I not only got the video finished but uploaded
as well. Was quite surprised as often
the internet is slow on a Saturday.
I managed a little time working on my latest
embroidery project. Its meant to be a
flower but I have no idea how it is supposed to look. I am continually surprised at how it is developing
as I sew.
With two nights of really good rain this week
water collected in our granite hand grinder which stands next to our statue of
Ganesha.
This is the reflection of the rain washed sky
in the water.
We had a lot of fun with this when we were
planting out seeds after the rain. The
‘claw’ is made of plastic and is one of four on a pair of gardening
gloves. The gloves were disintegrating
so we took off the claws and used them for making holes in the soil into which
we dropped seeds.
They were very effective.
It was amazing to get a second good rain last
night which was even better than the first one.
It went on for some time but the rain wasn’t too heavy so it was
absorbed by the soil rather than washing the soil away.
The sky in the morning was beautiful with such a
clear light.
We had our first good rain after the hot season
last night. It got deliciously cool so
we all slept better. And of course it
was great for all our vegetables.
It was Magzhiran’s fifth birthday today and he
had a physically distanced party. Five people
came and everyone else was on WhatsApp.
This was one of the best pictures!
The rest of the pictures were too dark, I think because the
party was held on the terrace which contrasted too much with the bright lights
coming from the kitchen. I’ve got some
video clips that are a little better than the photos, but obviously if we do it
again next year, it would better to have things happen in the kitchen where the
light is better.
It was not only the summer solstice today but we
also had a solar eclipse late morning. It
was total in Delhi but only about one third here. In any case there was a lot of cloud so the
sun was very diffuse and it didn’t seem that anything changed very much. I hadn’t got anything set up to take photos
and definitely didn’t want to look at or point my camera to the sun.
I love it when vegetables live up to their
names like this snake gourd.
