What a Beautiful Day

     As I did my morning walk, I witnessed a beautiful morning, probably a moment I've not seen in so many days due to the weather.

Isn't it lovely?

     The scenery was bucolic. The sunlight made the scene even more lovely. I heard the cooing of the spotted dove coming from the tree although I didn't see the bird. It maybe nesting on the tree.

     

Hibiscus

     It's simply beautiful.  

Isn't it lovely?

     The hibiscus blooms in the yard and it is a lovely sight to behold as I do the my morning walk around the yard. Natural beauty unfolded!

Priceless

     Hibiscus is one of the flowering plants in the yard. My niece hired a hand to do the planting all around the hut months ago. They are now blooming and a wonderful sight to see early in the morning.

Ghost

     This is one of the few movies that I could watch over and over again. I remember watching it when I was still working in Manila. 

Ghost that I've watched many times

     The ending sent me tearing on seeing a loved one go to heaven. Demi Moore and Patrick Swayze(now dead) were both very young when they did this film thirty years ago. They personified of everlasting love and good hearts, nothing can prevent good from overcoming evil. Whoopi Goldberg, the funny addition to the cast, was instrumental in the movie being the medium, since she is supposed to be a charlatan psychic.

Happy Feet

    Happy Feet is on HBO again, I've watched it many times and I still want to watch it again. I remember the time I first watched it, when I was still with Jotun Paints. It was a company-wide sponsored show since it features penguin which happened to be Jotun's logo.

Happy Penguins

     The resilience of the penguins is a characteristic worth emulating. They are exposed to a very harsh environment yet they survive and learn to adapt. 

Experiment No. 2 for Chili Garlic Oil

     Due to the many chilis in the yard, I had to cook them to avoid wastage. I made chili garlic oil, my second attempt. It was better ingredient wise but I may have overcooked it to the point of almost burned. I increased the flame last minute and I didn't realize that few minutes could turn them to almost black.

Raw ingredients

Cooked chili garlic oil

     I learned lesson from this experiment. Try and try until you succeed may sound cliche but definitely applies to me in this case. It is in learning our mistakes that we learn. 

Geese in the Yard

    We have geese in the yard, I was told they are like dogs. They make noise when strangers come. We had two initially, the. My niece came with two more, one a male to procreate.

Only the female geese in our make shift pool

     With the heat of the sun, they enjoy the mini-pool to cool themselves. We purposely created this mini-pool in the absence of a pond. They're fun to pet.

The gray colored is male

Dogs

     We have three dogs and two puppies in the hut. They're our guards alarming us with their barks. They're endearing really. I am not into petting but when I get close to these pets, I started to like them. When you see them like this as I do my morning walk, I felt my love for them.

They're adorable bathing in the morning sunshine