APAD 129: Bottle-gourd’s yellow flower

Posted by on Aug 1, 2011 in A Photo a Day, Addicted to Meme, All things Khmer, Cambodia, Cambodia life, home gardening, Mellow Yellow Monday, sights | 3 comments

Last Saturday, I had an opportunity to go on a field-trip with the children of Aziza’s Place. It is a  home and learning centre for impoverished Cambodian children. Lately, there were opportunities for me to spend some time with the kids and help out and last Saturday, they invited me to join them in this fun activity. To know more about Aziza’s place, please click the link above.
We went to a farm in Kandal province, just an hour or so away from Phnom Penh.It was a welcome change of environment for me as I haven’t been out of the city for awhile.

The field-trip was a great opportunity for the kids to explore the world around them, in this case, the farm. The kids enjoyed the visit, looking at feeding farm animals, catching bugs and insects, catching fish the traditional Khmer way, and playing games. The farm was big and had a huge lotus pond as well.On our way to the pond, we passed by rows and rows of the climbing bottle-gourd plants. The yellow flowers caught my attention.

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3 Comments

  1. I wonder if those flowers are edible? I know that in Mexico squash blossoms are often used for food.DON’T LET THAT YELLOW GO TO YOUR HEADDon’t let that yellow go to your head!Simply be glad it’s not puce or red!Give thanks for the color dear to your heart: Honey and lemon and cream— a good start!© 2011 by Magical Mystical TeacherYellow-Skirted Sweeper

  2. That's lovely!Bonfire is my entry, hope you can come and see. Have a nice week.

  3. oh I hope sometime you'll show the traditional Khmer way of catching fish! glad you escaped the city for such a fun excursion. the squash blossom is lovely. here we stuff them and fry – delicious! have a great week.

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