Lakshmi’s classes
Lakshmi’s Saturday classes have resumed and I need to pick her up from her dance lesson and take her for a swim session. The road is unfamiliar and my satnav Continue Reading →
Tag: Family
Hyde Hall Garden
The scorching weekdays have given way to a rain sodden windy weekend. Still the weather forecast seemed to predict a not too bad Sunday. This time it was one of Continue Reading →
Lavinia and butterflies
Lavinia was born prematurely two years after Lakshmi was born. Two April babies, their paths follow each other, but apart from being two delightful little children their personalities are poles Continue Reading →
Mothering Sunday
It is Mothering Sunday and yet for the first time in a very long time I am not on childminding duties. Both the kids had a fever over the last Continue Reading →
Amma’s 80th Birthday
A session at the gym and my body is protesting. I haven’t done anything more or unusual than I have been doing on a regular basis before my month long Continue Reading →
Appachy
There she sat, a diminutive figure, looking at her fingers. It is tea time. Next to her bed on the wooden chair is a glass of tea and a small Continue Reading →
Another weekend with Lakshmi
The cherry blossoms are in full bloom and it looks like the clouds have descended and taken residence on the tree tops. The other bare trees look on with envy. Continue Reading →
Hair washing and Lakshmi
Laughter rings out. It is the weekend and the house is alive once again. “I want to catch you ammamma”, Lakshmi repeats as she runs after me. It is a Continue Reading →
New Year’s Day 2019
”Let me out, let me out” screams Lakshmi as she wakes me up. This is not the New Years awakening that I was looking forward to. She does this when Continue Reading →
New Year’s Eve and partying
Another grey and dreary day. Well, we are in the middle of winter and this is how it is going to be for the next couple of months. The weather Continue Reading →
