Camper Van and other projects

Hello folks, thank you all for your comments on my previous post on Dot Painting.
I finally completed my Camper Van cross stitch project. But it did not turn out the way it has to be -) I missed many things due to poor chart which I had saved on the mobile. I chose couple of wrong colors. You must commend me for my patience as this was my second attempt. My first one was a disaster since I chose my own color combination and could not complete it. Although the chart says Anchor threads, I didn't find the same number in the shop. I have been doing this for almost a month and my son is asking me why I am doing, redoing the same thing again and again.

These are few Madhubani paintings I did, hoping that my husband would gift his colleagues in Germany during his visit. But that didn't happen, as I wasn't satisfied with it. 

New flowers are blooming in my garden. This Rangoon Creeper has been there from two years, only growing but not flowering. I don't remember doing anything special but the magic happened. I was desperately waiting for the creeper to flower from long time and finally the days have come. I love the fragrance of it. Soon I have to trim it as many of the plants aren't getting sunlight due its blocking branches. My MIL wondered why on the earth did I plant this where in this was considered a weed plant in my native.

My husband has re-attempted growing Red Amaranthus. This Amaranthus is typical to Coastal regions in Karnataka and they are so delicious. I only have to guard them from couple of stray cows. We have encroached the unused footpath area in front of our house. This is the only place which gets maximum direct sunlight and very convenient for watering.

So, this is what is happening in the month of January in my world. Come to think of it, it got over so quickly.