Can you guess what these are? Lemon peels! I'm having them dried under the sun when I took this picture last weekend. I learned from Real Living's pocket magazine, Handy Hints and Instant Makeovers, that placing dried lemon peels in kitchen corners will keep insects away. They also ward off silverfish (those little silver creatures you find your closets) and are a ... READ MORE
12 Round Fruits to Welcome the New Year
We were at Quiapo today to hear mass and buy round fruits for the Media Noche tomorrow. As the tradition goes, we have to have 12 round fruits (with no black seeds) at the dinner table tomorrow, for our year to be lucky and prosperous. We have counted 9 round fruits in our fruit platter so far, so tomorrow morning we need to head to the public market to look for 3 more ... READ MORE