Sandra's Visit to India: The Littlest Rangoli

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

In the corner between the stairs and the door of a flat was a tiny patch of rangoli.

(other rangoli examples, from google images)

and what we did with Hema in Albuquerque in 2009: Rangoli on Sunday

Schedule

Some was set in advance, some noted afterwards:

October 21, leave Albuquerque early
October 22, arrive Mumbai very late
October 23, sleep it off, try to figure out what time it is
October 24, go to regional fair (written after I did that)
October 25, brunch at Ravi's mom's, shop for clothes, see a snake
October 26, take Ravi's mom to train station, go to discussion about eco-mall/kid-space
October 27, Picnic in Velhe
October 28, grocery shopping, pumpkins
October 29, Indus Valley Civilization meet-up
October 30, Halloween Party, Hema's home, Baner, Pune
October 31, Attachment Parenting discussion at Pushpa's home, 5-7 pm
November 3, Painting diwas (clay Diwali lamps)
November 4, to Bangalore
November 5, Diwali
November 6, stay in and work on uploading photos; rest
November 7, brunch at CTR ("Central Tiffin Room"), go for a drive with Hema and her dad Hoped to, but did not, see a monkey.
November 8, Malleshwaram walk (temple, shops in the old-town section of Bangalore)
Nov 9, return to Pune
Nov 10, Chitra arrives
Nov 11, Zoo
Nov 12, museum, shopping, movie
Nov 13, Ram's birthday party, movie with Hema
Nov 14, Chitra and girls visit Hema's
Nov 15, shopped with Hema and Pradnya
Nov 16, shopping with Hema and Pradnya somewhere else
Nov 17, visited Tejas, considered buying a harmonium; decided not to
Nov 18, Pushpa came over, I met Muriel; I never left the house and took zero photos.
Nov 29, walked around the neighborhood, shopped November 20, daytime: Cultural Day, Urmilla's house November 20, 5:00 to Mumbai to await middle-of-night departure

November 21, 7:30 p.m., home in Albuquerque

Tuesday, November 2, 2010

The Littlest Rangoli

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