At the centre...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div style="text-align: left;">Every home has a central hub around which the daily activities of the family revolve.</div><div><br /></div><div>The dining table is where most of our tasks are accomplished but there is another space in our drawing room, the centre table <i>(actually it is an old ancestral swing converted to a low table) </i>where we spend many evenings chatting with family & friends. </div><img alt="" border="0" height="440" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503969955062423618" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8XPiDFlamMxPSScR5tEbnK0gaRkyAQJyOYzsBz3sJR9w1pOGFDK4SD-qXxtQJM9DAeg0qXmOLD93OoOIgm3ZcOfpyFwYmtD_aD6IIoiymtgT-q1Kdgj6FxhaeLeZ3OfHN7J0UUa-TPg8/s640/ht3_rect640.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;" width="640" /><br /><div><div style="text-align: left;">It is also a space like a canvas where I keep painting various hues in the form of floating flowers, things from our travels, magazines, books...</div><img alt="" border="0" height="453" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503968474184205138" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhoF6gbwwFjpI6JjoHDb38Y1DMplzkn8hj2N9bUi4VjDqo61ygDn2H4MTOG41rg0dPe2pwoRMr7W1uBAveI-AenI83T2IxW2VQ2ek1BwzKrkWTY-32NAUIlafY1UDlDthrPsYl2WzRL35s/s640/cen.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;" width="640" /><br /><div><div style="text-align: left;">Here are some vignettes from the ever changing arrangements on my centre table...</div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: underline; color: #0000ee;"><img alt="" border="0" height="410" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503971848849519442" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgDQ-TOBwGsjBHkVRP8Uxi7GWV8_WHQMvahZ8g2FgouBmz_b9NNXOFefSIvcoFK0jcjvx6WcE9ceAt3HoPHUwr-i1nwOjVnE0x5Pszq4mux3dRzQYuTBtR4izsTc6iISSLFeIxxNjmM18I/s640/30620_1138966410566_1719592383_258921_7945830_n.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;" width="640" /></span><img alt="" border="0" height="450" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503967220609055106" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijCIPXkiG5dLAN4CnmWpHmHAJVMJO__ZWUomvoYhx27LGdRa00fx_ATSwDIQbDvhNOZoNkKPlLXePqBeuiR9hpC9dynoFeariUh2nLV-V5s-HsGWUcvKFFZl9Cuul8EaeZSOsTNU9I4m8/s640/29786_405509109699_175383444699_4145980_6952120_n.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;" width="640" /></div><div style="text-align: left;">Roses and wooden block from Jaipur, Rajasthan</div><img alt="" border="0" height="425" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503967229504714850" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhrNTxKt2esBBJdd3bdlz00MmI0HCANUI-5leBxkWnfLUrjxKEtoCa2FKrC4Z2gzYbMs2LxL6xYbYvhFG2oVQBmKQc7WGpwDlQQ6JMqlvRUAyaGhARjRmrDWMKv72FBYewxkD5RWL7fVgU/s640/29786_405509894699_175383444699_4145992_2237354_n.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;" width="640" /><br /><div style="text-align: left;">Frangipanis & Pebbles from Nubra Valley, Ladakh.</div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu96G2ehAlN65eJKikrVYttIx1PVFE8T7xcxneg3-5yrSDZNKDCCfTOAJfE-YNDBSI2cQvjoL4ip1kLEEB8Me0mIYBifUTLSCQA4PYimYlWod3Xj3PCB6XDRmEJ6iYzn8UqZ-evplas_4/s1600/jj1.jpg" onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}"><img alt="" border="0" height="433" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5503967234374363170" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiu96G2ehAlN65eJKikrVYttIx1PVFE8T7xcxneg3-5yrSDZNKDCCfTOAJfE-YNDBSI2cQvjoL4ip1kLEEB8Me0mIYBifUTLSCQA4PYimYlWod3Xj3PCB6XDRmEJ6iYzn8UqZ-evplas_4/s640/jj1.jpg" style="display: block; margin: 0px auto 10px; text-align: left;" width="640" /></a>Wooden Padukas from Jew Town, Kerala</div><div><br /></div><div><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small;">(images by Arch)</span></i></div></div></div>

At the centre...

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