MUM AND THE HAIRLESS KIWIS

I didn't understand why Mum kept telling me not to buy any potatoes lately.  I knew I bought a bag and used a few of them for a salad.  There were like a dozen potatoes and probably 7 - 8 left.

"Don't buy any more potatoes.  There's a lot in the kitchen." That came from Mum as I headed towards the door on my way to the supermarket.

Habits never change and customary for me to head straight to the fruits and veggies section whenever I step into the supermarket.

As I was choosing some mandarins, I caught sight of someone putting a punnet of kiwis into her shopping cart and suddenly I wondered what happened to the kiwis I recently bought.

I made a mental note to find the kiwis when I get home.

Back home as I was unpacking the fresh produce that I bought, Mum came into the kitchen and I asked if she has seen the kiwis she unpacked the day before.

She said she hasn't... well really she hasn't because as I was talking to her, I caught sight of what appeared like kiwis on the countertop.  On closer look, they were indeed my lost kiwis snuggled in between some potatoes.

"They are kiwis?  Look like potatoes to me.  Why are these kiwis so tiny and without hair?" 

Mum, there are people with more hair than others.

SEEDS OBSESSED

I am seeds obsessed.

(1)   I have a "seed bank" to store all my seeds.

(2)  I have a work station to work on my seeds.

(3)  I ate cucumbers and saved the seeds.

(4)  I made egg omelette with tomatoes sans the seeds. 

(5)  I have hundreds of the same type of seeds.

(6)  I bought capsicums for the seeds. 

(7)  I browsed through seed catalogues all the time.

(8)  I dried seeds on the window sills in my apartment.

(9)  I was angry when I discovered rats ate the melon seeds I was drying.

(10)  I asked Santa for seeds.

(11)   I was happy to receive seeds in place of other gifts.

(12)   I kept seeds in my bathroom.


Taking my obsession of seeds to the next level, I am still saving and collecting seeds.

DREAMS DO COME TRUE

How wonderful to start off the New Year with my first pair of home-grown crimson red tomatoes! 

Yay! Finally parts of my dreams come true.  I mean the part where I aspire to grow tomatoes.  The part about growing beefsteak size tomatoes is still no where in sight yet but that's ok, this is a great start. 

It's hard to describe my joy but I am one happy girl.  I've been looking at the twin like forever and I've subjected them to photo shoots like non-stop.  If they could speak, I wonder if they'll complain about how I subjected them to torture under the bright lights but proud Mama here just didn't have enough.  

Here are some pictures of the crimson twin!

They're cherry tomatoes and supposed to be small but these were teeny weenies.   I can only think that as they're organically grown, they turned out tiny but who cares!  I mean they're home-grown... they're pesticide free.... and they're the sweetest tomatoes I have tasted!