Monkey Business

As I stood staring out of the kitchen window - I saw a fully grown monkey sitting on the gate of my parents-in-law's house.
"O dear God! there is a monkey outside" I told ma-in-law
"o no! I'm going to loose more potted plants today" she said

More thumps on the ceiling indicated more monkeys running around.

Turns out every few days, a huge bunch of monkeys hits this recently settled residential colony where my parents-in-law reside. They pluck out flowers and buds from plants, remove plants from pots and generally leave devastation in their wake. Ma-in-law has lost several pots and more dahlias and chrysanthemums than she can remember.

Normally, I am quite a live-and-let-live kind of person. But monkeys! Running around in residential areas! And my sonny plays in the yard all day - except for the time he plays on the terrace. What if a monkey bit him??

"Why doesnt someone fire an air-gun or something to scare them off?" I ask.
"What if they hurt them, by mistake? Monkeys are revered in these areas to be incarnations of God (Hanuman)"
O shoot ! I didnt think of that!

"Why not call the forest reserve guys and have these monkeys sent back to the forests?"
"Where are the forests? These areas where we live now - used to be guava groves and monkeys roamed freely here. Now that we live here - where will they go?"
Good point! When man encroaches on animal land - animals have a right to fight back!

So now I'm really stumped! I keep scanning the horizon for impending monkey attacks - while sonny plays outside!

S2S AWOL?

I know, I know...I've just vanished from the face of the earth. Fuzzy logic, Alan, Kodi's mom - thank you for checking up on me. Your concern really touched me :)

Where was I?
I am in India....yipeeeeeee... after 2 and half years - I've come back to Bharat ma!
And jet lag hit sonny so hard - he just wouldn't let go of me for a minute - for a full week!!!
And then of course - the mandatory relative visiting session happened. And to top it all, sonny
decided to sprout a new tooth and kept us awake half the night.
So I have yet to catch up on everyone's blogs - and give my vishesh tippanis and I promise to do that soon.
But right now - I am enjoying ma-in-law's delicious food and lazing around :)

But I'll be back soon. Watch this space!!