Hello! and how are you? How was the weekend? Ours was satisfyingly busy, with a dinner party on Saturday and some much needed R&R on Sunday. Many foods were cooked and consumed, the chef received several compliments (!!) and all the samosas vanished twenty minutes into the party. :D There were flowers and children and animated conversation. All was well and a heavy food-induced coma lulled us into sweet sleep.....
Some of the graceful tulips that brightened our weekend!
These were the colors of my weekend. Also pictured is a native American warbling bird whistle - fill it with water and it produces the sweetest trilling bird song. Such a simple concept and yet, so precious! It's made of clay and it kinda, sorta, reminds me of the little mitti-birds (clay) and animals that are available during the festive season in India---my mom would pick up some brightly colored beauties each dusshera for me to play with when I was a child. Isn't it funny/cool that almost all ancient civilizations have these underlying threads and connections? Almost as if it were ingrained into our very core, into our human-ness. Perceptions of beauty, the lilt of a lullaby, language, math and science, our understanding of the earth and the universe beyond...there are more similarities than not. I wish we could all remember these before we let superficial differences color our judgement.
The new week beckons as do several projects I have committed to (some mostly to myself--but I hate to disappoint anyone, most of all myself)....so, hopefully as the week progresses some will take shape and I would be able to share pictures with you. I'm also waiting for a sunny day so I can take some pictures around home and share them....we've been dealing with overcast skies for the past few days; I hear Monday is to be bright and sunny (it is Sunday night as I write this), and I'm SO ready for the sun.
How was your weekend? Wishing you a bright, sun-shiny week ahead.....I'm linking up to Patty's weekend round-up.
Oh your weekend was so pretty.. I love animated conversations... *smiles* The colours of your weekend look fabulous..
ReplyDeleteI've not even begun looking into Diwali preps.. Part of me is still not in the mood..
Hope you have a gorgeous week ahead..
what fun! And that birdie is really cute...lots of luck for all your projects this week.Can't wait to see them.
ReplyDeleteThese terracotta birds are so cute , i am looking forward to buy a few of them this season too... A potter from rajasthan comes to my neighborhood around diwali.
ReplyDeleteOhhh the birds are so pretty :)
ReplyDeleteTulips in October??? WOW! My absolute favorite flower! And the colors are so spring like! Cute lil' birdies too! Eagerly anticipating more on your projects!
ReplyDeleteLovely post ...I loved the tulips and bird and your little weekend story...I love having people over and children , animated conversations and food makes it even better .
ReplyDeleteLove, Love, Loved your tulips and the sweet bird...Here in India also we are started having flea markets of terracotta especially in this diwali season..Have a great week!!
ReplyDeletei had a hectic weekend myself...
ReplyDeletelove tulips..sadly its not available here anymore
looks like a bright and colorful weekend, loved the flowers and the bird.
ReplyDeleteMy weekend was busy. Met with a bride to discuss photographing her wedding. Photographed at the park down the street and at the cemetery. Went shopping with Susan. Read. Worked on ideas (photos) for upcoming Church Fair--both Susan and I have a booth. Made dinner for Susan's mom on Sunday (will be posting recipe at Bruce's Kitchen." Watched the new Sherlock Holmes on PBS-though it was FUN! Big week of creative projects start---NOW!
ReplyDeleteI love having fresh flowers around the house and I need to get some today to cheer me up a bit. It's an overcast and cool day here in Boston! And love how your samosas were gone so fast-in my family they would not even last that long! naina
ReplyDelete@Patty: Chillax--diwali is still a couple of weeks away, you should be fine.
ReplyDelete@Mindfull,Sangeeta, Prachi,Snehal,Shivani,Rekha...the birdie was a gift from one of hubby's colleagues...she was present at the dinner party and so I thought I'd incorporate it into our centerpiece! Those of you in India---I'm sooo envious that you'll get to pick up little mitti birdies of your own--my abs fave is the humble and raucous tota.
@Kamini---I know! Tulips in october!!??!!---I was wondering how they grew them too!
@Nisha, Can't wait to see pictures of your weekend!
@Bruce: I looked into Susan's soaps---they look soooo good!Hope to see pictures of your projects soon.
@Naina, It was actually Hubby's colleagues we were hosting, so everyone was on their best behavior (+there were chicken kababs vying for attention as well!). we do invite kids for these dos...My son has company, and we start early (6:00 pm) and wind up by about 10:00pm...my son has to hit the bed by 8:00(as do most other kids) so the singles/no kids folks hang around a little later. I can't stop yawning by 10:30pm....(!!!))
You are still getting tulips there? They look lovely. Your samosas need a special feature on your Blog. Do it soon.
ReplyDeleteiam back after long..Hi H
ReplyDeletesuper cool G,...loved the post :)
ReplyDeleteloved the tulips, my favorite flower..and also your pictures, did you use a collage-maker software to get the one with multiple pics?
ReplyDelete@Pree: I already did a post on samosas earlier---my "signature recipe" is the reshmi kababs, which I'll post later. ;)
ReplyDelete@Deepa and Sudha, Hi, nice to hear your friendly voices!
@ Ash: Thanks for dropping by and for your sweet comment---I actually use plain ole power point to create the multiple pictures. Just play around with the pictures and save the slide as a .jpeg or .png file. Upload as usual! :)
Hope this helps!
Samosas have a way of disappearing at parties, especially fresh homemade ones. It sounds like a great party.
ReplyDeletelovely clicks of the tulips... Good you had a nice busy + restful weekend!
ReplyDeleteI was shocked to see the name of your blog and the name of my post.Same Pinch:).Loved your American warbling bird whistle.
ReplyDeleteMy weekend was full of eating out..can u imagine I didnt cook a single meal on the weekend ...yippee!!
ReplyDeleteThe tulips are beautiful and so is that cutie bird...Another of my fav is the rooster that is so common in the american/european stores.
Not to forget....mention of samosas made my mouth water..especially when I am fasting for karvachauth today ...boo!
ReplyDeleteGB, What a colourful weekend it was !!!!!. I just LOVE tulips , so much so I wanted to name my daughter Tulipana :-). Oh my mouth is watering at the mention of Samosa's. Look at the lovely chirping thing there. That colourful runner is calling my attention too :-).
ReplyDeleteWhat gorgeous tulips :)!!! Lovely colours!
ReplyDeleteI won't ask you the same question - Tulips in Qct?
ReplyDeleteHowever, you made my day with these colorful tulips. My favorite ever.