TEA TIME!

Tea that helps our head and heart.
Tea medicates most every part.
Tea rejuvenates the very old.
Tea warms the hands of those who're cold.

- J. Jonker, Amsterdam, circa 1670

Choosing the right path!

"I believe that we are solely responsible for our choices, and we have to accept the consequences of every deed, word, and thought throughout our lifetime, " - Elizabeth Kubler-Ross

SOUL FOOD HAWKED ON A DELHI STREET!

“When people wore hats and gloves, nobody would dream of eating on the street. Then white golves went out of style and, suddenly, eating just about anything in the street became OK."

Jane Addison,quoted in the ‘Great Food Almanac’ by Irena Chalmers

CONQUERED BY THE CHINESE!

"Born to the earth are three kinds of creatures. Some are winged and fly. Some are furred and run. Still others stretch their mouths and talk.  All must eat and drink to survive." - Lu Yu, Ancient Chinese Philosopher

There's a story to tell!

"If you think your dog can't count, let him watch you put 3 milkbones in your pocket, then give him 2 of them." - from Dogster.com

FINE THINGS IN LIFE!

"So that the old joy, modest as cake, as wine and friendship Will stay with us at the last, backed by the night Whose ruse gave it our final meaning"
- John Ashbery

The Naughty Scoundrel - our very own Mickey Mouse!

"I only hope that we don't lose sight of one thing - that it was all started by a mouse, " - Walt Disney

ON A SHEPHERDED PATH!

“When the stars threw down their spears, / And watered heaven with their tears, / Did he smile his work to see? / Did he who made the Lamb make thee?” - William Blake

Togetherness against all odds!

"We must learn to live together as brothers or perish together as fools, " - Martin Luther King, Jr.

SWEEPING OUR CONSCIENCE CLEAN!

“Rest not. Life is sweeping by; go and dare before you die. Something mighty and sublime, leave behind to conquer time.” - Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

A LOT CAN HAPPEN OVER A CUPPA OF COFFEE!

The morning cup of coffee has an exhilaration about it which the cheering influence of the afternoon or evening cup of tea cannot be expected to reproduce.  ~ Oliver Wendell Holmes, Sr., "Over the Teacups," 1891

A PRINCELY PLATTER!

"The only time to eat diet food is while you're waiting for the steak to cook,"

 - Julia Child

CURIOSITY!

“The important thing is not to stop questioning. Curiosity has its own reason for existing. One cannot help but be in awe when he contemplates the mysteries of eternity, of life, of the marvelous structure of reality. It is enough if one tries merely to comprehend a little of this mystery every day. Never lose a holy curiosity.”

- Albert Einstein

A bite off my Bagel!

A bagel is a doughnut with the sin removed.  ~George Rosenbaum

Rustling under the weight of a thoughtless step!

"And the leaves that are green turn to brown

And they wither with the wind

And they crumble in your hand"

Paul Simon

Flowers on my walking path! - 2

When you have only two pennies left in the world, buy a loaf of bread with one, and a lily with the other. ~Chinese Proverb

Flowers on my walking path! - 1

I will be the gladdest thing

Under the sun!

I will touch a hundred flowers

And not pick one.

~Edna St. Vincent Millay, "Afternoon on a Hill"

The Pie perishes!

“To a foreigner a Yankee is an American. To an American a Yankee is a Northerner. To a Northerner a Yankee is a New Englander. To a New Englander a Yankee is a Vermonter. To a Vermonter a Yankee is a person who eats apple pie for breakfast.” - (Traditional saying) Michael Owen Jones - Journal of American Folklore (Spring 2007) 

A telling vestige on an almost empty plate!

 

"The most remarkable thing about my mother is that for thirty years she served the family nothing but leftovers. The original meal has never been found," - Calvin Trillin

Indian Masala Chai, anyone?

If you are cold, tea will warm you.  If you are too heated, it will cool you.  If you are depressed, it will cheer you.  If you are excited, it will calm you.  ~Gladstone, 1865

A charming Chaiwali by a busy roadside!

There is no trouble so great or grave that cannot be much diminished by a nice cup of tea.  ~Bernard-Paul Heroux

Taking flight!

"You cannot prevent the birds of sorrow from flying over your head, but you can prevent them from building nests in your hair," - a Chinese proverb

The Cup that cheers!

Strange how a teapot can represent at the same time the comforts of solitude and the pleasures of company.  ~Author Unknown

Sweet Sangria, Ah!!!

"Wine is sure proof that God loves us and wants us to be happy."

- Benjamin Franklin

Something to crow about!

“Where the vast cloudless sky was broken by one crow I sat upon a hill - all alone - long ago; But I never felt so lonely and so out of God's way, As here, where I brush elbows with a thousand every day”- Harry Kemp

These shoes are meant for walking - Part 2

“Now I’m not looking for absolution
Forgiveness for the things I do
But before you come to any conclusions
Try walking in my shoes
Try walking in my shoes” - Depeche Mode

These shoes are meant for walking - Part 1

"These boots are made for walking, and that's just what they'll do
one of these days these boots are gonna walk all over you" - Nancy Sinatra

Peacock in my Garden - a pretty, pleasing sight!

"The pride of the peacock is the glory of God," - William Blake

When Burger is King!

“The journey of a thousand pounds begins with a single burger.” - Chris O'Brien

Magic of the Moon!

"Aim for the moon. If you miss, you may hit a star."

- W. Clement Stone

Salad days!

"Hunger makes you restless. You dream about food - not just any food, but perfect food, the best food, magical meals, famous and awe-inspiring, the one piece of meat, the exact taste of buttery corn, tomatoes so ripe they split and sweeten the air, beans so crisp they snap between the teeth, gravy like mother’s milk singing to your bloodstream." - Dorothy Allison, Bastard Out of Carolina

Brown Sugar, Indian style - 3

“What happens to a dream deferred? Does it dry up - like a raisin in the sun? Or fester like a sore - And then run? Does it stink like rotten meat? Or crust and sugar over - like a syrupy sweet? Maybe it just sags - like a heavy lead” Langston Hughes

Brown Sugar, Indian style - 2

“These high wild hills and rough uneven ways
Draw out our miles and make them wearisome;
But yet your fair discourse hath been as sugar,
Making the hard way sweet and delectable.” William Shakespeare

Brown Sugar, Indian style - 1

"Affluence separates people. Poverty knits 'em together. You got some sugar and I don't; I borrow some of yours. Next month you might not have any flour; well, I'll give you some of mine. "

- Ray Charles

Chic Chocolate - Mussoorie - 3

"There's a useful four letter word - and you are full of it," - Bond to Scaramanga. (The Man With The Golden Gun)

Chic Chocolate - Mussoorie - 2

T.E. Lawrence: The best of them won't come for money; they'll come for me.(from the motion picture - Lawrence of Arabia, 1962)

Chic Chocolate - Mussoorie - 1

"Dream as if you'll live forever. Live as if you'll die today. "

- James Dean

An evening in the Hills! - Part 2

"Dusk is just an illusion because the sun is either above the horizon or below it. And that means that day and night are linked in a way that few things are there cannot be one without the other yet they cannot exist at the same time. How would it feel I remember wondering to be always together yet forever apart?"

— Nicholas Sparks (The Notebook)

An evening in the Hills!

"There is only one day left, always starting over: it is given to us at dawn and taken away from us at dusk, "

 - Jean-Paul Sartre

Life's questions - many left unanswered!

"Oh the saddest of sights in a world of sin
Is the little lost pup with his tail tucked in," - Arthur Guiterman

South Indian Platter of Dal Vadas, Rasam and Coconut chutney!

"You don't have to cook fancy or complicated masterpieces - just good food from fresh ingredients," - Julia Child

A mountain view!

“I am here for a purpose and that purpose is to grow into a mountain, not to shrink to a grain of sand. Henceforth will I apply ALL my efforts to become the highest mountain of all and I will strain my potential until it cries for mercy.” Og Mandino

Girl & her new found friend!

"Dogs are not our whole life, but they make our lives whole."

- Roger Caras

Mussoorie, the Queen of Hills!

“May brooks and trees and singing hills join in the chorus too, and every gentle wind that blows send happiness to you.”

An Irish Blessing

Business Basics - starting early!

You are worried about seeing him spend his early years in doing nothing.  What!  Is it nothing to be happy?  Nothing to skip, play, and run around all day long?  Never in his life will he be so busy again.  ~Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Emile, 1762

My Passion for Pathways!

"Two roads diverged in a wood, and I--
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference, " Robert Frost