Inspired by the Department Store in the Warner Bros. movie A Christmas Story. With nose pressed on the window, a youngster dreams of something from the window display under the tree on Christmas morning. Hand painted porcelain, with light cord.
The soils found in the Himalayas are diverse in character depending upon altitude, vegetation cover, slope, structure and stage. The major soil groups in the Himalayas are brown hill soil, sub-mountain soils, mountain meadow soil and red loamy soils, apart from other less significant types.
The quality of the soil in South Asia has a lot to do with the amount of rainfall. The soil in the northern part is nutrient rich and blessed by what is brought down by the rivers. The major agricultural product of the area is rice, but compared to other parts of the world, yields are low.