A Homemaker’s Diary

Last 2 weeks I forced myself to open up all the boxes containing books and arranged them on the book shelves.

Most of the books (fiction) were bought throughout the years, but many of the non fiction especially books on parenting were bought after I have a baby (the enlightenment of being a mom, I would say!)

I still have problem on how to arrange all the magazines, especially one that I collected for craft and art references.

When we bought the cheapest Flarke book shelves about 3-4 years back from IKEA, I didn’t really pay attention on how much weight each rack could hold. Now that I browse through the latest catalog, I realized that there are a few types that could hold up to 30kg per shelf.

For now I have to distribute the magazines horizontally according to type on each shelve on the right book shelve and waste some space. I wouldn’t stack the whole magazines because it would be difficult to take out one or two issues that I want to refer to in the future. If you noticed in the picture, I still have some space left on the last 2 shelves (in the middle) which means I can buy more books..haha! The left-most book shelve is Hubby’s…but you can’t really see it in the picture above.

Have you ever heard about a flower that is called gardenia?

Here is a white gardenia for you to see.

It is also known as bunga cina. Why? Maybe because it has a strong scent and white in color. You know how Malays simply put easy name on things, animals, plants..haha!

The last time my gardenia bloomed was more than 2 years ago. I saw a few buds coming out, hopefully that buds will make it through this time.

Oh, BTW, gardenia is also considered as one of the famous exotic flowers.

I really love to see any of the plants that I have in the garden blooms. They really make my day!

Just like this particular pot of rose plant. It has been blooming one after another. And every time a single bud comes out, I keep on reminding myself to make sure to snap a picture or two just for remembrance.

After all with the windy and rainy season like now, sometimes the fragile petals won’t last long.

I hope I would be able to add a few more pots of plants soon, the wish list includes a very bright red bougainvilla, cempaka and kenanga.

Hubby, one of these days, let’s go to Taman Warisan Pertanian and check out whether the nursery seller is there..heh!

Since my son has been able to walk on his own, I have been blessed with more time to spend on the garden. Now that he knows how to “main air” we spent more time during day time in the garden…while he plays around with the water hose, I get the chance to look after all the plants.

Despite the leaves which have been eaten by I-dont-know-what bugs, this particular pot of rose has been blooming every now and then. I think it is rosa centifolia or ros kampung as it has a very strong sweet scented rosy smell. I bought 2 pots of roses from Taman Warisan Pertanian Putrajaya last year, but only this one seems to be more robust than the other one.

But I won’t lose hope just yet..I have been pruning and putting fertilizer on the other pot and hopefully as time goes by, it will bloom great flowers as well. We just have to wait, be patient and remain hopeful..usually plants never let us down especially when you have put in tender loving care for them, day after day.

Rosa, you do cheer up my day!

I am so happy to share the pictures of the floral arrangement that SIL and I chose on Tuesday. We went again to the shop on Friday to collect our orders and here they are..heh!

After the wedding is over, these floral arrangements will look great in the living hall.

The close up of the floral arrangement which consists of main flower lily, and another one which I’m not sure what, decorative twigs, some bunga letup (bleeding heart vine?), more fillers and leaves.

SIL bought a pair of ceramic pedestals to place the floral arrangements as well since she didn’t buy bedside tables for the bilik pengantin.

I will update the picture of the bilik pengantin once the wedding is over..heh!