A Female Vegetable Vendor

I’ve never seen this kind of vegetable vendor in my city (Bogor, West Java, Indonesia). Around here, all vegetable vendors are male; and they are carrying carts.

In my husband’s hometown, all vegetable vendors are female; but they are taking baskets to carry the merchandise. I saw this woman when we’re on the journey to my grandfather’s house. At that time, we had our chicken porridge for breakfast on a small food stall in Tasikmalaya city (West Java, Indonesia).

This woman uses a tray to carry vegetables. Is it too heavy for her? A yellow sign on the left indicates that she has just walked on the ascending road. She didn’t look tired at all.

Trees and Wavy Ground

I captured this spot while we were eating at a food stall in Sentul City area (Bogor, West Java, Indonesia). It looks like a little jungle; but in fact, it’s just an open green area inside the city.

My entry for The Weekend in Black and White this week.

Installing Deadlocks and Safety Chains

A cylindrical deadlock on all your external doors (or a cylindrical lock set on a home office or bedroom door) gives a sense of security that more than compensates for the effort and cost involved in its installation. You will need to bore two holes and do a little chiselling to install a lock of this kind. Mortice locks, on the other hand, need many more holes bored.

A deadlock ensures that, even if an entruder gains access via a window, he or she can't open the door. A deadlock has no handle and can only be opened with a key (inside and out) and the idea of having to haul your heavy valuables through a window may well see the would-be burglar on his way. Keyed locks on the windows are worth considering.

A safety chain on a timber front or back door allows you to open the door marginally to see who's calling, but won't afford an opening sufficient for anyone to enter. It also doubles the security of a lock and makes you feel a great deal more comfortable about being home alone.

Our Favorite Gazebo

This yellow gazebo is located beside my grand father’s house. We were at the grand father’s house last weekend. It’s a nice place to chat, do fishing and enjoy the pond view around.

Tired Faces

My husband captured it candidly with his camera phone. We were on the train that took us back from Jakarta (capital city of Indonesia) to my city, Bogor. It’s not a long time journey; only about one hour.

The comfortable temperature inside the train turns tiredness into sleepiness. In fact, I didn’t know if my husband took a picture of them; as I also slept along the ride.

My entry for Weekend Portrait and The Weekend in Black and White this week.

A Divan Bed

In small rooms, every square millimeter of space is important. A multi-purpose divan bed unit is great for reclining on during the day while you read, and a haven for slumber at night-makes optimum use for limited space.

The unit is basically an open-fronted box. The top of this unit is fixed solidly, but it could be cut along the centre of the bookshelf position, and the rear left loose. A couple of finger holes bored in it and, voila, you’ve got a great additional storage space for those little-used items.

The unit is made from 18 mm particle board which should be edge-stripped to ensure a good finish. You need a top and bottom 900 mm wide x (at least) 1950 mm long, four pieces of 900 x 380 mm to make the ends and intermediate divisions, and two pieces the length of the unit x 380 mm for the back and the dividers. The timber plinth is constructed of 75 x 50 mm DAR (you could use sawn timber and plane the face of the front one). The timber plinth is positioned 50 mm back from the base to form a kick board.