DecidIous forest

I want to run through the jungle ,the wind in my hair and sand at my feet

Jungle

Coniferous forest

The scare?

Forest

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Today's word is Forest.

"As a little girl living in the English countryside, I used to go running around in the forests, creating my own fairy tale."
~ Lily Collins

'The clearest way into the Universe is through a forest wilderness."
~ John Muir

Thanks to Spoorthy for suggesting today's topic.

Happy drawing! :)

Palm thief

It loves coconuts :) 

 

The Snow Crab search!

Crusty the crab

Hermit Crab

apologies for low quality 

CRAAB

just tried to create the crab using the letters in CRAAB

Crab

Hermit Crab

Most species of the hermit crab have soft abdomens, which are protected from predators by a salvaged empty sea snail shell, carried by the hermit crab into which its whole body can retract.   Hollow wood or stone pieces are also used by some species.

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Today's word is Crab.

"You cannot teach a crab to walk straight."
~ Aristophanes

Thanks to Akhila and Priya for suggesting today's topic.

Happy drawing! :)

Museum Door

 

A blue door from Pondicherry.Made this after seeing Charu's absolutely pretty drawing.

From Pencil Jam at Kempegowda museum. Am making another door  now.will post soon.
My late entry for Butter 

"DOOR WITHIN A DOOR"

friends this is my first post in this blog, please give ur comments n feed back

Green Door

Failed Attempt of The Green Door...

When the door closes!

Door of happiness..

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Today's word is Door.

"When one door closes, another opens; but we often look so long and so regretfully upon the closed door that we do not see the one that has opened for us."
~ Alexander Graham Bell

“When one door of happiness closes, another opens; but often we look so long at the closed door that we do not see the one, which has been opened for us.”
~ Helen Keller

Thanks to Sridhar Anna for suggesting today's topic.

Happy Drawing :)

Appam pan

 Its called "Appam chetti" at home.Comes out on special ocassions.Sweet fluffy appams are a delicious result.I think older ones were cast in iron.Nowadays you get these in non stick material. 

Copper base

Sorry for the bad quality of the above image. 

For Dr. Verghese Kurien post, click here

kadahi

The good old days.........

Butter..

Had a busy day..so bit late to upload..

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Today's word is Old Cooking Vessels.

A query in an online forum www.indusladies.com

"Hi Ladies,
I have boxfull of old used utensils. Many are stainless steel. With induction stoves and microwave, these are of rarely used. There was this offer from prestige for exchange of utensils for cooker but they take one vessel for one cooker..i have loads and loads of utensils so couldn't dump on them too....
What do u with them? Anything that you have done? Even if it is to donate...?
House maid are very posh now a days... i cannot offer her these. She will throw it back at my face."

Thanks to Sridhar Anna for suggesting today's topic.

Happy Drawing :)

Butter Roti

An amul ad which showed 30 seconds of a just prepared roti and a blob of amul butter doing its magic. One can't help but feel like grabbing that.I tried making this from that image.

Buttering?

Looks like Butter has become the Main Dish instead of the Masala Dosa!!

Home made Butter

hope everybody knows how to make home made butter those who dont here is the recipe  http://www.vegetarian-cooking-recipes-tips.com/how-to-make-butter.html

Sinful butter

A family recipe

A large blob of fresh white butter, home-made banana jam and akki roti.  Some of my cousins still have this as a quick dessert - and forget about that cholesterol.

I'm not sure if this comes under 'butter',  - a more refined way?

See my 'Comics' at http://chummadraw.blogspot.in/2012/09/a-few-of-my-favorites.html#comment-form

'Joy' at   a-quiet-joy

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Today's word is Butter.

“As for butter versus margarine, I trust cows more than chemists.”
~ Joan Gussow

Happy Drawing :)

Dr. Verghese Kurien

Sorry for the bad quality of the image.

A big Amul fan. He will be missed everyday.

Operation Flood

                                                              RIP- 1921 - 2012
Verghese Kurien who led 'Operation Flood' to transform India to the world's biggest milk producer is credited with laying the foundation of the nation's co-operative dairy model.
                                          

Manthan -The churning

Please click on pic to view

RIP MR.Kurien

A tribute to Milkman Of India.who brought revolution in food industry of India.And provided employment to rural people .
"I do not drink milk as I don't like it"-Kurien
http://chummadraw.blogspot.in/2012/09/banyan-tree_8426.html

The Father of the While Revolution

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Today's word is Dr Verghese Kurien. The Milkman of India and Father of the White Revolution and founder of Amul.

“I am a milkman, I am a servant of the farmers."
~ Dr Verghese Kurien

Thanks to Ramya for suggesting today's topic.

Happy Drawing :)

Banyan Tree (Late entry)

**Water Color, A3 Size**

305_Banyan Tree: The Epitome of Wisdom

Banyan Tree

What a nice subject! I have two contributions this time thanks to previous jam sessions.

This one on top from valley school.

Done with Charcoal and a bit of green pastel.

Please click on picture for bigger and better.

This one from the jam session at Madhavan Park.

Done with my fat colour pencils in Nightingale sketchbook.

Dodda Alada Mara

Under the Banyan Tree

Swingin' on the roots

My first experience w/ a banyan tree, as kids, we used to jump off the near wall, kick off the compound wall, to the opposite side on the water tanks.

Banyan tree at Valley School

Baniyan tree.itc infotech food court bangluru

Banyan tree

The Symbol

The Imperial Bank of India was transformed into the State Bank of India in 1955. This was the first Symbol of SBI. I worked in SBI for 32 years from Dec1978 prior to my voluntary retirement in Oct 2010. The Symbol was later changed to look like a key hole. This Symbol reflected the strength of SBI and its large reach.

Banyan Tree..

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Today's word is Banyan Tree.

O you shaggy-headed banyan tree standing on the bank of the pond,
have you forgotten the little child,
like the birds that have nested in your branches and left you?
Do you not remember how he sat at the window
and wondered at the tangle of your roots that plunged underground?

The women would come to fill their jars in the pond,
and your huge black shadow would wriggle
on the water like sleep struggling to wake up.

Sunlight danced on the ripple like
restless tiny shuttles weaving golden tapestry.

Two ducks swam by the woody margin above their shadows,
and the child would sit still and think.

He longed to be the wind and blow through your rustling branches,
to be your shadow and legthen with the day on the water,
to be a bird and perch on your topmost twig,
andto float like those ducks among the weeds and shadows.
  - Rabindranath Tagore

Thanks to Charu for suggesting today's topic

Happy Drawing :)

My fav comic charecters

WIP... :)

Kung Fu Panda..

A few of my favorites

Asterix, Obelix and the village of indomitable Gauls.  Reading the comics again, u always discovered something new, some reference or connotation.
My favorite cartoons, along with the ole' Peanuts, by Charles M. Schultz, not the insipid stuff they print nowadays.  Those had adult philosophy in the lines.
And ofcourse, Calvin and Hobbes.

Chumma - inspired by Comic con and trying out my multi-colored lead pencil