One must ask children and birds, how cherries and strawberries taste…
Johann Wolfgang von Goethe.
Birds on a berry bush
After a long, long time, I picked up some colors again when I had about an hour free yesterday. After a lot of sloppy tries, this one came alright. I’m not pleased with the leaves at all, but the birds look cute.
It reminds me of my childhood summers, when I would climb up trees in my native place to eat ‘Kafals‘ and ‘Hinsolas‘, berries native to Garhwal, India. The quote I’ve mentioned above couldn’t be more right, in my case. I have such fond memories of those berries and can still remember their juicy, tangy taste.
The Kafal Berry
Hinsola Berry
I don’t know what either Hinsolas or Kafals are called in English, but both taste sweet-sour and are incredibly juicy. The Kafal has a pit much like a Cherry, but Hinsolas don’t. They’re like raspberries and I’m sure they must be a kind of raspberry too.
These berries are generally around in summers in the Garhwal hills. Back when we were kids, our daily walks would include collecting as many of these berries as possible and then feasting on them.
Mind you, if you overdose on these berries, you could get runny poo. We loved them as kids nonetheless, and always ate too many of them without any care of how our poo turned out. If only I could have those carefree days back….
Do you have such triggers, pictures, music or art, that evoke memories of childhood? Do share. I’d love to hear about them and reminisce with you.
Have a great weekend guys!
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That painting goes on my phone wallpaper. 😁
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Awwwwww! Honored. Thanks a lot 😊 😊 😊 😊
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Lovely!
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Thanks Dahlia 😊💕
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If this splendid picture is the product of your sloppy tries, I can guess well, what an amazing artist is in you!
I have never eaten those ‘kafals’ and ‘hinsolas’ but yeah they are looking like a kind of raspberry, we call them ‘ras bhari’ in local.
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Awwwwww gee! Thank you soooooo much. Yeah, those berries are very much like raspberries but they taste sour.
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Well to eat them I would have to travel garhwal then😋😋
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Yes,in the summers too 😁😁😁😁
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😀
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Lovely sketch! I loved the color scheme and shading. Incidentally I also sketched today after so many days.
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Thanks a lot Ma’am. Have you put up your sketch on your blog? Would love to see it 😊
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Yeah, there are a few in sketching category.
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I’ll check those out tomorrow. Right now going to bed. Gn to you Ma’am 😊
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Beautiful painting…👌👌👌
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Thanks a lot Sir 😊
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Chronicler also a painter…
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Not a painter but a dabbler 😁😁😁
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Images from good old time memories.
There was a movie Kaphal – wild berries brought out by the children’s film society directed by Baton Muktiar.
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Sorry Batul Mukhtiar.
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OH! Thank you so much for introducing this to me. I didn’t know about it and just googled it. Hopefully I can watch it now and get a glimpse of those berries 😀 Have a happy Sunday 🙂
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Nice painting
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You are so good at many things
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Aw thank you so much 😊 😊 😊
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I have tried kaphal in Garhwal few years ago during a trek. I liked them but vendor never told me about runny poo. 😁
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😀 😀 Well, I’m telling you now. But its supposed to affect your poo only when you have a lot, like about a quarter of a kilo types. It’s supposed to generate heat in the body, like mangoes and papaya. So does Hinsola.
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Ok.
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I’d like to have a cup each of both these berries, please. The closest I can approximate the first ones is to mulberry, and that is a memory from my own childhood.
That sketch/painting is wonderful too.
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Oh yeah, now that you’ve mentioned it, a Hinsola does look like mulberry. But it’s nothing in taste like a mulberry though. They taste like a mix of orange and raspberry, if that makes sense. 😁
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No that doesn’t make any sense. 😂
I guess only after my cup-full desires are completed that I’d know for sure. 😊
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Then you’ll have to take a trip up north to the Himalayas to find out. The season is wrong though. Wait till next summer 😝
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That’s a very beautiful painting, Pradita! 💕😊
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Thanks a lot 😊 😊 😊
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Don’t mention it, dear. 💕😊
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But I will! 🤣
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😂😂😂😘🤗😊
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