Wednesday, November 4, 2009

Milan mania 4

As the autumn is setting in, nature is showering extraordinary colours on the earth. The trees are changing colours – some are still green, whilst others are red, orange, yellow, purple, blue, etc. It’s like the rainbow has descended on earth with one big difference – the rainbow stays for a little while, whereas this feast of colours will remain for a month & a half.


Another spectacle which cannot be missed is the beautiful flowers. One cannot make out the difference between the artificial & real flowers. The real ones are like the artificial & the artificial like real. One needs to thank God for firstly creating the beautiful flowers & secondly for giving man the brain to copy him.

Sunday, November 1, 2009

Milan mania 3

It’s now 6 months since we have been in Milan. When we arrived, the branches of the trees were struggling to carry the weight of the flowers & leaves. Now, it is autumn. It seems branches allowed the flowers & leaves to fall as they are delicate & would not be able to withstand the winter. Thereby in spring, they can come back with vigour.
One important happening in this period is that we bought a Jaguar. The credit goes to my sons who kept on advising me about which car to buy. The 2 criteria which Jaguar clearly passed were – the best brand & more important, that it is now a part of Tata brand which is Indian.