Enjoy the early morning walk..

MORNING WALK

It was such a joy to start my ritual morning walk again after stopping for so many months! Walking was not only my at least 3 times a week form of exercise to keep the muscles and limbs flexible and in tip top shape, but its also a way to de-stress myself from the tension, stress of everyday life. Picked my friend Noni from her house this morning as I usually do, so that we can walk together.

Always on a look-out for beautiful plants in my outing, I saw these beautiful trailing orchids on her jackfruit tree (pokok nangka). Such beauty I have never seen before. Noni said its a wild orchid picked by her husband from the forest near their dusun (orchard) in Negeri Sembilan.

Must ask Makarimi (Orchid de Dangau), the name of these beauty since he's an expert in orchids and have a large collections in his garden. I was so happy Noni offered to give the seedlings later!

So away we went walking at a popular area near Noni's house in Taman TAR near Ampang Jaya. It was a wooded area with canopies of rainforest trees, some of them were showing beautiful blooms along the road. What a breath of fresh air in the early morning...so quiet from the hustle bustle of city life!

Actually its an elite residential area where the creme of society and royalites are making their homes here, very secluded, very private gated palaces like the photos below. But its a very popular jogging or walking track along the main road. People will park their cars by the roadside and do their walk, jog, cycle or walking the dogs. The track is a winding and uneven gentle hilly slope circling a small golf club mainly catering for the residents there. Its very cooling when you walk here in the early morning.

one of the many gated palaces along the main road

this is on top of the hill, down below on the left side is the golf club

The thick wooded hills are also homes to our furry long-tailed friends, the monkey. Its an added attraction to the joggers here especially in the evenings, where food and fruits are brought to feed them. They come in hordes, granpa, granma, uncles, aunties, small babies all very friendly and eager for the free food! In the early morning, there are only a few providing company to us who walk or jog here. Noni is scared of them, so she walks with a cane, well...just in case the monkeys tease her or follow her.

GARDEN WALK

After walking, usually we will end up going for breakfast near there! You must be thinking, after all those brisk walking at least for 5 km, you put on what you lost earlier by having a hearty breakfast at a mamak stall! Hahaha...No, we were just having light one, no nasi lemak or roti canai!

dill seedlings


saw-tooth corriander seedlings



Today she followed me home to see my new vegetable garden. I gave her seedlings of okra, eggplant, local and Thai basil (which she originally gave me 'cos hers are now dying!) and also Vietnamese mint (daun kesum). She wanted to know how to grow corriander and I showed her a pot of tiny seedlings, saw-tooth corriander and also dills given by Joy of My Little Potted Garden. Thank you Joy, the babies are looking great! When I showed Malar's (MyLittle Garden)balsam plants (now 1 foot tall), sprouting all over my new flower bed, she promised to give me some other colours she had in her garden! I guess by exchanging plants we are spreading them out of our garden to other areas! Such great pollinators we are, dont you think?




my first time pak choys




arrgghh....an invited guest on my okra seedling!



Our early morning walk turned out to be more than just a walk after all! We walked, we ate, we talked, we exhanged plants and gardening tips! I felt rejuvenated again and had an adrenalin rush the whole day after such a long time and I felt so good! Will walk again next week because Im off to Penang tomorrow for the weekend!





HAPPY WEEKEND GARDENING!!!!