Since October is in the calendar again, I spent my first weekend in the field to continue my unfinished business in my garden. Yesterday was my only time to do it since I was busy last Saturday with other things that needed to be done, such as cutting some firewood. It's just a matter of time for our stock of firewood to run out. I need to collect, cut, and store a lot again since the rainy season has started.
As usual, I woke up early in the morning, had a coffee while waiting for the sunrise to be in my view, but I wasn't able to witness it due to the thick clouds compiled in the east. I thought that it was going to rain since the sky was full of gray clouds. I finished my breakfast and I was lucky that it didn't rain because I really planned to go in my garden.
I took advantage of the shades made by the clouds while I did the cleaning. But my pleasant time came to an end when the sun's rays finally penetrated the clouds, making the surroundings as bright as light.I'm sad and happy at the same time because that's how I feel at that time. We are happy because our clothes will be dried under the burning sun while I'm sad because I forgot to wear my long sleeves, so the sun's rays were directly hitting my skin and it hurt a little bit, but I'm used to it just like how she became cold to me aww haha.
Kidding aside, it really hurts when those rays hit our skin now, right? Not like before, when you could stay under it the whole day. Not like before, when you were still happy with your love, but now you're not anymore.
Anyway, that's me while I continued to remove those tall grasses. Some of the grass was sharp, as in, when it touched my skin, it caused some slices. Despite that, I still continued to get rid of those weeds. An hour has passed by, and at last I finished it. Looking at my progress, I'm happy for my string beans that they can finally breathe.
Before we went home, I caught a glimpse of some type of weed here, and I was captivated by the unique structure of its flower. From the looks of it, it's like a mini Christmas tree, as you can see in the close up photo below. I'm still searching for its name and I would be glad if someone out there knew it.
We went home, and I saw my grandma was busy doing something. When I approached her, I saw that she was about to grate some cassava. I saw it, and I knew that my grandma would make some snacks. I asked her, and I was correct: she was making cassava cake, or bibingka in Tagalog.
I helped her to prepare some of the ingredients, such as this one, a coconut. I was the one who grated it, and it will be added to the grated cassava. I was the one who mixed all of it plus the brown sugar. I didn't add much sugar since my grandma didn't want it to be sweet, plus it's very expensive now, so we cut our consumption.
After I prepared it, my grandma began to light some fire in order for the pan to heat up. In cooking this one, we also used banana leaves to make it not stick to the pan. After doing a couple of flips side by side to cook it evenly. The moment of truth has finally arrived.
Grandma successfully cooked five cassava cakes. I really liked its color and texture. It's not overcooked. We ate this one paired with coffee since the rain poured down.
When I went out after the rain, I was amazed by the scenery before my eyes. I can't stop staring at it. It made me smile while looking at it, making my grandma wonder why. To show you the scene that made me smile, here it is.
That concludes my Sunday.
Thank you for reading, friends.