Time flies... [Ruby Tuesday]

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...Or "Wings for the Heart".  Whatever you call it, this is a neat idea for a clock, don't you think?  These are hand-painted, made of tin with wooden base, battery at the back of the heart.  Taken at a vendor's booth in the Manila F.A.M.E.

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Mellow Yellow Monday #21: Sunny side up

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Galette Marrakech at Cafe Breton---my midnight snack, or was it an early breakfast? :p

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Lampunaya, Coleus blumei/Today's Flower #38

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Lampunaya, Mayana, Painted Nettle
Coleus scutellarioides, Coleus blumei

My grandmother cultivated this herb in her garden when I was a kid.  Our scratches and bruises were treated by the juice extracted from lampunaya leaves.  Headaches, digestive problems, bronchitis, skin rashes are the common uses of the leaves.  Leaves are botched or colored, ovate, with toothed margins.

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Lechon macau

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I thought I lost this post after what happened to Blogger last week.  But as luck would have it, it's in my draft folder! So here it is again for Food Friday.

Lechon Macau and Yang Chow fried rice at Mann Hann---a combination that would make you forget you're on diet.  Lechon Macau, by the way, is not as oily as Lechon Kawali because it's oven-roasted not deep-fried.

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Signs: Temptations abound

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I didn't want to look at this sign but I had to take a photo, right?!   I am still in the process of separating my emotional needs from my finances.:p  So far I have some small victories but with signs like this one--ugh, I wished I stayed home and took a long, quiet bath, or went to the library.

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Midweek Blues: Blue truck

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A blue truck cruising at the SCTEx (Subic-Clark-Tarlac Expressway). SCTEx is a 94-kilometer four-lane expressway north of Manila.  The south end of this expressway is at the Subic Bay Freeport Zone, a former US naval base; it passes through Clark Special Economic Zone in Angeles City, a former US air force base, and the north end is Tarlac City, the hometown of the current president.

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Ruby Tuesday: Shagreen

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Stylized vases wrapped in dyed shagreen (stingray leather).

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Mellow Yellow Monday #20: Changing colors

 

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"Never say there is nothing beautiful in the world anymore.  There is always something to make you wonder in the shape of a tree, the trembling of a leaf."             ~ Albert Schweitzer

Leaves changing colors beside the wall of an old church in Ilocos Sur.

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Orange Marmalade/Today's Flowers #37

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Crossandra infundibuliformis
Orange Marmalade, Firecracker flower

Expect to have hope rekindled.  Expect your prayers to be answered in wondrous ways.  The dry seasons in life do not last.  The spring rains will come again. 


~ Sarah Ban Breathnach

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At Tia Edith's garden in Hda. Guba, Valladolid

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Signs: Religious or what?

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Warning:  There are no political or religious undertones here.  I just find these signs interesting.:p

Found these signs at two different places, in two different islands.  The first one is in Calamba, Laguna, a popular summer destination with its hot spring resorts.

And the second is in Hinigaran, Negros Occidental...it's right across the street from Mila's, a favorite hangout that sells delicious rice cakes (bibingka).

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Midweek Blues: After the storm

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A mellow sunset and tranquil skies after a stormy afternoon.  A peaceful end to a day of chaos and tragedy.  Taken along the shores of Miranda.

"Clouds come floating into my life, no longer to carry rain or usher storm, but to add color to my sunset sky." ~ Rabindranath Tagore

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Mellow Yellow Monday #19: Itsy bitsy spider

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"I'll guard you with my life," said the spider to the flower.

Flowers are like human beings...they thrive on a little kindness.

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Purple Orchid/Today's Flowers #36

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Every day you are alive is a special occasion.  Every minute, every breath, is a gift from God.  

~Mary Manin Morrissey

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Orchids at Tia Linda's garden in Hda. Guba, Valladolid, Negros Occidental.

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Signs: Can't take a joke

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A "No Bomb Joke" warning at the old Manila Domestic Airport I spotted while checking in.  So take note, a bomb joke is not a good joke especially when you're at the airport.  It could land you in jail.:p

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Midweek Blues: The Last Supper

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As part of the Holy Week tradition, carriages were paraded around town in the late afternoon of Maundy Thursday and Good Friday (April 21st and 22nd) to commemorate and enact the Passion of Jesus.  This carriage was carrying carved images of Jesus and his apostles depicting The Last Supper.  This was part of the procession of the Roman Catholics on Good Friday at my mother's hometown of Valladolid in Negros Occidental.

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Mellow Yellow Monday #18: Jeepney

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An air-conditioned jeepney---an evolution of a Philippine icon.

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