I have a long-standing condition called spondylosis, which sometimes escalates into spondylitis (-itis=inflammation). Since early this morning, my head has been spinning and I have hardly been able to keep my balance. I have just been –literally– lying low, just about getting my household chores done, and not even opening my laptop, you can imagine how bad it must be!

Kasturi Akka of Dodda Mane, Agumbe, on 041008e gave me this recipe for the kashAya that they served us (and delicious it was, too!)with 23 ingredients:

Sssssnakes…they don’t always hiss and look dramatic; they just are THERE as you pass by, and you do a double take, knowing that you are looking at a deadly specimen.

Wishing everyone happiness on Vijayadashami or Bijoya, as the Bengalis call the day.

The butterflies certainly made up for the lack of “new” birds that we could spot in Agumbe…they were out in all their variety and colour….