A walk in the morning is...

... a morning walk, innit!

 

Two photos

 It has been difficult to go out and about since I have come back - I carry the camera in my bag, but worry about photographing in the streets. It also feels strange to go to the Durbar Square or other architectural spaces to take photos - because I want to make pictures, not architectural photos. So, a photo of a vase of fake flowers, and the real sky. 

I also need to get back to writing! And translating!

Bye bye, Markhu!

Nothing as annoying as not finding one's own writing interesting. So I have come back to Sanepa from Markhu. 6000 or intended 20000 words done, though. I was waiting to get over the 10k hump - the next milestone is usually at the 16k mark, after which the characters and events want to race to 20k. But, looks like it will be a few more days before I get over the hump. I have no choice but to set the novel aside in March, though - must race to finish Bhesh Bahadur Thapa's book. 

Here are some photos:

Tree near Chitlang, overexposed and out of focus, just like the house below. But I like them.

This reminded me of the four pigeons on a line, which has been my profile photo since around 2008, I think :)

Picnic-going public.

Picnic being set up. Dipak and I were wondering if this is a school thing. It seems it is a student union thing - Nepali Congress affiliated NeBiSangh was ferrying multiple busloads of people to Markhu.

Across the lake.

Blue-shifted, lake, boats. 

Something fascinating about the new road, line of alders and hill of pines. 

I tried to photograph a tree of laliguras, but the other photos were all so generic and no fun. This overexposed one finally let the red of the rhoddies pop. 

 

learning to play with white balance

This boy is a stray, and not vaccinated, so can't let him play. But he makes a good subject for photography.

A simal not yet in bloom.

Sajjan Raj Vaidya

 

 I have come to Markhu, above the Kulekhani reservoir, to finish the novel I have been working on since September. It doesn't look like the novel will get published - it doesn't have enough in it, and I don't want to make it plotty. So, maybe, someday, I will put it all here. 

Some photos from the road (blockage):

Kulekhani.

Men pondering development.

This one digs into hills.

And Mr. Dong who didn't mind the long, punishing drive.

I haven't asked the dog its name yet. There is also a mastiff, so fluffy and big.

Some photos