It’s more than a week that my mom has come from Denmark. Got busy with household work …. she likes cleaner house. It has been raining all these months … n it’s still raining. This is quite unusual in Delhi.

Few days ago, we went to our so called auntie’s house … it was her daughter’s daughter’s b’day. She (Disha) is 3years old and is very fond of our dogy “Beelu n Peelu”. Whenever she wants to visit us she would say “i want to go to Beelu n Peelu’s house”. Even that day she was saying … “when will Beelu n Peelu come to our house ?” So as a gift i gave her a soft toy (dogy) - she was very happy told everyone “Mani mashi gave me Beelu n Peelu” !!

After all this rain …. my plants are very much alive and happy. My mint herbs were dying but now they are spreading nearly all over the pot.  White “Butterfly pea” flower plant is creeping beautifully …. will have to change it’s pot - right now it’s in a comparatively small pot. Let’s see when i get time to do that.

Quite busy with my boutique as  i will be going to Kolkata on 15 sept. So has to finish some work before i leave. My mom brought a Vaio (sony) laptop for me n nokia cellphone  …. so i m writing this post on my new laptop Have a relaxing Sunday n a great sunny week !! … p.s. i won’t mind a wet week as i still love rain but i’m sure others are fadup of traffic jams n those long hours waiting to get to the office n back home  …. so a sunny week won’t be a bad idea !!

These days …. it’s been raining now n then - enjoying it !!  There’re more reasons to enjoy the weather …. my mom’s coming this week - will be going to Kolkata by the mid of next month … “Durga puja” is around the corner … n all this means more roaming around n more pics … so loving it 

In the above pic. can see the black cloudy sky ….

n so … this year too we’ll have guest. Last year - we went to Kolkata after “Kali puja” (Diwali), but this year we’ll be going before Durga puja n this time it will be a 2 weeks long holiday. I am very much looking forward to it … visit lots n lots of places where i have not been to.

It’s a “Mexican Oleander” bud … soak in water droplets … they too enjoy rain - like i do !!

Would love to visit the “Botanical Garden” again n spend the whole day clicking nature.  Well even when i go to my maternal uncle’s house at  Andharmanik …. i’m  sourrounded by nature too. But in the past it used to be more beautiful …. it still is beautiful but not the same.

These are “Brahmi”  plants (…. or herbs whatever u call it )  soaked in rain ….

they taste little bitter - but have heard it’s good for brain !

It’s would be rainny season in Kolkata by the end of september …. (well that’s what i m guessing as it always rain around Durga puja). If it rains we may not be able to visit all the places that we have planned … but i love rain n i love taking rainy pics too.  So hoping to have fun n click tons of photos.

Rain water dripping from “bouganvilla” leaves …

those droplets look so nice !!

I sometime wonder that i nearly visit the same places whenever i go to kolkata …. and so take photos of the same places n post them on my blog  … seeing the same place over n over again may get boring. So i always try to shot things differently … so that it might look interesting … hope to visit different places too

I never thought … simple bugs can look to stunning !

at my hometown - i had seen so many different types n colorful … n those glossy ones too.

if i can … will click as many as i can.

seems like i m fascinated by them !!

It’s a “white pumkin” flower n they look beautiful as they hang from its plant and it looks even more beautiful when this plant hangs from another tree. White pumkin (in bengali it’s Chalkumro)  is a creeper which creeps on the ground or climb another tree or plant.

Next to my auntie’s house (in Barasat -  West Bengal) lays our plot with so many different vegetation growing on it. There’s a huge mango tree .. some papaya trees and a big “kul gachh” (can’t get the english name … but in hindi it’s “ber ka per”) and many other weeds.  This white pumkin creeper has acutally creeped on this “Kul Gachh” … good thing about this is that stranger won’t be able to steal the pumkin - not even at day time !!

White pumkin as vegetable is not my favorite but some kind of dried tablets are made … we called it “bori” .  Urad dal paste(split black gram without the skin)  n grated white pumkin are mixed together seasoned with salt. Then this tablets are made by hand on a piece of cloth and are left on it to get dry. When they are completely dried in two to three days … they are ready to use in curry or semi curry dishes …. and i love it this way.

White pumkin tastes delicious when cooked with mustard paste … but reality is - anything cooked in mustard paste automatically tastes delicious … so nothing special about white pumkin !! Just like when it is cooked with prawns it tastes heaven …. but again anything cooked with prawns tastes as divine as white pumkin …

it’s the white pumkin creeper …. wish i had taken pic. of those hanging from the “kul gachh”.

normal pumkin’s flower are edible … but never heard or tasted white pumkin flower.

a grasshopper  feasting on white pumkin’s leaf …  bengalis eat the normal pumkins creeps and flowers but i guess not the white pumkin’s … i remember reading somewhere that in hot summer white pumkin are good for stomach n eventually the body as it’s easy on digestive organs  … keeping them cool. So  i too feast on white pumking in hot summer ….

She is called “Mini”. This isn’t my auntie’s pet but they (3 of them) generally roam around auntie’s house n when they call her by her giving name … these cats gather around auntie’s varanda or backyard - and eat rice n fish.

Few months ago - Mini gave birth to some kitten at auntie’s house. She thought … she will let them stay for few days n then she will “shu” them out ! but that few days became few weeks and later one of the kitten got ticks and uncle didn’t know what to do to remove those ticks … he put “ddt powder” ( insecticide powder) all over him. The kitten got seriously sick … they took him to the hospital. We all thought it won’t survive but prayed for him. Auntie n uncle … they spent many sleepless night - even though it wasn’t their pet … but they began to love them as their family member. That was nice to see !!

Finally … he got well and we all felt good

Only these two plants which uncle brought from Assam survived  the hot weather of Delhi !! Wish the monsoon had come a little earlier … then the others esp. the Begonia would have survived too!

THE RIGHT ONE : This is a species of  “Taro” (more scientificly  Colocasia  esculenta). The  leaves of this particular plant doesn’t grow more than 1/2 inch.  My uncle was telling me that it’s quite a rare plant n maybe that’s why i haven’t seen this plant at anybodys before.  This taro species doesn’t survive easily … they are pretty fragil - but i guess they like Delhi’s weather.

There was a time when i didn’t like non-flowering plant - but now i love them too …… different shape n size - their colors - creaper or herbs - no matter whether it’s floral or non-floral - i simply love them all !!

Few day’s back i bought a “beel phool” plant (white flowering plant with amazing sweet smell) for Piyal’s mom as she wanted to plant a plant … any plant. Piyal one day asked me - if they can rent a plant from my place.  So i gifted the plant to them … they were happy to have it.

THE LEFT ONE : Little red flowers bunch will blossom on this plant. They’re of many types … with white, yellow, and even pink flower. When i told this to my uncle - he asked to buy that plant with any of those color for him.

Today we’re going to Santwana’s house for lunch … they live in Mahavir Enclave. There is a nursery near their place - have planned to visit the nursery. Let’s see if i find something interesting to bring back home

Enjoy the lazy Sunday !!