glimpses of the past weeks

The weather has slowly been warming up making it feel like spring. Fresh strawberries dot the fruit stands, rhodendons are blooming all over the hillside, new green leaves are pushing the old dry brown leaves off and the monkeys are rampet in my garden. Here are some snapshots of the past couple of with Grandpa and Grandma Guenther.

Green goodness

chatting

shiny useful objects



wolly warm tibetan sweaters

bright blue eyes

next door neighours

drying laundry daily

yellow dress from my childhood that my grandma van den ham made

time with grandma

sleeping with grandpa

knitted toque from a dear friend

afternoon stroll

being a star with the girls (her namesake is the girl on the right...)

a view from flag hill

In Mussoorie you can pay to get your baby/toddler pushed around the steep bazaar roads by one of these men. If you pay them enough I am sure that they would babysit for a couple of hours too when you do your shopping... well we did pay him a couple of rupees for this picture but we didn't use his services. I am not sure what made me more nervous the condition of the stroller or having a stranger pushing my baby on 22 degree hills with no seatbeat.
Well, the grandparents will off visiting the Taj Mahal in a week and then a they will be accompanying me and Dechen to the Netherlands for more Grandparent time with the van den Hams.

Life is full and good.