20210928 My hat my hat

 

I have had this hat for years and I LOVE wearing it because it feels as if it is exactly the right size and doesn’t blow off easily if there is a wind.  Which is very important when cycling.  I like that the brim is not too floppy which is important when doing jobs on the farm like weeding where I need to see what I am doing.

As the picture shows the colour has almost disappeared and yet I still go on wearing it.  Except today I tore out a big chunk of the crown as I squeezed under a kumquat tree while cutting grass.  I am thinking about doing an embroidery repair but wonder if the what is now weak material will be able to hold it.

20210927 A basket of veg

 

This is what we are growing and picking right now.  Beautiful and delicious.

20210926 Flood

 

This ragi dosa is what we have as a snack on one morning each week.  We eat them with a vegetable sauce and they are deliciously nutritious.

20210925 Packaging

 

This ragi dosa is what we have as a snack on one morning each week.  We eat them with a vegetable sauce and they are deliciously nutritious.

20210924 Ragi dosa

 

This ragi dosa is what we have as a snack on one morning each week.  We eat them with a vegetable sauce and they are deliciously nutritious.

20210923 Snack time

 

After a good morning’s work there is nothing like a snack, a drink and conversation.

20210922 Morning sun

 

The morning sun continues to delight each morning with different sorts of light and cloud formations.

20210921 New vegetable

 

I can’t remember ever growing any of these ridge gourds before.  I’ve been helping with putting in the climbing frame and sticks.  Then I’ve been encouraging the plants to climb by winding the very long runners them around them.

20210920 Cool morning

 

With more rain around, this morning dawned cool with beautiful clouds.

20210919 Blue curtain

 

I was out walking this morning and saw this beautiful blue curtain of flowers by the Town Hall. 

20210918 Ouch!

 

Finally I get to use the grass cutter and what happens?  A scorpion ant manages to crawl into my grass cutting crocs and sting me between my second and third toe.

Ouch!

I am very cross because it means that my foot will probably be swollen and itchy for at least the next two days.

20210917 Education garden

 

I managed to do about half the grass cutting in the Education Garden which was hard work because its all very overgrown.   I’m very pleased with how it looks.

20210916 Education garden

 

We had a group of primary school students here yesterday.  They inspired me to get on with the Education Garden - what used to be called the Garden of Unseen Helpers.

I used a knife to cut all the growth around the trees we planted las year and to use the weeds to mulch them.

20210915 Sun and spiderwebs

 

I took this picture on my evening walk because I loved the way that the sun shone through the trunks of this peepul tree onto the spiderweb.  The tree is near the temple just outside the gate.

 

20210914 Special

 

Ganesha’s birthday last Friday was a very auspicious day to get married.  This is a picture of Sangita in her beautiful festival sari which she wore last Friday to go with Rajan to FIVE weddings.  They were all in the morning so it was possible to have only a very short visit to each one.

20210913 Garden beautified

 

At last I have had some time to do my garden in these rings.  All the weeds have been taken out and I think they look really good.  Especially now the area gets more sun as the dead leaves have all been taken off the Palmyra trees.

20210912 Peachy

 

I couldn’t resist taking a picture of these bougainvillea flowers because they were a peach colour.  Which is quite unusual.

20210911 Clay Ganesha

 

This is a clay Ganesha made by Magzhiran at school. At the end of the 15 day birthday festival he is supposed to be put in water where he will disappear.  Unfortunately some people are buying plastic Ganeshas instead and throwing them in the water.  Where of course they will stay for the next 1000 years and not become part of the water as the ritual demands.

20210910 Ganesha's birthday

 

Ganesha’s birthday so we had a puja followed by a delicious meal cooked by Sangita.

20210909 Our new community member

 

This little puppy was found in the community last night and Rajan and Sangita have taken him in.  We have no idea where he came from or how he got here. Mazghiran is thrilled and spends quite a lot of time playing with him. He’s called Samara a name made up from the first two letters of Sangita, Mazghiran and Rajan’s names.