My family and our times: 04/01/2013

Monday, April 29, 2013

Wheat Starts Rolling into Markets

Wheet Crops Sale

The wheat crops arriving in Trollies swells the chest and proud of any farmer. This time reminds of my wheat crop rolling into Badbar Mandi (Grain Market). My Dad will encourage me to sit on the wheat grains in the tractor trolley while having a ride from my fields to Mandi a distance of two kilometers. It was a great fun, but the bigger fun was to have a ride on our bullock cart laden with cattle feed, raw & fresh vegetables along with agricultural tools. The cart will move even slower than a cycle giving us a chance to wish everybody on the way a sweat and loud greetings 'Sat Sri Akal'

What it used to be a couple of months in the Mandi, present scenario lasts for only couple of weeks. Besides facing scorching sun in the open, the nights are cooler but full of hoards of mosquitoes. This was also a time to meet our cousins and uncles who were there to supervise their produce and collect their inherited annual earnings.

I also recall one time in 1989 when, my younger brother-in-law Charanjeet who was visiting us from USA, also accompanied me to Badbar on such a occasion. But he could not stand the sun in the day and mosquito in the night together and we had to return to Delhi leaving my Dad to supervise the sales of the crop. I can not narrate the harsh words thrown on me by other wise cool wife Harvinder. I promised myself that never ever in my life would accompany them to Badbar. On the other hand, my older one Jagjeet still complains that I never gave a chance to visit Badbar.

Our small house has since been bulldozed, I intend to reconstruct a modern 1000 square ft house on the site

Sunday, April 28, 2013

Gobind Sends Me A First Letter on Spring Break 2013

Dear Dadaji,

MY SPRING TRIP TO MEXICO 2013
I went to the airport in San Francisco. It was 2:30!!!!!!!!!! Mom got us hot coco while we were waiting for our flight to come. I read on my kindle the whole time in the flight.

When we landed we ate at a resteraunt called Wolfgang Puck. I had a breakfast pizza with scrambled eggs, cheese and mmmmmmmm bacon.-------------was what I was when I tasted that yummy pizza. And for lunch I had Carls Junior.

When we got off, we spent a trillion minutes waiting for dad to get the rental car. On our first day we went to swim in the pool at our balcony. On the next two days we swam in the hotel pool.

When it was time to go we got cheated by the taxi people.The hotel people helped us get a taxi. Now we are on our way to Cancun

Gobind