I walked to my kitchen to get a drink 20 minutes ago and this is what greeted me when I glanced out of my dining room window. Absolutely gorgeous!

my indulgence

This is my on-the-spur-of-the-moment impulsive indulgence. It is a bench made out of wooden railway sleepers - rock solid and a super heavyweight. This is a family heirloom that I am passing down ... I hope the generations to come will love it as I do.

do you see what i see?

There's more than meets the eye

Parkia speciosa

Learnt something new ... this is the flower of the petai plant Parkia speciosa

Introducing the other members of the G Hopper family

Mr Tiny G

Moggie said this must be the tiniest grasshopper he has ever seen.

Size comparison against my finger.

Icebow

Icebows are similar to rainbows but are formed by refraction of sunlight through cloud suspended ice crystals as opposed to raindrops or other liquid water suspended in the air. The absence of the "rainbow" colours is because the diffraction is through a specific face of the hexagonal ice crystal, which only gives rise to one color. This photo was taken at 11:19 a.m. on Sunday, 8 August 2007 in Ulu Geroh.