Black-headed bulbulb chicks in their nest, originally uploaded by malyousif. They were four eggs just a few days ago and today, well, you see for yourselves. Their mother chose to position the nest in a precarious Y-section made by a few vertical branches of a bougainvillea just by the front door. I think she likes …
Month: June 2008
We’re having yet another “crisis” in Bahrain. This time, it comes in cementy flavour! FOREIGN racketeers are being blamed for a cement crisis which has crippled Bahrain’s construction industry.The suspension of supplies from Saudi is costing Bahrain’s contractors more than BD4 million a day, says sources. [GDN 12.06.08] Let me first confess that I don’t …
Long view on a rainy day at Manito, originally uploaded by Idaho Gardener. Do I need to say more? What a wonderful bed. I don’t know what these plants are, well I might know a couple, but this gives me ideas for what I can convert yet another patch of lawn to. If only they …
I was pleasantly surprised when I followed a link from my other blog and ended up at Plants in The Middle East! Another gardening blog from Bahrain. Brilliant. I’m looking forward to read more of his techniques and experiments and judging by what has been posted so far, it is very promising indeed. Well done …
Introducing iPhone 3G. With fast 3G wireless technology, GPS mapping, support for enterprise features like Microsoft Exchange, and the new App Store, iPhone 3G puts even more features at your fingertips. And like the original iPhone, it combines three products in one  a revolutionary phone, a widescreen iPod, and a breakthrough Internet device with …