April 28, 2016
We started our walk late so we didn’t make it to four loops.
First we decided to take photos of the peacocks/hens that hang out here and
then we came across other non paying residents we had not seen before: a small
family of monkeys. They were not impressed by us. So now within this huge city
we have seen elephants, camels, monkeys, peacocks, scads of birds, loads of
street dogs and a neighboring cat. The cat will come into our yard and three or
four birds of the same species will sit on the gutter and put up quite a racket. I am not sure if they are saying ’get outta
here’ or warning others of ‘cat approaching’. The cat ignores them. Either way
they consistently do this when the cat comes over the fence into our yard.
I left with Ron and went to the hotel where we stayed when
we arrived. I had befriended the housekeeper who cleaned our room, Vijay. One
day he told me how he had a terrible problem with acne and I told him there was
medicine to treat it. Long story short, we got the medicine with the help of
Vijay’s supervisor, Vinod. Vijay called me last night to say it was working so
today I went by to say hello and say how happy I was for him. It was a brief
visit and I reminded him we would pay for more medicine if he needed more. I
came back to the house and waited for workmen to come and for a delivery from
Amazon. Not much happening today. Our friend, Kaninik, who helped us get set up
with our new wireless printer/scanner/copier and who set us up with an internet
provider mentioned that is you need any workmen to come to the house, they will
think nothing of coming at 8:00 p.m. but they will assume you are deranged if
you ask them to come at 9:00 a.m. Too funny.
Late in the day, my neighbor Kamla came over and asked me to
come for a visit. She has been so kind and generous towards us. She showed me
her lovely home. She loves to cook and it is evident. She has three
refrigerators, and two kitchens. She took out one bathroom next to the kitchen
and converted it to a fabulous pantry. Because Amdavad is so dry they buy a
year’s supply of some dry goods such as wheat and spices. She grinds her wheat daily. Her pantry was
orderly with scads of plastic containers filled with every manner of dried
beans, lentils and who knows what else. I was impressed. I have been quizzing
her about food safety and how she treat various veggies to avoid any stomach
issues. She couldn’t believe that I didn’t have a pressure cooker so I
confessed that I had never used one!
April 29
I walked up to the society office to get the registration
form and approved plastic bags for kitchen scraps and plastic drum that we use
to put our garbage in for daily pick up. Sankar came back to work today and had
a lot to do since the house had not been cleaned since Monday. He showed me the dust pan and
how full it was. It does get dirty here. He also had a lot of laundry to do
today. It doesn’t take long to dry on the line in this weather! I am cooling
off the ironing room as that is next on my to do list for today. It is another
day to stay home waiting on possible deliveries. So far (3:15) no deliveries
but they usually show up around 5:00. I am still waiting for the fry pan to
show up. Today I sautéed some eggplant in a saucepan and it took forever doing
it in small batches. Oy!
I gave Sankar the night off as we are going to an art show
at CEPT. I will meet Ron there after work.
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