Sunny sonny

My little one getting his dose of vitamin D by the bedroom window!

One of my favourite stores

 Sunday, couple of my good friends travelled to my end of the city so that we could catch up! Even in those couple of hours, we managed to squeeze in some shopping at one of my favourite stores.
Fabindia has now launched a range of kids' furniture and furnishings - I loved this curtain (blue and white) displayed on their window.

Tiffin time - Bajji

Bajjis (slices of vegetables dipped in batter and fried till golden) would feature on the 4 pm tiffin once in a while on a weekend, when we were kids. Just for nostalgia sake I asked Amma to make Bajji on this Saturday afternoon and she was kind to oblige.
After eating it didn't seem like a good idea - severe summer heat and fried food are really not meant for each other!
In case you want to see how the prepared stuff looked - here's the pic -

Ready for the groom

These decked up horses were all set to give the groom a ride in our colony.

Kerala Day 5 - Houseboat Cruise

Day 5, we left Munnar early in the morning, driving down the hills to Kumarakom - which was a four hour drive. With a frisky toddler, a four hour drive can easily seem like an eight hour drive, you know what I'm talking about!

The temperature difference from the hills to the plains was a bit too much to take, especially after we were spoilt for the last few days by some crisp chilly mountain air.

The backwaters were as lovely as I'd seen them in pictures - just that making sure Atri didn't try any adventure sports jumping out of the boat kept me busy enough not to enjoy much of the scenic beauty. The extreme humidity and heat was also a big deterrent in making this an enjoyable experience for me.

We were served some good Kerala vegetarian fare by the in-house chef and the AC on full blast managed to help us get a good night's sleep - apart from the two hours that Atri decided to stay awake in the middle. I don't blame him though - given that he was being subjected to sleep in a new bed in new surroundings every day, he was behaving as best as he could!

Kerala Day 3 - Driving around Munnar

Whenever I hear the word Munnar - it will always bring back memories of crisp cool mountain air, miles and miles of tea plantations, shiny silver oaks, tall eucalyptus trees and winding roads.

The tea lover in me was at peace here - three days of bliss - driving around to the various points, tea stores, tea museums, spice plantations - life seemed just perfect. The light showers that came down each afternoon was the ultimate gift of nature - cooling the air and releasing the fragrance from the fertile soil.

The 20 km drive from the resort to the town was hardly anything to complain about, when we could enjoy scenes like this on the way!

Ginger

This neighbourhood fat cat that sometimes manages to catch Atri's interest was sitting right outside my balcony today

The tree upon the roof

The view from the window of my friend's house on Osborne Road - old time Bangalore homes on canopy covered lanes
Loved this huge tree covering the tiled roof

Pretty homes

 One would think these cottages are in some kind of holiday resort - but they are bang in the middle of Banjara Hills - went visiting a friend in this campus and these stone-brick houses with the glorious golden tabaebuias (thank you d) had to be my pic of the day.

A close-up of the trees