If it's Sunday ...

If it's Sunday, it must be time for new photos from Vapi. So here are a few sights from our wanderings around Vapi this Sunday.

This bungalow has been under construction for years -- at least the entire time we've been in Vapi. It's almost ready for living, and an electric meter and a nice garland "(toran") of marigolds and mango leaves have been installed.

A closer look at the garland.

This looked to be a fairly new truck -- more decorated with add-ons than most. (Although the doodads never show up as prominently in photos as they do in person.) I particularly like that the front garland wove through the windshield wipers. (Monsoon is still several months away.) You can tell that the trucks don't move fast enough for all these accessories to fall off or reduce gas (well, diesel) mileage. I did not take photos of the "cheesecake" photos glued to the diesel tank -- beautiful women in gorgeous saris -- no "skin" to speak of.

And now it's "Critter Time". No cows or dogs this week.

I've heard two cats in the neighborhood, but didn't know that one was a kitten. The cats are very secretive. I usually only hear them and see them in the shadows at night.

They run away and hide as soon as they see people.

This is a vegetarian region of a (largely) vegetarian country. I can't recall seeing bones in the street before, much less a skull. I presume this is a goat skull, since it was too small to be a calf. (And the teeth are also well-developed.)

And finally, from our kitchen:

I was cleaning the kitchen counters when I noticed and unusual "bug" moving on the counter. It kinda looked like a tick or a beetle. Turned out it was a watermelon seed being carried by four ants.

These photos were taken with a microscope attachment (ProScope Micro Mobile) on my iPad. It was hard to get things in focus, because everything was in motion. You can tell that the ants' antennae are moving quite fast -- they are always blurry.

So that's what you missed in Vapi this week.