Shivarathri celebration 2016

The Shivarathri celebration at Rajbag this morning was full of colors and life. And do not forget about the flying bananas! Happy Shivarathri!

 

Happy Holi 2015!

So I think Holi is one of my all time favorite holidays!  Despite being laid up in bed for over a week, I refused to miss it.  Not a bad way to end way too much bed rest. Wish I had been in full form to get more shots, but we had a blast, and the colors are hard not too love! 

Spicing it up!

This last weekend we had an amazing trip to the Tanshikar Spice Farm, here in southern Goa.  Chinmay and his family were great.  They welcomed us with a tasty lemongrass drink and cashew nuts. 

 Then Chinmay took on us on a tour of their gorgeous organic spice farm.  We checked out the vanilla flowers waiting to bloom...

 He was terrific at explaining everything, even the children were totally engaged.  We learned about pepper, vanilla, nutmeg, cocoa, and many more spices.

 Organic pepper...

 The highlight for our 8 year old was finding out where chocolate comes from!  The Cacao tree!

 He even introduced us to his bees...

 After the tour, they served a delicious lunch with spices from the farm.

 We even got to meet the rest of the family.  His daughters were so sweet and beautiful. 

If you find yourself in southern Goa, I can strongly recommend visiting the Tanshikar Spice Farm, it was a great day out, and there is a nearby waterfall and bubble pool to cool off in as well. Thank you Chinmay and family for a great day.

Truly divine food!

I have had the extreme pleasure of photographing two of Juliette Bryant´s workshops at The Space here in Goa.  She is so full of life and her food is beyond delicious.  I learned so much at the Divine Detox workshop that I think I forgot to shoot sometimes cause I was listening so much.  At her Divine Desserts workshop, just tasting her amazing raw desserts made me think I had died and gone to heaven!  She has recently written a book, The Divine Detox, which is available via her website, www.julietteskitchen.tv. On the 20th she is doing one last workshop at The Space, you do not want to miss it, Conscious Nutrition for the Whole Family.

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Fotoshoot for a new website...

I have been so busy, i have not had any time to update.  But luckily i am catching up on things, and now have a little time to catch my breath and update you all on all the fun i have been having. 

I have been working on a website i am very excited about for a local clinic here in Goa.  The Bone and Body Clinic is helping so many people regain their health and strength, they are amazing.  The website should be up soon, but thought i would preview a few pics i took for the new site. 

A good cause

 India is a amazing country, with tons to offer the visitor.  The travelers in India often come home feeling like they have grown, perhaps become somewhat more enlightened.  And with all that India offers us as visitors, it has a million and one ways we can give back.  We recently visited a child shelter, Stepping Stones in the nearby city of Margao.  The work they do there is truly inspiring.  We were shown around the premises by a lovely educated young woman, who later told us that she started out as one of the shelter children and now loves working there and giving back.  There are a lot of street children in India, and this is one of the project working to help improve the lives of these children.  El Shaddai has more than 3,000 children in their shelters now.  They are amazing children, full of potential, every little bit helps... childrescue.net