decor from india...in honour of the commonwealth games

<span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">As Australian athletes start to compete in the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India today, I thought I might showcase some Indian interiors...because, quite frankly, I'm sure they'll be much easier on the eye...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZVINJOIntjk4LC96DmUBktpndw0Pil4b6jU2IQ-99ipu0z_fMjEJ7SbVvDfCRWh-vW0P-rQXdlD1TZjLmEDR4dsSRz2X7JxXdXz9gcWTcDvVsvsDUCp8vYzIai07bsbsWBqDh5bSrpPE/s1600/india+decor+1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirZVINJOIntjk4LC96DmUBktpndw0Pil4b6jU2IQ-99ipu0z_fMjEJ7SbVvDfCRWh-vW0P-rQXdlD1TZjLmEDR4dsSRz2X7JxXdXz9gcWTcDvVsvsDUCp8vYzIai07bsbsWBqDh5bSrpPE/s640/india+decor+1.jpg" width="490" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">than the revolting get-up that the Aussie athletes were forced to wear in the opening ceremony...my goodness, who designs these things!! Oh ok, the team garb....vomitous...can't bear to make the pic bigger...what were we thinking!!!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZrZZqnYyO2CSyNcFQJGy2uyfYAD7unp4SL3yyR7y9MK_-Bu1BA82iV21zkMmICGkIZOA2ALQ7F2iQMnOD3WHTqQef7rg60K2BdKH9EtVrKuEqLwm0rRtapUxMY2euLBIf6mgkhdfbkiZb/s1600/878371-commonwealth-games-uniforms.jpg" imageanchor="1"><img border="0" height="179" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgZrZZqnYyO2CSyNcFQJGy2uyfYAD7unp4SL3yyR7y9MK_-Bu1BA82iV21zkMmICGkIZOA2ALQ7F2iQMnOD3WHTqQef7rg60K2BdKH9EtVrKuEqLwm0rRtapUxMY2euLBIf6mgkhdfbkiZb/s1600/878371-commonwealth-games-uniforms.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">unlike these lovely spaces...ah, that's better...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKCaGlZXvacrPvK3b6nSvwkGLQI3LldZmVYBTGvfcWXeDPYaehomBlHChXR_WMDlCD9TiEEgtJ7UHqs3plkT4SbqtM45nKoNsXObI_4mluGpzj6LoNtpXqnffJqIJotNFM05pF5eSC1OUT/s1600/india+decor3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjKCaGlZXvacrPvK3b6nSvwkGLQI3LldZmVYBTGvfcWXeDPYaehomBlHChXR_WMDlCD9TiEEgtJ7UHqs3plkT4SbqtM45nKoNsXObI_4mluGpzj6LoNtpXqnffJqIJotNFM05pF5eSC1OUT/s640/india+decor3.jpg" width="601" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">And to my bloggy friends from other Commonwealth countries...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8znhoCC393_91oyYq98zU2mdGop-_7iuVMtmXBQT7DYDjclX14LBBh0nGSR_wIwOQ01dJ7j83InYtRa4iHOTay5WFhY1NLc0WWpU5NqL0-zfuOUbYbQx6CoUYztN_SZR9sdVbWc88Z85-/s1600/india+decor+11.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8znhoCC393_91oyYq98zU2mdGop-_7iuVMtmXBQT7DYDjclX14LBBh0nGSR_wIwOQ01dJ7j83InYtRa4iHOTay5WFhY1NLc0WWpU5NqL0-zfuOUbYbQx6CoUYztN_SZR9sdVbWc88Z85-/s640/india+decor+11.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">my apologies in advance...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6m1_2kKzQKHYwrBt9ND92BDpBrc6ZoT_u19RskY7T3XX4i2uYy05IiU6I1l4f5bw_bqhF_hdhhcZiL7Qwe8I48AS9TFM0MdpSVQHN3AthmDZo811xZ5u7daLG8ClJJRUy2cvFqBAEezfx/s1600/india+decor4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="421" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6m1_2kKzQKHYwrBt9ND92BDpBrc6ZoT_u19RskY7T3XX4i2uYy05IiU6I1l4f5bw_bqhF_hdhhcZiL7Qwe8I48AS9TFM0MdpSVQHN3AthmDZo811xZ5u7daLG8ClJJRUy2cvFqBAEezfx/s640/india+decor4.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">because you just know we're going to win the medal tally count don't you?</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQc6TcrL6edSrqpHlyTROEbK5YQgOjn5b1Cje1zXgsxTbsZPGEfZkfFmUmahibyr-H00Si_4-Pik5Qs160yNxe0PB1EXkBSSUBK_hzknH81bh2rZCmxVpYckF0Ru2IRLeSHUMzcTZJJD4x/s1600/india+decor6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQc6TcrL6edSrqpHlyTROEbK5YQgOjn5b1Cje1zXgsxTbsZPGEfZkfFmUmahibyr-H00Si_4-Pik5Qs160yNxe0PB1EXkBSSUBK_hzknH81bh2rZCmxVpYckF0Ru2IRLeSHUMzcTZJJD4x/s640/india+decor6.jpg" width="423" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">It's inevitable I'm afraid...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVb5pJrV4EknWgX5iXjp6f0irRaI-7qSxqTCNmful1W9qKb14I6-eVEkEw8CZNUXUr8ldKwACeJDPKen-83lU5oU9XvDHKMJ3vJtaylQm2-JESV8lZAZUEzCfMmeLh6IumJkt6lyVxiBgf/s1600/india+decor5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhVb5pJrV4EknWgX5iXjp6f0irRaI-7qSxqTCNmful1W9qKb14I6-eVEkEw8CZNUXUr8ldKwACeJDPKen-83lU5oU9XvDHKMJ3vJtaylQm2-JESV8lZAZUEzCfMmeLh6IumJkt6lyVxiBgf/s640/india+decor5.jpg" width="476" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">sorry about that...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMMW-dEbjw89WkY3Fjd4QLIhFlMWndWcKpNV-i49lrUfrYEIOWuOJkdwkWDrHdM9a6SydsmYEbKRUEwwy-zNOj_vOrqAe6a3pv_eoXeZTkXlnNnztoFz60zGZpa-dTRmwjRNtRD4h2GpaL/s1600/india+decor7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMMW-dEbjw89WkY3Fjd4QLIhFlMWndWcKpNV-i49lrUfrYEIOWuOJkdwkWDrHdM9a6SydsmYEbKRUEwwy-zNOj_vOrqAe6a3pv_eoXeZTkXlnNnztoFz60zGZpa-dTRmwjRNtRD4h2GpaL/s640/india+decor7.jpg" width="423" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjfRjnL-BaJQ6EnDpFATnO413SZgwgP3RzWFjTA4tUdxxQxzqTrBdU77KsVf6j3OOzTnpI2beWcYKcUMW37VenLZ61eM64ihVXJ0HjootNCwhDNb1yOykrQc_GtnLDdZ1C3rFC0tVpYS7E/s1600/india+decor8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgjfRjnL-BaJQ6EnDpFATnO413SZgwgP3RzWFjTA4tUdxxQxzqTrBdU77KsVf6j3OOzTnpI2beWcYKcUMW37VenLZ61eM64ihVXJ0HjootNCwhDNb1yOykrQc_GtnLDdZ1C3rFC0tVpYS7E/s640/india+decor8.jpg" width="423" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">console yourself with these lovely interiors instead...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJb0O06hKSp8Cfd1MTzO834W-KUzIDqRhmeWQtobW6zVhlFOHy-lOmROcem_pVP2rWdSvP6D37hah5CxqAf6emfHg2oIbVfRxYIaBKFjjmJRdZHX9H4EVXq6ROdn1wAzkbtEoqFYbxXHjs/s1600/india+decor9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhJb0O06hKSp8Cfd1MTzO834W-KUzIDqRhmeWQtobW6zVhlFOHy-lOmROcem_pVP2rWdSvP6D37hah5CxqAf6emfHg2oIbVfRxYIaBKFjjmJRdZHX9H4EVXq6ROdn1wAzkbtEoqFYbxXHjs/s640/india+decor9.jpg" width="637" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHMABL8y-nK3r6-YIYDtEZ_aJccsCr1vZJvdfelZlCqooNqHevhx-Cu-7UYkQgZZ1dtvL8bTbD1sjyUIPROegAhyphenhyphenIJIk1VopttWV2nejAGt25aXgs5G_DLPUeWblXSz1xjAS1KpGvY_6n0/s1600/india+decor10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHMABL8y-nK3r6-YIYDtEZ_aJccsCr1vZJvdfelZlCqooNqHevhx-Cu-7UYkQgZZ1dtvL8bTbD1sjyUIPROegAhyphenhyphenIJIk1VopttWV2nejAGt25aXgs5G_DLPUeWblXSz1xjAS1KpGvY_6n0/s640/india+decor10.jpg" width="493" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Here's to a Games free from trouble...of any sort. India is an amazing country, and I hope it's wonderful. I'll leave you with my favourite photo of my trip to India in 2007...dawn at Varanasi...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Ei43rIXQDi9Ibm7eFMwnMCFiePiODuFmyqsO8P8mz-53JJsQsDrOh4XaImeLfqd99g9xgXYNAzMdyyye8Mnp147zW8DCklanAZQvBLZdlJTpjHxAMgowYcCObQTpb7Pg6GZT4tAp5YPp/s1600/Nepal+&+India+dawn@varanasi.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="505" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh9Ei43rIXQDi9Ibm7eFMwnMCFiePiODuFmyqsO8P8mz-53JJsQsDrOh4XaImeLfqd99g9xgXYNAzMdyyye8Mnp147zW8DCklanAZQvBLZdlJTpjHxAMgowYcCObQTpb7Pg6GZT4tAp5YPp/s640/Nepal+&+India+dawn@varanasi.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;">Namaste bloggy peeps.</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Verdana, sans-serif;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: x-small;">all images except mine from <a href="http://anindiansummer-design.blogspot.com/">here</a></span></span><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;" target="_blank"><img border="0" src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/85794/tranquiltownhouse/6aa76c55681784d717c463ecc754d7c5.png" style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: transparent; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial initial; background-repeat: initial initial; border-bottom-width: 0px !important; border-color: initial !important; border-left-width: 0px !important; border-right-width: 0px !important; border-style: initial !important; border-top-width: 0px !important;" /></a>

decor from india...in honour of the commonwealth games

As Australian athletes start to compete in the Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India today, I thought I might showcase some Indian interiors......

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