I’ve never been real big about corn. In Bahrain the only thing we get is the frozen kind and as for “fresh”, well, the closest is the KFC supplied ears! But after reading about how luscious they can be cut fresh from the stalk and boiled in this post in the Backyard Gardening Blog I …
Year: 2008
Calendula, originally uploaded by malyousif. The Calendulas have started to flower around the “English Border”. They’re the first to bloom and of course it is a thrill to witness this considering I planted and cared for them from seed through to this. There are many more flowers to come up in that part of the …
Gladiolus, originally uploaded by malyousif. It’s raining! The sky is overcast and it’s Friday. What a beautiful combination! Have a wonderful weekend my friends.
We’ve just come back from watching Charlie Wilson’s War [IMDB] which we enjoyed, generally, except for the various obvious censored parts which was extremely annoying and yet another affirmation of my hating to watch movies in cinemas in Bahrain. I suspect that the ham fisted attempts at controlling what we view this time is not …
Hameed Karimi, the Art connoisseur, originally uploaded by malyousif. My friend Hameed and I had the good fortune to attend an art exhibit by the world renowned artist Mohammed Omar Khalil at Al-Bareh gallery in Adliya last night. We both readily confess that we are not art connoisseurs, contrary to popular belief, but we like …