Yet another day that began at 4. We were ready well in time and had hit the road by 6. Breakfast was at our favourite haunt but it was pitter patter rain all the way. Had fetched up at Kottarakkara much before 10 and stopped there for sundry purchases.
It was two kms short of home that disaster struck. An electric cable had snapped during the night's thundershowers and was lying across the road. Many motorists were hesitant to drive over it, a detour would have involved additional kilometers and so, I decided to press on. Accordingly, I'd driven over the first segment and and went under the second that was looped above by going up a mud embankment by the side. In the process, the soft liner beneath the forward bumper was pried out off its mooring point.
Wasn't mom glad to see us? She insisted on listening to the debrief from us and was particularly thrilled about the fact that every friend of mine had enquired about her. Tender coconut and jackfruit were aplenty and the consequent filling up that I resorted to defied my tummy space!
The mason's work to build up the embankment between the first and the second tiers of the property that was damaged by the ingress and egress of the JCB, has been done. That completes the schedule of work that I'd planned during this visit and wow, it gives me a great sense of satisfaction.
The set of zinc pipes that were used to hoist the TV antenna earlier have long been in disuse after the advent of the direct-to-home system and the attendant dish antenna. It has been dismantled to be taken away by the mason who's done our work. To me, it signified the end of an era.
A very wet day!
Tailpiece
Was reminded of that day when I'd bought our first television set - Solidaire - alongwith the pipes for perching the antenna to facilitate good reception of signals. It, however, turned out to be a disappointment as the picture lacked clarity because of grains!
It was two kms short of home that disaster struck. An electric cable had snapped during the night's thundershowers and was lying across the road. Many motorists were hesitant to drive over it, a detour would have involved additional kilometers and so, I decided to press on. Accordingly, I'd driven over the first segment and and went under the second that was looped above by going up a mud embankment by the side. In the process, the soft liner beneath the forward bumper was pried out off its mooring point.
Wasn't mom glad to see us? She insisted on listening to the debrief from us and was particularly thrilled about the fact that every friend of mine had enquired about her. Tender coconut and jackfruit were aplenty and the consequent filling up that I resorted to defied my tummy space!
The mason's work to build up the embankment between the first and the second tiers of the property that was damaged by the ingress and egress of the JCB, has been done. That completes the schedule of work that I'd planned during this visit and wow, it gives me a great sense of satisfaction.
The set of zinc pipes that were used to hoist the TV antenna earlier have long been in disuse after the advent of the direct-to-home system and the attendant dish antenna. It has been dismantled to be taken away by the mason who's done our work. To me, it signified the end of an era.
A very wet day!
Tailpiece
Was reminded of that day when I'd bought our first television set - Solidaire - alongwith the pipes for perching the antenna to facilitate good reception of signals. It, however, turned out to be a disappointment as the picture lacked clarity because of grains!
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