A house decorated with xmas lights....
An yellow chirstmas bloom on the gates of Vallarpadam.
Two generations walking in the rosary park.
How this was tied on the stays of the flag post, I do not know. It added some color to the Christmas morning.
The new sub-station, that is coming up near the church.
The slabs for the rail road stalked among the grass on the way to church. Probably for the Vallarpadam container terminal rail.
The big grass on the way side, they were dancing beautifully in the christmas morning breeze.
The baked bricks, folks hardly use these kind of bricks these days, strong and sturdy they are old war horses indeed. Nostalgic too.
Grass blooms by the road, I found them very pleasant on my christmas morning trip.
A whole bunch of this beautiful wild flowers were hiding behind the giant cable wheel parked by the side of the road. I came across them accidentally.
I was so surprised... beautiful xmas blooms.
X'mas cake. God bless all those who shared their fortunes with others during these Xmas season. Humble are those who accepted those gifts with gratitude.
Home made delicacies.
The flag post at Vallarapadam, So far I havent got a shot better than this.
Meenkashi Restaurant took a day off on X'mas.
The new church pier which is coming up. They have built it so tall, we can see these towers from any side of kochi.
Not much crowded today, folks were sleeping in after the late night at the church.
The lone star at the top of the church.
I could not make it to Vallarpadam for the christmas eve celebration. It was very beautiful indeed with lights and carols.
A beautiful crib outside the church. It might have been wonderful with decorative lights.
Infant Jesus at the crib. A lady kissing the baby Jesus.
7AM mass on christmas morning. Most of the parishoners came for the night mass. Only a few like me was there for the morning service.
Church looked beautiful in the morning light, the previous night it was brimming with folks who have gathered to celebrate the birth of Jesus.
The morning of chirstmas day. It was cool and mysty.
The picture of His grace Dr. Daniel AcharuParambil still adorns the street.
A man at work on Christmas day morning.
A peep view of the grass fields dancing in the morning sunlight.
Mackrel and Sardines are a plenty catch here in this side of the Arabian sea. I dont think any Kochinier can resist the delicious frying smell of sardine and mackrel. Oh! its so mouth watering.
Most folks around Vallarpadam are sea-faring. Here is a picture of a boat named after Mary. These days, boat rides on Vembanad lake where the Vallarpadam island is, is a great tourist attraction.
Christmas is just round the corner. Everyone is busy shoping, buying gifts, sending cards.. but some how I miss the color.....:):):)
Our Lady of Hope, Vypeen is another famous church in Kochi, though not as old as the 'Our lady of Ransom, Church at Vallarpadam, it is also a few hundred years old.
Joseph Rosa on his blog has related the church beautifully, You can read more about our lady of hope from there and see some touching pictures of Kochi from another proud Kochinier.
