Caper Flower, a photo by malyousif on Flickr. Can’t get enough of this one. I’m always happier and more amazed every time this plant gets a flower to explode!
Why is it that to every attempt to reasonably increase fees we get an unreasonable reaction? The commercial registration in this country was just BD30 (US$80) annually and there is an intent to increase it to BD50 ($130) so what do we get? Rather than the sane question is what additional value do we get …
I’ve become a junkie for self-improvement. I’m eating books, that’s how much I’m going through them. The secret? Having an iPad and going to the gym every day. I just plonk that thing on whatever machine I’m on while doing cardio work and just read. The time passes much more quickly too and I’m healthier for it. …
Quite a sad day today. We’ve had to have the palm tree removed. It didn’t show any recovery unfortunately, in fact if anything, it regressed as the canopy almost collapsed and the crown was tilting down, a sure sign of trouble. So I engaged a local guy with access to a high-lift crane mounted on …
I noticed that one of the palms, the favorite, was looking a bit sickly yesterday when driving home. That wasn’t that far from the truth, unfortunately. The gardener was fearful that it might have died, so I asked him to call the “palm tree surgeon” whom I always use to take care of them. He …