3rd-anniversary of my blog. Happy to write about the most talented lady …but with tears in my eyes.

Today  Ranjana’s craft blog completed 3 years and stepping to 4th year. I should be happy for that, but I have tears in my eyes while writing this post. I was preparing to write this post from past 15-20 days. I have a section in this blog where I write about artists. I had planned to write about an artist Smt. Manjula, so I had met her on 12th of Jan to collect information about her works , on 13th of Jan I was segregating the images of her works, I was shocked to hear the  news of her demise. With tears in my eyes , heart filled with condolence towards her family, writing this post with a message to her ” We really miss you Aunty”.

The most talented lady I met in my life.

Coming back to her works, I’m just wondering about which one shall I write. I can say she was the most talented lady I had met in my life. Sometimes think, let me start writing about her crochet work, then suddenly I remember about her enchanting embroidery works,mmmm…no shall I write about her doll making skills …really confused. So decided to write about all , but that will require at-least 5-6 posts.

I won’t disappoint the readers, just sharing about the batik painting she made, and she was so generous , though this was the last peice she had, she gave it to me as gift. I feel I’m really lucky to have this:

Isn’t that beautiful work of art!Nowadays we get ready made batik paints and we don’t have to struggle too much to make a batik painting. But earlier it was made with chemicals, and she had made number of batik paintings like this. She told me she used to conduct classes also. Now I consider myself unlucky as I never got opportunity to learn from her. 🙁 .
This doesn’t end here dears, if you read the list of arts and crafts she practiced, you will definitely agree with my words, “She was the most talented lady”, because she knew making baskets from wires, crochet, tatting, doll making, batik painting, embroidery, mirror work, Banjara mirror work, knitting, baking, gardening, cross stitch, sewing & stitching , calligraphy , cutwork, machine embroidery …and the list continues. 2-3 days before I came to know she had learnt music also.
So its better to write each of these spreading across 5-6 posts.  I wanted to complete the post soon and very eager to show it to her.But destiny had different plans. She should have been with us for few more years, but may be God wanted
some art work from her, don’t know…I’m short of words…tears are
rolling down my cheeks remembering her…again repeating the most talented and the generous lady I have met in my life. And I’m sure reading my next posts , all the readers will agree with me.

Next 5-6 posts write about her works.

life is very uncertain,
So

-Ranjana