My orange tree was glorious before these pests arrived a few days ago. It even had fantastic fragrant flowers and the start of actual fruit. Alas due to these caterpillars it is now almost a skeleton without a healthy leaf and all flowers and fruit buds dropped off. Other than picking each of these insects …
Month: April 2006
Have you seen this person: She’s supposed to be in Bahrain at the moment, but she has not been spotted anywhere yet. Can everyone please plaster her picture on their blogs, and on milk cartons, posters stapled on trees and electricity poles, in order to pin her down for a quick dinner/drink/coffee/tea/pepsi meeting one of …
I’ve been invited to be on one of the panels of the forthcoming Arab Media Forum organised by the Dubai Press Club starting on April 26th in Dubai. I’ll join a panel to be chaired by Aneesa Al-Sharif. With me on the panel will be Dr. Emad Al-Bashir (Lebanon), Wael Abbas (Egypt) and Dr. Umaima …
Intrigued: A blueprint on national strategy towards promoting tourism in Bahrain yesterday took centre stage as Crown Prince and Economic Development Board (EDB) President Shaikh Salman bin Hamad Al Khalifa received at Riffa Palace a team commissioned to study ways to develop the sector. The taskforce, led by Works and Housing Minister Fahmi Al Jowder, …
Red Double Hibiscus originally uploaded by malyousif I’ve just bought two of these plants a few days ago (cuttings) and replanted them in big pots placed at the front door of our house. I’m glad to see that they not only survived, but already flowered brilliantly! Have a wonderful Good Friday and Happy Easter everyone.