Moments of Wonder and Ponder

 You grow all about, I've seen your sprout, Grief overtook me soon then, I wondered 'when', When were your leaves going to grow again? As they were dying off because of no sun, But soon I realized it is all lame, Seeing the rain go away, So I saw the sun's rays, upon you - whilst you fade. Soon after you were gone... All I did was waited, I got 3 more, that grew over an abandoned lawn, It made me elated. Realized I'm lucky, Soon gratitude overtook me. Khadijah Dilshad

   ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ Assalamualykum everyone! It's Khadijah here,                                   Throughout our childhood, we've created many miniature gardens, from gardens for toads, gardens for dragonflies, and even for the purpose of decoration! Alhamdulillah, since we've grown up we haven't made a miniature garden in some time, after seeing some inspiration I got highly motivated to create my own, little miniature garden with the few little resources I had at that time, It wasn't the best, however, I was still satisfied with its end results,  keeping in mind that I didn't have many resources. After some days, I got bored of the simple and shoddy look in it, so I broke it down and collected more resources, and got a few supplies to make a larger and neater miniature garden! This is the clay pot I used, I filled it with soil so it can be the base to decorate and place the elements in the garden. Alhammdulilah I'm very pleased with the results and e

 ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ These delicious oatmeal cookies will definitely make the kids around get involved as they are super easy and require only a couple of ingredients so, gather up your kids and make them involved in this  recipe! You Will Need :  1 cup of butter - room temperature 1 tsp of vanilla extract 1 tsp baking soda 1 tsp salt 1 cup of semolina  2 Cups of white / brown sugar  2 Eggs  2 cups all-purpose flour 2 cups of quick-cooking oats Method :  Combine the butter and sugar together, add the eggs as well as vanilla, and mix well.  Add in the flour, baking soda, and salt and beat until creamy. Mix in the oats and semolina. Cover and refrigerate for almost an hour. Grease the cookie sheets and preheat your oven to 375 degrees F or 190 degrees C. Roll the dough into equal-sized small balls, and gingerly press them down with the back of a spoon, leave a gap of at least 2 inches apart as the dough shall spread out together, otherwise. Bake for 8 to 10 in the oven (preheated), set