every day may not be good....

    but there is something good in everyday .......

we are things of dry hours and involuntary plan.......

    We are things of dry hours and the involuntary plan,

    Grayed in, and gray. “Dream” makes a giddy sound, not strong

    Like “rent,” “feeding a wife,” “satisfying a man.”

    But could a dream send up through onion fumes   

    Its white and violet, fight with fried potatoes   

    And yesterday’s garbage ripening in the hall,   

    Flutter, or sing an ariaaria an elaborate song for one voice with orchestral accompaniment, appearing most often in opera (“aria” means “air” in Italian). down these rooms

    Even if we were willing to let it in,

    Had time to warm it, keep it very clean,   

    Anticipate a message, let it begin?

   We wonder. But not well! not for a minute!   

   Since Number Five is out of the bathroom now,   

   We think of lukewarm water, hope to get in it.

~ kitchenette building by Gwendolyn  Brooks 

from Carnegie Museum of Arts...

Claude Monet's water lilies...

With a piece of African art he really liked ...

With Van Gogh's Wheat-field...

... so over the Labour day weekend we finally made it to the Carnegie Museum of Arts.... after spending a refreshing three hours walking through the numerous art galleries  we  eventually finished our art tour with the purchase of few art prints which are waiting to be hung on our  living-room-wall..

hopefully i'll be able to update you with a photograph of our newly decorated wall soon enough...

p.s: these days i am a little absorbed with the excitement of new-parents-to-be... so i have been all busy knitting hat-booty-mitten sets for our little one and a friend's baby who is also due around the same time as our sonny... so catch you later. till then good-bye and take care...

Belly Shots !!

 Sporting my almost 35 week pregnant belly...... heeheehee

Of late i am getting a little tired of sitting at home the whole day... so we have tons planned out for this long weekend... of which i am most excited about our visit to the Carnegie museum, hopefully i do not feel too tired and dampen all our plans !!  what are you plans for the weekend ? hope you have a great time !!

Gulacha Ganapati

Happy Ganesh Chaturthi !! 

It is the day when people all over India celebrate Vighna Vinashak Ganesha, the remover of all obstacles. I had wished to celebrate Ganesh Chaturthi in my own way.... so throughout the day i laboured over a piece of art of the almighty. but my portrait of Ganesha did not get done in time.. so i had to defer posting it for a while....

But while i was on FB I came across this awesome Gulacha Ganapati  by Shriram Kelkar.... A murti of Ganapati carved out from Jaggery !! Starting from scratch, it apparently took Shriram 8 - 10 hours to finish this amazing art work of the almighty !!!! He mentions that carving the ideal from gur is a family tradition that he has been following with much dedication. His wife who carved out Ganesha's vahan, the Mushika, mentions that as Gur(jaggery) tends to get soft and starts melting, Shriram had to constantly use rice flour to keep his hands from getting sticky. Kudos to Shriram and his wife !! this ideal certainly reflects your patience, talent and immense devotion to Lord Ganesha !!