Things becoming smaller…………………..

We lived in a remote rural area long time ago, when we were small. When I recall those times a greenish area with some houses scattered here and there comes into my mind. Unlike these days our lives were simple and calm with fewer expectations.

With my brothers and friends I roamed freely across the abandoned gardens and fields. There was a round pretty looking rock in a corner of a field which was the centre of our programs. Long grass and few shrubs covered the lower half of the rock. A stream floated silently close to the rock. Although it is about 2m in height as we were small we had to climb it with difficulty and we helped each other to climb. We felt really adventurous after climbing it and we waited hours and hours watching the farmers working in the fields and chatting with each other. And threw stones into the stream to frighten the small fish. Some times we saw a water snake which moved rapidly across the water.

With time our gang dissolved and went out of the village in pursuing our own paths.

Recently I went to the village back and walked along the same paths which we used to wonder. I was surprised by seeing the rock again.

? Is this the same rock that stood silently bearing our mischievous activities. Now I saw it as a small rock covered with grass and dried leaves. It has not become small. I have grown up. Smile came into my face by thinking how huge it was for us at that time.The stream was dried and there were no fish. However  it reminded me the past – the time which we saw it as the highest mountain of the area.

But still I could feel the warmth of true friendship and the happiness of small hearts we had at that time.

 

sundews- childhood memories

Drosera- (commonly known as – sundews) is a small plant more like a flower attached to the soil. It is a carnivorous plant and you can see one or two insects struggling for their lives or dead ones buried half in sticky secretions of its leaves. It can be seen in various colors ranging from light green to shades of red. It has thin spoon like leaves round in the edge.

It was a wonder when I was a kid. We had few plants in our front garden. Actually I didn’t know about it at that time. First I thought it was a nice plant. So I decided to plant some in a pot. But it didn’t grow well in the pot but it helped me to make the great discovery. I think you can understand what an enjoyment and an adventurous feeling it gave to me as soon as I understood this small plant could catch insects.

I was initially afraid of it because I had a sudden feeling that this would grow bigger and bigger and engulf us. So I observed it day by day.

I was in a hurry to tell this to my school mates.

When my school mates visited my house I showed the plants to them proudly. They were too curious about those. I still can remember their faces.

We were kids then. No responsibilities, no worries – light as feathers which float around. When I think about the past – about my childhood, memories wrapped around those small plants comes to my mind. I can remember how we went on searching for them in our garden and still our shouts echoes in my ears. We felt our garden as so big those days.

( from wikipedia)

Things have changed a lot. When I go home (after a long time) I walk in the garden- now filled with different types of flowers. I know there are no sundews remaining. But in my mind I hear the cheerful sounds of a group of kids and see their steps in the sand.

I think about life. How the things which bring happiness change with age and with time.

 

Plam readers

Have you ever given your hand to a palm reader?

Though you don’t have any faith it is fascinating to listen to them and to observe them. She takes your hand with hers and looks sharply at the lines (Heart line, Life line etc.) bumps and mounts of the palm and the shapes they make in your palm. While focusing her eyes on your palm she mutters

‘You will live for 90 years and will have four kids.’

You become more and more curious and the same time get a feeling that she might be lying.

Yeah, sometimes they say unbelievable things and things which sound so unreal. They are experts in making judgments about people mostly from their outer appearance. Any way I don’t have a sound knowledge or experience to make comments about their predictions. But when all things go wrong and when I can’t even think of any solution ( I have faced so many such instances) this temptation comes to me- to give my hand to a fortune teller and to listen her. Eagerly I listen to her hoping she will tell something about my problem. I know there are much much more sophisticated ways of getting predictions, but when someone says it by looking at my palm it is different. When we are faced with a trouble beyond our control we tend to try everything to overcome it. When I am no where and in tears this is a soothing way to beat my moods. I really enjoy it even they say terrible lies as I am unemployed, have children etc.

 

My blog

This blog will be a random collection of my thoughts, moods, experiences and incidents of my life. I really have no experience in writing (creating actually) a blog. As I feel it is so interesting to be a  owner of a blog. I do not know whether I can write this daily, but I will write whenever possible. And I think this is the best time to organize my life – which has become such a mess and disorganized.