Unexpected beauty

I was doing the irrigation this morning and a beautiful smell was wafting around me.  I thought it might be from a nearby incense factory, but saw that it was from the yellow blossom of these two trees.

I really wish there was a way to embed the smell into the picture.  Although the blossom is lovely to look at, the smell  greatly enhances its beauty.

Second step of the move

I slept very badly and woke up aching in every muscle and feeling like I had gone through the washing machine.

We not only emptied the old kitchen and brought everything over to the new one, but also did all the breaking up so it is ready to start with the building work.  The new kitchen looks really beautiful and I hope it will be a good space to cook and eat.

Somehow we also managed to move the wifi dish and this was switched on in the evening.  

Wonderful! I feel I am properly moved in now.

First move

Today was the first step of the move.  All my stuff going from what will be the new kitchen to the old office.

Miraculously I managed to move and tidy everything up before I went to sleep.

Border breached

Early this morning we had another encroachment event when next door neighbour came and cut some trees on our land.  We called the police who came and took the most decisive action I have ever seen since being in India.  He confiscated the chain saw – although I did feel a bit sorry for the person who it belonged to as he was probably cutting trees as he was told and nothing to do with the encroachment.

In the picture the policeman in the red shirt is explaining about confiscating the chain saw.  The person in the blue jeans is a volunteer who looks a bit nervous about the whole thing. The person who owns the chain saw is looking very anxiously at it.

I could have done without all the extra hassle and work caused which included writing reports and taking them to the police station.

Blue wave

The keet work on this roof was actually finished yesterday but it was only as I was looking at the picture today that I noticed this blue wave. 

Its like there is a blue wave along the top of the roof and everything around is connected to it.  I only saw it in the picture, not in reality.  Yet I have a feeling of being carried along by waves of something.

After talking to Vivek today about various developments taking place I feel a very positive flowing.

New curtains

I spent all this afternoon tacking up these curtains.  Rajan is going to see about a new food cupboard today at a carpentry shop which is near the tailor.  It was a good chance to get the curtains to the tailor to give him enough time to finish them before or soon after I move.

Amazingly I had enough time this afternoon to complete the job before Rajan left.  Rajan’s friends came to help so that everything is moved out of the office and the painting starts tomorrow.  I am aiming to move on Friday and sort out the new kitchen on Saturday.

I get the feeling that everything is flowing but we will have to  see how the reality develops

In the stream of things

After working on the roof all weekend the team finished off the thatching today.  This is the beginning of what is going to be a busy week moving things around.

While there are a lot of things to think about I get the feeling that it is all moving along how it should.  And that all I need to do is move with it.