Long time...

It's been a long while since I have been here. Well, I was around here only, but had not transferred the pics and kept postponing it till today. And am here today finally.

I completed a small granny square blanket. It is a small baby wrap. I fell in love with the colours and started making this small blanket.

Moving on to my plants, I have some lovelies coming up and lots of colours around.

Happy Weekend to all of you! :-)

Colourful

It has been a long while since I really did anything crafty, and hence no updates here. So what is it that I am going to post here. Nothing, but some small colourful things in my everyday life. The lovely evenings...
My tomato plant bearing its fruits...
Flowers...



A friend I found among the pots....

But she was already dead. I loved her deep purple wings and yellow head. I have her on my shelf though the boys have asked me to throw her away. I could not bring my mind to throwing her away. Lovely things, however small, add lot of colours to our lives.

Abandoned

If you remember, in this post, I mentioned about planting french marigold seeds, shallots, and more. This was my first try at gardening. I was extremely delighted when they sprouted and pushed open the green lovely, tiny leaves. I used to spend a lot of time admiring their beauty. My efforts did show results. My tomatoes bore fruits, shallots sprouted out into longs tender leaves and the marigolds opened in full bloom. Perfect!

See the tomatoes first.

I was thrilled when I saw this tiniest bud on the plant one early morning. I could hardly contain myself. Started clicking!

I kept checking every now and then as the buds grew.

Then one day I noticed that the bud sepals were separating and I could see yellow from beneath.

The flower started to take shape.

And it was in full bloom. LOVELY!

Not long after that, the lovely flowers crumpled up and tiny green tomatoes began to appear everywhere.

They grew.

And grew bit more than this.

Oh! I totally forgot about my marigolds.

They had buds all over.

Slowly the bright golden or orange lovelies bloomed.

A particularly beautiful lady looked like this.

They were all cheerful and happy. I was super happy.

But then something happened. We shifted our house.

And as I mentioned here, we are now staying at hubby's cousin's place. So do you think I took along my lovely plants? NO. I was forced to leave them back there :-( My heart broke. I was too much obsessed with my plants. I really don't know if they are still alive. The new tenants would have somehow got rid of them. But, deep in my heart, I hope very badly that they are still alive and are being taken care of.

Happy Things

Things making me really realllly happy today:

This teeny-tiny bud on my french marigold. Eager to see it open up!


Seeing sprouts from the carrot tops I put in water.


Loving green tender leaves and shoots finding its way through the soil out into the open.


This pretty thing resting on my tomato leaves early in the morning.

A treat to self!

Guess what I treated myself to today - lots of free time alone in the comfort zone of my home.

I did a couple of this and that. Roaming in the house here and there. Strictly no tv and browsing - this distracts me and eats up my whole time. A bit of leftover work. And finally enjoyining the rest of the evening. Did it all mean the same? Yeah, I actually was completely relaxed and enjoying the day in bits and pieces. Lunch with hubby. Coffee and some hooking up alone. Oh, loved the sunshine too.

Its been a couple of days since the sun actually shone in this part of Bangalore. It used to be wet and dull all the day. I really hate going to office on those days. I love being at home when the weather is cold and gloomy. But can't help it. My laundered clothes stink and may need one more round of washing :-( And my plants craved for some sunlight.

Hmm... Finally the sun shone today - in all its glory. Actually while walking to office I hoped the sun to hide behind the clouds for some time. But yay, I loved it.

See...

My green lovelies loved the warmth and light.


I loved this small patch on the opposite wall...


... and the small cloudy designs.


Love the light falling on these leaves and trees.



Through the camera lens I spotted this pink and off-white balcony grill and think that its really cool.


And from where I sit now, it looks like this.

Love this view as well.


So I am treating myself to a cup of cold coffee in my fav mug, doing some more rounds of my Big Granny Square, and loving my new yarn balls.

All about being Happy!

Yes, I am very happy at the moment. I have the best people in the world around me.

Love these sprouts and greens.


Adoring the beauty of this beauty.


Finding extreme happiness in watering these lovelies.

Being able to crochet something nice.

So are you happy?

Inspiration

Hello everyone!

The first thing I do after switching on my PC is to check a list of blogs I love. I must say that the first in the list is Lucy's Attic24. Though she is not posting from the last few days, I am eagerly waiting for that blast of colours and sweet post on the way. There are a lot of blogs out there which I love, most of which are listed on my sidebar. I am not acquainted with any of these crafty people. I would really love to. But I seldom find enough time to contact them as I keep admiring those pics and colours on these blogs. My very recent addiction is to Disney's Ruffles and Stuff. Don't you find her and her works lovely?

And for what I have been doing:

• Another row of the Big Pink Blanket
• Started crocheting a small handclutch
• Pestering my husband to buy me more yarn
• Transfering my sprouty goodnesses to individual recycled pots

Good day all!

Hooking and Watering!

Hello there! Hope you are doing great :-)

Guess what I was doing all this while! Nothing! :-) Well, my mom and dad has come along with us and I must say that I am a lot relaxed now. Our pet parrot, Mittu, also is along, which makes me spend most of the time irritating him ;-)

Last two days, I have been doing a little bit of hooky business. Wondering what it is?

Another Cellphone Pouch. Wondering whether I am obsessed with pouches? No, I am not but my old pouch has become so worn out that I desperately need a new one. And if you are wondering why the same colour as the old one, I don't know. I just dug out this yarn ball from the whole stock of yarns :-)

There is another thing that makes my heart skippy today. I had planted some seeds and they have started sprouting. Wow! My first serious gardening experience I must say. I know its a shame but still I admit that I am very new to it.

This is my shallot sprouting. I really love the tender stem like sprouts. Every time I see them, I feel like plucking it off and enjoy holding them in my hands. I am terribly resisting that devilish temptation though.

Now this is my French marigolds sprouting. Don't they look cute?

Hope you all have a lovely day! :-)