Next stop Mumbai

And we are off.

Our quickly planned (although long awaited) trip to India is finally here. I am so excited for what lies ahead - curry, textures, millions of people, mid summer, explosions of colour, monsoon rains, chai tea, tatas-trains-and-bikes and probably a completely different experience from anything I have imagined...

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Bury & Discover has some great guest bloggers lined up for while I am away. So keep reading and enjoy! 

PS. It is B&D's third birthday today - good way to celebrate I think ;)

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• July 5, 2011

Happy Fourth of July!

Wishing all my American readers a wonderful July 4th!This holiday brings back such happy memories of clear blue skies, scrumptious summer food (I can almost taste the watermelon...), roof top celebrations, random strangers, best of friends, midnight singing, and red and blue fireworks lighting up the night.

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PS. See my previous July Fourth posts here and here.

Guest Post: Prints

I am in the mood for some amazing wall paper! What do you think of these? I think I may just be in wall paper heaven!

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Guest Post: Rainbow

How is this for a nursery school? Ecole Maternelle Pajol is in Paris, of course, has me singing 'Somewhere over the Rainbow" Don't think you think it looks like an amazing place to start school!? 

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Notes on Love and Courage

I came across this blog post (from a blog which no longer exists) and was struck by the selected words of Hugh Prather  from a book called Notes on Love and Courage. These three snippets of wisdom really resonated with me. Read them twice.

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''Is your first responsibility to yourself? The question is misleading; that is, it misleads the person who takes it to heart.  It's like asking, must you shift your weight in order to walk.  Of course you must, but anyone who concentrates first on shifting his weight will not walk well."

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''Are there any wholly useless encounters? I know this: there are no insignificant people.  There is no one who isn't supposed to be there.''

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''We need other people, not in order to stay alive, but to be fully human:  to be affectionate, funny, playful, to be generous.  How genuine is my capacity for love if there is no one for me to love, to laugh with, to treat tenderly, to be trusted by? I can love an idea or a vision, but I can't throw my arms around it.  Unless there is someone to whom I can give my gifts, in whose hands I can entrust my dreams, who will forgive me my deformities, my aberrations, to whom I can speak the unspeakable, then I am not human, I am a thing, a gadget that works but has no ashes.''

Have a lovely week!
xoxo

hello weekend

Whew. Each week seems to speed by faster than the first. That's what happens when you have a million things to still do. We were discussing The Age of Miracles at bookclub which is a story about what happens to the world when time slows down. I haven't read the book yet wouldn't it be handy if we could slow down time on demand.

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How are you going to spend everyone's favorite two days of the week? We are kicking ours off with dinner chez Tshepo (rumour has it it will be rustic and relaxed - perfect I say!). On Saturday, the husband and I are knob hunting (the common term for looking for doorknobs and kitchen cupboard handles).

Here are some nice things I found that you might like too:

I love Jo'burg, and I love it when others love Jo'burg 

I love that our sun shines even though the air is crispy cool - take a look at Europe's sunshine map 

Luggage scooters are one of those inventions that make me think some one is taking the mickey

A cocoon made of tape seems much more reasonable to me

Cake can make you do strange things (even if you are not four years old)

Hot knits (two words that don't often go together)

I would like to be this organised when I pack but perhaps I should just realise that is never going to happen

Jon Hamm. In a tux.

This little tipple looks fresh and delicious

MKA's most memorable outfits

Sugar for my honey (things always taste better when they look pretty)

And feel like a little chuckle and insight into the world of a bride? Cheska's wedding planning blog post on Elle had me giggling over my morning tea

Have a lovely day little star fish.

xoxoxo

The Raas

When we are in India (one week to go - WOOP!) we are staying at all sorts of places - from family-run bed and breakfasts, to old Indian palaces (that look rather grand on the outside but not quite so grand on the inside), and simple urban hotels.

When we are in Jodhpur we are staying in a gorgoeus little boutique hotel - The Raas (thanks Erika for the recommendation!). Think modern Indian chic set in a sweltering desert - that luxurious pool will be our oasis after adventures around the blue city.

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