Dear Reader,
Since our last post the TGs have been enjoying our wonderful workshops. Barbara is busy with her jewellery making & exploring shops selling wonderful stones & other jewellery - it must be reported that some purchases have been made!
Robyn & I have been busy sparkling our various surfaces & watching them emerge into sparkling masterpieces - wall plaques; broaches; rings; book ends & even a colourful mobile are in the process of being made. We are enjoying the workshop along with 8 other participants who have travelled from the UK & Spain. As ever Andrew Logan guides us & shares his wonderful artistic talent with great grace & patience. Andrew's trusty assistant is the beautiful Beatrice who is a dab hand at mixing resin - the essential ingredient in making our various pieces.
Robyn & I, along with Jacqueline another sparkling participant, braved the bazaars of the old city last night in search of essential items - the call went out for a tuk tuk to take us to the bustling Tripolia Bazaar where we purchased extra beads, wooden cutouts & many other delightful bits!
Today is a public holiday in Jaipur for the annual Kite Flying Festival & there are no workshops to enable us to view the kite flying from the roof top of an havelli (old hotel) in the old city. In recent days the locals have been out & about practicing their kite flying skills in preparation for today's festival. Many an abandoned kite can been seen caught in power lines & in tree tops; with some lying around the streets & being eaten by cows which freely roam the streets of the old city! Can't say I plan to add abandoned kites to my diet any time soon!!
Yesterday we enjoyed an early morning walk around the old city, just as the city was waking up for the day. The locals were rising for the day & getting about their business of opening small shops, and children were being taken to school by tuk tuk or rickshaw. We even had a short trip in a rickshaw - an interesting adventure!!
Well dear reader I must be off, as time needs to be spent cleaning my sparkling master pieces - a truly time consuming activity requiring much patience & attention to detail!
The TGs send their best wishes to our family & friends.
Nameste, Kate
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Sounds like all the TGs are enjoying. Shopping and purchasing is assumed and seems to be on track. Keep flying if not eating those kites on your return. BFB
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