Saturday, 25 February 2012

Pink - the Rani of 'em all this season!



Is it me blushing or is a lot of Pinks & Florals casting their spell this season! A lot of the blogs that I read have the color on their current posts here, and of course here, the color & prints seem to be hueing up my home in bits in pieces and today, one of the pages I look forward to in this morning's papers just splashed the pink in holi-is-here kind of abundance!
Off the net

Courtesy iDiva, Times of India, Mumbai. Hey don't miss the pretty Pink Stool


Lovely florals in pink hues on the Jaipur Bed cover & Cushions
and delicately etched floral bordering on the mirror

How pretty do these florals look on this tea set !

Image courtesy Shannon Darby's http://pinkwallpaper.blogspot.in
And Carpets, whether on the wall or for you to warm your feet on...

Courtesy Jessica Helgerson in Gray Magazine

My very own dash of Pink in my living room
Have a super Pink season, and as for me who took the Pink to be rather generic for most of my life, am quite falling over me over this new found love!!

Monday, 20 February 2012

Art imitates Life

I'm glad that we picked up this canvas from the local Nairobi market, a reminder, very often of our wonderful safari to the world of the Maasai tribes and of course, the wild that surrounds them in gracious abundance.
My striking memory of them, long legged, grouped together in bright clothing - overwhelmingly in red and some in blue/ black, striped & checkered cottons, magically contrasting the greens & browns of their milieu. They wear these textile or cotton sheets wrapped around the body, one over each shoulder, then a third over the top of them.
Look at all that jewellery! The Maasai women regularly weave and bead jewellery. This bead work plays an essential part in the ornamentation of their body. Apparently there are variations in the meaning of the color of the beads, some general meanings for a few colors are: white, peace; blue, water; red, warrior; blood, bravery.
Owing to contact with Europeans, great quantities of brightly colored European glass beads arrived in East Africa, and thereon, bead workers replaced the older beads with the new materials and began to use more elaborate color schemes. The result simply breathtaking!

Friday, 3 February 2012

Timeless...

Today was a perfect prelude to a weekend that promises to be lazy, today my 4-yr. old performed on stage for the very first time and how he performed!! Throats choked, hearts swelling, happy treads there on-  is how I describe the rest of the day.
So once home, when the remnant of the Mumbai winter-sun streamed into the very vibrant colors of our dining area, and onto the beautiful big roses that my Mom-in-law brought home yesterday, I just couldn't resist but pick up my camera and capture all that golden radiance of a timeless day.