Saturday, June 20, 2009

Family calling...

Deeps photo tag was so cute, UMMON's so very touching...Now here is my version of the photo tag.

It is June, the month when I start getting this urge, this irresistive pull towards by home town. June, the month of rains, that time of the month when the fields are lush and green, when towns and cities get a new lease of life, cleaned and washed by rains...when the smell of wet earth gives me this queer joy that is secondary only to being at home...

And bringing back these memories is this picture...taken two years back at my husband's hometown, M....., a quiet village really but the one place that my kids love to go(other than my mom's house ofcourse), every year, to see the same sights, gaze at tall coconut trees, poke jackfruits hanging from short trees, look at the ponds and try counting the lotus floating on the murky waters, kill umpteen insects...go behind the cow and count the hens...followed, monitored and even encouraged by their two most lovable grand moms.


My mother-in-law (she is the shorter of the two in blue saree) and her sister(who lives there, she has no kids and but loves kids and is a child (at heart) herself)with my two...

And I wish it will be August soon and I can see them both, hug them and talk to them of things that don't matter at all in the big scheme of things, but still talk to feel loved, to be a part of family, to be near mother nature, to see my kids and my husband happy and carefree...

16 comments:

Reflections said...

The excitement is so clear in ur younger daughter's eyes:-D.

A picture full of details...u knw I can even see a worker in the background.

So which one of them resembles u????

Anonymous said...

Oh I miss Kerala! That picture is just so inviting.

imemyself said...

look at N's face, so full of life and harmless mischief...
have you started counting the hours??
i have...

Anonymous said...

How lovely,Sindhu!And I love N's expression-oozing mischief as usual :)

BTW,congratulations on doing this tag so fast...:D

sindhu said...

Nancy, u guess!you take this tag and do it in your Nancy style...come on!
Solilo: It is and I am rereading it to get that feel!
A: I have...
Deeps: Yeah, see two tags in a month, great achievement! You can see her in person and find out...N's mischiefs that is

Smita said...

Its is more than a year that I have met my parents & trust me I am right now craving to meet them :-(

And ur daughter looks so cute, all charged up and full of life :)

Anonymous said...

your daughter really IS a darling:))
so adorable:)

all that greenery :))
I envy you:)
it would be my dream come true to live in a place like that:)
beautiful tag :)
loved it:)

(((hugs))))

Pinku said...

lovely shot....

Anonymous said...

i've never been to Kerela...and I would so love to go. The green is so inviting and your two cuties and such cuties. I can feel the warmth of home through the picture.

me too did this tag :)

and...i'll not miss commenting in your blog...promise :D

-Just call me 'A'

Ritu said...

Lovely place!

Winnie the poohi said...

:) Lovely pic!

Solilo said...

Vacation aano?

sindhu said...

Smitha:Me too, waiting for August when I get to meet my mom...
Indyeah:Yeah, she is full of mischief...and Kerala is indeed beautiful
Pinku:Hey, long time...
A: You should make a trip to Kerala, you will love it, I am sure
Ritu and Winnie:Thank u
Solilo: Exam annnu...oscillating between reading of notes and nodding off. I have suddenly developed a craving for sleep. The books are my sleeping pills...

Anonymous said...

Hey...where are you. vacationing?been missing you. come back and write

-Just call me 'A'

Kamini said...

Oh, your daughter is SO cute! I loved the picture, it brought back so many lovely memories. I used to go to Kerala every summer for my vacations, and have the fondest memories of the place. Still, it's just not the same when I go there as an adult, even if it is as beautiful as ever.

sindhu said...

Kamini:Homoured by your visit, I am agreat fan of your blogs. I suppose it is people who make any place special...maybe that special folks are not there and that is why it has lost its charm and then when we grow we look at the world with different set of glasses...too
A:For you, I am back...