We’ve had a huge monsoon this year, which has been welcome, as our garden is providing plentiful vegetables and the lush vegetation around our house looks beautiful. Because of the rain we’ve been focused on indoor activities – everything from special ceremonies to games and puzzles. Since we have been in mourning for Anjana, we have not had full celebrations …
After Monsoon at Ama Ghar
As our monsoon season is over, we can now weed out the sandbox and use our soccer field, which was a sea of mud for several months. We are preparing for the upcoming Holidays so there is a lot of activity: cleaning the house, weeding the garden and setting up our “briquet factory” to start making briquettes so we have …
A Monsoon Week at Ama Ghar
Life at Ama Ghar during the monsoon takes on a very special rhythm. It’s sunny and dry in the morning, so we do our chores, hang our laundry out to dry, and take walks in the incredibly lush foliage around the villages and Botanical Gardens at the end of our road. On weekdays, the kids go to school in …
Another Ama Ghar Recycling First!
The monsoon season has arrived, and with the rainy season comes the never-ending quest to keep our umbrellas in working order. No matter how hard we try, umbrellas just don’t last around here, and it seems like a waste to throw them away. So Uma had a brainstorm: the waterproof material for the umbrellas makes colorful dance skirts for the little …
Our Roof is as Good as New
For all of you who have been concerned, here’s the good news: the repairs to the roof of our Ama Ghar home are complete! We replaced the tile on the small roofs with metal. It looks nice and will be much more practical. The total cost was only $2,500 (labor and materials. With the help of the children, we managed …