Sunday, March 13, 2016

Il dolce far niente!





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I don’t know how but exactly in 1/2an hour we were out of her place and had already covered 10mts of distance. How Rahul managed to co-ordinate and manage food, transport, water etc was a puzzle! I envied many qualities in him and this was on top of the list. And yet no sign of tension or stress on his face. He was relaxed all through. He didn’t even boast of his ‘hard work’ nor did he explain ‘what all he had to do’ to make this trip possible! God how I hated his ability to underplay his efforts! I was with such thoughts when the resort came in sight. It was just 10.30am and we were already there. It wasn’t a fanciful one nor did we notice any crowd there. It seemed as if ours was the only group”. Good – the entire resort for ourselves”. I smiled as these thoughts settled in my psyche.







All of us settled under a huge peepul tree. We spread few sheets of papers and made ourselves comfortable. As we sat down we saw few squirrels jump around and up and down the trees. We hadn’t seen squirrels since long and seeing so many of them in their natural habitat and that too ‘with their dancing shoes on’ – well we all were delighted. We were lost in following their actions and antiques. Our laughter was ringing in the atmosphere or should I say swaying with the leaves and branches?

Rahul came with hot brewing tea and I needed just that. All said and done, he was excellent in arranging things. I should give him credit for that. We relished our tea with biscuits and it was so good with the not so cold breeze enveloping us as hot tea gave us much needed warmth. 




With the tea business over, some left to enjoy ‘the swings’. Many of us haven’t even seen one in recent years – especially in the lap of nature. The giggling and the laughter explained our state of being and the time we were having.



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