So...it's been a couple of weeks since the trip to India and I still haven't updated the blog. Well, I've been busy. I'm moving to Fort McMurray, Alberta in a couple of weeks and that has kept me pretty busy...I've been interviewing and now I'm in the packing stage. Yep, busy.

Instead of doing the original update I had intended I am going to select every 25th picture from the trip and tell you about it. OK? Great! Let's do it.

 Picture # 25 taken in Chennai. Typical side street view.

 And this is picture #26...cause I liked it so much. This lady sells fruit at a small market located under an over pass in Chennai.

 And this was from the market...when I started to try and pick out the 25th, 50th and 75th images. I saw all these great images that were not going to be selected and felt that they also needed to be shown...so there goes that idea. This is the 'powder'? that is used to make the dots on peoples foreheads. It is a religious statement and apparently different religions have different dots and different meanings.

 This little bowl is full of powders that are used to make the marks outside the homes on the ground. They make beautiful patterns and the more colourful, the more elaborate the design generally means there is a celebration of some sort going on inside the house.

 Happy smiles from one of the vendors at the market. His wife asked me to take his picture and he was all smiles as I did so.

 This gentleman didn't seem as happy to have his photo taken but I liked how quietly he sat there when everyone was talking and shouting and laughing.

Mmm, fresh produce. I could wander through the markets forever looking at the lovely piles, baskets and groupings of veggies, spices, etc.