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2012-09-13T03:14:00.001-07:00

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Big Window

2012-04-29T05:20:00.004-07:00

I am renovating our house at this time. And for our room I want big window glass facing the herbs garden. I think it must be lovely. Can't wait till finished.

from Remodelista.com

my Herbs Garden needs make over

Green Tunnel

2012-04-29T04:43:00.001-07:00

How lovely. These are green tunnels from around the web.

Green tunnel at green Castle UK

picocool.com

My Lavender of Today

2012-02-04T04:05:00.000-08:00

Because I love my growing lavender so much, I can't stop talking or posting about it. Of course I love my others herbs, but since they don't need too much attention and seems okay with the heat and humidity here (I have plenty and abundantly herbs like oregano, thymes, cilantro, parsley, fennel. rosemary, dill, mint, chives, jalapeno, serrano and even the hottest chili in the world; the famous Bhut Jolokia), I put a lot of attention much more to my lavender. To make it even crazier I also greet them every morning or every time I see them in my garden, like "hello little fella, how are you today? is there anything okay with you?" or "hi my little beautiful darling lavender, do you have enough water?"

I also play for them the top forty songs from radio, I believe all my herbs like to hear Katy Perry or Agnes Monica songs.

I want feel orange today

2012-02-03T18:34:00.000-08:00

People said that you are what you eat. Because this morning I feel really bad since I wake up (dizziness, stiff neck, flatulance...yuck), I want to make myself a bit fresh and orange. Sounds like I want to make my body taste delicious, yay.

So cut some orange, plums, put in in a bowl and make it as my breakfast.

Plant Lavender in Tropical Region

2012-01-15T05:33:00.000-08:00

That's absolutely hard. I just follow what Dori chanted in Finding Nemo 'keep swimming...keep swimming' but change the last word by 'trying'.
Generally, the Lavenders are not well suited to the humid tropical region, mostly where I live in Bandung which so rainy and so humid and hot in dry season.
I have dilemmatic situation here, too much water will kill lavender, they hate wet in their root system, but heat will also dry them to death.
Time to time I have kill so many lavender, baby lavender, young adult lavender, they were all now rest in peace. Mostly because of too much love, eh I mean too much water or no water, when I have to go out of town. They will gonna wilt for about 2 days without water. Oh my poor lavender.
Here are some of the lavender those can survive so far. I have some English Munstead Lavender, Lavender Stoeches, Lady Lavender, and Blue Provence Lavender. Wish me good luck. I really hope so. Cross my finger.

Flowering Oregano at Windowsill

2011-05-14T23:36:00.000-07:00

The flowering oregano from www.terrain.com, I do think this picture is look like a beautiful painting. I wonder when my baby oregano will growing up to be like this flowering oregano. Seems I'm gonna waiting for ages ;).

Garden Window

2011-05-12T05:42:00.000-07:00

This kind of pretty thing really makes me falling in love at the first sight. Garden window! It's a-must-have-it-someday thing for me. Pretty.

from http://www.remodelsearch.com/alside/garden_Windows.html

The Frowning Flower Girl - Grace Van Cutsem

2011-05-01T06:08:00.000-07:00

Oh my dear, she is so cute! Look at her frowning face.

My Golden Passion Fruits

2011-04-23T07:16:00.000-07:00

I have wrought iron pergola in my front yard fully and vigorously green by the climbing passion fruit. And today I have the fruits are ripe enough to be made as juice. And the taste of the organic passion fruit juice is very very good. My passion fruits are golden fruits cultivar.

golden passion fruits

Aerogarden

2011-04-22T05:06:00.000-07:00

This is awesome! I really really want this one in my kitchen. How about have fresh herbs in your kitchen table without worry about pesticide, insects, snails and so on? I wonder when it could be found nearby in my city. Aerogarden is amazing.

www.aerogarden.com

Happy Spicy Holiday

2011-04-21T08:18:00.000-07:00

Have a wonderful week end! What's your plan for holiday? Will you make something tasty and spicy? I would like to share you this hot and sexy image which gonna burning your holiday. Very lovely, isn't?

Image from http://hlifemedia.com

Catnip for Cat

2011-04-20T08:15:00.000-07:00

Do you like cat as your pet? Why don't you give them catnip for their toys? Catnip is the common name for a perennial herb of the family. It is native to Europe and is an import to the United States and other countries. The catnip plant is now a widespread weed in North America.

If you like to have it given to the right cat, catnip can cause an amazing reaction. The cat will rub it, roll over it, kick at it, and generally go nuts for several minutes. Then the cat will lose interest and walk away. Two hours later, the cat may come back and have exactly the same response.

Catnip is perennial. Enjoy a cup of hot lemony-mint flavored catnip tea while watching your cats frolic in a patch of this fragrant, attractive plant. Plants can also be grown indoors on a windowsill, so cats can enjoy the fresh leaves any time. A very hardy plant, it grows in almost any soil. (Although, most cats are 'crazy' for catnip, 10-30% of the cat population does not respond to it. Though, the affinity for it is genetic, this indifference is pronounced in very young kittens and older cats.) If your cat loves catnip, you can grow your own to make him or her silly happy all year long.

Catnip

You could grow your own Catnip in Indonesia. Especially in Bandung, I have also try to plant it here. In my small herbs garden my catnip is growing perfectly.

Vertical Herbs Garden

2011-04-12T08:11:00.000-07:00

As I told you here in another posts, I am psyched by vertical garden, and crazy about herbs. And how about vertical garden WITH herbs? I am losing my mind for sure. I would like to share you this image from Design Squish Blog. Totally hilarious.

Crazy About Tea

2011-04-12T07:57:00.000-07:00

Beautiful Flowering Tea

There's nothing more soothing and relaxing than tea. Especially flowering tea. Wonderful, captivating and engaging; flowering teas transform the simple act of drinking tea by producing an aesthetically rich experience full of color and vibrancy.

This picture above is hand-sewn flowering teas are produced in remote tea gardens in southwestern Yunnan province in China near the borders of Laos and Vietnam. White, green and black teas are picked in the early mornings. While damp, the tea leaves are flattened and sewn with cotton thread into the various shapes and bundles.

I really like to blogging while sipping this tea.

New Office Building

2011-04-11T07:47:00.000-07:00

Today is the officially day my office moves to Jl Soekarno Hatta 707 Bandung. It takes almost more than one hour from my home. Yeah, I have to pass 10 traffic lights along bypass road. And one traffic light takes 180 to 360 second! whoa. Can you imagine? Look like I live in Jakarta which commute time to work is enough to make your bottom become flat.

By the way, this is my new desk, which is not really new, because this is actually my old desk in my old office, but the moving service vendor has made it look new by some retouch and repair.

Silver Tin Box and Biodegradable Grower Pot

2011-04-11T06:24:00.000-07:00

Looking for eco-friendly gift and favors? Favor Creative provide wide range of eco-friendly products. I really love this wild flower seeds in silver tin box. Lovely. It said, give back to the earth with wildflower tins. These flowers join together to create a complimentary mixture of personalities, much like a marriage. This would be perfect for wedding favors. They also have herb seeds with soil starter and biodegradable grower pot which could be a perfect gift for your beloved one.

round tin box

Talking about biodegradable grower pot, I am using biopot as my herbs grower pot. You could just sow the herbs in soil with the grower pot, the pot will gonna degrading easily. The pots are made from bamboo, rice husks, and straw.

www.biopots.com

If you like to have your herb seeds in one package with soil starter and biopot, or wedding favor with engraving tin box, I would love to provide it for you.

My Oregano Design

2011-04-09T07:45:00.000-07:00

My Design for Oregano Seeds

Eco-Friendly Herb Wedding Favors

2011-04-06T08:26:00.000-07:00

If you wish to give unique, eco-friendly, go green, lovely wedding favors, this idea is in line as your per request. Herbs wedding favors. This eggling is stunning if you like to get inspired. And to give the herbs in terracota pot is also amazing!. How pretty. Find more idea at intimate wedding.

If you like to find herbs wedding favor, I would really like to help. I could provide many kinds of herbs: rosemary, sweet basil, oregano, thyme, borage, mint, cilantro, and many others herbs. Just give two or three months notice before your happy day, so the herbs wedding favor will available in perfect age and size. Please contact me at 0811223998 for detail.

Herbs Glass Jar

2011-04-05T08:12:00.000-07:00

Herb gardens may be purely functional or they may include a blend of functional and ornamental plants. Such as thyme as ornamental on sideways, which many people called it as "creeping on me" Thyme because of the scent they vaporize to the air while people walk on the thyme bushes. The herbs are usually used to flavour food in cooking, though they may also be used in other ways, such as discouraging pests, providing pleasant scents, or serving medicinal purposes.

Herbs and Spice for Medicine

Glass Jars

About herbs as medicinal purpose, because of I am psyched by glass jar - especially vintage glass jar, I really would like to have dried herbs to put in these beautiful glass jar. With cork as the cap!

Once Upon a Time

2011-04-04T07:46:00.000-07:00

in a small village at North Coast. It's more..more..than two decades ago. For someone who called me Mayra, I never forget your big eyes, the smile, the acacia tree where we used to play under, your bmx blue bicycle, the picture of one eyed pirate you showed me, and for the story we never had....and,.. I don't know the way to say how much I am sorry..

This is my song of the day.

Garlic and Rosemary Ribeye Steak

2011-04-02T22:37:00.000-07:00

In this hot Sunday, my rosemaries smell so good till I want to make some dishes use the herb badly. I am looking for recipe and I like to share the link too. The pictures of Garlic and Rosemary Ribeye are so good and seems mouthwateringly delicious, isn't it?

http://steamykitchen.com

Find the recipe at Steamy Kitchen Blog.

Rangga Smash Hair Style

2011-04-01T06:17:00.000-07:00

Maybe I am not the right or politically correct person to give opinion about Rangga Dewamoela's hair style. He is one of the Smash Boy Band member. But I can't stand not to compare his hair style with Cleopatra. He is only need to let his hair a bit longer. Or he can wear this kind of wig, so it won't take him so long time to straighten his hair by "catokan rambut" to get the model.

But no matter your hairstyle is Rangga, my daughter is very fond to see you on TV screen "Cinta Cenat Cenut" sitkom. don't forget to activate your Ring Back Tone, by sending sms to SMASH to 1212, for your Telkomsel number.

Elizabeth Taylor: My Love Affair with Jewelry

2011-04-01T02:46:00.000-07:00

Elizabeth Taylor: My Love Affair with Jewelry . Oh I really want to have this book. I put it in one of my wish list today. I checked it out on Amazon and but found the price is quite deep pocket : 7 new from $250.00 15 used from $175.00

Mom and Daughter Street Style

2011-03-31T07:23:00.000-07:00

How cutie. But, though I like to see those pictures, I still prefer wear my boot cut jeans and t-shirt, my legs are too big and too short for skinny pants like that. And how pretty Suri Cruise is, those pink boots are really cute.

from stockhlomstreetstyle.com