Musical chairs...tables, pots & fans!

The first 20 years of my life were spent in 9 different cities. I lived in more than 20 different homes, changing a home every year! No, we weren't hobos or gypsies...just a normal army family.
By that standard, the last 10 years have been a walk in the park. I have moved only 3 cities, changed 4 homes and broken all records by living in my current apartment for five and a half years!

While it would be safe to say that my nomadic skills are a bit rusty, that itch to move on is coming back. The fact that the lease is up and the owner wants to sell may have something to do with it, but the desire to find a new canvas to paint on, beats everything else.

Getting back to numbers, I must have seen at least 20 apartments in the last 3 days. I guess the feeling can best be described as close to what people experience when they are looking for a life partner in an arranged marriage set up. Add to that the fact that I will only be renting. So it's like having an arranged-affair...I am out there looking for something that belongs to someone else, and wanting to call it my own for as long as I may have it. Hopefully it shall all be worth it.

So as I get back to my arduous yet exciting journey, I leave you with a few images of the place that has been home to me for so long and has welcomed a barrage of friends and family with open arms. 

Wish me luck!

'chai' candles that I've had for years but never lit

living room by the sea

lanterns by the window and my trusted money plant

my love for coloured glass continues...tea light holders

the bar's always open

proof of many a merry evenings

pin-up board in the kitchen

jars on the shelf, ladles on the wall

a dinner for two

charcoal sketches done by Pawan and me

a jug of my favourite flowers

a not so pretty wall pepped up with framed
DVD covers, ads and some other posters

colourful 'chakris' in a vase last longer than flowers

All that I need by my bedside

Old spice jars strung together by a jute rope.
Great for adding some green to my bathroom

sunlight streaming into the bedroom

study room kum, guest room zyada