The Soup Queen

First of all, so very sorry for a long hiatus from this blog. I have been extremely busy with my business and that left me very little time for blogging (and you know I have another blog, right?). The thing about business is, after sometime, you need to re-focus and re-strategize because we're no longer interested in what we were in interested in say 7 or 8 years ago. Our focus has changed. That's got a lot to do with experiencing everything that a business puts you through - both good and bad. Anyway. This blog will resume (I found out just this week that a blogger friend had closed her blog for good! Wow. That takes a lot of courage) and I will continue blogging. I am never at loss for topics - usually it is a lack of time! So let's see.... remember my pomegranate tree ? It's still fruiting with wild abandon. Its branches, puny as they look, are heavy with fruits and supporting the rosy orbs. I was really eager to taste the fruit but this is my first time...

I know it's ridiculous to be so happy about a fruit tree but this tree holds a special place in my heart.  I had this tree grow from some leftover pomegranate seeds while I was still living in my old apartment - I think that was sometime in 2009.  I planted the seeds in a plastic pot and forgot about it. You see, my then balcony didn't have much direct sunlight so I barely had any hope that the seeds would germinate. Fighting against all odds (and maybe, just maybe I have green fingers!) the seeds grew into a spindly little plant. Pomegranate leaves are long and tapered, as you can see in the photos below.  I brought this pot over when I moved home in November 2009. This new apartment of mine affords me a little bit of backyard. I promptly transplanted the pomegranate plant into a larger pot made of clay. I figured it would have more space to grow. I placed this pot in the garden, with direct sun and rain.  I kept "feeding" it compost every mont...