This has been a lucky month with awards literally raining on me much like that sudden rain we Trivandrumites had this past week, just like that out of the blue, taking even the Met department by surprise I am told. And you are not going to believe what the rain brought us. Nope, not in this life-time, not even if you put ALL available gray cells in your brain to the best possible use. So I am not even asking you to try. Just give up guys and gals. Don’t tax your brains uselessly. I will tell you what it was.
There we were the L & M and I, making small talk and marveling at the intensity of the rain. Luci was prancing around unconcerned with the lightning and thunder. I had an uneasy feeling about that. This was not how it was supposed to be. The dog had to be scared of the lightning and thunder. Only then could I get on that high horse of mine and make fun of her, secretly pleased at having someone around who was as scared as me. But Luci denied me that luxury and was busy being her naughtier (just one step short of naughtiest) self now that she had us at her mercy. With the power having gone at the first drop of rain, we weren’t going anywhere else in a hurry. So right then I had two things to contend with, Luci the nipper and the scary though awesome weather. In one of those lulls when Luci left me alone for a moment having found something better to chew on, and the L & M and I sat immersed in our own thoughts, we heard a loud PLOP.
There was almost knee-deep (my knee, not the L & M’s) water in our front yard by then. I stared at the object floating in it in amazement without uttering a word. So did the L & M. It was I who broke this silence.
“Where did that come from?” I asked bemused.
“Perhaps it was dropped on the sunshade by some crow and fell down…” said the L & M.
I secretly rolled my eyes. Well if L & M doesn’t know the answer, he will give the closest one he can find even if it does not fit facts. I mean the sound that something which rolls off a sunshade makes will be different from the sound of something that falls straight down. Besides we saw it fall straight down away from the walls of the house. So I rejected his explanation outright, in my mind.
I looked up to the sky (from the safety of the verandah where we were seated) and found only gray and menacing clouds scowling back at me and the incessant rain drops they felled with a vengeance.
“There are no birds flying either…” I said letting the L & M know gently that I did not buy his theory.
“Who could have thrown it?” he asked now. I rolled my eyes at this second theory of the L & M which also did not seem feasible.
There was no one in the lane outside and our house being at a height it is not possible for people to throw things at us. Besides why would they? Unless it is some aggrieved blogger fed up of aimless blogs which is one of the important reasons why I keep my address a secret. Anyways, the PLOP that we heard indicated that it fell from a height straight down and was not from a sideways throw from somewhere nearby.
“A bird, probably a kite must have dropped it earlier! It must have lain tangled in the branches of the ornamental tree in the front yard and the torrential rain must have freed it now…”
Yeah, that must be it. The L & M found this a better explanation and nodded his head in agreement.
I know, I know. I have been dragging it on for a bit too long. My fear now is that when I reveal what it was that went PLOP in spite of the good people that you are, you might start throwing others of the sort at me. Gulp. Let me get it over quick: A (seemingly new) black sandal with white straps was what fell from the sky. And I bet none of you had even the remotest idea that this was what the rains brought or rather dropped.
OMG. Look where the word ‘rain’ led me when all I had wanted had been to mention in passing of the awards that rained on me this month and move on to the latest one.Yep, Aabha has once again conferred an award on me, the Christmas Blogging Award. Thank you Aabha. Accepting it involves some work, since I have to mention posts I have enjoyed reading. Now that IS hard work indeed with the sieve I have which passes for memory these days. Combine that with the sheer number that I read and you have a disaster when it comes to recalling things or pinpointing locations, especially with Dominating Playful Pups barking shrilly in your ears demanding that you move your butt and start throwing balls, NOW! But I am no shirker and as long as the DPP does not come bounding in and ask that I stop typing NOW, I can safely carry on and complete the tag.
Here is what it entails:
Nominate 10 fellow Bloggers
Inform the Bloggers of their nomination
Share 10 POSTS you have enjoyed reading of ANY of your Blogger friends
Thank the Blogger who nominated you
Your Post should be PUBLISHED by 24th December 11 p.m
ADD the Christmas Blogging Award picture to your Blog Post
Yes, I know! No, I haven’t missed the last but one point, that says I gotta publish it before 24th of Dec. But due to my poor eye-sight I read it as 27th. No kidding. And thinking today to be the last date I got busy writing it, with intentions of posting it pronto and to my horror found it said 24th! But… but….. BUT…. Aabha has not mentioned the year. Tada! So I am well within the time limit. So there. Now this blog can go on forever and ever. Here are the ten I have chosen to do the tag:
Now for the 10 posts that I have enjoyed reading
The woman’s fault for dressing provocatively?
Worshipping while menstruating – Why not?
Well, these are random ones. There are a lot more I’d like to add. But my hands are tied, I can add only ten. And for adding more I will have to dig really deep into blog soil. Now, that requires time which I am really short of.
As for the thing that fell from the sky, the single black sandal with the white straps; the next morning found it nestling cozily on the sofa with a jubilant Luci presiding happily over proceedings with a thumping tail. Alas now instead of one whole you will only find fractions of the whole.
Shail's Nest 
Thank You!! 🙂 Now I have two badges from you to share with 15+10 bloggers!! 🙂 And I have read some and not read some of these posts, so interesting stuff to go through too!
Lot of work for you IHM 😉 I tagged you to get an opportunity to read more interesting stuff 🙂
Congrats on the award.
I will go thru. The posts…
Thank you Biks. Most of them are on the humorous side. You know how much I love humor 🙂
Congratulations, Shail! You deserve many many more awards!
Thanks for tagging me. Might take time to do, though!
Aww thanks Sandhya. You are too sweet.
Take your time. This one is interesting as you get to read new and interesting posts 🙂
Shail, i am so glad you have taken up the Tag and happily acknowledged the award. Now, now, ur very clever about the y ear lapse!!!! Will surely read the posts you have chosen as the very idea of starting these Christmas awards was to broaden the interaction fraternity in the wake of Christmas and festive spirit. Let us now take this into the new year and broaden the network of Blogger friends
Now for the Trivandrum rain. Very innovative i wud say…lol. Just the perfect present for Lucy. BTW i saw her first pic on FB. Abs adorable. WHEN did you get her? have already developed a fondness for her from your sharing of her anecdotes. am sure more will follow…
So all geared up for 2012? ( NOW you cant complain i didn’t mention the year!)
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I read the date as 27′ and thought myself quite on time 😉 Hehe… Yep, this time you have mentioned the year. Anyways this is a good way of finding and reading new posts/authors 🙂 A very good initiative from you to broaden the blogger network Aabha. Thanks for the tag and the award 🙂
We got her in Oct. You can see more Luci pics here: Luci the dog 😉
Ah, Congratulations! Awards are thrilling!
Welcome to Shail’s Nest, Pepper (I had a kitten by the name!), and thank you 🙂
Yes!
I is the kitteh! 😀
You is? 😉
Congrats on the award…laughing through the entire write up 🙂
Thank you 😉
Congratulations on yet another of the awards that seem to be raining down here 🙂
And thank you for conferring it on me as well :D! The “plop”, I thought must have been a stray hailstone :D! But then it would not “plop”, I realized fast enough…! A stray sandal. From Heaven Knows Where :D!
After IHM’s wondrous list prepared for reading, with the awards to blog posts thereabouts, are more to read here! Thank you once again!
Yeah… and it wouldn’t have made us both go silent in confusion 😛 I would have probably jumped up and gone out to get it, if it were a hailstone, forgetting the thunder and lightning for the moment 😉
Really, a mystery where the Stray Sandal came from!
You will get more and more posts to read as the tag spreads and that is going to be pretty interesting. 🙂
Congratulations on the award.. heres wishing the awards and accolades never stop raining for you deserve every bit of them, Shail :).
And that hilarious account of “PLOP’ping of black sandal was absolutely hilarious! Was it Luci’s first play in the rain? Aww, how adorable! Any pics of her playing in the rain?
Finally thank you for the mention of my post :). Its feels really nice, Shail, when something you write from the heart gets appreciated and reaches out to people :). And thats what this post has given me, thanks to IHM and now you :).
IHM has already given us an impressive list of blog-posts to read and now here you are with 9 more :). So am offf to make a note of all of them..the coming year already looks exciting to me with so many wonderful and inspiring posts to read 🙂
Thank you Deeps 🙂 Luci was with us all the time it rained. It is only the next morning that she found the sandal and happily brought her new-found treasure inside. 🙂
It is a very good and pertinent post Deeps and deserves the award. It has to reach more people. Do you know in this time and age I have extended family members (educated) who celebrate the menarche (poor MS Word does not recognize the word!) with pomp and glory? Ugh, announcing such a private matter to the whole world, well at least the neighborhood and relatives and friends. Where is the need for that in modern times? Blindly following unnecessary customs! *rolls eyes*
Enjoy the posts. Some of them are humorous ones 🙂
For some reason I thought it must something ALIVE that had fallen…. an injured bird or small animal or squirrel or something! 😛 A sandal !! I m sure it must be someone who is peeved with your blog posts 😆 And decided to throw it in the rain so that he/she would not be identified
And Luci is not scared of thunder? I am surprised. My pom – although was not terrified enough to whine and hide under a table – used to be wary of thunder/lightning scenario and used to curl up quietly in a corner wondering when the storm Gods would stop torturing him. 🙂 And I certainly know dogs who would yelp and scurry for the darkest corner of an unlit room for comfort. Poor things!
As for your award, I am wondering what christmas has to do with it….considering you are well past this year’s date. So shall I finish this tag by next year’s christmas ?
So you think so too?! See, I knew it! But they must have been hiding in the tree then
Luci is oblivious to thunder. She slept through Diwali too. Goofy was a different matter. She used to stick close to me if there was a thunder storm. 😉 Yeah yeah… do the tag before next X’mas for sure 😉 Don’t blame me. Aabha forgot to mention the year 😛
Congratulations !
Keep writing and keep accumulating awards
The episode of the falling sandal reminds me.
There is house near mine where I saw a sign on the gate “Beware of coconuts”
Intrigued I asked some one what it meant?
Is his dog named “coconuts”?
No, he had no dog.
There were some coconut trees within his property which leaned outside towards road as it went up.
Under the action of winds, the tree swayed and a coconut once fell and almost landed on the head of a passer by.
There must have been some unpleasantness over the issue.
The owner probably thought he has washed his hands of all future responsibility by putting up that sign.
Regards
GV
Thank you GV 🙂
Beware of coconuts? Now that’s a new one on me! How are we supposed to ‘beware’ coconuts? Wear a helmet when we walk past?! And the man really thought he had washed his hands of any responsibility for falling coconuts with a sign-board like that? Well well well! 😆