Mom's Surgery

I have been busy with my Mom's eye surgery. One of her eye has been operated and she is OK. How far her vision improves is yet to be seen. But the Doctor felt that it was successful and her vision will be much better than what she had though may not be total. We are keeping our fingers crossed and praying for her speedy recovery.

So I was busy and tensed up with her surgery. I had no time to post. Since her surgery we had to literally stay around the clock watching her lest she touched her bandaged eye. Now she is recovering. What I love about my mom is she never wants to be dependant on others. Even when she is ill, she tries her level best to take care of herself. Since she cannot watch TV or read and her room has to be kept in dark/very diffused light, I sit by her side, talking to her, reading from newspapers or her favourite books. She has to be careful for a month or so. 

Any way we are all happy that she is recovering fast. I hope she recovers quickly and we can get her second eye also operated as early as possible.

Please include her in your prayers for speedy recovery.

With my mom on bed, I don't feel like doing anything at all. But now that she is recovering, I think I can take up my crafts when I am by her side. I may not be able to post much but will try.

Friday-Free Patterns

Sorry folks I am again late in posting my free pattern. I am not keeping good health and it is quite hot here. So it is really difficult with the frequent and prolonged power cuts to attempt any thing at all. For the past three days, I have been trying to upload my pattern and because of power cuts, I had to try again and again and I finally gave up.

Today power just returned so hopefully I am keeping my fingers crossed that I can at least post today. Any way here it is:

It is dancing women once again. Folk/tribal motifs. 

Singing and dancing during celebrations is quite a common feature with various tribes and rural folk. These people work very hard and are very simple at heart. They lead simple lives too away from all the hustle and bustle. Their day starts early with the sun rise and ends with the sun set. During the day they work hard practising their traditional occupations of agriculture, cattle rearing, basket weaving, pot making or something like that. 

They sell their produce in the local markets on the market days. With what little they earn they buy those things which they cannot produce themselves. 

At the end of day, they eat what little they have and enjoy a drink or two. In olden days the only entertainment they had was singing and dancing in groups. Now perhaps some may have TV sets. Still singing and dancing are a must in celebrations-whether it is a marriage or a birth or festivals.

So their art-usually on the walls of their mud huts reflect their daily chores or  dancing etc. These motifs are from Bengal, painted on a sari I bought. Very simple but reflecting the folk art and culture.

Hope you like them....

At Last!

I am a very passionate gardener. Well what ever I take up, I do it passionately. Anyway, I have had many a success and also failures in my gardening ventures.No one can be totally successful.


Plants are like children and pets. They need so much care, looking after and love. Even after that they may not survive. I talk to them, coax them admonish them...my plants can understand all this. I also sing to them mostly when ever I get a chance..that takes care of my daily riyaz(practise)...:)

Well one of my failures which consistently repeated itself was fruiting of Papaya. You know during the past so many years I have planted so many Papaya plants. I used to nourish them carefully but when they start to flower only then I would know that they were all male trees. They give out flowers at the end of long stalks and no fruit. I had to remove the plant. Well my family and friends used to make fun of me. There was no way of avoiding this as one cannot know it till it flowers.

This went on year after year......

But now Thank God the Jinx has been broken. My Papaya plant turned out well and this is my first fruit. 

So I am celebrating....:)