Small blue crab sepia IV

Another sunset falls here in India, while you are now near noon. We are having a restful time here, with long days of painting with food, family, and new grandson in between. Our days start about 8 with showers and breakfast on the second floor. We then try to help in the kitchen, being shooed away by our most gracious hostess. We barely even have to clear our plates from the table. After our morning meal, we may go for a walk or head to the studio on the third floor for me to paint in between helping with Neel. Chris reads the paper, then heads upstairs where I am.
We sent him to the grocery store today with the driver to get a few items for the evening meal. Lunch was typical indian fare, with lots of choices to be made. Chris will indeed be spoiled when we go home and there's only two choices for dinner, take it or leave it. After a rough night the night before, we both took advantage of afternoon nap time. I rested for a while, then headed back to the studio to paint and wait. Later in the evening,  Christina made minced chicken burgers with jalapeños,  quite tasty, but hot! She also made navy potatoes that took 1 1/2 hours in her toaster oven. You see, ovens are a luxury item here. They are too hot to be considered a necessity in this environment.  Bappa bought her a countertop oven for baking. Not the best for baking, but it will do! It heats up almost the entire floor , it would work really well in winter here !
After dinner at 830pm we had family come for a visit. We have been invited over to their home hopefully before we go to our own home in the US. Family cooed over the baby, and Christina whisked him away as he was asleep. She came back down with the monitor, but only had a brief time before she had to go back upstairs because the monitor quit working.
Such was today here in India hot, happy, and habitually relaxing. Home is one day closer, but it will be hard to leave here!

Small blue crab sepia IV, acrylic on canvas 8x8
Day 78 of the 100 days- 100 paintings 2018