Crochet Baby Krishna on peepal leaf

Govinda aala re aala jara matki samhaal brijbaala.......
Agaya mera Kishan Kanhaiya!

Krishna on pipal leaf - we call him 'aalila krishna' - the cutest pose where the baby pulls its leg and try to put the finger in its mouth.

Mera shyam tera nam, bole man, subho shaam........

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Mera Jeevan Teri Puja, Aur na mujhko sujhe duja koi kaam ....

 

Hear the beautiful song here :-

(remember this sweet devotional song by Singer Mohammed Rafi?)

I heard this many times in AIR - morning devotional programme.

I used acrylic yarn for this project as I had no cotton yarn in stock.Used golden thread for the ornaments. The hair, dress, peepal leaf are all crocheted.

May Lord Krishna bless you 

 

Crow Pheasant / chembothu

Crow pheasant, though has the name 'crow' as part of its name, actually belongs to cuckoo family.  Like the male cuckoo this bird also has red eyes and makes a quick calling sound like the cuckoo but the voice of this bird is deep.

 It makes a deep resonant call. My recordings don't have its call hence I googled to share the same with you. Just click the link and clik the play audio.

http://www.junglewalk.com/popuptop.asp?type=a&AnimalAudioID=10966

In the busy traffic at our place, recording a clear voice is not possible as the horn sound of vehicles will make the voice of the bird fade. But I am longing to make one to put it in my collection.
 
I first heard it at my aunt's place which was then a villlage. But could not catch a glimpse of it in the thick tall trees.

Recently I started hearing the familiar call in our place but could spot it only few times. Once I saw it crossing the road (like a road runner). Many a times it comes out during the peak morning hours. But when the rains started I could see it quite often.

Captured few shots of the 'crow pheasant' (Chembothu / कौवा तीतर) when it came in the open. A crow had built its nest in a tree and this crow pheasant visited the tree like usual and the crows started chasing it. Then it took refuge in a nearby tree where I could get a good glimpse of it.

I tried to capture the picture to my level best quickly with my humble camera.

 

What a beautiful coat of colours it has! I admire God's creation each and every time I peek into my surroundings. Thanking God for bring these feast to eyes to my window.

water colour - village scene

Sharing some water colour paintings from my collection :-

a village scene

Crochet Cathedral Motif Doily

This doily I was using as a mat over the side table. It was done long back but only a month back, I realised that it was not posted here. I used a two ply silky thread (not branded one but a local make) which has light multi shades of lavender colour.

Here it is for your :-

The original pattern link I forgot but this diagram photo was with me in my collection. I could not find the diagram for those who wish to give this beautiful motif a try, hence I delayed the posting of this work for a month. It was obtained during my search for some other project. As it was a beautiful motif pattern, I included it in my to-do list and did it.

courtesy : google search. (don't remember the source).