Thursday evening? Check! At the airport? Check. Here is the weird part. I am not flying. My daughter is. All those planes pulling away without me there… I feel deprived… like somebody took candy away from me. On second thoughts, it’s okay – I had too many of them last night anyways 🙂

Tasha is at a math competition. Sharmila and Niki are painting in the garage. Since I am good at neither math nor art, I just make expert comments 🙂 Kinda like the NFL replacement refs 🙂

Couple of hours of Bengali songs was interrupted by Nikita who walked into the music room wanting to try some Indian instrument. I showed her how to play the tabla, harmonium, an Indian flute and even the Cajones (admittedly not Indian but Cuban). She immediately settled for the harmonium. When I asked her how she chose what to try, she said that looked closest to a piano 🙂

Relaxing with Sharmila and Nikita. Some great friends -Chris and Holli are taking care of us. Lovely evening and some great Pinot Noir — with Holli Marie Lewis and 2 others at Azul Agave.

Splash time!!

Natasha and Nikita dance in the Festival of India program 2012

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IrKZCgp1KQ0

17 cans of paint painstakingly hardened. I feel now I can take a petty thief and convert him to a hardened criminal also 🙂

Family pool time. With very unconventional swimming gear!!!

4 years of engineering and it still took me 45 minutes to realize that the doggone capacitor is kaput. Good news – the more expensive motor is fine. All fixed. I am jumping back in the pool.