Pongalo Pongal!!!

Today is Pongal and mum made 2 types of Pongal... Pongal with Vellam (Jaggery) and Venn Pongal, and she made a Vegetable Kootu. I wasn't able to capture the pongal pot while the pongal was overflowing. If any of you guys are not familiar about Pongal, and want to know more, I suggest you visit Jeevan's blog. He has done a pretty comprehensive entry. This is my mother's beautiful kolam, she called it the Paavakai (Bittergourd) Kolam. Cute ah? Thats me with my sister and the entrance of my flat. Oh thats not the most interesting part of the whole story... I invited an Orkut friend, Guna over for lunch at my place...it was sooo cool. It was fun talking to him, and to hear about his family and his home back on Veloor. Celebrations are so fun when you have your friends and family over. Happy Ponggal once again... பொங்கல் நல்வாழ்த்துக்கள்!