The Shortest Spring

 

Spring just sprang away this year! So here's a visual recap of the few high points.

A bed of blooming cornflowers that I spotted in the local park had this beautiful and unusual shade of purple.

This time my favourite season was surely a blink-and-miss, such was the intensity of the sun. We tried keeping cool with some yummy strawberry and cream. 

The daytime heat is almost touching 40 degrees and we are not even in mid-March. 

But thankfully we managed a lovely outing last month when the warm sun still felt good.

Bracing for a tough summer ahead...

Enjoying Fairs & Forts

 

No posts in the last two months all thanks to the hectic festive season during which both major festivals - Durga Puja and Diwali - were thoroughly enjoyed. Now with the festive frenzy of behind us, and the children keeping busy with college and exams, we as a couple are finally finding some time together again. 

In these last two months of the year, as the year winds down, it is time to enjoy some selective pleasures. So the anniversary was spent at a well-organized local fair.

Felt great to be out on a sunny day and feel the mela vibes after a long time. Then about a month later we finally visited the iconic Red Fort in Delhi. 

That turned out to be a great trip too as we packed in the art biennale on at the premises. We finished off the trip with a short walk down famous Chandni Chowk to savour some jalebi rabri and soak in the purani Dilli vibes.

Red Fort & Chandni Chowk 

Hope to repeat this with the next gen in tow soon.

May Musings

May was a month of many firsts... For starters, it didn't feel like summer at all as occasional spells of rain mostly kept the temperatures bearable. In fact May was so cool that it mimicked the spring weather of March. Even the blossoms got confused, with lilies and chrysanthemums blooming together in our front lawn!

The pleasant weather also brought back the sunbirds. One fine morning they returned to the nest, repaired it, and refocused on their original plans of starting a family. So far, so good.... the birds are still active at the time of writing this post.

The daughter surprised everyone with her superb scores in the school-leaving exams. And then we turned adversity (daughter's entrance exam centre at the other end of Delhi) into opportunity (as a morning slot ensured we'd be free early), and gallivanted around town to some of our favourite places. 

The quacking ducks and their fuzzy yellow chicks stole our hearts, of course! As we relieved some precious moments from the past...

All in all, a pleasant month full of good memories.