The Non-Facebook Post #124

Musings on a lazy Sunday afternoon warmed by a mild Fall sun and laced with whiffs of fragrant patchouli.

Who knew that patchouli is so close in smell to betel leaf - paan - that was one of Dad's favourite 'snacks' (for lack of a better word). Lazy Sun, chirping birds, traffic drone and patchouli - all putting me in a mood of days past. Days of similar sunny afternoons in Dad's hometown chewing family-made 'saada pan' after a family meal, days of glorious Hyderabadi shaadis when a royal dinner was capped off by clamour to lay hands on the much-desired 'digestif'. Days, that through the lens of time, seem happy, care-free and what life should be.

But that's why too the grass always seems greener elsewhere. There was a random quote somewhere that said the grass is green where you water it.

And so, let's water!