Flower Show at Lalbagh, Bangalore.

Friday was a holiday for kids at school and so a friend, A proposed that we take them to the flower show at Lalbagh. So came morning and N was woken up promptly at 7:00 AM. He was more than happy to oblige even though it was a holiday. The excitement of going somewhere was more than enough.After bags were packed with a set of spare clothes, a hat, water bottle and enough snacks to keep an army happy, off we went. Traffic wasn't that bad and the weather was pleasant.
Once we were there, we were treated to beautiful sights in all colours. 
Though I personally felt that the flower show is a hyped up event. Don't get me wrong, it is nice to look at and spend, maybe, 30 minutes, but other than that its nothing great. You can spend time in Lalbagh taking a walk, other than at the flower show.
Anyways, here are the visuals. Again a-too-many-pictures-post!

Did you notice the bunny rabbit in green in the pic above?

The yellows

The reds

The star of the show was this...

A replica of the Baha'i Lotus Temple in Delhi made with white roses, carnations and greens.

Replacing the wilted flowers with fresh ones. My mom was sad about the fact that so many wilted flowers would go into the bin.

Chop chop chop the stems to make the flowers the right size.

Carnations anyone?

Anthuriums

Some flower arrangements

The kids enjoyed watching the water fountain

And they even learnt about trees, roots and trunks from A.

Today is the last day of the Flower show, so go on and catch it if you haven't done it yet!

Linking in to Tanya's Tea Time Thursdays at Kreative Korner!

And to Patty's renamed linky party The Weekly Story! 

New header image

I wanted to change the blog header image. I picked these elephants up at the Dastkar Bazaar last weekend. And they seemed just perfect for a header image along with my mother's green saree as a backdrop!

Though I wish I could do something smaller for a header image. I love Anu's header over at My Dream Canvas and have always wanted to mimic hers. But that just doesn't happen in spite of efforts on Piknik :(

I'll leave you with another glimpse of my new elephant pair.

More about these beauties and my other picks in another post.

Dastkar Bazaar in Bangalore

Dastkar is back! It is on at Palace Grounds (Gayathri Vihar entrance). From 5th to 14th August. 11:00 am to 8:30 pm every day.

I went yesterday with friends and family. We were there by 11 am so we escaped most of the traffic and crowd. Spent about 3 hours there - including the food breaks. Got to see the puppet show and dances. N loved it and so did I, like last time. Picked up some stuff too. I feel like going again - one more round of feasting my eyes with things from all over the country. Lets see if that happens :)

Here are some of the people and things at the Dastkar Bangalore (Nature) Bazaar '11.

WARNING - Picture heavy post!

The colourful canopy

Kites in all shapes and sizes

Cloth wall hangings in bright colours

Photo frames and other accessories from Assam

Bells, anyone?

Jewellery from West Bengal

haathi chaap is also there - yes they actually make products from elephant poo. Read more here.

Of course there were performances and music at regular intervals.

Beautiful kantha work sarees and dress material

Colourful things from Gujarat

There were lively dance performances which were enjoyed by everyone present!

 

Linking this in to Patty's Weekend Wrap Up and Tanya's Tea Time Thursdays. 

Happy Monday!!

              

From the far east

Here is my beautiful find from the Second to None Flea Market. Ahem! shall we please note the beautiful velvet(y), satin(y), vibrant blue box that it came in :) 

These are a set of 4 handle-less tea cups. I can use them for tea, sake or our very own filter coffee too. They'll keep my hands warm and senses pleased.

The lady who sold them to me had bought these from Temple Street in Hong Kong. Here is how they look on my console table.

Beautiful aren't they? I love the combination of red and green and the pretty oriental pattern. And the fact that they come with their own bases and lids. Different. Unique.

Want to see what other people bought at the market? Check here.

Second to None - Garage Sale

I went to the Second to None Flea Market/Garage Sale yesterday, held at Jaaga, Bangalore. Second to None is based on a very eco-friendly idea and is innovative! It encourages the principles of reuse and recycle in our daily lives. So don't just throw out stuff that you don't need. Think, reuse or recycle. Your waste might be someone else's treasure!
Kudos to the organizers - Anu Gummaraju, Reena Chengappa and Shilpa Kamath Prabhu.

Some visuals from the market -

Products from the Belaku Trust

Paper-mache products 

Anu Gummaraju - one of the organisers and founding members of Second to None.

Books! There were loads of  'em! I picked up one for a good deal.
 

Button necklaces by Anokhi Planet.

Hair bands made with left over scraps of satin, felt etc by Anokhi Planet.

Yay for Second to None(2nd20)! Waiting for the next garage sale!! You rock guys :)

To read and know more about 2nd20, click here to go their FB page.

Linking this in to Patty's Weekend Wrap Up. Happy Monday!!