Mangoes

The mangoes have arrived in Bangalore. I saw the first vendor yesterday, and another today. This guy had at least 4 varieties to sell. They're not all completely ripe, but they've arrived. It seems early this year, which I attribute to the early warm weather. I've also read that the crop is seriously smaller this year.

We've also been having some serious weather in the last week or so. It was truly coming down in buckets. It thought I might get a nice picture of everyone hiding from the downpour, but since it was getting late in the day, the flash went off and all I got was the reflection.

As you can see, there's a lot of it coming down. We had hail that day so much I had to terminate a phone call because neither of us could understand the other(I was in the car and it was LOUD).

I also spotted this in a goods carrier (delivery truck) on the way to work. I liked all his 'danglies'.

Home Sweet Home

We spent almost 2 weeks in California. It was hard to be home, knowing we would leave again soon. The house was available for us to use, but not furnished much-- Cindy had gotten a few items out of storage, but not much.

Best part was the garden being in bloom. The roses were just starting.



And the apple tree was really going strong.



The children had fun playing in the yard. The other fruit trees were already past blooming.

Fortunately the day of Smitty's funeral (the reason for our quick visit back) was beautiful and sunny. We were able to have everyone over for a get together in the yard after the event. It was good to see everyone, even if briefly, and now it's good to be back in Bangalore again.