FEBRUARY 1st SOMETHING I SHARED: a delicious Japanese lunch with our Bhutanese and Japanese friends in Phnom Penh today
FEBRUARY 2nd SOMETHING PINK
These are what I have always known as thousand-year-old eggs. They are salted duck eggs. The pink is to inform buyers they are ready to eat or preserved. They sometimes have a salty flavour but are always black and gelatinous inside with a rich and savory flavour
* surprise Facebook Fab Four selection for this one
FEBRUARY 3rd HANDWRITTEN WORDS: of a former colleague and treasured friend, who took the time to respond to our regular snail mail missives. Whilst we don’t expect a response we do delight in receiving one. There is something very special about hand written messages especially when they are on beautiful greeting cards. I always display them
FEBRUARY 4th SOMEONE I LOVE: with all my heart
* this one made it into the Fab Four on Instagram
FEBRUARY 5th MY OUTFIT TODAY: possibly the oldest pants in my clothing collection but being orange they stay until they die. The T-shirt and krama are almost as old and good enough for a quick trip to the supermarkets after a very domestic morning
* What a surprise me being me made it into the Fab Four on Facebook
FEBRUARY 6th THIS MADE ME SMILE: My lunch at a fabulous local cafe today is aptly named the Rainbow Bowl and for vegetarian me committed to an ‘eat a rainbow diet’, it was the obvious choice
FEBRUARY 7th WHAT I'M READING: the signs in the streets and at the local vendors that tell me Chinese New Year is approaching fast. Time to get the annual feast organised
FEBRUARY 8th ON THE GROUND: in front of a stall in the nearby run of flower vendors a very neat little roadside altar
FEBRUARY 9th A FAVOURITE SONG: I don’t really have an all time favourite but since hearing Elisapie live at WOMADelaide last year, my go to tune has been “Wolves Don’t Live by the Rules,” and this is the collage I created to represent it. If you haven’t heard it please do
FEBRUARY 10th TOGETHER: today at the pool. Better together! Together through thick and thin. Together in good times and in bad. Together forever! That’s us
FEBRUARY 11th PART OF MY ROUTINE: every morning is to water the small terrace garden we created. It brings me colour and joy every day
FEBRUARY 12th WHAT I SEE RIGHT NOW: At 9.09am it’s children’s book about dental hygiene while I’m sitting in the waiting room at the dental clinic waiting for my 9am appointment
FEBRUARY 13th SOMETHING TASTY: it wouldn’t be a real Aussie household without a little black magic. Even here in Phnom Penh I’m definitely a Vegemite kid
FEBRUARY 14th A HEART: cutout by me and framing a few of the special people I hold close in my heart
FEBRUARY 15th A WEEKEND VIBE: for lunch today celebrating a birthday with friends in the shaded, green courtyard with delicious mostly cold rice paper rolls as menu options, a bar with locally flavoured cocktails and a fabulous outdoor photographic exhibition by a Local Khmer
FEBRUARY 16th SOMETHING I BORROWED: is this beautiful Bhutanese belt. The colours, design and style all speak to me but it’s not mine
FEBRUARY 17th A FAVOURITE PHOTO: I had to shrink the parameters for this prompt or I might have spent the entire day reminiscing over photos. This is my all time favourite shot taken in Cambodia
FEBRUARY 18th LOVE IS... When I read this prompt this morning I said I would love to see this elderly couple today but it’s not likely. We rarely see them. Returning home from an outing there they were. I think this is their entire home and she pushes her husband, who is severely disabled through the streets. Fortunately the Khmer are kindhearted people and it is common to see families rush to offer them meals, fruit, snacks and drinks
FEBRUARY 19th A LIGHT SOURCE: that is becoming more dominant in the ever changing sky scape of Phnom Penh, is definitely neon
FEBRUARY 20th WHAT CALMS ME: is writing. Since childhood I have kept diaries and journals and now I send snail mail, write a digital journal and blog and I found it forces me to reflect and clarify and it stills my mind
FEBRUARY 21st SOMETHING RED: The sunset tonight in Kep had an eerily intense red glow
FEBRUARY 22nd 5PM:in the garden of or very dear Khmer friend
FEBRUARY 23rd A GIFT I'VE RECEIVED: today from the abbot of the monastery where we used to teach the little monks of Kep was this multi- coloured thread blessing with a gold prayer inscribed on it. Such a lovely gesture from an inspiring and devout Buddhist practitioner
* This one made it into the Fab Four collection on Facebook
FEBRUARY 24th A COLOUR I LIKE: well love actually and I was surprised to find these were the only two orange items I had in my luggage this trip
FEBRUARY 25TH SOMETHING SWEET: Jam Roly Poly with the addition of toasted walnuts and mixed berries. Inspired by this prompt, today I prepared a modern take on an old fashioned recipe my mum used to bake when I was a kid
FEBRUARY 26th IN MY BAG: just the regular assortment of items I use almost daily
FEBRUARY 27th ON THE SHELF: in our bedroom are a few of our little treasures from travels in Asia. I love seeing them and repositioning them and others in the apartment periodically
FEBRUARY 28th KINDNESS: This Abbot with the most radiant smile is the person who most embodies kindness I have ever known
* Abbot Phat was included in the Fabbers for this prompt
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