Leaf: The Spiral Garden is looking particularly beautiful these days with orange cosmos, hibiscus, cornflowers, tomatoes, lettuce and pomegranate (right at the entrance). (Varanasi, India)

Rae: I was so happy to visit Jaya last week and meet her husband and new baby. Her baby was born at only 6 months gestation, but he is four months along now, and doing very well. Here she is standing in front of her little one room house. (Ashvem, India)