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28 December, 2012

Exploring Vacations

A Vacation at my Grandmas place, with my little sister, a huge house yet to finish with Searching for the unknown and old stuff,caught small fishes,from the stream across,did antique search in the attic, checked on Grand dads medals from state army then,old photographs, huge Glass Jars,Mango trees to throw stones at,a well to catch fresh water, hot sun, sometime, sudden rain at dusk,Chasing Neighbours cow grazing on our Hibiscus plants,there were no compound walls around,Pineapple plants with fruits,thorny rose plants with out flowers,running with out shoes, with out any TV shows, listening to Drama in the All India Radio, Grand dads long resting cloth recliner,waiting for some fried,baked food from grandmas Kitchen, which had no Gas stove,Tea had the flavour of firewood,a water pot ,where always water boiling,Steam cakes with papad and boiled Green grams, curd and pickles hanging in the store room ropes,sun falling through a glass tile,watching thru louvers to see who is coming, custard apple seeds thrown around,Jack fruit smells ,and we know the crow is eaten half,a huge wooden box(pathaayam) which had rice grains, and bananans kept there to ripe...2 months werent enough for all.. love in "Bhavani Ammas "wet eyes..for a journey only 6 kms away.till the next time we see...

2 comments:

  1. Your painting and words makes me nostalgic of my summer vacation to my grandma's place in udupi.Makes me want to be a child again to relive those days again.

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  2. thanks Vivanth,happy that u cud relate.. we all had, then, ..but now., children have no knowledge abt all these.

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