Mimi is my second sister’s parakeet. His previous owner was a Chinese boy by the name of Jeffrey, so Mimi can speak Chinese some.  Jeffrey’s mom gave Mimi to my sister over 15 years ago, so I’m thinking that Mimi might be around 19 years old, this picture was taken last year.  I learned some of the Chinese’s phrases from Mimi, such as ‘Nee Haw Ma’ means how are you?, ‘Haw’ means fine, ‘Jow Sarn’ means good morning, so I often talk to him when I visit my dad and sister. But today Mimi is not very happy, he was yelling at me in the video, obviously he didn’t like it that I didn’t talk to him like normal.

My second sister’s flowers, they look like silk fabric.

My dad’s garden is doing very well.  Closest are string beans, then pickle cucumbers, then rows of Asian corns.

Pickle cucumbers, there are some small white one also.

I see one cucumber already.

String beans.

Pumpkins

Kaffir Lime tree

Mint

Pomegranate tree, lots of flowers this year.

His banana trees aren’t doing too well this year, some didn’t survive the cold winter months.  These were kept in the garage and replanted about a month ago.