It was a morning of blogging and planning, and a stroll in the garden.
It’s not hard to find candidates for the daily flower in the garden, the morning walks tends to be shorter than around Spacehouse though.
Some more of the garden at Lutyens.
Even here, in central Delhi, they can grow a big portion of the veggies needed for the meals.
Joanna on her morning admin duty, shade and fan are essential.The household cats have different goals here. It got to be a meal eventually. A so called “dödla”. Otus (our cat) would enjoy this garden for sure!And the dog is world champion at it! We have learned the hard way that this sign is no joke…Tony figures that this device/vice must be meant to put the dog’s tail in, and thus be safer when slippers, phones, sunglasses etc. are put by the side during for example pool duty.Then we went to the National Crafts Museum mainly because it was lunch time and Joanna had heard they had a great café. In the café, there was a wall that looked like it was perforated but instead there were small mirrors placed in a nice decorative way.The metal pillars were also nicely decorated.The lunch was delicious and Tony got some messages about his chair that is soon about to be finished.Some squirrels were running around outside.Then it was time for the exhibitions. The first door we passed was decorated with various Hindu gods and goddesses. We got headphones to learn a bit more about the arts and crafts works.There will be a long line of arts and crafts sculptures and textiles here. You can enlarge the photos to see the information about them. These are wooden images of Kathakali figures of the 17th century.
Theatre artists and dancers are wearing masks that are often light weight as the characters have to move fast on stage.
A cloth painting of Vishnu reclining.
A large wooden sculpture that depicts a mythological story of the serpent Kalia overcome by Krishna.
A male and female figure from Dhokra depicting warriors coming home with their catch.
This is Banjara embroidery made with cowrie shells.
A turban from Rajasthan in brocade, silk and pearls from the 20th century.
This one would have its place above the main entrance at Råå.
This fabric was made with peacock feathers.Here is a close-uo of a fabric depicting Jesus and events from his life.There was a band playing Indian music when we got outside again.A woman was dancing in front of children and women. It seemed to be a children’s show.At Lutyens bungalow again, it was time for the tantkini (auntiekini) and three swims. And it worked out perfectly.Time to get in the cab for Ned and Emily. Going to the airport. The cab is here. Dog only needed a 5 second window to get one of Ned’s shoes and thinks it is time for playing.As usual, dog is very agile and evades all attempts at catching it……but Emily got some snacks which did the trick. And off they went. See you later!
