Author: SF

A YIndian, Yorkshire by birth and Indian by marriage. Originally from the UK, I've now lived in Mysore, South India for over ten years with my beautiful wife Manjula. MeandMycycle is about the ups, downs and ups of our life in Mysore and our creations: Mysore Bed and Breakfast and MyCycle Tours.

SB rises to the challenge

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Climbing trees

Finding and moving house

Looking after Kaveri

Shopping

Welcoming Guests

Eating

Activity

Tolerance

Robustness

Nursing

Holidaying

Mango cropping, making Lassi and clearing up afterwards

Thank you Sowbhagya

A garden takes work

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Sowbhagya and Mahesh cleared up the garden, roofs and drain.

Our garden provides enjoyment.

I’m sitting out in it now awaiting someone from the MCC to take away the waste.

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It’s not only for sitting out.

It’s also provided hundreds of Mangoes for friends, family and neighbours (plus squirrels, birds including parakeets, and fruit bats) to share.

There’s still the later fruit smashing into the ground around me now. — They were too high to reach and crop.

We already know the MCC horticultural department and the commissioner from our partnership to creating Manjula’s memorial garden (see below).

We hope they can pick it up. We don’t want to see more waste dumped by the roadside.

Kaveri’s team

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Manjula’s Mysore has now Supported Kaveri for over three years.

We’ve sponsored Kaveri’s education, extra tuition and a few other activities, including holidays in Kannur and Wayanad

Our ….

Network of friends in India and abroad with experience as parents, teachers, educationalists, theatre, communication, child development, social work, women’s empowerment, diversity, and community development. 

Are impressed with the physical, social and educational progress she’s shown.

Thanks to …

All of you. You know who you are. It’s made a big difference and Kaveri has become an important part of my life

Learning includes:

Holidays 

Exploring

Meeting new people 

Beliefs and Behaviour, effective communication has begun and will include:

Establishing Morals and values while developing competencies and life skills including: 

  • Thinking skills. 
  • – Lateral and Innovative 
  •  – thinking hats
  •  – mind mapping 
  • Critical thinking 
  • Kohlberg’s stages of moral development 
  • Effective Communication
  • – Listening 
  • – English Language, spoken and written 
  • – Presentation 

If possible: 

  • Theatre 
  • Martial Arts 

To me she’s a real star.

An adventure

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The three musketeers went into the city to negotiate for a new piece of art we’d seen the day before

Their mission was to get a good discount on the asking price

They were a great success🙂

The winning Musketeers are Kaveri with her two new friends: Naimishambha and Pragathi, lovely, confident girls.. daughters of Deepak who works with our friend Florian.

They’re seen here with Maïlis, Sowbhagya and Stephen

It’s got pride of place in our new lounge, highlighting Manjula with her pals Lucie and Ganesh

Billet-Doux had to get in on the act.

Hammock dies

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and that’s not all.

At the weekend I shifted plants and heavy stones around a bit to hang my old Mexican hammock.

When we came to use it …

Yes the guilty had had a party.

So far…. Life in 179

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After moving we’ve had to slowly and I mean slowly find places for the clutter that the bug has collected.

Starting with sorting the electrics..

Today more things have found walls to rest on ..

Thank you to Catherine who kindly donated even more things to deal with —- 🤭 they are beautiful embroided wall hangings that we love.

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The Mango tree has continued giving. Our neighbours and friends are also grateful and Luka has become mango doooooog.

Priyanka has delivered the third in her series of wonderful MAnjula portraits.

Kaveri continues to be the darling she is ..

That’s all for now folks —and please do realise that there’s much more to be sorted