. Last week, I posted about cooking. This time, I'd like to talk about how I became interested in plants.       When I was a child, my mother used to grow a lot of crotons and flowering plants around our house while my father and grandmother had their own vegetable gardens. I used to water the plants from our deep well but I never really learned to keep my own plants until 2003 when I had to take my parents from my hometown to live with my family in the city. Unlike Noah who brought along male and female animals into the ark, I had to pack some cuttings and seedlings in boxes which we carried with us to our residence in Manila. I believed that bringing along some plants would not make it very difficult for my then 79 year-old mother to adjust to city life.        The fondness to gardening came as a surprise only when I discovered that, like her, all the cutting...

Cooking reflects our relationship with God. The more you immerse yourself into it, the more you learn and discover exciting new ways of perfecting the craft. The better the outcome, the more you desire to share it with loved ones and friends. That's how it is with God... the more you spend time with Him, the more you get to know Him, His nature, and you discover His will in your life. The closer you become and the more truth you learn about Him, the more you desire to share with others.  Have a great day!!!

How this blog spot came about--- My eldest daughter is a blogger. Once in a while I would take a peep at her blogs and I'm amazed at how she manages to talk---errr, write about the details of various products she would buy and use. By the way, she's a registered chemist who blogs about beauty, make-up, skin care, fashion and food, loves everything pink and girly, and claims she's the type who allegedly wants to shop a lot without spending a lot. To contact her, you may email her at codenameaya@gmail.com. Now back to what I was saying, I get so amazed at how she would write about the nitty-gritty of what she likes or doesn't like in a particular product. The first time I read her blog, I said to myself, "She's got what I like---writing out herself into the open, into the world!" I have a few confessions to make about this. First, I must admit I was a bit surprised at how greatly she has improved her writing skills compared to when she was in high ...