The Whimsy Bookworm: A Book Blog from India

  July was a bout of books, rain, comfort, sadness, surviving said sadness and finding Joy.  You were good July.  You brought me books, baarish and coziness.  This is what my July looked like: the best books I read and the moments that I loved well. 

July has been full of.. Lilac Skies.  Re-reading old favourites.  Being back in the bedroom after 3 months of sleeping on the floor in the living room.  It's so good to be back in my own bed. My soft, pillow and plushie filled bed.  Chai and Biscuits.  Being Brave and Lebu Cha :)  It's been an odd month so far.  Feels too long. Going by too soon. I am reading, re-reading quite a bit.  Drinking more tea than usual.  Listening to music. Watching strange Reality TV.  Making Reels.  Just trying to navigate another month in lockdown.  Hope you are doing well...well enough I guess. 

Hello!  On my recent visit to Kalimpong, we drove up to Lava, a little town 30 kms from the city up in the hills. The drive itself was gorgeous, winding roads and rains and clouds. Some stretches were in dire states, the road was quite bumpy and there were several patches where repair work was on going, so I am hoping that it will be fixed soon.  Once we got to Lava, the rains really got going. It was pouring hard and by the time we got out of the car and to the monastery we were soaked.  Hence most of these pictures are liberally covered in raindrops.  Sadly, we didn't make it to inside the monastery, given the rains and the slightly steep walk,  I got close enough but I was soaked and even my poor camera was getting wet.  Here are some pictures.  Prayer Flags dancing in the breeze.  Raindrops adding their own bokeh effect.  The entire place was full of all kinds of ferns.  I don't know ...