Yesterday’s gymnastics performance was really good. Here’s the group Maya was in (5th from right).
Afterwards…
And, of course, the performance.
This morning we said goodbye to Jamie. We had a lot of fun with her while she was here and we were sorry to see her go. Here she is with two extra loads than what she she came here with!
Luckily for her an airport worker directed her toward an empty line and then she wound up in pre-check so check in was easy. So easy that she had time to visit the donut bar and get a root beer float donut!
This post is dedicated to The Sparts, the 3rd grandchild who (poor thing) doesn’t get the attention he deserves on Amma’s blog.
Trying to get The Sparts to sit for selfies isn’t as easy as grandkids 1 and 2. He can wiggle and worm his way out of any situation. Maya’s really good at staying in the frame while the phone gets pushed around while Sparty does a good job of avoiding it! I tried my hardest …
Sparty showers after getting out of the pool. We’re planning on spending some time at the pool today with Jamie, so I’ll be aiming at capturing videos of The Sparts and Maya swimming.
I’ll get some photos of Jamie too since she should be the star attraction this week. Here she is with Bear at Bermuda beach the other day. Bear’s acting as a surrogate face licker for her while she’s here.
Jamie: “Why do they call him Sparty? What’s his real name? I don’t even know his real name.”
Evidently there was a free day at the merry-go-round. Notice Alo is on a different animal in each shot. That’s our boy!
Another photo from Maya’s first day at school.
We get to pick her up from school today so I’ll get to see first hand. Jamie flies in this morning so she’ll get to go with us. Then off to gymnastics!
Here’s a good shot. All the Beatles’ sons! L-R – Ringo’s 2 sons, Paul’s son, John’s two sons & George’s son.
It’s going to be another scorcher. A day to be glad we have air conditioning.
This all started around 3:30am with blood curdling screams from up the street, followed by a woman running down and into a house across the street from us.
Even though I was rudely awakened at an ungodly hour, I still had a nice walk this morning – proof:
Above – At the Kelkar Museum, an antique hanging ornament title “acrobat” which I believe looks more like a straight arm Vrishikasana. There’s probably a yoga name for it but I don’t know it.
Yesterday Jill and I spent our last afternoon with Nana. He took us to the Kelkar Museum, which houses many old artifacts that go back past the 13th century. They were all photo worthy, but here are some of my favorites. I took pictures of some of the descriptions, which I posted under the respective artifact’s photo.
Back at the Homefront
More baby Kando photos …
This morning I attended my last Prashantji class and had a good practice afterwards, keeping in mind I’m going to be spending much of the next day and a half traveling. We’re getting picked up in front of the flat at 3pm to go to the Pune airport. I’m sharing a hotel room with Jill for half the night in Mumbai but then will need to be at the Mumbai airport for my 4:30AM flight. Considering I woke up at 4:30 am this morning, I may be able to get a little sleep on the plane.
Saying goodbye to Nana yesterday was very difficult. He has turned into such a great friend in the two months I’ve spent in Pune (2013 & 2015).
Above (I hope I didn’t already post this photo) – In Alandi, two women talking. Notice how the woman on the left is squatting and the one on the right is sitting on the ground, both comfortably and naturally, and they aren’t young!
In this photo it appears these three men are merely walking together.
At a closer look, the man on the left has his arm around the man in the middle, and the middle one and one on the right are holding hands. It could be the outside ones are helping the middle man out, but it’s not uncommon to see men showing this kind of public affection. It’s normal here.
This is how Nana relaxes while waiting for us to finish whatever it is we’re doing wherever he dropped us off. In this case, I was taking the “organized chaos” video at the bottom of this post.
Cow!
One last selfie with Cristy and Chris before they left last week.
Then someone walked by and offered to take a “real” photo.
These are the new shirts I had made with the www.obyoga.com logo on the back.
ManYee and her luggage squeezing in the elevator as she left a few days ago. Jill and I now know who made all the messes in the kitchen. Busted!
Winnie (from DC) and me at the Shraddhanjali.
On our way back from Alandi – views from the rickshaw.
Ya gotta love Nana! He knows how much I love animal sightings so he pulled over for me to get this up close & personal cow photo. I didn’t even have to ask him to.
Here’s the video I mentioned above. It’s a two minute video I took at a fairly busy intersection. I’ve been at this intersection when there’s been a lot more traffic than this, so this is actually fairly moderate.
This morning I took my final class with Geetaji. The time ran over, so the class ended up being 2 1/2 hours long. During class she worked with several people working toward upliftedness in Sirsasana (headstand), Adho Mukha Vrksasana (full arm balance/hand stand) and Swastikasana (seated cross-legged pose), then a very nice Pranayama session following a long Sarvangasana (shoulder stand). Most of the August westerners have already gone home, so there was plenty of space in class and in the practice hall this afternoon. I’m guessing Monday’s 7am Prashant’s class won’t be very full either. What a nice way to go out!
Geetaji: “I’m not just talking about taking the spine in. I’m talking about taking the skin to the muscle and the muscle to the bones.” “You have to work this way”
Tomorrow I plan on observing the 9am kids’ beginner class. I’ve really enjoyed following them this month. Then after having leftovers for lunch, Nana is picking Jill and me up for our last outing with him.
Afterwards… 
Luckily for her an airport worker directed her toward an empty line and then she wound up in pre-check so check in was easy. So easy that she had time to visit the donut bar and get a root beer float donut! 
Of course I insisted on a selfie! 
Safe travels!
