Thursday, August 28, 2008
some more trying
last photos, we managed to rope one more friend along the way.. who landed picking up dinner..see all the happy faces.They all enjoyed. It became late 11 and later when all reached back home. hey, it was worth watching this birthday baby-shocked, when few mins behind me the whole lot came singing happy birthday to you.. come lets go.. before they disappear! we r all set and planned to bounce on the next family!See all our mischievous grins! Kids getting ready to cut next birthday ice cream cake.. after a park trip.. This is us inviting 3 families on the spot after church!The birthday baby (told us only 11 yrs) cutting ice cream cake with other kids..the candles refused to get blown out,we had to remove it and pour water! after our on the spot guests left..! ..relaxing after the church party we attended,helping with food,cleaning! !!
Beautiful,bountiful backyard
"Humming bird ,mum,in our garage" all kids came to a tired mum, cooking a snack after dinner(as it was ground and in the fridge for a few days).I listen to them, they tell me details in their different versions. Told my oldest tell Dad to take photos. "Bird eating from sis hand, mum". "Camera no card ,mum", "dad left, you come".. told her to try and put it herself . she opens there is card. she tries to check if photos came.. no luck.. they give up.. few minutes later, "mum, can we go to neighbours home,dad said ,OK!".. i don't say anything.. just did u change.. they disappear.
I finished downstairs come up to turn the hand washed Indian clothes.. on the deck to dry.. hear screaming cries , 2nd has fallen,I run , through the home and out to see oldest hugging the 2ND and still she is screaming.. told her to come in.. she is still crying not saying anything.. unlike her.. told her to wash hands as she was looking at it.. thought that was scrapped..after a few seconds of washing hands face she tells me my head hurts.. ask her where as she is still crying.. she can handle pain more than the other 2.she shows one side, can't see blood , with wet hand i rub.. tell her to put ice and take her back out to the deck and make her comfy with ice.. she calms asks for ice water. She drinks and tries putting ice. I got the other 2 inside and they start helping her in putting ice and joke to her.By then bumpblack blue there, when Daddy comes there is more tears.
last 2 days no cooking just cleaning the girls shelves, washing their ethnic clothes by hand.Backbreaking jobs.. since they are around send them down to put the clothes out to dry.. then i come and put it properly .
Got some more to do , but today got to take Sst for Math,old home , see situation there.This week ends summer vacation. school reopens.
So by the time i go to see the bird, has flown the coop. they all realised i went to garage come running behind me.. oh its flown they check every nook, told them to close the garage after that.
This place is full of wild animals, birds one of natures best. Have seen humming birds, hawks, eagles,woodpeckers,crane with colorful wings/legs, ducks,ducklings, geese,wild dogs,rabbits deer,frogs different colors, turtles-of course moles, raccoons, possums,squirrels (black and other type).. of one should not forget snake.. which i had to go out one morning to show the water dept problems, went without foot wear, while they continued to hunt for problem,i went towards the pavement heard slithering sound, looked down to see the snake looking at me just a foot away,just garden one but enough to creep me out.I stamped my foot hard on the cement pavement, it went lightening speed.Thank God.
I went off to the patio ASAP. Leaving the men with their work, they gave up and came few seconds later.
Deer,one rainny day was talking to someone on the phone when i looked out to see the deer crossing the bridge.. called the kids to see .by the time they came running it went . person on the phone wanted to see where we were staying to see all this.
My family went walking early morn saw deer ,wonder if they got frightened or my family.
Turtles, it was another rainy day, had been raining for few days on and off when we looked out towards the water retention pond we see something like stone and moving.. off course we had chance to see the turtle few days in a row, take some shots,kids went close to it too.
Their are kids from neighbourhood always throwing stones etc. My kids see they are after me to scold them. So have to open window ask what they are doing. they are throwing stones at frogs, snakes they tell me.. tell them leave them alone.They are don't care kind.
Some kids my kid identifies as a nogood one at school.. say see thats what they are doing.
Thats life in our neck of woods.. People admire our backyard which is straight woods.makes them feel like living on hilly sides, or estates.. Enjoy your nature.
I finished downstairs come up to turn the hand washed Indian clothes.. on the deck to dry.. hear screaming cries , 2nd has fallen,I run , through the home and out to see oldest hugging the 2ND and still she is screaming.. told her to come in.. she is still crying not saying anything.. unlike her.. told her to wash hands as she was looking at it.. thought that was scrapped..after a few seconds of washing hands face she tells me my head hurts.. ask her where as she is still crying.. she can handle pain more than the other 2.she shows one side, can't see blood , with wet hand i rub.. tell her to put ice and take her back out to the deck and make her comfy with ice.. she calms asks for ice water. She drinks and tries putting ice. I got the other 2 inside and they start helping her in putting ice and joke to her.By then bumpblack blue there, when Daddy comes there is more tears.
last 2 days no cooking just cleaning the girls shelves, washing their ethnic clothes by hand.Backbreaking jobs.. since they are around send them down to put the clothes out to dry.. then i come and put it properly .
Got some more to do , but today got to take Sst for Math,old home , see situation there.This week ends summer vacation. school reopens.
So by the time i go to see the bird, has flown the coop. they all realised i went to garage come running behind me.. oh its flown they check every nook, told them to close the garage after that.
This place is full of wild animals, birds one of natures best. Have seen humming birds, hawks, eagles,woodpeckers,crane with colorful wings/legs, ducks,ducklings, geese,wild dogs,rabbits deer,frogs different colors, turtles-of course moles, raccoons, possums,squirrels (black and other type).. of one should not forget snake.. which i had to go out one morning to show the water dept problems, went without foot wear, while they continued to hunt for problem,i went towards the pavement heard slithering sound, looked down to see the snake looking at me just a foot away,just garden one but enough to creep me out.I stamped my foot hard on the cement pavement, it went lightening speed.Thank God.
I went off to the patio ASAP. Leaving the men with their work, they gave up and came few seconds later.
Deer,one rainny day was talking to someone on the phone when i looked out to see the deer crossing the bridge.. called the kids to see .by the time they came running it went . person on the phone wanted to see where we were staying to see all this.
My family went walking early morn saw deer ,wonder if they got frightened or my family.
Turtles, it was another rainy day, had been raining for few days on and off when we looked out towards the water retention pond we see something like stone and moving.. off course we had chance to see the turtle few days in a row, take some shots,kids went close to it too.
Their are kids from neighbourhood always throwing stones etc. My kids see they are after me to scold them. So have to open window ask what they are doing. they are throwing stones at frogs, snakes they tell me.. tell them leave them alone.They are don't care kind.
Some kids my kid identifies as a nogood one at school.. say see thats what they are doing.
Thats life in our neck of woods.. People admire our backyard which is straight woods.makes them feel like living on hilly sides, or estates.. Enjoy your nature.
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Down memory lane- Mangrove
"Mangrove" was always part of our postal address ,when i got married things started changing.From then a lot of changes started.. what ever empty land which was in our family was all sold. All the wonderful tasty mango trees were cut down, all those who used to get free mangoes from my family may miss it. My mum is trying to grow some in what land is left around home;she has a hard time keeping the young who have no sense of right/wrong throwing stones climbing walls and doing things one never could think off.
How sad.Every time i cut mangoes which are sweet and juicy my 20 odd yrs at home and our eating mangoes for breakfast, lunch , snacks, dinner,serving them to guests, cutting them and putting small forks,in bowls, giving every Tom ,Dick, Harry -my grand parents used to go with dozens to peoples homes and gave.People who worked for us got.My cousins,brother we used to even have competition as to who ate the most. Ate them with peels, without cutting , all the ways one could think off.We even had receipe for mangoes nuts(seeds).Grew some with seeds.
Eating mangoes from when they are small, raw ,to big ;climbing trees to get the biggest, going with sacks, baskets to collect mangoes which had fallen during storms.
when the branches get heavy with fruits some break collecting them. sorting mangoes according to variety,size, if smashed/cracked after fall ;making pickles, chutneys,all these used to be our summer months at home.Never ending work.
Clearing rooms, under staircase and other places putting hay down in a very level way keeping mangoes slowly with space between, laying hay on top, checking every day or other to see if they are ripe , taking those out , after few days everything will decide to get ripe at once, then comes, juice making,mango dry sweet making(that means keeping nets run behind the areas where sun is,keeping it in- bringing it out.. oh..worth it)
putting them in fridge, cupboards, packets with who to give lists...
With age caught up problems like touch hay, allergy, no more raw mangoes,teeth will start its pains, now ripe mangoes cause my tongue to itch, even if i eat more than 2-3 pieces. juice is fine !
lunch used to be bread with jams.
Wonder how many have such memories of receiving. Other than our family.we had a person who came put medicines before and come to collect small ones falling , come to pluck them, they used to harvest it and take it in trucks for sale after giving certain nos to us.
we have done our share of plucking too.
Gone mango trees, land, grand parents,even the man who took for hire all those trees for years.My memory thoughts and prayers with all of them.
Spoke with my cousin yesterday (monday- labor day'), back from home.. was telling how they went and climbed and plucked mangoes like how we did as kids and she had fun!
How sad.Every time i cut mangoes which are sweet and juicy my 20 odd yrs at home and our eating mangoes for breakfast, lunch , snacks, dinner,serving them to guests, cutting them and putting small forks,in bowls, giving every Tom ,Dick, Harry -my grand parents used to go with dozens to peoples homes and gave.People who worked for us got.My cousins,brother we used to even have competition as to who ate the most. Ate them with peels, without cutting , all the ways one could think off.We even had receipe for mangoes nuts(seeds).Grew some with seeds.
Eating mangoes from when they are small, raw ,to big ;climbing trees to get the biggest, going with sacks, baskets to collect mangoes which had fallen during storms.
when the branches get heavy with fruits some break collecting them. sorting mangoes according to variety,size, if smashed/cracked after fall ;making pickles, chutneys,all these used to be our summer months at home.Never ending work.
Clearing rooms, under staircase and other places putting hay down in a very level way keeping mangoes slowly with space between, laying hay on top, checking every day or other to see if they are ripe , taking those out , after few days everything will decide to get ripe at once, then comes, juice making,mango dry sweet making(that means keeping nets run behind the areas where sun is,keeping it in- bringing it out.. oh..worth it)
putting them in fridge, cupboards, packets with who to give lists...
With age caught up problems like touch hay, allergy, no more raw mangoes,teeth will start its pains, now ripe mangoes cause my tongue to itch, even if i eat more than 2-3 pieces. juice is fine !
lunch used to be bread with jams.
Wonder how many have such memories of receiving. Other than our family.we had a person who came put medicines before and come to collect small ones falling , come to pluck them, they used to harvest it and take it in trucks for sale after giving certain nos to us.
we have done our share of plucking too.
Gone mango trees, land, grand parents,even the man who took for hire all those trees for years.My memory thoughts and prayers with all of them.
Spoke with my cousin yesterday (monday- labor day'), back from home.. was telling how they went and climbed and plucked mangoes like how we did as kids and she had fun!
Thursday, August 21, 2008
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