Irene Eng The Kibbitzer

 03-14-2008  withered by 3-28
 03-23-2008
Tulip is my favorite, simple and elegant. 
The other day my kids sat me down for an emergemcy meeting.  King told me that I have touch of death, and Pumpkin wondered out loud why would shop still sell to me.  Eeerrrrrrhhh my supportive family.  I used them as an example, saying you know, you guys are pretty [...]

 03-23-2008
Brassaia Arboricola .. whatever

 03-23-2008  03-25-2008
This lily is grown in Canada, very pretty, isn’t it??

 11/23/2007  02/20/08    02/28/08
  11/23/2007   2/28/08
Those flower/plant are quite demanding, needing water almost every other day .. this isn’t what I thought would be …

How about this green thumb?  Don’t you just love the American’s ingenuity???  Am I spending too much time in the home stores??  A little over the board?  It actually reminds me of Art.  One day after a doubles game, he took out newly purchased digital camera .. long time ago when it first came on to the market - showing us [...]

10/23/2007
 
Give birth or adapt?  I decided to cheat, after waiting, nursing for couple of month.  Shopping in the supermarket, came upon those two robust cuties.  Have to have them.  Sunday night dinner was sublime with herbs: lots of breads, cheeses, flavored olive oil, fresh mozzarella w/ tomato, steaks .. :).  Stay the course with me, pls?

Foliage brought the late autumn, golden leaves blot out the sky and cover up the ground all around.  Most of my babies have died, or about to. Should I shelf the hobby as someone knows her limit or bravely continues on with my endeavor?

My mom found horticulture was very bourgeoisie, which was the wrong thing [...]

Those cactus were survivors out of 4 we had perhaps since 2000.  Doesn’t the right one look like Woodie’s ghost?

I didn’t read too closely, it’s an out door thing, only flowers in the summer. What do I do with pot of dirt during the other 3 seasons, if they were to survive my brown thumbs or green pinkys?
  10/14/2007

I don’t think I’m quite a fit to be a housewife, long fancied myself a career woman.  OK, that’s a joke.  But really, shopping at home store was never my cup of tea.  But recently I acquired few new tastes, taking a great interests in home stores, nurseries, and I even bought a set of rosewood [...]

 
10/23/2007

In Beijing lingo, we call someone with short temper as little hot pepper 小辣椒.  It’s more or less refers to 朝天椒, out of numerous different chili peppers.  I’m not an expert of chili pepper other than I like to eat, but 朝天椒 is one of the spicy ones, if not the spiciest.  I have always [...]

Tulip is my favored flower, simple and elegant (so are Georgia K’Keeffe’s paintings).  When we came to see this house, there was a single yellow tulip amid bare surroundings, was very striking.  Golfer planted a lot, but don’t know what’s happened to them this year, :-(.  
Holland is very much associated with tulip .. aside from bicycling, raised river, [...]

Hey look what I found in my little corner.  Don’t even know we have this many varieties, :)).  I claim no credit.

   
I got it on 8/31, 10 days later, this is what I achieved: a 3/4 quarter bald, completely bald and 3-hair bald .. hence the 三毛流浪记 :).  Isn’t bald beautiful?  IMHO it is, but … but pls not on my plant!  How about a full head of hair of basil, chives and oregano?  Chiapet??
  9/13 [...]

     
Yuuummmmmi good. .. .  the yellower the sweeter

I played a relative mistake free match with Simon against Bob and Peter.  I choked 3 points in the tie break = lost.  When the ball comes fast and furious, I seem to have a better answer for it than when it’s soft, I mostly don’t know what to do, with too much time on hand.  Story of [...]