A new summer school holiday activity — Button Masala.
Incredible creativity and innovative design from cloth, button and rubber band!
A great addition to the swimming, summer camp, reading, storytelling, crafts, skating, seaside, badminton, cycling, TV and phone that’s become a staple of Kaveri’s school holiday
A really cool event presented by the creator of Button Masala —Amuj Sharma and supported by Sri Vidya MR of the Anubhuti Trust.
As kids we were all embarrassed by the lounge wall used to feature family members through the ages.
Now I’ve created a family corner here in Mysore
How embarrassing!?
My sister Claire used to tease me — that the main picture was saved for me …
No thanks …
I’ll manage without it.
Billet Doux, it’s hard, there’s no respite. Squeaking Kits, half the time biting instead of sucking, I keep nipping out for a break.
I’ve explained how it happened and to ensure it’ll not happen again she needs to stay home until the kittens are weaned and she can then have the op.
She’s managed wonderfully looking after the six
Instinct and what she learned from mum has worked. But she’s not got how it happened and how to ensure it doesn’t happen again.
Am I expecting too much? My English not clear?
I’ve started restricting her so she can’t get out of the yard. Or so I thought. Today, second day running she’s legged it again. It must have taken her a nano second when my back was turned.
This is not good.
So new tack
Less of a prison ….
Next I’m going to change garage into a Palace for a Queen (within reason) and as the kits get older, only allow supervised access to the yard. Makes it sound like a prison?
Little Stephen, Auntie Maureen and mummy Ida.
Watching queer eye is helpful.
Step Father and teenage son are having a conversation. They’ve recently come together as the guy married his mum.
They’re bonding. Talking about how the father tries to manage challenges himself and not let them in to help.
He doesn’t want to feel a burden to them but it has the opposite effect as they then worry about him.
That’s a trigger for me.
That rings bells.
I’m too independent and realise I could have shared more with MAnjula, that in turn that helped me miss that she did want to be a burden through her illness and all it entailed.
I’m sorry MAnjula. You were never a burden. I love you and would manage anything for you.
I freaked out at you for not taking your tablets. That was about my worries, stress feeling powerless to not be able to help you from deterioration.
There’s so much I would and should have done differently.
On my love for MAnjula.
Maïlis has been with us now for almost two months. She’s really got into Mysore, become part of our little community and created a wide range of exciting experiences for herself.
I was invited by her wonderful new friends Pravallika and Cade to visit and find out where they’re learning to carve.
At this family workshop they’re famous for carving significant statues and especially Rama for the new Ayodya Temple
But there was a great big surprise waiting for me.
Maïlis as her very first project had carved our Lucie in stone
How wonderful is that?
Just one month ago Lucie gave up, she’d had too much after managing so well with a painful hip and difficulties with her kidneys. She was strong and brave and her gentle friendly nature had helped her connect with thousands of our guests.
… and a cat
A fantastic image of our precious family member which now has pride of place in our upstairs lounge.
We’re all impressed.
What a fab group from Gujarat, Kerala, Karnataka, Germany, UK, USA, France….
Sharing their perspectives and savouring our similarities and differences.
or what does it say on the cake?
For our other member of the family
And again two days later.
This image relates to a dog a cat and a woman in my life. All of them my queens.
Manjula lit up our lives, even now when her presence is much more mystical.
She wanted to return as a tree to shelter and support us.
The physical manifestation is now just the man and the cat and still thrilling.
Me and MYCycle 