Random Wednesday
I really like the idea, that a few people I know use, of Wednesday blog entries being about whatever sort of floats to the top of the idea pile. Or the picture pile. Now that may mean more if everything that seems to arise in my head when I sit down to write didn’t seem so random already, but at least it gives me a good excuse.
What I’m going to do is open my blog pictures file and post some images from around town. People, things, views, whatever seems randomly appropriate. I’ve got tons of shots of the interesting characters who spend the winter in this place or come for melas and festivals or to sell something, beg something, see someone. For people-watching, winter is by far the best time of year in Rewalsar.
People come to make prostrations around the holy lake
They carry their gods around town to visit and bestow a blessing
You never know what’s going to come to town
or what they’ll do - that’s Nyondo on the camel!
They come from far away: Bhutan
and newly out of Tibet
Down from remote Kinnour in groups
and from the high altitude deserts of Ladakh in trios
up from the Punjab
or from college in Dehi
Yesterday’s prettiest knitter popped out from behind a tree
Yesterday’s cutest kid in a hood and vest knit by grandma
And me, in my new hat, befuddling the Kinouris who whisper “where’s she from” among themselves when they see me. Actually, I know for a fact that a lot of them whisper WHAT is it? when they see me. I wonder that myself some days.
Phyllis Glanville wrote:
Hi, darlin’!
Thanks for the photos … and especially for the one of you! You look MAHvelous … lots of happy shining out of those eyes!
Big hug to you all!
Love,
Phyllis
Posted on 04-Feb-09 at 7:44 pm | Permalink
joan wrote:
Thank you for the photos they are most interesting. I look forward to your posting. Great inspiration for any fiber artist.
Posted on 04-Feb-09 at 8:31 pm | Permalink
Sylvia wrote:
Splendid hats! More, please! And are the camel’s bells loud or soft?
Thank you!
Posted on 04-Feb-09 at 11:21 pm | Permalink
Heidi Jill Price wrote:
Hi Joy! Just wanted to let you know that I’ve been enjoying your posts, and your colorful photos! Thanks for sharing with us!
Heidi
Posted on 05-Feb-09 at 9:12 am | Permalink
Freyalyn wrote:
Lovely to see such a happy photo of you at the end - and I LOVE Nyondo on the camel!
Snowing and grey here…. The colour and brightness shining out of your images is just what I need.
Love
F
Posted on 05-Feb-09 at 1:40 pm | Permalink
rho wrote:
I love your pictures - so many beautiful people - some in the way that could be on the cover of a magazine cover and some with such a beautiful soul that shines from their eyes and smiles and in the map that life has made on their faces - personally I don’t get the whole botox deal - I want my face to have that map that shows I had a LIFE - showing the joys in the crinkles around the eyes and the lips and some of the hardships in those lines between the eyes I just hope my crinkles around the eyes and lips outnumber the ones between my eyes when all is said and done
Posted on 07-Feb-09 at 10:28 am | Permalink
Janet wrote:
Your blog messages and pictures are so interesting. I especially liked the picture of the people from Bhutan - they looked so familiar. (I lived in Bhutan for 2 years 1985-87)
Janet
Posted on 15-Mar-09 at 8:38 pm | Permalink
thurab negi wrote:
hey hi madame..
this is awesome.hahaha.it suits on you nice.This is our traditional precious hat.In villages every old people and parents put on it as it gives a value and identification of the people for being kinnaura.You might know better than me but i just wanna say your pose with this traditional hat attracted me.i went throughout your pages..its fabulous.Nice photography.thats it.god bless you
thurab negi
Posted on 20-Mar-10 at 1:24 pm | Permalink