Old stones: sumaithangi
Stone is beautiful! Granite, basalt, sandstone, limestone, marble, laterite, quartz, soapstone, slate… my mouth waters at the very thought of them. We are lucky to have lots of rocks and […]
Monthly Archives: April 2018
April is for amaltas
Call it laburnum, cassia fistula, golden shower, amaltas, Vishu kanni, or anything else – it’s stunning in any language.
Signs of elephants
On our morning walk today, we saw this. And this. It would be thrilling and terrifying to spend a night in a machan like this, watching for elephants. And yet, […]
No cook, no clean
April rebellion No cook, no clean No scrub, no dust No chop, no feed No wash, no sweep No mop, no fry No provisioning No enter house, no what, no […]
Mohenjodaro comes alive!
Now that our raised beds are ready, we have decided to plant one bed a month. Ideally, one should plant a bed a week, but the monthly schedule seemed more […]
A good day
Time for my morning walk! Of an afternoon… And mooching around in the evening…
The Long View 