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Tuesday, August 17, 2021

Gallimaufry#7

Just a bunch of random photos from my corner of the world.

Crepe Myrtle

Dumplings for dinner
Legend has it that if you don’t eat dumplings during Dongzhi/Winter Solstice (traditional festival in China) your ears will freeze and fall off!

 Sky watch from my balcony


Food truck 


Cendol  dessert comprising shaved ice, worm-like green rice flour jelly, coconut milk, red beans and palm sugar syrup.

I can still recall the look on Cousin Victor's face when we told him the green jelly strands in the Cendol that he was enjoying happily were worms! We were kids then and Cousin Victor from Australia was visiting Malaysia for the first time.  His face turned as green as the jelly "worms"!!



more food trucks ...


Mangosteen season!

A loud whir and the smell of freshly cut grass ...
Strapped with an engine on his back and donning a large hat and protective gear to shield him from flying debris and our scorching Malaysian sun, the grass cutter is seen here from my balcony trimming brush and square foot upon square foot of grass on our condo grounds.
Sometimes, he gets a little help from a friend.

My Corner of the World

63 comments:

  1. Wonderful photos! I would always eat dumplings if it stopped my ears from falling off! And I love your little mouse! Hugs, Valerie

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  2. Beautiful photos, Veronica! The sky is looking great!

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  3. Lovely and interesting photos! I would love to live on street food from all over the world...every looks so delicious. My DIL makes fabulous Filipino dumplings! Sandi

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  4. So many delicious food trucks!! Gorgeous pictures of the flowers and the sky!

    Betty

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  5. Oh the food. Yummy.

    Have a fabulous day. ♥

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  6. Fun glimpses of your world that is different than mine, and very beautiful. But all over the world we enjoy good food! The food trucks look like fun.

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  7. I loved Crepe Myrtle!
    İt's little bit looks like "Begonvil".

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  8. Huh! Dumplings, please!!!
    Great skies and, my, do I miss street food.
    We stood in line once 45 minutes for a burger - and it was so worth it.
    No festivals since "Corinna".
    Love the worms, my Nieces would flip and run, LOL.
    Ingo as kid refused to eat the tips of asparagus as in German they are called "heads". His parents sure were glad to "help" him!!! (How mean). You really end leaving me with another earworm?! As if yesterday wasn´t enough! ;-)

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  9. I love seeing your photos. Beautiful sky. I love dumplings for dinner or lunch. The legend only serves as an excuse to eat more dumpling.

    -Soma

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  10. I wouldn't mind to get Malaysian food fron one of those food trucks.
    There is a fabulous view from your balcony, Veronica. With regards to dumplings, I think each country has its legend.
    That's a nice post which show particular things of that special place of the world.

    Enjoy the rest of the week, Veronica 😎🌺☀️

    Post script: glad to hear you enjoy seeing Italy's corners through my blog 🙂🇮🇪🍇

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  11. Gostei de ver estas belas e deliciosas fotografias.
    Um abraço e continuação de uma boa semana.

    Andarilhar
    Dedais de Francisco e Idalisa
    O prazer dos livros

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  12. Interesting blog, lots of mosaics.

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  13. Hello,

    I would love sampling the food from the food trucks, it looks yummy. Gorgeous views of the sky, is the view from your sky. It is beautiful. I love the Crepe Myrtle, ours is blooming now too. Thank you for sharing your post. Take care, have a great day and week ahead.

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  14. A beautiful blog with lots of wonderful photos! It's nice to see other parts of the world through blogging :)

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  15. You have a wonderful collection of colours in your neighborhood Veronica. I would have a great time photographing the food trucks and sampling your street food. Perhaps not green worms though.

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  16. Great street food in Malaysia. I remember it well.

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  17. Dearest Veronica,
    Having lived and worked for three years in Indonesia, we never ate from the food vendor stalls in the street. Looking at their bucket in which they 'rinse' the plates tells you enough... That would be very, very dangerous.
    Love the sweet bean dessert, similar to the one in Vietnam!
    Hugs,
    Mariette

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  18. Enjoyed your wonderful photos where I can experience Malaysia.

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  19. i don't know if there is any smell better than the smell of fresh cut grass - maybe your food!! our crepe myrtle is in full bloom right now, they are in bloom everywhere in varying colors, they are so beautiful!!

    you sure do have a lot of food trucks!!

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  20. Crepe myrtles are in bloom here, too, and they are beautiful.

    I love all your photos, especially the food trucks.

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  21. The shots from your balcony are gorgeous! And I love all these cute food trueck. We do not have near this many. The color of the Crepe Myrtle is beautiful; is it yours?

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  22. Thanks for your visit. My goodness, all that food! I think I will stick to my fruits and veggies. Beautiful crepe myrtle. My neighbor has one and he never waters it, so it just looks like a stick tree.

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  23. I love so many of those pictures. The flowers and sky pictures are so pretty.

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  24. The crepe myrtle is such a pretty color. The dumplings look delicious. And the sky photos from your balcony are so pretty. You always have a wonderful view from your balcony.

    ~Sheri

    *thank you for your prayer for the fires in California. They are quite scary, but I continue to pray. : )

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  25. Those crepe myrtles are fabulous! I have never heard of a mangosteen but it looks interesting.

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  26. That grass cutting doesn't look like fun but those dumplings sure do look good!

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  27. The pink flowers are so beautiful. Great pictures.

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  28. I love dumplings. Wonder how that legend about them got its origin.
    The flowers are lovely, and you have an amazing view from your balcony.
    What does Gallimaufry mean?

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  29. The sky is beautiful, and the food looks super yum!
    xoxo
    Lovely
    www.mynameislovely.com

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  30. It's so exotic for me to read here and see your photos Veronica. High Buildings from your balcony and so many foodtrucks in the city ... its very interesting my visit here in your Blog everytime!
    Greetings
    Kirsi

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  31. Hello Veronica,
    Nice pictures.
    What a great view of your balcony. Really amazing.
    Funny pictures of that moving car with food, very special.
    The food look delicious.

    Greetings, Marco

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  32. All is good but especially the sky photos are perfect:)

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  33. That scene with the condos is so pretty. Had a laugh about the worms and would love some dumplings - for lunch ..that sounds so good. Enjoyed your photos.

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  34. Oh I love all your photographs, true blogging, sharing your life with us. Wonderful!!

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  35. The flowers are so pretty and the sunset photos are beautiful! Thank you for sharing!

    Hope your week is going well :)

    Away From The Blue

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  36. Random, colorful, yummy, fun!!! I enjoyed your selection as always. I would not need that excuse to eat those dumplings, they look yummy. But not sure about the dessert now that you tell me how you teased your poor cousin I would only think of green worms LOL!

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  37. These random photo series are stunningly beautiful and always colorful, Veronica Lee. Thanks for showing these views of life from your part of the world. We also had crape myrtle trees at our former home in VA. The story about your cousin’s reaction to green worms was fun to read 😀

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  38. What a stunning view from your balcony!
    I had never seen the mangosteen before, I have to taste such beautiful fruit.
    The food looks delicious.
    Great photos, thanks for sharing.

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  39. marvelous collection of photos to day - so many wonderful scenes

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  40. Marvelous shots! Mouthwatering and colorful!
    Thanks for sharing at https://image-in-ing.blogspot.com/2021/08/a-few-from-archives.html

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  41. Lovely photos but the food caught my eye I want some heheh!

    Have a delicioustastic week Veronica 👍

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  42. The color of the sky in those pictures is just magnificent.

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  43. Beautiful photos from your corner of the world. That cendol is an interesting mix of colors and textures and flavors. Would love to sample it.

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  44. You'd best send me some of those dumplings Veronica. I rather want to keep my ears this coming winter.

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  45. I like this kind of presenting photos of totally different things. A real kaleidoscope!
    Good thing you told us about dumplings! We will take care to eat at the winter solstice, so that our ears do not fall! :))

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  46. wow, that sky is something special :)

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  47. The crepe myrtle is beautiful. I can understand your cousin's face turning green when he thought he was eating green worms!

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  48. Mom misses eating those dumplings when she was in Japan. They were super yummy!

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  49. It's really cool to see your part of the world. Thanks for sharing these beautiful and colorful pictures with us!
    www.chezmireillefashiontravelmom.com

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  50. I love your post with so many inspired images.
    I can not say anything about the food, but because is the time of beans we've started to use it using steam. And is quite good.
    Happy WW, Veronica! All the best!

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  51. Thanks for the mini vacation to your part of the world

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  52. Great sky shots! W O W! Also all the food pics. Oh my goodness, choices, choices, thank you

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  53. Thanks now you got me wanting some dumplings,YUM,YUM!!!

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  54. Veronica - a fascinating group of photos from your world! That is a very different-looking dessert! The "worms" look like green beans to me! Thanks for linking to Mosaic Monday!

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  55. Your photos are beautiful! I love trying food trucks! -Marci @ Stone Cottage Adventures

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  56. The colors and sights are just marvelous! I enjoyed the variety of subjects.

    Thanks for sharing your link at My Corner of the World this week!

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  57. Green worms!Oh poor Victor! Deligthful photos Thanks for sharing.

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