Moments of Wonder and Ponder

 My nightmare landscape :   It was almost difficult to see through the murky, dull overcast. My eyes flickered. I tried to concentrate - my body didn't feel balanced and my brain was foggy. The ground was vast, full of withered greyish leaves, pilled up, thick brawny roots creeped through, they looked as if they had hands that would appear to reach me out - with those long rooty fingers, and grab me through. I stumbled. Tried to clench one of the old, sturdy barks.  A path had been made through, as long as my eyes could foresee - I tried to follow it faithfully. A bitter, cold breeze swirled through the landscape, uplifting every leaf below -  strands of the hairs on my skin straightened. Onto the right of the path a tire swing was tied to one of the trees - it was swinging, in obscure patterns. Blocking the pathway - a humungous, withered, ancient brown tree was leaning over, about to collapse in a jiff. I crouched my back and crept under as the leaves tickled ...

  Photo by Sincerely Media on Unsplash Stolid Grandmother She is genial in her own ways, It is shown in obscure traits, Yet- you could sense it distinctively. Certain behaviors make her loathe others,  Such as being delinquent, disobedient, or disorderly. If she notices one's good courtesy, Even if she's beyond merry - A compliment you wouldn't hear. It's rare. But at heart, she's more than pleased. It's seldom to hear a praise of happiness for a meal prepared with delight and care, Again, it's rare. She praises you in her heart. Her feelings are unknown. Never to be put out. That's my grandmother. - Khadijah Dilshad

 Assalamuaykum,  Purple Bunny, Pinky Bunny and Kith the cat.  Our plushies have been homeless, they don't tend to stand by themselves so we can't keep them just for decor to stand alone, so we found an old cardboard box that we used originally to store craft supplies, and up cycled it into a cute home for them to sit in. The box :                                           We cut the messy parts :                                           And Voila! The name might sound a bit funny, but the name 'Ribbunny' originates from Ribbon + Bunny = Ribbunny, as they are the main characters. The cat Kith however is based on an adorable pet we had in Oman. Hope you got some inspiration to up cycle some old materials, see you next time, InshaAllah. Assalamualikum.

    ٱلسَّلَامُ عَلَيْكُمْ It's Khadijah here. We visited a clay pot shop to purchase a pot  for a craft project  and came across an adorable tiny teapot, it caught my sister's attention and she immediately showed me, I, of course, fell in love with it and got it with the mindset that I'll use it for some cute craft. These pots are generally clay oil lamps, however, my sister suggested  making a small miniature garden inside it.  We used a tiny polymer clay house that was pre-made by our talented cousin, it was dessert-themed but we painted over it to provide a natural old look. After filling the pot with soil, we added the tiny weeny house and little fence that got invisible due to the forest in the background. We, of course, put little plants from fake flowers, which definitely spiced up the whole thing. I also painted some plants with my desired choice of colours. Finally my sister made a tiny ladder to climb the teapot garden so the little humans ca...

  When Will It Grow Again? 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,  I saw the sun's rays- upon you - whilst you fade. Soon after you were gone... All I did was waited, I got three 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 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 a...

 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 f...