The Whimsy Bookworm: A Book Blog from India

 Been missing Landour a little something extra lately. Maybe it's this insane heatwave we've been living through. I wish I could just blink and be back in my favourite place.  These are pictures from 2016, my first trip to Landour. We stayed at The Rokeby Manor and had the best time ever.  I can't wait to go back ✨ 

Hello Loves!  Where are the rains? It's nearly end of June and the rains are playing hard to get.  So here's a little throw back to these glorious flowers in the hills of Kurseong.  Oh God take me back to the hills.    Flowers + Mountains are a sure shot way to make me happy.  I cannot wait to go back to the hills. 

  Currently: Praying for gentle days.  Good sense.  Good news.  And goodness in this world.   In the Frame: Prayer Flags seen all over the hills. 

  Current Mood: Dreaming of the hills and running off for a holiday.  Every year (when things were good and normal) I went off on a little holiday to bring in my birthday.  Jaipur.  Ooty.  Pondicherry.  Landour.  Goa.  Aurangabad. Places I've gone for my birthday holidays in the past.  But since 2020 all of that has gone for a toss.  So today I look back on old memories and try to feel an ounce of joy.  Aaaahhh!  When will I travel again!  All of these pictures are from Kalimpong. 

 Hello Loves!  Today I am throwing it back to the time in March when I made a little day-trip to the hills. The only time I went to the hills this year. Hai what a tragedy! Hopefully 2022 has me in the hills more and longer.  I had crossed Margaret's Deck a lot of times but for one reason or another we never stopped for a cup of tea, mainly because we are either excited to just get to Darjeeling or we usually stop at the Kurseong Tourist Lodge for momos and sandwiches, so it feels a little silly to stop so soon after. But for this time we were determined to stop and see this much hyped place for ourselves.  Here are some pictures from our short stop over.  Ah! An aesthetic paradise. This view meets your eye the moment you walk in.  A little plant display.  My cup of hot chocolate. I was hoping to grab a cup of coffee but they don't serve any, which makes sense it's a tea place, they offer a variety of teas and cocoa. This is the view from the deck. Mou...

Subho Bijoya Loves.  May Maa Durga bless you and yours and keep you safe and well.  May Good always triumph over evil.  May all our troubles melt away.  :)  Happy Dussehra Loves.   Dugga Dugga!  Can't quite believe Pujo is over already.  A good Pujo it's been. It was nice to see people feel festive and go out and about and dress up and eat and spend time with their loved ones.  I hope everyone was safe and had a good Pujo. I did a spot of pandal hopping and a bit of dressing up and a lot of eating!  :) I also read a bit and watched a lot of stuff.  All good things! These are some beautiful pandals from my small town of Jalpaiguri. Pujo was a little subdued this year, not as grand as other years, a lot of Pujos didn't even happen.  I hope by next year things are A-OK and we all can go back to normal.  :)  Dugga Dugga. 

Hello Loves!  What a lovely day it's been!  Today, I left my home for the first time since October.  I dressed up. Put on Make-up.  Got in a car.  Went on a longgg drive.  & Went to the hills.  It was lovely.  Here is a little glimpse of my day..    First a glimpse of what my Sister Wore Today.  Necklace: Label Maati  Brooch: Rainbow Tales by Rhichita  Shirt: Westside  As for me, I wore alll the colours in the world.  Almost.  :)  Flower & Stone Ring: Shaya Bangles: Jaipur Street Shopping Finds  Musafir Ring: A gift from a friend for my birthday.  Brooch: Vastriyan  Dress: Okhai  Sweater: Mango  The open road is the best place to be.  We were blessed with some clouds and mist and a spattering of rain.  It was perfect.  Most people would be sad to see rainclouds come in and ruin their day trip, not me.  Rains make everything better in my world.  E...

Hello Loves!  Today has been all about getting ready and prepped for a little road-trip.  I haven't left my house in over a year, barring one day to travel from Bombay to here, the hometown in West Bengal.  I walked in here on 2nd October and haven't left the house since.  At all. For anything.  So after all this time I am being a little brave and venturing out to explore the hills tomorrow.  Not staying anywhere, just driving up the hills and coming back after a little sight seeing and rejuvenating.  I am so ready.  I am also worried that I may have forgotten how to be around people.  And I am worried that we'll be surrounded by idiots!  Uff!  But I need to get out and be around people lest I entirely forget how to be social. Not that I was the epitome of being a social butterfly..but still.    Packed my Instax to click some pictures.  Charged my big camera for the first time in a year.  Poor thing it must be wo...