Deepa Mehta

I love Deepa Mehta's movies.
From Sam and Me, the first movie of hers I ever saw, to Bollywood Hollywood, to Water.
I love her intensity, her fearlessness, her anger, and her humour.
Today, I watched Fire and took some pictures while I was watching.


Radha's character is so sweet, and hard working, and humble.
She lives a life of quiet servitude until Sita comes.


Sitas smokes.


Radha asks for her husbands blessing.


The matriarch.


Sita as a young girl.


Sita arrives.

Princes' House!

or maybe this is Prince's House...



Or maybe not....I drove through the Bridal Path the other day to avoid traffic while on the way to the east end. I saw another house with a purple gate, but I had a tailgater and couldn't stop to photograph it.
If you weren't Prince, would you paint your front gate purple?

The River Sutra

Thank goodness for libraries.
I was attracted to this book because of it's cover.

The Dutch Nursery is closing

A Day at the Nurseries