we'd gone up to kot on an overnight trip with kripa, who's home after two years. the skies were clear, the view wonderful, and a lot of time to sit together and chat... (the photos taken by me, kripa, priya, and even amar)
when we reached kot, the afternoon was already winding up. the lapsi tree in kedarji's land standing leafless but loaded with fruit...
the houses in the valley floor catching the golden light...
...kedarji's kitten makes herself comfy in the sun next to priya's legs...
sister act... priya and kripa have fun together in the sunsety light
...they strike poses...
... more poses...
... i asked priya to show some teeth while smiling, and this is what she did...
... and then her reaction to what she looked like!!
...us (missing ravi and ujwal and rehna!)
the himals begin to catch the evening light
... last rays of the sun over the valley...
... as the sun dips behind the hills...
... and the sky turns ruddy...
... the mountains from afar...
... and up close... shadow over langtang...
...pink gangchhempo...
... i begin chopping veggies for momo in the terrace...
... the light dims and the lights spring up in the valley...
... we had a small bonfire going... priya working on it...
... fireside neath the starry sky...
... the flames leap up...
... we packed the momos by the fireside...
... the glowing sisters...
... final mixing of the momo filling, and taking out all the jhankeo methi from it!!!
... load-shedding...
... next morning the himals are back on show in the early morning light...
... layers and layers of hills and mountains... from kathmandu to khumbu...
... ganesh himal range...
...himalchuli (and a bit of manaslu) from the living room...
... gangchhempo.. and the shrinking glacier...
... dome blanc and dorje lakpa....
...langtang.. more rocks showing on the mountain??
...phurbi ghyachu...
... from jugal himals to himalchuli and kathmandu beneath the rising smog...
... and from langtang eastwards...
... sistras again...
... sistras again...
kripa in front of the house.. before we started heading down ...
... all prepared to breathe in that air down there in the valley...
... of course the fact that our pajero jeep would not start and we had to wait for the 'rescue' vehicle to come from my maiti to jumpstart the car.. that's another story!!!
