Kitchen-corner

A corner of my kitchen. The eggshell face
has cornsilk for hair. This patch of blue
adds some colour to my otherwise, 'neutral'
colours in my kitchen.

Tea time!

Baked some, steamed some the other day.
The cake is lemony-pineappley and the
idli look-alikes are made with rice-flour
sugar, grated coconut, some baking powder
and mixed with water. The mixture is then
put in idli moulds and steamed.

Mother's Day!

Of all the blessings in heaven and earth,
there's none more real and beautiful as
a mother's love...
A very happy Mother's Day to mothers who
dropped by today.

A weighty issue

Going through the recent holiday pictures for the nth
time, I came across one of myself standing on the bridge
on Ward's Lake in Shillong. There I look as pleased as
Punch on a bright and sunny day. But why do I have second
thoughts about posting it? You guessed right, it's the
Weight! In the past ten years I've gained some and shed
some but 'gained some' has remained steadier. The thought
about losing weight stays somewhere in the back of my
mind and the actual attempt at exercising is yet to take
off. Anyway, I thought my ailment must've got rid of a
kilo at least. Since my boys were home and glued to their
game as if their life depended on it, I asked their opinion.
Quipped the elder one, 'No appetite for just a few days isn't
going to make any difference. A month, yes, that'll bring some
change!'
Why did I have to ask?

More gushing power for the cascades, after the rain!

Pines and a desolate wind-swept landscape

Wildflowers

If all flowers wanted to be roses,
Nature would lose her springtime beauty,
And the fields would no longer be
Decked out with wild flowers.

                                                      --Saint Therese of Lisieux