a different kind of painting

I painted the doors and half the trim in the massage room this morning – it’s….definitely gold. Can’t wait to see what the metallic ceiling does for the room, it’ll either be great or terrible but I don’t think in between is possible.

I was planning to head into town to do the grocery shopping before lunch, partly because we needed food and partly because I was itching to get out of the house since I’ve been within walking distance the whole past week. Arvind picked up the groceries on the way back, though, but Dean saved the day – he wanted to go into town anyway, so we borrowed the car and went to the DVD place where we picked up 6 new DVDs, to Warehouse where I got an acrylic paint set, and to Fresh Choice for organic vegetable bouillon which is kosher for fasting. That’s actually the main reason we went – we’ve been out for 2 days and that stuff tastes amazing when all you’re having other than that is sweet fruit juice. Jane says it tastes terrible when you’re not fasting – I can believe that, but it’s delicious now.

In the afternoon, Dean and I made chick pea curry – he’s passing on the fasting-guest-as-chef torch, as he’s hoping to end his fast soon. I did a bit more on the room, then jumped in the sauna before making chapatis (flat bread with a savory filling) to go with the curry for dinner.

We continued the Pujji Movie House tradition with ‘A Japanese Story,’ a film set in Western Australia. Interesting scenery, but the movie dragged a little most of the time.

Photo: An urn in the Pujji garden