Weakness

 Hi Natty!  How are you today, Surf Princess?  Please be careful out there, safe is boring but I need you.  I need you to keep safe.  I hope you are enjoying yourself, and keeping healthy.  I had to take Lily to the vet this morning.  She was feeling weak: she had trouble getting up, slow in general, and landing jumps by falling splat on her face.  Lily has never been to the vet, and it's a long scary journey.  When we got there, I told the vet that she was weak and tired.  Then I took Lily out of the pet carrier, and she was bouncing off the walls trying to escape the doctor.  He said, "She doesn't look weak to me".  But he determined that she had a fever, and gave her a couple of shots.  By dinnertime, Lily seemed more like herself again.  Weakness is the ultimate non-specific symptom to just about every disease out there, yet it can't be ignored.  But what about weakness in personality and willpower?  Yet more about human imperfections.  I'm not that strong, I have no power if not for the Power of Allah.

Qur'an 20210419

 In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

1.  Say, "I seek refuge with the Lord and Cherisher of Mankind,"

2.  The King of Mankind.

3.  The God of Mankind.

4.  From the mischief of the whisperer who withdraws.

5.  Who whispers into the hearts of humans.

6.  Among jinns and among humans.

(Mankind 114:1-4)

Flowers

 

Hi Natty!  Oh, what a pretty yard!  There's a lot of love and work put in that garden.  You can tell that the hands who nurtured that garden are talented and experienced.  It's a science!  Look at the Dutch garden above.  I can't get as precise as that.  I do what I can with what I have.  Is that your buddy?  Is she the gardener?  Yes you are a Princess my love, but to have others do your gardening is cheating don't you think?  Cute video, though.

Oh I'm tired, Honey.  It's about an hour to sunset, and it's been a busy day as Sundays usually are.  I have my dinner ready, next I'm going to put away the batch of cat food I made, lock up, take a shower and wait for them to call the prayer.  I have sugar cane water to break fast with today!  I think you would like this stuff, Natty.  Anyway, gotta go.  I love you!

Qur'an 20210418

 In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

1.  Say, "I seek refuge with the Lord of the Dawn,"

2.  From the mischief of created things.

3.  From the mischief of darkness as it overspreads.

4.  From the mischief of those who practice secret arts.

5.  And from the mischief of the envious one as he practices envy.

(The Daybreak 113:1-4)

I don't know what I want to eat!

 

Eek!  Natty, you're naked!  Again!  **reaches for a banana leaf**  **jumps in front of the camera waving my arms to block the shot**  You are just too darned pretty!  But how is your garden coming along, Nature Girl?  You have to love and nurture those plants!  Don't just talk the talk, walk the walk!  Honey when I have the money to buy you a ring inshaAllah, then I will email you.  Until then, I hope you don't mind if I continue to talk to you here every day in this blog.  But if you need to talk to me in private, then you can do that whenever you want.  Just please keep it between us.  I'm offline a lot of the time, so it usually takes time for me to respond.  Thank you for your love.

I don't know what I want for dinner!  A whole barbecue lamb looks good, but I don't want to spend money!  I'm poor!

I think I'll have the same thing I had this morning: a cheeseburger and a breaded chicken sandwich.  Plus, I have some mangoes.  You want some?

Qur'an 20210417

 In the name of Allah, most Gracious, most Merciful.

1.  Say, "God is Allah, the One and Only."

2.  Allah the Eternal, Absolute.

3.  God begets not, nor is God begotten.

4.  And there is none like unto God.

(The Purity of Faith 112:1-4)

Wojtek's choice

 

Hi Natty!  How are you, Honey?  I hope everything is going great for you over there.  What's for dinner?  I bought some grilled glutinous rice to go with the pulled beef I prepared.  This time, I cooked up the beef in my lemongrass sauce, it should work quite well.  I also peeled a few mangoes to eat when breaking fast, then I pray the sunset prayer before eating dinner.  Dinner after Maghrib!  That's my Ramadan routine.

Isn't that a great bass player?  I've been playing bass a lot lately, because I'm finalizing the bass parts for "Rise of the Horizon Creature" aka "Search for the Beast".  There are some magnificent bass players out there right now, the best ever in history!  I'm nowhere near as good, but I'm adequate for writing music.  The musicians today are incredible, because of the Internet.  I've never seen anything like it.  I've been using Mary's avatar to leave comments on YouTube here and there (people get really psyched when they think I'm her, and sometimes it is her!)  I see the bass as an instrument that's not a guitar, and serves a specific function in music, which is to solidify songs.  Great as he is, I don't think Wojtek is the best bass player alive today.  I won't state who I think is the best bass player alive today here on this blog, because I already did so on YouTube.  Social media is bigger than you think, folks!