Christmas Day and things seen along the roads

The Z's are resting now, so they are not adding anything now. There are many interesting sites along the roads around Bangalore. In one picture you can see a palm tree that has been somehow incorporated into the front of a building. We are told that Palm trees are treated liked gods by many people- they don't like to cut them down, so they find ways to keep them around.
We also have a little Christmas tree on our balcony. Janet has been busy building gardens on two balconies. This little tree has a few little ornaments to make it into a Christmas tree.


For Christmas Day we mainly relaxed. Most people are working so there is a lot of hustle and bustle about the city. We went for a very fine American style Christmas dinner at "Sunny's". Excellent turkey and dressing along with several other courses and dessert. We went with a neighbor who is flying off to vacation in Australia for a bout 10 days.
The last picture is one of a Hindu temple. At least we assume that is what it is, because it is similar to others. This one seems unusual because of the huge green Parrot above the front entrance. From other temples we've seen- and there are many- the figure above the entrance appears to be the god to whom the temple is dedicated. We recognize "Ganesha" on many- the 4 armed elephant headed god. This is the only temple we've noticed with a Parrot. We often see green Parrots flying around outside the apartment building, so we assume there is a relationship, to this temple. Over the next year we'll have to educate ourselves about things like this. Most of the temples we see have numerous brightly painted figures all over the outside- they can be quite spectacular! Ziggy and Zoe have awakened and want to write a little now.
We have these really neato plants all over the balconys on the front and back of our home now! We get to go out there sometimes and sniff all over and we eat some of them too- when no one is looking! Its like being back home in our jungle there! Our human companions don't let us go out on one balcony by ourselves for very long. They claim that the Monkeys that are sometimes around can be dangerous for us and might hurt us, but we think we can whip those guys if we need to!
Merry Christmas! Z. and Z.