Mission flutter

Explore the life cycle of some of the world’s most beautiful creatures this summer in the giant maze and butterfly house at the Amazing Butterflies, the new family exhibition at the Museum.

Begin at the maze that takes you on a journey from egg to caterpillar, and chrysalis to butterfly. There's a zip slide where you can soar through the air like a butterfly. Mind your head as you enter the butterfly house. It is home to hundreds of flying butterflies and moths bred in the exhibition's own hatchery. Your journey finishes in the beautiful butterfly garden, planted with British flowers that attract native species.

http://www.nhm.ac.uk/visit-us/whats-on/temporary-exhibitions/amazing-butterflies/

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Quick snack Plantain

slice up some plantain , salt fry , drain sandwhich and enjoy!

Mother

MOTHER
I had a marvelous Mother, who loved me,

Sacrificed for me and helped me in every way possible.

In all of my growing up from childhood through School and eventually marriage,

My mother was always at my side
And when I needed help with my little ones,
She was there for me.


A few years ago, we buried this wonderful
woman.

Can you imagine how I felt when I returned home and

Found poem in her drawer written by my mom
The time is now
If you are ever going to love
Love me now while I can know
The sweet and tender feeling Which from true
affection flow
Love me now while I am living
Do not wait until I am gone
And then have it chiselled in marble
Sweet words on ice-cold stone
If you have tender thoughts of me
Please let me know now
If you wait until I am sleeping
There will be death between us
And I will not hear you then
So if you love me, even a little bit
Let me know while I am living
So that I can treasure it

Now she is gone and I am sick with guilt
Because I never told her what she meant to me.

Worse yet, I did not treat her as she deserved to be
treated.

I found time for everyone and everything else

But I never made time for her.

It would have been easy to drop in for a cup of tea

And a hug but my friends came first.

Would any of them have done for me what my mother did,

I know the answer
When I called mom on the phone,

I was always in a hurry.

I feel ashamed when I think of the times I cut her off.

I remember too, the times I could have included her and did not.

Our children loved Grandma from the times they were babies.

They often turn to her for comfort and advice.
Grandma gave them unconditional love.

She understood them.
I realize now that I was too critical,

Too short-tempered, too stingy with praise.

The world is filled with sons, daughters and a child like me.

I hope they see themselves in this letter and realize from it.

Value Sisterhood

Bismillahi Rahmani Raheem

My Dear Sweet Sister in Islam, I love you for Allah. If you ever need me, InshaAllah I will be here for you. If I ever hurt or offend you, please inform me ASAP so I can make ammends. May Allah guide us all and let us love each other for Him alone. May we be united under the Throne of Allah, under its shade, on the day that there will be no shade except His. O’ Allah, Rabbana, forgive us, help us to use our time here for that which is good and not that which is eveil. O’ Allah, Rabban, protect us from the Shaytan, for he is an open enemy to us, and we were created weak and hasty. O’ Allah, You are the Forgiver, You love to Forgive, so Forgive us, for we turn to You and repent to You and seek only from You. Keep us far away from the punishement of the grave, and from the punishement of the Hellfire. Ease our difficulties, answer our ad’eya, strengthen our eman, increase our taqwa, make us among those with sabrun jameel, and among the truthful. O’ Allah, admit us to Your garden of eternal rest, grant us from its best portions, and raise us to its highest peaks. We are Your slaves, happy to know this, content to submit, pleased to be humble.

AMEEN AMEEN THUMA AMEEN

Ten Useless Matters

There are ten useless matters:


Knowledge that is not acted on
The deed that has neither sincerity nor is based on following the righteous examples of others
Money that is hoarded, as the owner neither enjoys it during this life nor obtains any reward for it in the Hereafter
The heart that is empty of love and longing for Allah, and of seeking closeness to Him
A body that does not obey and serve Allah
Loving Allah without following His orders or seeking His pleasure
Time that is not spent in expiating sins or seizing opportunities to do good
A mind that thinks about useless matters
Serving those who do not bring you close to Allah, nor benefit you in your life
Hoping and fearing whoever is under the authority of Allah and in His hand; while he cannot bring any benefit or harm to himself, nor death, nor life; nor can he resurrect himself.
However the greater of these matters are wasting the heart and wasting time. Wasting the heart is done by preferring this worldly life over the Hereafter, and wasting time is done by having incessant hope. Destruction occurs by following one’s desires and having incessant hope, while all goodness is found in following the right path and preparing oneself to meet Allah.

How strange it is that when a servant of Allah has a [worldly] problem, he seeks help of Allah, but he never asks Allah to cure his heart before it dies of ignorance, neglect, fulfilling one’s desires and being involved in innovations. Indeed, when the heart dies, he will never feel the significance or impact of his sins.


Imam Ibn ul Qayyim al Jawziyyah

Friut Salad

mixed fruits of your choice washed and chopped small, sprinkle with a little sugar and about juice of 1 small lemon. The lemon will prevent the banana and apple turning brown and refrigerate and serve cold.

I used nectarine, apples, banana, red and green grapes, cantaloupe you can use any friuts you wish as my fruits had been in the bowl a while and will start spoiling a great way to get them eaten ASAP as its just delish.

Stuffed Peppers

Chopped mushrooms
Minced meat of your choice
Little rice
Crushed Garlic & Ginger
Sweet Peppers
salt and spices of your choice, i used curry powder, chilli powder and cummin
a splash of olive oil

Cut the tops of peppers and retain empty seeds and wash, normally you can blanch the peppers or some fry them a little to soften to be honest i forgot and they came just fine.

Mix the mince meat with rice , corriander , spices and mushrooms and fill the peppers. Replace tops of peppers that will act as a lid and splash with a little olive oil. Bake in a hot oven for 1 hr in a dish with a lid or cover tray with tin foil. serve with salad. perfect for this hot weather.

Someones memories

In a bag of craft's i recently purchased in a car boot sale, amongst the patterns were these letters. The reason I am posting them is they are so old and i was very excited about this find, this first letter is dated may 1945 a long time before i even existed subhanAllah, the letter is from a male writing to someone called A who has just departed from India while under the British Raj, he describes the boat trip that took 2 months. Here is an expert from the letter ''You can guess i was glad when we reached England, after nearly three weeks on the boat sailing . Actually it was nearly 2 months getting home with all the usual service'' I just find it amazing that i have ended up with someones history , someones memories and someones private thoughts.
Then there was this post card dated 15th March 1971 posted from Alicante the author talks about his/her arrival there from UK and how it had been lightly windy and raining and wished to be back in the UK just 1 week later. there were a few more bits in the bag some cards and some pictures i thought to share them with my fellow bloggers. Tell me what you think , i wish there was someone i could return these memories to but i have no address. I just feel they was so special to someone as she kept these things so carefully for so long, its true i did get the feeling when i purchased these items that it was the daughter selling her dead mom or grans bits , as when i asked her about the material inside , she didn't have a clue. also reminds me and makes me think of this life in this world and the possessions we gather, recently myself having my Sil pass away suddenly and how her possession will now be shared out and given away as we leave this life with nothing just our deeds, really i am not a hoarder but there are some things in life that carry so much meaning and sentimentality. I live like a travel i have very little belongings and have been this way for the last 10yrs or so. my children often critices me for not holding onto sentimental items, i have been training myself not to be to attacted to this dunniyah.

My chapati peak

Anyone who is a roti maker will know the importance of a fluffy chapati, well i had my chapati peak today with a fluffy batch masha Allah a momentous moment in my chapati making life. Some may think i am sad but its the small things in life that make me smile alhamduillah.

Curried Marrow

I made a masala base of the usual onions , ginger ,garlic and chillis, some tomatoes blended and spices salt, garm masala, cummin, tumeric. I added the chopped marrow and added a very tiny ammount of water as the marrow will realese a lot of fluid of its own. I added some meat balls but this is my own choice but normally a vegi dish. I kinda fused this one.

Boreks

Filling Mashed potatoes
Spinach
Crab Meat
Mushrooms
mozarella
salt peper and any spice to your liking

other filling
mashed potatoes salted and add any spice to your taste
Chesse
Parsely
Green pitted olives

Pastry sheets



Roll your boreks and fry in shallow oil, this side dish served well with soups these are always served in Ramandan in Algeria along sde a bowl of shorba. We had them with salad in the hot weather yesterday.

These are some i made before and i have posted for Sonya