What's its name?

On the way back from temple, we saw these flowers. Violet is one of my favorite colors and may be that's why I could not go ahead without taking a photo of this beauty!

I do not know the name of this flower... Does this belong to lily family or daisy family? I wish there was way to search the internet based on a picture!

An encounter with emergency

On the way to office, we see lot of police cars blinking their blue, red and yellow lights. We wonder what it is. Far away, we see a giant fountain of water!

We move ahead... The two lane is merged to one...

We drive through the slush... There is so much water on the road...

Probably a water pipe is broken... But the gushing water is higher than the electric wires strung across the poles...

Water coming out with so much force!

But by the time we return from office, everything is gone... And if we did not see in the morning, we would not believe such a thing happened. The road was dry and clean!

Strippy Spools contd..

As I said in my earlier post, I cannot get my eyes off this wall hanging... 

A more clear view of the strippy block...

Ain't it beautiful? :)

Strippy Spools

As part of Craftsy Block of the Month 2013 with Laura Nownes, I learnt to make Spool block using fabric strips. 

I loved the block so much that I made more blocks and joined them to make a 25" X 25" wall hanging!

I love the color combinations. I used fabric quarters only and then some unused fabric for binding and backing.

I hope to try out the other blocks learnt in the craftsy class soon.

But for now I can't seem to take my eyes off this wall hanging!

For now, click below to head over to craftsy site and give my project some love :)

Source: Strippy Spools Wall Hanging via Arathi on Craftsy

Appa in IIT

First things first... I am so proud to say my father gave a lecture in IIT Mumbai on rural community development.

I have not spoken much about my father or his contribution to rural development in Andhra Pradesh... But today is the day!

My father started working for an NGO (Non-government Organization) called ARTIC since 1980. Ever since then he has been working on the betterment of people in villages in Srikakulam Dist. He lives in a small village called Kotturu in Srikakulam Dist, A.P. near to tribal villages. He has spent his entire life trying to improve the living conditions of people like providing basic necessities such as water, sanitation, health, education, micro-financing etc. He gets funding from government or from other bigger NGOs.

More on his projects later... 

Let me now bask a little in his glory! :)

Here is the link to his presentation.

Gladiators

Relief work from Yale University Art Gallery, New Haven

Mushrooms in the Wild

Found on a trail in Southford Falls, CT during last fall

Thoranam

Using Sizzix : Sizzlits Die Set 3PK - PAISLEY SET, I tried to make a thoranam(threshold hanging) for our kitchen threshold.

Used two different shades of paper. Pasted one pattern on the other to get each leaf. 

This was for the Vinayaka Chaturti. Happy Vinayaka Chaturti!