The off-season has begun in earnest. We already had a couple of those unbearable pre-monsoon days. Have you ever experienced a heat so overwhelming and sticky, you liquefy on the spot? That's what I'm talking about - only worse! We escaped to the beach to find the clear blue sky turned milky white, yellow sand turned gray and the peaceful waters turned to stormy waves. Suddenly the jagged rocks became more noticeable and sinister looking. But the breeze was a lifesaver! the only place you can catch a breath in!
But the off-season is not all bad. With it comes the parade of the local fruits, which is not only delicious but also quite surprising. For example, I had no idea how cashews grow until we moved to Goa. Though I can't say much for the smell, they do look quite decorative!
In the meantime, and in the spirit of cottage life, I took up bread making. I always used to skip the recipes that stretched the process over two whole days, but recently I decided to try one and I got completely hooked! It's such fun. Plus, is there anything better than the smell of bread baking in early hours of the morning.?!
Well.. there is always the less appetizing though equally satisfying smell that concludes sometimes gruelling process of creation, that of the varnish drying on the recently completed project. Growing up around artists and then studying art myself, I have a great sentiment for all those chemical smells. If it wasn't downright kooky, I would have turpentine as an air freshener and oil paint as perfumes!
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