Jag fångade en “räv”idag men räven slank ur näven….I “caught” a jackal today….
Posted on November 29, 2016
I “caught” my first jackal today ! Meaning I actually got a picture of the jackal.Well, I spotted it for maybe a whole 15 seconds and then it was gone. I couldn’t get it to pose for me so here comes some action pictures…
Christmas creativity
Posted on November 28, 2016
after making the gingerbread cookies yesterday I was really in the Christmas mood and all of a sudden I found myself making a gingerbread house…wow, I haven’t done one in so many years ( when the kids where tiny tots we usually did)…. it was so much fun..so much that I even did a little Christmas tree, some melted snowmen and a snow lantern of the icing !
now I just have to find a good spot for it…hmmm, I wonder ???
How to get some Christmas feeling in India
Posted on November 27, 2016
living abroad and in a country where daytime it’s still above 30 degrees celsius means you have to find out how to get some Christmas feeling …since today it’s the first Sunday in advent I decided to make gingerbread cookies..that means making the dough from scratch !!!…here are no stores where you can go and pick up some ready -made gingerbread dough like at home home…living in another country also means that you will not find all the ingredients you are used to so some have to be replaced with similar ones…hmmm I’m not sure what these will taste like but it sure smells good and kind of gingersnappy….
I put on some Christmas music and some Christmas lights …if I could make my post into a smelly one I would
some Swedish glögg (mulled wine) has found it’s way all the way to India ! and remember my easy-to-make stars?
if anyone is interested in the recipe please let me know and I’ll post it but I do have to taste them first…will let you know if they are edible and eatable
Everybody needs a hero
Posted on November 23, 2016
or ?
Indias no 1 bike, the Hero
by the way
Have you heard about “Hari – a Hero for Hire” ? It’s a book written by the Swedish author Zac O’Yeah who since many years resides in India. After meeting him we just had to get some of his books and see what it was all about. Easy reading and quite entertaining since we can relate to Indian ways.
A big foot from Bigfoot ?
Posted on November 22, 2016
is it Bigfoots big foot ?
nope, it’s an enormous foot belonging to the statue of the God Hanuman along the road to Faridabad
it’s just huge, about 20-25 meters high and done really well. If you are in the area and driving by you will see it from far away.
Faces of India
Posted on November 19, 2016
actually faces of Jaipur , people I met during my walk in the not -so -famous alleys of Jaipur
so many places where they made marble work..marble cutters making everything from small pieces to enormous ones…by hand using different tools
first time I visited a sticker cutting factory filled with hundreds of “shape cutters”…I asked if this was the only one around and to my surprise the owner said “oh, no mam, I think here’s around a hundred places like this in Jaipur” !
making and mending all day long
chai time…
marble cutters having their chai
a finished big heavy piece of marble being delivered to someone
so many curious faces peaking out of windows to get a glimpse of me and my camera
and some so not wanting to be captured but so curious of this strange looking lady
Through the alleys of Jaipur, Rajasthan, India
Posted on November 18, 2016
the other day I walked some of the “off the beaten track” alleys of Jaipur…filled with “old” havelis and beautiful architecture…”old” meaning it sure looks old and worn down but in reality it might not be so old ….as in many places around India you have to look beyond the dirt and the smells to see the beauty…
An elephant with an itching foot
Posted on November 14, 2016
the trunk seems to be good for many things
a foot does wonders to
close encounters in the amazing category
Hanuman langurs just hanging
Posted on November 12, 2016
around, chilling in the trees
how many langurs can hang in one tree ?
a visit to the hanuman langur temple is always fun….I think this is the closest I will get to these animals without being part of the pack…
seems they can sleep in any position possible…
zzzzzzzzz
this one just chilled out the whole time…looking left and right…nothing more, nothing less…
the small ones on the other hand are not still for one second….trying everything, testing everything…
smallest baby langur ever….
ooops, we did see a baby owl hanging out also…
a mothers warm embrace keeps you safe
amazing animal encounters
Tiny dragons and damsels with wings
Posted on November 8, 2016
beautiful tiny creatures that seem to love to play around the waterlilies
look at those wings..
they do come in all colours and they almost have a 360 degree vision
(I shot these beauties at our resort in Goa, India)
Susanna Rosen Photography 