Burlap winded recycled pots

 

my caladiums I love caladiums they live dormant life in winter later on spruce-up

i love kelis too 

aren't they are  looking as welcoming you to come in 

Happy recycling!

Rag rug rebloged from my another blog

 

Make use of rags in your house

Chunnies, duppatas, and saris can be transfered to beautiful coasters

Here is the method to follow:

closer view.... braid is stitched flat ways

all are same to made....protecting table-top

they absorb unnecessary voice made by the speaker's tune with table top

Cut the chunnies/duppataas/saris (the older ones) into strips about 15 cm. ( 6" ) wide. There is no need to hide raw edges of chunni material. Take three stripes of different colours of chunnies as plait them together closely and evenly, just as hair is plaited. As soon as 1 ft. or more of the plaiting is finished, the sewing together is begun. A rug as is here illustrated in Figure-I is made by stitching the plaits together round and round until they form an oval. The plaits may either sewn flat or edgeways, whichever is preferred. The sewing is done with strong, waxed threads .

When making an oval rug, begin with an long shaped centre, and wound the braid round and round across the c e n t r e, edge to edge, and needle passed through and through in close, invisible stitches. A little practice is required to make the braid lie flat. If too tightly wound it will buckle, but it must not be too loosely done, or the work will look rough.

A dark centre usually looks well with outer rings of light and dark alternately. As the end of each strip of chunni is reached, sandwich the new stripe in between the previous strip about two inches above the end point of the edge. It is just as well if the strips are uneven in length, as then the joins will not come all in one place ; but this, of course, must happen when introducing a fresh colour, and then the join must be neat. When the coaster is large enough, turn in the raw edges at the end of the plait and sew them firmly to the adjoining plaited edge.

This is the easer way to protect your table tops from heat or cold and the unwanted spots too!

Have fun!

High Wind and Power Outages

This morning the power went out at 7:30, our 4th power outage in almost as many days.  Our area is well-known for it's  Loo is a strong, dusty, gusty, hot and dry summer wind from the west which blows over the western Indo-Gangetic Plain region of North India and Pakistan. It is especially strong in the months of May and June. Due to its very high temperatures (45 °C–50 °C or 115 °F–120 °F), exposure to it often leads to fatal heatstrokes.

Since it causes extremely low humidity and high temperatures, the Loo also has a severe drying effect on vegetation leading to widespread browning in the areas affected by it during the months of May and June.

  It's been howling like a banshee for weeks now.  It sounds like a jet engine going right over your head.  SO.. yesterday for the 3rd morning we had no power.. my son got  the generator going and the power cord to keep the TV or computer going.  But what to do with no AC ?  Well.. I suggested my daughter to work on her computer .

I kept busy crocheting my granddaughter's  hat, cool khesi  on my lap, my grand daughter's cuddy  there too.  

Thank goodness for light  during power outages.

Each year I hang a new wreath on the entrance door.   this wreath is made up using selvedged wood buttons.  

Decoration with cotton

 

 

I wonder if people who do not live in the irrigated area really tired of everyone who does live in the arid areas/rain fed area/desert with shifting sand dunes….talking about the Bhiwani district (not now…when I was a kid, I become nostalgic writing this post?)

I have traveled all over India being the air force brat, and I know without a doubt there are truly beautiful areas which rival my beloved Bhiwani district.

But, I am deep down a Haryanvi bagri.  Born in Pune Maharashtra and Bred in All over India.

Right in the heart of arid-area (dadu’s house) .  And irrigated Cotton growing area(nanu’s house).

You see, Bagris have  Bajra.  Khadaris  have wheat. All Haryanvi  have milk.

But, now here in the Bhiwani Distruct  – we too  have Cotton now a days .

Yes, yes, I think we all know what the major use of cotton is?  Don’t we?

I wonder if they get tired of us talking about our Bhiwani farmhouses and our Bhiwani porches.
We have it. Previously all people at nanu’s house used to tease us saying BAGRI with Bajra.

Now our fields got irrigation through canals and lift irrigation,we used to grow cotton, wheat, sugarcane, vegetables all that grow in KHadar area

NOW WE GROW COTTON and   We decorate with it, of course.  :)

 

We decorate with it, of course: We stick long stems in pretty willow and glass vases and add no need of water.ok!.

Then, we place it on our coffee tables in our Living Rooms….

and add…Petty pillows Hand made by me  with a pleasant surrounded area.

 

 then I change the place of cotton filled vase in the corner! How cute!

 At night the small light twinkles on the white cotton  and the cotton changes its colours as well!

 Cotton stick in another recycled vase placed with some utility articles!!!

 Cotton….

xoxox

||DESI KHODIYA||हरियाणवी खोडिया||HARIYANVI CULTURE||

हरियाणा में यदि घर में लड़के की शादी हो तो बारात चढ़ने के बाद घर में सिर्फ औरतें ही रह जाती थी. घर के आदमी व लड़के सभी बारात में चले जाते थे आज की तरह औरतें पहले बरात में नहीं जाती थी. अतः रात में खाना खाने के बाद परिवार व् अड़ोस-पड़ोस की सभी औरतें मिल कर रात भर गाती बजाती थी. वे एक खेल करती थी जिसे कहीं खोड़िया तो कहीं बोकड़ा और कहीं टुण्डलिया कहा जाता है. यह परंपराज़ आज भी कायम है. रात में खिचड़ी बनती है और सब औरतें रात को घी-खिचड़ी खाती हैं. खोड़िया में एक औरत या लड़की घड़े में बोलती है ... ऐ री माँ मेरा ब्याह कर दे  नहीं तो .... ( किसी लड़के/आदमी का नाम लेती  हैं) ले कीं  नैं भाज जां गा ..............

xoxo

New flower wall hanging

 

 i crocheted this wall hanging fallowing attic 4's pattern
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Olden day findes, Heavy weight plastic bag crocheted scrubby

crochet table cloth

scrubby

Heavy weight plastic bag crocheted scrubby

Happy Day!!!

My Jatropa blooms

 Could it be spring??

I love spring! Our pinwheels,keli

and little jatropa flowers are blooming and the weather is finally warming up. The only thing I don't like is stupid Daylight Savings Time.

i love jatropa blooms in little injection bottle my alla.

Mini flower arrangement 

No apologies

The traditional pink butter (tindi) of Haryana,

I love to make pink butter like my

 grandmother and my Mom used to make,even though it takes soooo much time, makes a mess, and seems expensive!

close-up of pink lassi 

a big mug-full of pink lassi/buttermilk..

Electric churner ...churning lots of curd/yoghart

Usually I use my electrical churner. But I tried it in real traditional way...

Pink lassi

In case you want to try it out...then 

precede as fallows...

Start with the milk to simmer on low

 fire for at least two hours, or till the

 milk start to change its colour in light

 pink. Then keep it aside to cool.. Make

 curd/yoghurt from boiled milk, which 

has been cooled to hand warm

 temperature, then set to make 

curd. Add 1 Tbsp. Culture to a liter of

 warm milk, stir and leave to stand in a 

warm or until curd/yoghurt is set ( if 

you set your curd in clay/Terra-cota 

pot 

regularly then ..need not to add any culture). After 5 hours start with the curd at room temperature and beat it on the highest speed with your hand or with stand mixer/churner. It will go through the whipped stage and start to clump after that, getting pinkish all the while. You will begin to think it looks like butter before it is butter.

…Don’t give it up!

…keep beating, periodically scrapping

 down the sides of the bowl with a

 wooden spatula. Then, fairly suddenly,

 the buttermilk will “fall” out.

The pinkish butter...........i love it. It taste divine toooo make it and enjoy with chapattis/bread/khichri/biryani/pulav

Bone apatite!