| After a real real long time,i am home for quite a few days.with mom and dad leaving for work , i am left with a tv,a computer to babysit me :).The sas-bahu-sazish saga is exhausting me,may be the serial's content decaying terribly or i am shifting my loyality of viewership towards hollywood movies :). With a few options left to keep me occupied whole day, i look around my home and try to do constructive things once in a while. this morning i saw Sreedhar Uncle(our driver) cleaning the car ,he was using water drawn from the well(yeah we have a well in home :) )with a motor pump.water was rushing out of the pipe in full throttle,my moment of Eureka,hurray,time for watering the plants and some gardening. i changed my cloth,picked up a makeshift shovel and went to the garden.Little mangoes were scattered on the ground ,  the mango tree should be atleast 50 years old but still bearing fruits,my maid screamed not to throw away the mangoes as she wanted those for making chutney,i smiled at her .I emptied few unused earthen pots and started mixing the soil to plant new .suddenly i looked into my hands and grimaced thinking my nails will be soiled ,next moment i was laughing at myself,since when i became so concious :)..i carried on ,i was doing it years ago and my nails were still clean.i picked a broom and cleaned the mid-size trees,which were somewhat covered with the dried leaves of big trees. time to water the plants.it is fun to use ur finger tips to change the force of water coming out from pipe and create an impromptu sprinkler.i put my fingers at the opening of pipe and raised the pipe towards sky .its sunny above ,the sunrays piereced through the droplets and a rainbow was formed , wow,what a view,what a feel.  water cleaned bright green plants swaying under the breeze ,like a freshly bathed little gal in a green frock frolicking :) started filing the empty pots with the soil.Time to home the little plants ,few gendas,a croton,an aloe-vera,few seasonal flowers.years ago when my mom used to come back from office carrying new plants from nursery or neighbourhood,she would ask me to plant them as it was her belief that the plants grow fast and healthy in some people's hands and i am one of them :)..this thought made me smile. my hands ,nails were soiled,sweat drops on my forehead ,i stood and looked at the greenery around,and beamed .Nature, how comforting it is and how far we going away from it .I will soon do some more planting. |
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