TAST-2012

Friends Sharon B has graciously announced Take A Stitch Tuesday-TAST 2012. If any of you have not seen her announcement yet, visit her site and enrol yourself:

http://www.pintangle.com/journal/2011/11/21/take-a-stitch-tuesday-back-by-popular-demand.html

It is free. We get to learn lots of new stitches and also challenge our own creative minds. The rules are very simple and there are no restrictions. Please do enrol.

I am excited and waiting eagerly. This time I want to participate in all the weeks......


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Season Of Jujube

Jujube or the Indian Dates are hit with children and women in India. They have a sweet and sour taste. Rich in Vitamin C and useful medicinally, they have religious significance too. Read about the fruit and also recipes here...

http://spiceomylife.blogspot.com/2011/11/season-for-indian-dates-jujubes.html
http://spiceomylife.blogspot.com/2011/11/jujube-crispies.html

Hope you like them......

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Threshold Art-2

My previous post on this topic was here:

http://summersofindia.blogspot.com/2011/10/threshold-art-1.html

Just to jog your memory..

Now a days turmeric and vermilion have been replaced by paints. Who wants to scrub their thresholds every week and apply turmeric and vermilion especially those living in cities who don't have even time to breathe. More over getting it painted is almost a permanent solution, needs repaint once in 5 or 10 years. Still the art of decorating is very creative.

Here is an example: 

This is the main threshold of an old traditional house in the coastal region. See the design of the flowers and the leaves. See the hibiscus flowers placed in the corner  worshipping the threshold.

See the scenery in the center. The paint has peeled off a little. But we can still make out the scenery. Blue mountains in the distance, orange and yellows of the sky denoting the sun rise, birds flying on their way to start their day.  We can also make out a house with slanting roof. These are tiled roofs (terracotta tiles) which is quite common in the region. The house is situated on the banks of a river. The most common tree is coconut. So the artist has added a few of them along with a boat in the water. The artist had captured the essence of the local region with just a few strokes.

I wish the scenery had not peeled off. It brought back memories of my child hood, my roots, my maternal grandma's  house and so much more when I visited the house.....I will share those moments with you in some other posts....

Oh by the way can you share with me any pictures of threshold art of your homes, if you have anything different? Send those pictures via email with a little description about it...We all would be very glad to see them please.....

Watch out for more on threshold art.

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