honey puppy wants a home

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Friendly lovely honey puppy looking for a home.

We’re regretfully looking for a new home for Gingee and we’ll be very sad for her to go.

It was a mistake to adopt two dogs (Stephen’s idea!). It’s too much for us as well as our business (BnB and cycle tours) and looking after Kaveri.

Kaveri with Gingee and Luca.

Gingee is a great character. She’s had all her jabs (inoculations) and comes complete with lead, collar, bed and additional vet fees to sterilise her.

We’re in Siddarthanagar at Mysore Bed and Breakfast.

Do come and meet her and see if she can join your family. All injections are completed, with collar, lead and bed. Plus some food and vets bills covered. We’re in siddarthanagar in Mysore

Juggling the duties has proven too much. We can manage one!!

Luca we’re keeping as he’s the image of my lovely Lucie who died last year.

Gingee is a honey colour.

Recent guests of Mysore Bed and Breakfast, from Germany, playing with the dogs.
Kaveri with Luca and Gingee
When first adopted, a few weeks ago.

New Year’s Day

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Thank you Hema for arranging the young generation to join me on a mycycle tour.

Hema has already joined both a Srirangapatnam and Mysore Tour. I obviously hadn’t messed up as she returned with more of the family.

Fab!

Great to meet and spend time together … Harsh, Mitali and
Joshua.

A lovely mix of US and India

I am so grateful …

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That I met MAnjula and we set up a home together which we’ve now shared with hundreds from around India and the wide wide world.

Here’s the latest comments from our guests.

As you see it’s very much a communal home which constantly changes as our wonderfully diverse guests join the family.

and Manjula’s presence is still very much appreciated.

Our new star — Kaveri— really connects with our guests.

Kaveri returns home

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Kaveri has been with us for Christmas week.

She had a holiday from school on Christmas day itself.

Opening presents and playing games

Fun with the dogs

We all enjoyed meeting our guests from Germany and had a visit from Radhika

Kaveri created a windmill as a project for school.

Well done Kaveri and it was wonderful to have you stay for the week.

I’ll miss you.

December

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Has been fun as usual.

Kaveri visits alternate weeks

Guests to Mysore and Srirangapatnam — holidaying and touring

Some taking souvenirs

Some reminding us of past times and my beautiful

Plus the terrors getting bigger by the day ..

and as we approach Christmas itself (when Kaveri gets a paltry one day holiday) our lovely German families start the festivities a day early 🤭

It’s a home …

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We are so fortunate to be able to share our home with wonderful people

Homestay and BnB means such different things to different people. Ours is a shared home and not a commercial set up — plus of course we have mycycle tours — the second city cycle tours to be set up in India.

We continue to provide insights and adventures from all sorts of perspectives initially from a beautiful wife, Manjula plus a pale, stale firangi (me). We now also have Kaveri, age 11 who has plenty to say, Sowbaghya who’s helped hold me and the place together for over five years, Billet-Doux (aka sweet letter) our cat sent by Manjula and the two barky monsters (following on from the other irreplaceable — Lucie): Luca and Gingee.

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It’s a real place and that’s partly why people come again and again. Since 2011 we’ve had thousands of guests from around the world.

Just this last week we’ve had guests from India, Australia, Germany, Netherlands and U.K.

Richard, (with Rhonda) from Australia, first came over twelve years ago

and shared photos from his meeting with MAnjula —- our sunshine.

who’d have thought it?

It’s been wonderful living, with my gorgeous wife and after her spirit moved on we’ve continued to share …

So what’s next?

How do we and our organisations learn and develop?

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A major challenge for any organisation and for individuals is having the confidence to take risks. Thats how organisations innovate (if they don’t they’ll not survive) and its how people learn and grow We can see this everyday —- its our duty as managers, teachers, parents, friends, to help people take risks and learn from the experience. If we’re too worried to try new things or making a mistake we’ll not change or grow. We’ll be stuck physically, mentally — socially and economically.

It’s about stepping out of one’s ‘comfort zone.’

Same for our organisations, which might become less competitive and left behind, if they or their employees are too scared to step up

I saw yet another example of it today at Flipkart.

As a company they were in prime position when they first launched. I wonder what they feel now. Have they progressed as fast as they expected?

If not then what can they learn from it?
How about empowering their employees to innovate?

Sales

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For sale now …

Created by friends at CAVA art college and used in our local park. Now available to pick up from mysore bed and breakfast in Siddarthanagar.

Offers?

Small prints, from around the world, used to promote children’s theatre. Approximately eight inches. 45O Rs each.

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Ganjafi paintings 1200 Rs each going fast.

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Here’s a flavour of what might come available over the next few weeks.

Paintings

Prints

Clocks

Children’s Theatre prints

We’ll post specific items via our web sites, deklutter and Facebook sites over the next few weeks.

Send enquiries to sfindia@gmail.com

Friends have already taken furniture, pictures, cycles, atmosphere, memories, insights, smiles, sad and happiness.

Times-they-are-a-changing

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I’ll be reducing the clutter.

By next season (October 2026 onwards) we will be in a new home.

It’ll prove to be challenging — leaving the home that I shared with MAnjula, that we created together. But it’s a positive change and MAnjula would approve.

We’ll continue to share our home with our community from around the world and new friends who find us.

A first step will be to reduce the ‘clutter’ here at home.

Already friends have been eager to pick souvenirs from our home. Furniture, paintings, and Knickknacks as their mementoes.

We continue to invite our community of guests and visitors to spot things they’d like.

Soon I’ll start posting specific things that are available to buy.

So …

Watch this space.

For details of our new home and things that may become available.

Or contact me with your requests.