A Home in the Hills..

My father lives in the Himalayas.. his bedroom overlooks a valley at the back..

More snow views are a little way off his property... a place called sheetla.

At a nearby hotel.. his house is enough just for him as there isn’t that much flat land available all together in the Himalayas.. 

Appa's land stretches till that tree-line at the back. in the foreground is the hundred thousand litres tank which takes in rainwater from the roofs of the house. this is the sole water supply at the property but does quite nicely.

Near this tank is the old house that came with the property and is approached by a flight of 20 steps in the open.. We live here when we visit..

Swallows, who winter in india and go back for summer to the northern hemisphere, build nests at his house as well as in the nearby shops !

This is the last of our 7 dogs - Mili.

One travels to the hills by road by car (though public bus and train are available too) - and we stock up on seasonal fruit being sold on roadsides on the highways - in this case Mangoes !

There were many fruit trees on my father's property - peach, apple, plums, but langoors or leaf monkeys have destroyed most of them.