At Summer Dawn

The Onion Crop:
As it happens every year just at the time the crop of wheat is cut and thrashed on several farms around our own, Onion planted in December last was pulled out and removed to the thatched roof 'Hut' outdoors for drying. The entire yield which could be termed as bumper would be kept there until it had fully dried before packing in sacks and transporting to the family and friends living far and wide but of course not to Toronto, Canada, where our youngest son Taha and his family (Tahas) currently live!

Planting of Portulaca Saplings:
The summer flowering Portulaca saplings were planted in the front roundabout and flower beds on both sides of entrance to the house.

The Weather:
The entire month of May as it has now come to an end was quite pleasant with frequent rains and often more than usual cooler nights.

Casia Nodosa Tree and Grape Arbor

1. The pink and white flowers have started appearing on our Casia Nodosa Tree
2. Two beautiful Lilium tsingtauense flowers appeared in our flower bed reserved for bulbous flowers, on a side of Casia Nodosa tree.
3.The first shot of the grapes as seen under our Grape Arbor

The May Splendour‏

Comes the month of May we start getting blessed with the bounties of nature. Among

them the Peaches, Apricots and plentiful Garlic. This year it is extra special as it

 has been raining intermittently all along. The day time temperature rarely exceeding

 30 C while  the nights are really cool with temperatures around 15 C. This months is

 also synonymous with wheat harvesting, which too is in full swing around our farm.

 An early morning walk  with plenty of birds singing and smell of freshly harvested

 wheat and husk may not  remain unmentioned either. We can not thank Allah 

Subhanahu enough without at least sharing the sights and scenes with our dear

 ones. Wish we had the company of you all.

Down the memory lane