OPs

The operating word for the past few days has been, trees.

Ridiculously difficult I should say, in spite of all those made-easy tutorials.

Or maybe, that's just newbie-talk.

I drew one that was afflicted with obesity.

its that time of the year again.

The season of mango chutneys.

And mango with puffed rice, and mango with rice. 

And raw mangos with salt and chillies, and ripe mangos with nothing else to distract you from the taste.

And mango shakes. Not as sexy as the aam-sutra variety, but definitely much tastier.

Maybe because they are just shaken, and do not leave you stirred ?

Its the time of the year to remember noontime games played in shade of mango groves. 

pencils. and crayons. only.

sunday

.. was spent looking at a piece of European design in the heart of Bangalore. And trying to capture it on paper.

Sleeping in on a Sunday is always nice, but being up and about to discover these tucked away treasures during the most traffic-less time of the week, is even nicer.

Glad to be staying with people who push you to do the latter rather than the former.

you grow on me ..

.. softly.

Like a dewy blade.
From a velvet field.

Like whispered notes.
On the morning breeze.

This week was spent re-discovering Manoj Das. Doesn't take too long to turn you into an addict !

alone..

.. but not lonely.

Not when there are all those memories to keep company.

And when memory fails, you can take a nudge from a store locked up conveniently in your smartphone: Tiny bits of life preserved and time-lined in the zeitgeist of snapshots.

That's what this is all about, too. Being a Pensieve.

But really, at this place, you need none of that. It's just too easy to be aware of His presence, all around you.

This place = any of the hundreds of NJ campgrounds by a lake. In early spring, featuring more birds and less people.

sunsets

The negative about them, is that they last for such a small period of time ..

The plus though, is that they come everyday..

Whats the last time you went to office and saw a sunset on the same day ?

Summer +1, Winter 0