This morning the first thing I did after rubbing the remnants of sleep out of my eyes is wander outside onto our terrace. This is my usual routine because the weather is so nice in the morning and our terrace is the perfect place to watch the sunrise and planes take off (Indira Ghandhi airport isn't too far away). This morning I wandered to the back of the terrace to fold my laundry still hanging from the day before. When I had my pile of clothes I started walking back to the front, eyes still half-shut, but before I made it around the corner my eyes almost popped out of my head because they caught those of a monkey about 2 feet away from me and looking as if were going to pounce. Oh man did that wake me up! I admit it, I screamed bloody murder (which scared the monkey) and retreated. Turns out there were 4 monkeys (one of which was quite large) hanging out on the corner of the terrace...between me and the door into the apartment. I put my clothes back on the laundry machine and waited a good 5 minutes (who knows how long i could've stayed out there...) for them to wander further over on the terrace, then I grabbed a large piece of wood that I used to scare the monkeys when they saw me (they were chillin' by the door into the apartment by now) and said some Alleluias when I stepped back inside. And I used to think the little guys were so cute..
I need to get a better picture of these guys. The above are residents of Shimla, but they pop up all over Delhi too...
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Those are B.A. monkeys! I would have screamed too! And maybe cried some... Good gracious... Sorry, I am laughing though. :-)
So after three months, I've finally gotten caught up on your blog (sorry, we had major internet warfare with our ISP) and written something in my own. Oh, and make sure to check out Aelou The Cat's new blog at www.aelouthecat.blogspot.com?
Keep it coming, we miss you!
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