Aasha

Aasha, our latest addition to the in-home farm family, is a wonderfully intelligent Blue Tick Coonhound.

Sitting here, she guards the entrance into the house from the mud room. On her left and right are the beginnings of our herb patch. The left side has all the perennial herbs and on your right are the annuals. She finds this area somewhat comfortable, or shall I say most comfortable, and loves to mess around between the herbs, sit on top of them and play with the mulch and dig into it in search of who knows what.

Kali and Simba (our two kitties) and Sebastion the sage pooch, are all now finally at peace with her, and certainly much entertained and tested by her. She has brought new vigor and life to their daily existence. Keeps them more alert than they had gotten used to in the last few years. And especially Sebastian, the mighty mutt, has had new vitality see him in his older years.

Aasha is way too clever, infinitely intelligent, rather athletic and never tired. Reminds me of my nephew Karun, who too never can be tired. In fact they are quite a challenge to one another, Karun, who has seen her from when she was 7 weeks old (she is now 8 months old), was delighted to find an animal that was smaller than him, and one he could manage, and now, he remains relatively similar in size to what he was 7 months ago, but she, has grown tremendously in the last few months, is taller, heavier and muscular as can be, and now, it is she that is trying to manage him.

We adopted her just as the news of a Democratic victory in the elections got announced on the TV. That same night, we had put down a deposit on her. Thus, the name Aasha. Hindi for Hope.

Whilst the hope in the world of politics may yet need to be found, Aasha has brought immense pleasure and hope into our lives as a family and into the farm in general.

Always the optimist and hopeful, she is not scared of ANYTHING. Daring as can be, young to boot, she is prone to do things that get her some light admonishment (not able to punish anyone it seems) that hardly ever makes any difference to her accident prone behavior.

Her markings are wonderful. She does seem blue when you look at her from certain angles and distance. She has made Sebastian younger than his years, but pushing him to do naughty things he had forgotten he could do and get away with. Together, they are boisterous and all over the home and farm, and keep us and all that visit mighty entertained.

Comments

[archana, mama of twins]

she is beautiful! Congrats on the new addition.

[Suvir]

Archana,
What a wonderful blog you have.
Great photographs. You should consider doing food photography professionally.
Yours is a very clean and very enticing style. Just what we need more of.

Thanks for your kind words. We have had Aasha now for 8 months... She is adorable. As much trouble as she can be, her wanting eyes, can make us melt even when she has done something terrible and needs to be disciplined big time.

Your cabbage, green peas and bell pepper recipe brought back years of making it for my father. HE loves it and now it seems everyone who has ever eaten it. We make it with carrots and potatoes at times as well.

I wish one could post on your blog without having to register with gmail. someday, I will create an account with them.

Wish you much joy with the twins and in your life in Seattle and memorable times in the kitchen.

[archana, mama of twins]

Hi Suvir

I fixed my blog so you can post anonymously. I can totally see Aasha giving you her "look". I had a dog that gave us his famous look that made every family member melt!

Thank you so much for the kind compliments on my photography and blog. I am a complete amateur at both cooking and photography so it means a lot to me. I just have a digital SLR, loads of shots and one out of 10 maybe presentable!

All the best with your lovely kitchen, waiting for eggs and cooking.