Well, feeling lighter and ready to go? Come along!
Well now that algebra is sorted let’s hurry let’s we miss the train
Or we could stop the train like you would a bus! 😀 But actually I have no business snickering at her. I did exactly that once as I descended the stairs at the railway station and my train chugged away. Helpless and panic stricken (I was to go home!) instinctively I raised my hand to stop it. And wonder of wonders – the train stopped! The guard pulled the chain (taking pity on me?) and then had an altercation with the station guard for blowing the whistle five minutes too early. Our adventure didnt end there but maybe another day, another time. We have other fish to fry, right?
Wondering what’s written in Hindi? That is after you finished gaping at the sight? A policeman stopped them and them one of them unwound the muffler to ask incredulously, where the hell does you think you’re gonna sit? 😀
Now for some exotic fruits and veggis
Just look at that tongue – even a snake would get scared 😉
An alien potato!
The grammar and medical goof! Perhaps he was distracted by the Akhilesh on TV. It happens you know when you are writing something and someone insists on going on blabbering -just sayin…
I get the feeling I have shared this before – but no matter, i couldn’t have shared it often enough 😀
Smart boy isn’t he! 😉 What? Now you want to go? Go where? Oh. I see.
Sure? But of course where there’s a will there’s a way. But I couldnt help wondering what the overriding pressure was on this bull…
How many pegs for it to reach up there? But more importantly, what next 😀 And will Basanti agree? And what about her mausi? What say you? Do share your thoughts.
That’s it from me this week and as usual, none of it is mine, all culled from the internet and shares sent as forwards just to keep the fun and cheer rolling.
Doesn’t she look like an old lady who is hiding behind her ghunghat (veil)? Probably inspired by the ghunghat culture prevalent in Rajasthan where this picture was taken. 😉
No! The focus is not on the tree (not this time at least 😀 but on the residents. Well did you see them?
Mamma nurses her precious baby while she chomps on some ill-gotten gains from some generous (or hapless) visitor.
Fed, the little one emerges from her mother’s arms while they continue to gossip. The other lady looks a bit displeased at her friend’s poor hospitality skills – but then she’s nursing – she consoles herself. Don’t miss the tail. Even the baby’s tail is longer than it!
At another place, two friends sit in silent contemplation of man’s vagaries and idiosyncrasies.
The entire family obligingly posed for a group photo against a spectacular background. But they had their conditions – only the right profile please 😉
Waylaying unsuspecting visitors
inspecting the confiscated goods before starting of on yet another raid 😀
I was terribly excited to see this bird especially when it allowed me to come close enough to click a pic with my phone. Hmm you don’t buy it do you?
I loved the texture of the nude walls.
The purple pansy in the middle that is looks like an X doesnt it? Well that’s my story and I’m sticking to it 😉
Lots of X’s there, although the handwriting may not be up to the mark! 😀
A musician with his ektara (I think!) a one-stringed instrument making a perfect X
An ox taking a morning walk through the busy streets of Mt Abu. Don’t miss the tongue sticking out – probably drooling at the thought of breakfast 😀
Here’s a test – how many X’s can you count? 😀
Isn’t that a massive X?
As they say, be careful of what you ask for you may get it 😀
The orange trumpet creeper or Brazilian flame vine Pyrostegia venusta (gosh look at all those precious alphabets – U Y and Z!) that has been firmly fixed to the rod to make a pretty little umbrella. Darn it I should have kept this for the next challenge or two… 😉
This is not actually from another era but recently built in honor of Maharana Pratap (9 May 1540 – January 1597) a popular Rajput King of Mewar or modern day Rajasthan in Udaipur.
Another angle of the temple with intricate carvings.
Most, if not all of the human figurines have been painstakingly damaged and trashed by the invaders of those times. They took what they could and destroyed what they couldn’t. But still their beauty shines through.
Another temple, another wall, another tragedy and another triumph.
I end this series with a picture of the Bagore ki Haveli at Udaipur flicked from my son’s collection (psst plijj dont tell him!). Last year he had visited Udaipur which inspired us to visit it this year. But unfortunately despite active efforts due to various reasons we couldnt visit this particular fort. Much to our absent son’s delight 😀
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