Week 21 of 2025, Sunday to Sunday, May 18 to May 25

Rain Rain (Don’t go away). It rained whole week. Depressions in Arabian sea + pre-monsoons = double the effect. I like rains, I like stepping out into woods during rains. But this time I am bound home – with Dhruva around. We sat on the door steps, watched rain-made Mango rasayani-ate Mango rasayani- repeat (Eat – “no” sleep – repeat).

Can't get out for four months 😑

We are habituated to rain. But it can take anywhere around a week to prepare for rainy season. House become flooded the first day due to water leaking from the roof (our roof is tiled- the old style), checking them and doing necessary arrangements, umbrellas, raincoat, plastic sheets, drainage channels, beheading the tress around home, many many things. No electricity (No mixer grinder washing machine) No wifi (No mobile, No network, No phone calls, No connectivity), setting up a new routine with no modern amenities takes time.

Anyways, Rain can’t stop us. We went to relatives, went to my parents’ home, went to shop for more clothes (difficult to dry in rains, and can’t use washing machine to spin off water). Visited hospital – to see a new born and a new mom (I went into the times when Dhruva was born- Ah that anxiety). Dhruva’s hand grip has improved, he is holding onto anything now- he was holding people’s dupatta, bag, shirt, the railings of the shelf in the supermarket. Now-a-days he is pulling my hair too much, my ‘Mangala Sutra’ especially, So I bought a fake one, to save my gold. Fake ones are fancier at the same time look so real. My earrings, bangles, mookuthi all are fake gold, and now the Mangala Sutra too.

magekayis, yalakki bananas, ananas, totapuri mangoes, banana and jack chips from my amma

At home I mostly did Nothing. I didn’t read, I didn’t write, I didn’t go to polyhouse for propagating plants, I just passed the time. We didn’t do Bee Day photoshoot (Will do this week) Doing nothing is good sometimes. Its healing. Next week is busy. We are making Jack chips – drums full of – enough to last this rainy season. Also, our yearly ritual of ‘Deva Kaarya’ is on Tuesday, its again a small get together of close relatives. June has started- schools are open. Planning to approach few schools to propose our weekend Horti classes.

Instead of bee day we had 'bhootaradhane'🤣 Skanda wanted to paint his face this time, his amma gave turmeric powder.