a little wish

A wish
that you have a few ships to keep you from sinking
Even better if you learn swimming
A bottle of water that is stainless steel
Moon looking over to seed magic in wherever you go
A few seeds- reminders of possibilities
An umbrella for rainy days and a cane chinese hat for bright sunny ones
A cozy home for dreams to sprout in
and a kettle to keep love simmering
A sketchbook and a mango tree
Oh! a heart to learn
And a flowering jasmine..

Bicycle

Ambo and Gul would make a moon of their skipping rope and Gulabo would spend hours, just going up and down the crescent, on her little green bicycle. Wise Mishri loved the little valley too. She could be seen  wagging her tail with an air of abandonment, balancing her long, sausage-like body perfectly on the thin curve.

My entry for this week's Illustration Friday topic : Bicycle

Little blue

While walking one day, I saw a little piece of sky stuck on the bare branches of a tree. Were they friends, or had the tree fallen in love with the sky and asked for it to stay back, gently float in its arms. Or was it a tired, fatigued chunk, taking a little rest.. replenishing itself. Swinging in warm safety, nestled close to the tree. Whispering a tiny song.

Map

A map that I made of The Stop Global Roots garden. I will put a link to the website once it is up and running.

Bottled - 1

It had been a day of wild jumps, messy spills and crazy rumpus. There were many moments, when she was about to burst but then reminded herself to take a deep breath! But she could not keep her anger 'bottled' anymore when she saw all four of them on the roof- trying to catch the moon!

Second entry for Illustration Friday on the topic - 'bottled'

Bottled - 2

For days nothing had peeped out of the sky. It seemed that the sun was 'bottled' away somewhere, pickled and preserved - put on a shelf in a dark corner, of a gloomy room. And that someone had kept the moon under their pillow and forgotten it there. After much gloominess,whining and song singing- finally one late afternoon, sun punctured through a little hole in the sky. Flowers smiled and the children danced across them in a rainbow. Earth glowed like a blossoming mustard field!

I second entry for this week's Illustration Friday topic - bottled

Early one morning