Not many words tonight.  We had a super busy, wonderful day.  I thought I'd let the pictures do the talking tonight.  PS - the good pictures were taken by Lauren.  

Mickey and Abisheik explore an auto.

Buying flowers from the street vendors.

 A colorfully dressed boy begging in the street.

I stepped in some nastiness.  I was told it was of the cow variety and that cow dung does not have all the nasty things other dung has.  Then, when our Indian friend examined the pile later, she informed me that it probably belonged to a dog.  YUCK!  Well, it was bound to happen sooner or later.

Beautiful flowers from one of the vendors.  Each flower is 10 rupees (20 cents!). 

See, we really are in India! She has on a kurta and everything!

This just makes me smile.

Okay, so maybe just a few words.  After work, we rode with Shanthala, our Enable India liaison and all around awesome person, in an auto down to Staples to buy some materials for the tactile graphics workshop that we are going to hold on Friday.  Here, crafty kinds of things are sold in stationary stores, and here in India, Staples (yes, like the ones in America), sells stationary items as well as office supplies.  So, we bought puffy paint and textured paper at Staples.  On our way back during rush hour, Shanthala had a hard time hailing an auto driver who was willing to drive us home for the metered fare.  Because it was a short ride, just under a kilometer, it would only cost 17 rupees (25-ish cents).  She probably haggled with 5 or so drivers before she had us stand on the footpath (a sidewalk in America) while she hailed an auto in the road.  Without our whiteness, she was able to hail a driver for the metered fare and then wave us over to get in.   Earlier today, Melissa called the extra money that people expect from us a "skin tax."  I think that's a pretty fair assessment.  When prices aren't set in stone, like in an auto or at a street vendor, we always seem to be charged more than is fair.