Anish Nadh’s Blog

 I went to Soundglitz to get some of my student’s guitars fixed! Khazana biryani was near by, so I indulged myself. It wasn’t perfect, like before. I think I got there as the biryani was finishing. The masala overpowered the flavor. It was too tangy for my taste. It was nice, but not the same taste. I was hungry I didn’t care, downed it in 5 minutes and drive back home. 

 Summer is here and the plants and animals need water right now. I also planted 2 avocado trees, a guava tree and a papaya tree. I’ve started watering the plants regularly on my backyard and the ones I planted by the wayside.  I also noticed white mealy bugs on the Taro stems. I wiped them out with some water. The mulberry is towering and I have to trim it soon. The soil and the weather is quite dry this year. 

Summer is here and I had my first taste of mango this year though a drink I ordered at Plan B. I don’t remember what it was called, I asked my mango mock-tail to be rimmed with salt and chili flakes!  As I write this blog, I have the fan on, cooling me, calming my skin. I’m too sleepy to write anything worth reading, So I will end the blog here. Ps. I think the mock-tail I had, had icecream in it. 

Andy got his hike so he wanted to treat us all! We chose Glen’s and ordered chicken burgers and a pizza. I liked the pizza very much but it had too much cheese. I’m pretty sure I’ll have a cholesterol spike. I also walked over 8000 steps. Now we are back on discord and the guys are playing COD. Tomorrow some of us will meet at plan B. 

 As suspected, the cows came within an hour, after the papaya was planted. They chewed on all the leaves but one. So, I went ahead and put a small barricade to protect it from the attack of the cows.   I also planted an avocado and a guava tree outside my house with the help of a BBMP staff. I also made sure they put a barricade to guard them from grazing animals. I’m also pouring water everyday to the pants. Hope they grow in a few years and start giving out fruits for everyone around. 

My neighbor’s plot is under litigation and is infested by the invasive Lantana plants. During summer this plant dries up and sprouts back again during monsoon. I jumped the wall cleared some of the dried lantana twigs and made a hole on the ground. I’ve seen some volunteer cherry tomatoes and decided to plant some more.  My trained musician hands wasn’t strong enough for the parched earth, it hurt. My exposed skin got cuts and nicks from the lantana thorns. The sun was pulling out the sweat on my temples, my head hurt! I was dehydrating.  Mom who saw this had another idea, to plant a papaya tree there. I had to did a pit “knee deep” now! The idea of planting papayas gave me the energy to dig again. I hurried with the cherry tomatoes, threw some into the small hole on the ground and covered it up. And found an abandoned cement block! The ground under the block was free. I could dig easily. The universe conspired to make my work easy! I dug the pit and mom passed me the papaya tree over

My old parents needs to move around a lot more. After retirement they are just sitting around a lot. This sedentary lifestyle is not good for them. My mom had a an an abdominal scan and is diagnosed with grade 1 fatty liver. She will need to lose her weight. My dad is diabetic and quite sedentary. Though I don’t have kids, my parents are my kids. I have to remind my mom constantly to take medicines. It’s time to push them to move a lot more.