Sarika | Plants, Balcony Gardening & Simple Living

He completed 9 years and 10 running now and as all of us wished  once he also wanted to grow up fast and started saying he is 10..(running is silent). That 2 digit age number makes him feel grown up :) Time is flying too fast and he is growing too fast I feel and somewhere wonder that innocence is vanishing but there I again get glimpse of it 8.30 pm dinner time is the only TV time Mumma has and no cartoon show is allowed that time.. He has understood that no tantrums would change mom's mind and watches whatever serial is on. Lying on sofa ..sometimes playing with cars...murmuring something ...sometimes complaining sometimes willingly he watches TV with me.Sometimes he is more into it than me I must say. commercial serial break is on and some promotion of other serial is going on. Simultaneously I am working on something and not actually bothering to look at T.V and there you go... चिरंजीव >>खरंच का ग मम्मा ! I looked up and see his eyes gleaming with excitem...

नात्यांचा सर आपल्या चिमुकल्या बाळाला मध्ये घेऊन आई वडील पहिला सर बांधायला सुरवात करतात ! मग आजी आजोबा काका काकू मावशी आत्या असे बाकीचे मोती अगदी अलगद येऊन माळले जातात आपोआप ! बहीण भाऊ .. सक्खे चुलत आते मामे भावंडं ह्या सगळ्या मोत्यांनी रक्ताच्या नात्यांनी पहिला सर बघता बघता भरतो ! हळुहळू दिवस जातात तस बाळ आपला नवीन सर बांधायला घेतो .. त्याचे मित्र मैत्रिणी .. शाळेतले ,बस मधले ,van मधले ,ग्राउंड वरचे ह्या क्लास चे त्या क्लास चे , शाळेतले शिक्षक ,कॉलेज चे मित्र ... मित्रपरिवाराची कुटुंब ... शेजारी पाजारी ... जेव्हढे मोती गुंफत जाल तेवढा सर वाढत जातो. पहिला नात्यांचा सर आणि हा जोडलेल्या नात्याचा सर ..दोघातले मोती अधून मधून स्पर्श करत राहतात .. क्षितिज रुंदावते तसे सर वाढत जातात..  नोकरीचे सहचारी .. नवीन नोकरी..  नवीन सहचारी.. नवीन सर अशात कधी जीवनाचा सहचारी मिळतो आणि एका सोनेरी सरांची सुरुवात होते.  त्या सराच्या बांधणीला मात्र आधीचे सर्व मोती एकत्र येतात.  एकमेकांशी कधी स्पर्श झालेले नसले तरी त्या एका मोत्याच्या नवीन बांधणीला...

"Mumma तुझी ही pant(read salwar here) जरा different आहे ना ". He said "Yeh" I replied but that surely put smile on my face.. जुना joke  आठवला म्हणतात ना तस! 4 -5 वर्षांपूर्वी घडलेला.. Why some people have stories associated with everything? Don't know...not their fault राशीचा गुण असेल  In this case not one but two stories were attached.. That shiny jet black velvet salwar she was wearing. So much I had liked it.Surely I will buy this. I was discussing it with another female colleague of mine at cafeteria.She also managed to spot that girl with velvet salwar and wondering what is so special about it. Another colleague overheard our conversation and then subject diverted to why females look at other females for clothes ,jewellery ,lipstick shades and what not and how male species is so simple and straight forward and how then won't mind ten other men wearing same colour.. brand shirt in the same room.Subject got diverted then but it was hover...

संध्याकाळची पांच ची वेळ.   एकदम निवांतपणा ना मिटिंग्स  ना ऑफिस वर्क ना घरकाम  ना मागे मुलाचा लकड़ा  कसलीच घाई नाही हलक्या वाऱ्यावर विंड चाइम नाजूक आवाज करात नाचत आहे  हातात वाफाळत्या कॉफीचा मग घेऊन अलगद जो झुल्यावर बसाव  कोफीच्या अरोमा बरोबरच अजून एक मंद सुवास सर्वदूर पसरला आहे  चाफ्याच्या फुलांचा  एखादी नवी नवरी जशी नखशिखांत नटावी तसा चाफा फुलला आहे पण खरा वेडावू न  टाकतोय तो गुलमोहर  पूर्ण बहरून आलेला  बालकनीच्या कट्ट्यावर हनुवटी ठेऊन एकटक बघात होते अचानक खाली पाहिल तर कट्यावर पण गुलमोहोराचे प्रतिबिंब नीळ आकाश आणि बहरलेला लाल गुलमोहर  त्या एका क्षणाला पूर्णपणे वर्तमानामधे मन  पंचेन्द्रियाना मोहवणारा तो एक क्षण .  That blissful moment..

Time that I have spent in kitchen in last 15 months is probably more than that I have spent there in entire life.Its that urge to try out something new more than actual love for cooking I guess.New in this case is strictly restricted to new for me which could be as simple as basic cake.The real new which leads to invention innovation I have no plans to reach there and happy to leave it for my favourite chefs who have given so much glamour to cooking.I mean the way they present jeera tadka dal makes it look so special.Their fancy utensils spatulas background kitchen and kitchen appliances including microwave freeze or simple mixer grinder its treat to watch.In the end the way which they present dish and taste a spoonful you decide ...you will try it once. This list of "should try it once" probably overgrown in my case is one reason I could think of my time in kitchen and off course simplicity.Cooking these days have really become simple isn't it.From ज्वारीची भाक...