Hello Mom

I just saw this early this morning on my Facebook’s Memories app. It was taken several years ago. I had to copy it on my tab since I am not sure if it was copied to my hard drive.

Miss you so much Mommy.🥰🥰🥰

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How Nate Looks Now

Nate is learning Taekwondo lessons this summer.

It was their recognition day yesterday. More photos at https://nonnaarlene.wordpress.com  Would not want to upload them all here since I am saving on space.

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It’s Summer

I can see that morning pocket  of sunrise inside our living room. I recently changed our heavy blackout blue curtain to sheer lace. It is definitely summer here. Doing it easy, it’s hot, hot, hot.

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New Photos

I recently updated my other blog called Colors. It seems posting a link here on my Samsung tab with just the subject does not work. I have neglected it for so long. It contains photos, my  ‘amateur’ shots and a brief description of each.

You can find it here:

https://arleneariston.wordpress.com

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Cavite Sunset

I can’t help but admire this lovely photo which Nissa took yesterday in their balcony. It is a perfect capture of a sunset. She used it as her cover photo on Facebook. Breathtakingly beautiful!

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Yeay, Hobbies of Course

What topics do you like to discuss?

Another prompt from Jetpack.

Reading and books are both in #01. I’d like to meet friends here who are also fond of books – poems, memoirs, historical novels, thrillers and maybe YA books once in a while. I love reading book reviews.

Blogging is a given because for me, blogging is life. Gardening too is one such topic that I like. Exploring others’ gardens.

Ah, preparing simple meals for the family. Experimenting on other ingredients and try to incorporate them in some recipes.

Photography, but of course. I’ve tried macro shots when I had my Canon camera. Now it all comes in digital format. I even bought a book on digital photography but it was destroyed by typhoon Ondoy back in 2009, so I am using the built-in cameras of my two tabs and Samsung CP.

Life in general, exchanging ideas in particular. I want to go back making rosaries and cross-stitching but my fingers are not nimble anymore. I still keep a journal but my handwriting has somehow changed a bit.

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These Days

If yesterday was windy, now it is raining, that kind of rain that is slow to stop but lingers although it is not strong. You know that kind of weather that makes you stay in bed and just tinker with your phone and tab….alternately, that is. Oh, I have just made a cup of coffee using Stevia as sweetener.

My youngest brother Noel renewed my subscription for another month at Photobucket and copied all the saved photos I made in several albums over the years. Isn’t that wonderful? He is our memory-keeper. He told me to choose the photos I like before the subscription expires in January. All the birthdays, special occasions and flowers I took in my garden are all there. I was also able to upload Nate’s photos until he was seven or eight I think. I smiled thinking of those days he spent his 7th birthday in Singapore and visiting Legoland in Malaysia with his parents. Seeing his joy in touching those giant Lego toys and wondering. He has severals sets at home. Obet’s sister always indulge him on birthdays, Christmas and when he gets certificates of appreciation and medals every school year. Lucky kid🥰

It’s Noel’s 59th birthday tomorrow. My parents chose that name because it was so close to Christmas day. And it’ll be the third night of Simbang Gabi.

It’s raining still and it ‘s cold. The pitter-patter of raindrops is making me sleepy.

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What Nature Brings

Sometimes you need to open your eyes to the vista all around you. This was taken in our place in Pangasinan. It is a forty-five minute climb to the top.

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Cookie At Two Months

I had the chance to take more  shots of Cookie early this morning. What a joy to catch her in different poses.

She is quite behaved here.

Practicing looking at the mirror….haha! Are you vain Cookie?

Clingy type. She always wants to be cuddled.

She has definitely grown. She is three weeks with us now.

Look at that fan-like fur. So smooth to the touch.

Would you believe that she cries when Jovy washes her face and her bottom.  She couldn’t take a full bath yet at her age.  Both she and Oreo have more shots last Saturday.

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Gosh

Oh my, I’ve been reading several articles about how to go back to the classic editor but they say I have to upgrade my account. What???

A friend at Facebook had this delivered to me this afternoon. It is called Sedum Japonica or gold moss sedum. Another practice at attaching a photo. My goodness I really have to learn this well otherwise I won’t enjoy posting without the occasional picture that I attach. My question is, how would you place this at the center of the post since I could no longer see that option whether you want to have it left, center or right? I was so excited I already transferred some to three tiny pots. Don’t you just love its color?

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