Flowers in the Sun

Have a look at our garden.We had 2 or 3 showers lately

The rain made some of them droopy
but they still look pretty.

In October , Jags our helper pruned

and fertilized the rose bushes.

Without his help we would never

have such a display

Thank you Jags.

I 've been busy preparing the house for Namrita and her sons

as well as shopping .

Nam and family will drive down to Guwahati (Assam state) tomorrow morning.

Their train is on the 22nd, but they have to travel

2 days earlier because the highway will

be closed on the 21st and 22nd. for repairs.

It means 2 days extra hotel expense, but it can 't be helped.

The boys 9 & 12 are very excited.

Its the first real trip of their lives.

They came here when they were

very small.

Nam is excited too she is coming after 3 years.

The train journey is 23.45 hours long, if it is on

time, which is quite rare.

I will go to the train station to receive them with my Pastor

and Jags.

She is arriving on her birthday (23rd)

So I have to prepare a birthday lunch for her.

Hope I get everything done.

Quite jittery about it and

miss my right hand Sonia.

She will arrive on Dec 26th.

I bought a home basket ball set for the boys to play with.

At Christmas we give little packages (like Christmas baskets)

to those who help us and are from

underprivileged backgrounds

Store bought cakes and sweet and salty snacks, cookies,a little money

and second hand clothes -(to some of them)

sometimes new ones if they really need them.

I have to assemble 7 or 8 of these gifts.

Today we3 took our our little carpet

to sun and clean it.

And Sheeba immediately took up her post on it.

She is ever so watchful

Looking out for feral intruders.

Last night she warned us of a buffalo

who had wandered into our campus.

A milkman deliberately put his

milch buffalo into our yard.

Can you imagine what she would have

done to our flowers and vegetables?

Thank you Sheeba.

You deserve an extra bone

and treat.

Here isn n another Christmas carol, in English.

The little group was conducted by my eye surgeon cousin.

He is playing the guitar.

He plays all sorts of instruments.

There a 2 Koreans in the chior.

Tghis service took place in the Anglican church.

I was sitting in the third row

as you can tell by the video