My Garden And some Child hood  Days 12/12/2017

A garden full of colours with exotic flowers pansy carnation hollyhocks sweet peas nasturtiums poppy jasmine tuberose gardenias lily roses gerberas n many more varieties a winter n summer garden was a of riot of colours to the eye n the awesome fragrances of to the nose A cactus which grew to the height of a small coconut tree with its exotic thorny flowers No camera to capture the beauty but it is all captured in the minds camera forever Also learnt grafting roses from my dad n was amazed at the result Never ever thought of plucking these blooms which bloom for only 24hrs some a few days unlike the orchids that bloom for a few months Never plucked flowers except to collect the seeds to distribute n spread the riot of colours the butterflies that came for the blooms r also memorable I am glad that I still like to see the beauty of Gods creation though I have only some colourful Hibiscus n some wild flowers adding colour whose names I do not know I am glad that I do not belong to the thought that Flowers bloom only to be plucked!!

My childhood was amazing with the simple pleasures of life which  i realise now. Simple things like cycling early  every morning during the  school summer holidays  to the Sangam [ I lived in Allahabad ] Having a quick dip in the Ganges river playing around a lil bit  and cycling back with wet clothes & flowing hair flying in the air  and a joyous heart filled  with overflowing happiness was the way By the time I reached home my clother were wet & hair all dried up  i started my day with my sister n brother in tow Looking back i thing what a way to start the day with the simple pleasure & also exercise At that time it was pure joy and exhilaration  At that age exercise and  dieting  to keep fit never ever crossed our mind -unlike mind  Our activities took care of that without realising it.
this is one activity which stands out in nmy memory I hope my sister & brother will recall this memory if they read this
Also now i am told that having a dip at the sangam once washes away all our sins. I have lost count how many dips i have had --may be enough to wash away sins not of this lifetime but multiples of the seven births we are supposed to have! !!! 

 The school was from 10 Am to 4 PM   Moening time was spent in a little mbit of studies  some little house work to help my mother either sweeping or mopping shared with my sister bath and lunch and off to school on nthe cycle with took about 30 minutes to reach  I used to love school I think more because of meeting friends Back home by 4.30 pm Have a quick tea n eats which mother used to keep ready Then again back to the sangeeth samity  again on the cycle where i learnt Sitar N Bharatanatyam I have a diploma for the dance  for two years junior diplma  equivalent to the12th standard  degree & 4 years  of 
Sitar senior diploma equivalent to  BA degree [ I had to discontinue this as i left to study Medical degree in Ludhiana ] I was back home by about 7PM then back to homework studies dinner & then a little bit more of studied till sleep overcame 
this continued till i left Allahabad my home time to join  Medical college  to become a Doctor which was my ambition from the time i was 5 years this I thing rang the bell for the end of my joyful
 care free  child hood 
 I remember the awsome HOLI celebrated with buckets of different colours at all my  and friend houses  with  the pitchkary Oh what wonderful times  we has soecial coloured stained dress for each Holi which we saved & wore for the next Holy  Thus we did not spoil our clothes every year but recycled them!!
what a child hood it was 

I would give anything to go back again ButI am happy that my memory is so crystal clear that I can go back down memory lane anytime