Saturday, 7 September 2013

September 7, 2013

I am winning the ant wars, but it is a real Stalingrad.  Ant by ant.  The outside spray seems to have worked, but they are still coming into my bedroom every night.  I continue to spray and at least I can eradicate them so I can sleep.  The rest that I find in the house are dead, so that is something.

The rains are back.  I have no idea if this a monsoon, or just intermittent rain, but there is a lot of it and it is cool.  It is amazing how quickly you can acclimatize.  It is 25° and I want to put a sweater on.  A warm cup of tea tastes great in the cool weather.  This is the first morning the mirror steamed up when I took a shower.  Lots of savings on power as I don't need the fans.  Thank god I decided not to live in Nuwara Eliya.  It is always like this there and sometimes the temperature has gone down to 0°.

My cat and I have teamed up to make Net Art.  I have mosquito netting on all my windows instead of sheer curtains.  The cat chases something up the net and makes holes in it.  I then applique lace over the holes.  It makes for interesting patterns.  Soon people are going to be asking me to make them Net Art curtains.

Ranjith was here yesterday with a new assistant called Ravi.  I asked where Handy was and he told me his theory of work.  He says that if a man gets along with his wife he is a poor worker because he always wants to be with his wife.  That was the case with Handy who has gone to his wife's village.  On the other hand, if a man does not get on with his wife, he is a good worker.  Ravi was a very good worker.  He is married with a 2½ month old baby.  I guess he doesn't like his wife.  Too bad!

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