it was a long saturday afternoon. the weather was really fine, fluffy white clouds parading the sharp turquoise sky.
she thought of the sea, and the nearest is pantai merdeka facing the andaman sea.
q patiently endured her 60 km per hr driving as they weaved through quaint villages including the historic sungai emas where an ancient settlement of brick palaces and other buildings from the Malay 2 AD old kedah empire were found a number of years ago.
she brought the five kids to the excavation site about 7 years ago. lily, dyr and naj followed her to see the relics and artefacts and listened as she talked to an archaeology professor from ukm. but q and bill had to be dragged from the car!
pantai merdeka was pretty crowded but they found shaded seats under huge casuarina trees. she ate some kueh enjoying the lovely vista, the mesmerising shimmering waves, the two little islands in the hazy distance.
she would have stayed longer but q was restless. on the way home they stopped at the ancient kota kuala muda, once a magnificent fort at an important port on the sungai muda where large ships from far away lands stopped with their cargo to trade for gold, ivory, spice.
she pictured the bustling, vibrant port in its heyday, swarming with merchants from every corner of the old world.... shouts, loud voices in numerous languages, what color, what excitement.....in a heady scent of cinnamon, pepper, cloves.....
what magic.....
Monday, 9 February 2015
little bright blonde, alice
after two weeks in the enclosure on the lawn, yesterday little alice made a houdini yet again.
she ran merrily among the flowerpots and joined the brothers chilling under the high 'skies' of the naza.
(when lily's vios was parked at the porch last wednesday and the naza placed outside, she said to lily that if kiko and koko were to write a short story the title would be 'langit tidak selalu tinggi' or 'the sky is not always high' as the vios is much lower than the aged but beloved nazaria)
when called alice hid under the broad pumpkin leaves busily munching grass. she was caught and placed in the enclosure but immediately ran to a particular spot under the fence and bolted out, showing a little hole on the ground there!
ingenious.
this morning at feeding time alice again hid under the pumpkin leaves but her bright blond fur gave her away. she ignored the first few calls of her name, fearing she would be placed in the enclosure again.
but the delicious chomping on sunflower seeds by kiko lured hungry little alice to the bowls of dewy kangkung, carrot, sengkuang, pellets! she then gobbled the crunchy sunflower seeds from her 'mother's' hand.
the three bunnies, tummy full, then ran around her on the lawn as she did some gardening. she had to watch her step to avoid stepping on the 'manja' rabbits.
the morning was breezy. even some remnants of the full february moon still hung on the brilliant blue zenith. two colorful butterflies flittered among the fragrant jasmine blossoms. a solitary bee visited the tiny deep lavender flowers of the lemuni plant. a hesitant dragonfly hovered over a deep red hibiscus. this is wonderland, a sweet oasis..... her own enchanted, secret garden....
sometimes she fancied some wee little fairies and elves dancing and flitting on the deep green grass on a silvery moonlit nite...
as in 'midsummer's dream', best loved among shakespeare's tales.
beautiful dreams and fancies.....
she ran merrily among the flowerpots and joined the brothers chilling under the high 'skies' of the naza.
(when lily's vios was parked at the porch last wednesday and the naza placed outside, she said to lily that if kiko and koko were to write a short story the title would be 'langit tidak selalu tinggi' or 'the sky is not always high' as the vios is much lower than the aged but beloved nazaria)
when called alice hid under the broad pumpkin leaves busily munching grass. she was caught and placed in the enclosure but immediately ran to a particular spot under the fence and bolted out, showing a little hole on the ground there!
ingenious.
this morning at feeding time alice again hid under the pumpkin leaves but her bright blond fur gave her away. she ignored the first few calls of her name, fearing she would be placed in the enclosure again.
but the delicious chomping on sunflower seeds by kiko lured hungry little alice to the bowls of dewy kangkung, carrot, sengkuang, pellets! she then gobbled the crunchy sunflower seeds from her 'mother's' hand.
the three bunnies, tummy full, then ran around her on the lawn as she did some gardening. she had to watch her step to avoid stepping on the 'manja' rabbits.
the morning was breezy. even some remnants of the full february moon still hung on the brilliant blue zenith. two colorful butterflies flittered among the fragrant jasmine blossoms. a solitary bee visited the tiny deep lavender flowers of the lemuni plant. a hesitant dragonfly hovered over a deep red hibiscus. this is wonderland, a sweet oasis..... her own enchanted, secret garden....
sometimes she fancied some wee little fairies and elves dancing and flitting on the deep green grass on a silvery moonlit nite...
as in 'midsummer's dream', best loved among shakespeare's tales.
beautiful dreams and fancies.....
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