Bindi Monster

We went to the Mela Festival at Barsana Dham this weekend and all I got was this scary Bindi Monster.  Anyone have any ideas about the care and feeding of one of these things?

My eggs.

Well, not exactly MY eggs but the ones we dyed for Easter a few weeks back.  We were a  zealous bunch and went back to the store for more eggs twice.  I think the final total was 54 plus or minus a couple that were smashed, mutilated and then eaten by one enthusiastic 21 month old.  We discovered a new dying technique motivated by distraction and neglect.  Leaving an egg in a single color for 10 minutes or more results in spectacularly rich color and if you then dry it off and move it into a different colored bath and neglect it there for an additional 10, the end result are the most luscious jewel toned eggs you could ever imagine.  Thoroughly satisfying to the eye and high in protein too.

I fell off the face but now I'm back.

Some wedding guests really know how to pull focus.

Tulips send me.

So I bought some to give as a thank you to a friend.  I love their simple lines.  

Mommy and Me

 Would you believe that my six year old took this picture?!?!  Apparently, if all else fails, she can fall back on photography.

Soup is Love.

At least that is what a certain soup peddler would say.   Anderson Family Farms had a flock of stewing hens for sale so on Saturday afternoon, I drove out past the airport to the The Farm and picked up a couple of birds with the intention of making chicken soup for my mildly ailing daughter and my beloved family.  No sooner had I filled the stew pot with water when my 6 year old daughter sidled up beside me saying 'I wanna make soup.'  In a flash, she was out the front door and back with 3 smooth round black river rocks or shall I say 'stones'. What is a mother to do?  Squelch the creativity of her own flesh and blood who after 5 days of being laid out with the flu, is now entirely fired up to make her own healing potion right along side mom?!  Not me. Soup is love.  Would you like Stone or Chicken?

The many ways of love.

Valentine's Day is fast approaching.  In the spirit of the month, I am going to do a few posts about love.   How people express love is so unique to each relationship. For example - this couple, Kim & Carter, got married last February and boy, were they cute.  Is this a picture of a dorky mensch who loves his girl, or what?!