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About me
Hello I started this blog just before the pandemic began in January of 2020. After two years of posting very little, I became active last December and I have found joy blogging. So I decided to edit my about me page and thought why not make it as a new post. I am Ganga and…
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A personal touch! WDYS #179
Image Credit; Axel Ruffini @ Unsplash Ray looked at the picture. The company logo looked fine. But something was bothering him. His was a construction company. He loved that all the work his men did. They used their hands and the logo fit perfectly. Yet it did not satisfy him. The computer generated hand was not what…
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Mail
The mail had arrived. Sara knew it would be advertisements, junk, nothing important. Everything was electronic nowadays. As she took the mail, she was surprised to see a hand written personal greeting card. The happiness was immense.
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Simple Things!
Our neighborhood ice-cream shop opened last Tuesday and we were lucky the weather was good that afternoon for an ice-cream. I took a picture of the ice-cream and my younger one said, oh this is for your blog! Of course I said! Winter is done and spring has arrived. We had a very mild winter.…
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A compliment
WordPress prompt for today: What was the best compliment you’ve received? I have received compliments from many that I am Super Mom. Thanks to all! But every Mom wants to be a Super Mom and tries her best. So I am thankful for the compliment but it is not a feather on the cap. Okay,…
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Golden words!
It was the last day of school. The Kindergarteners were proud that they will be in first grade soon. They were becoming big. They felt they were an adult almost! Mrs. C decided to give the children a small assignment on this last day of school. She asked each student what they wanted to be…
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Being in the moment
The current Nor Easter which rolled in quick had dumped nearly a foot of snow. Her connecting flight was canceled and there was no use standing in front of “Enterprise Rent A Car” booth. It would be tough to get a car and even she did the roads were not safe. She settled herself with…
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Patience
The next few weeks, due to one too many problems most of my basement needs to be renovated. This is my son’s sensory room and things need to be moved because of this. The work started yesterday and he could not sleep at all last night due to the anxiety that they had moved some…
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What I have binged on!
What movies or TV series have you watched more than 5 times? Ha Ha, When I saw this prompt I needed to write. I have binged on NCIS. There are certain seasons I love more than the others and felt sad whenever a major character left the series. I still watch it on CBS streaming…
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Smoke, WDYS #177
For Sadje’s What do you see #177 Image credit; Leighann Blackwood @ Unsplash The final moments of the game was on. The two teams were tied and just seconds remaining the ball flew and hit his head and he could smell smoke. John shuddered and realized he had dozed off watching college hoops and was woken up…
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False Shamrock
It was St Patrick’s Day Party. Me and my son had fun playing so many games. But we did not have any Irish Luck as the games progressed. No prizes were won. My boy was behaving really good and he was moving all around and I was happy that he was enjoying the party. My…
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Intermittent Fasting and Eating out 😊
Second week of intermittent fasting done. We are 12 hours fasting from 6 pm to 6 am. Me and my husband are targeting a healthy lifestyle and this seems to be a good approach. The past two years I have gone on a diet and had lost significant weight which I want to maintain. So…
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Fandango’s Flashback Friday, Legos, Part 2
I love to read Fandango’s Flashback Friday since I am new to blogging and all of his flashbacks are new to me. I never had a chance to write my own since I never had one for that particular day. But when I looked at my archives I saw that I had a very good…
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Little Jimmy’s thoughts for WDYS #176
For Sadje’s What do you see? Image credit; Dex Ezekiel @ Unsplash Little Jimmy loved his new home. He loved his new family. He was being called foxy since he looked like one by the children in his household. What he didn’t like was being carried around in that bag like a baby. But he loved his…
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Cookie Stand for Fandango’s Flash Fiction Challenge #209
Paula hosting Fandango’s Flash Fiction Challenge, challenging bloggers to write a flash fiction piece or a poem inspired by the photo. There are no style or word limits. This week’s photo is credited to inactive account – ID 1103997 on Pixabay. It depicts three girls of different ages/heights dressed in pink and blue aprons and…
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Henna
Two days back my Mom told me she was going to wear marudhaani. Marudhaani is nothing but henna. This is not the one sold in packets in store but the fresh one. My parents have a plant and usually the leaves are plucked fresh and grinded. We used to have a stone grinder outside and…
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Learning and Fasting
I received some good news in my email, that I passed my third level sanskrit exam conducted by Samskrita Bharathi USA. Last weekend, I received an email saying the results would be announced in a couple of days. The nervousness I experienced whenever I received an email alert over the next couple of days made…
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CFFC: Things People Visit
So for Things People Visit, here are my entries and these are places we visit often. Temples: Whenever we visit a new city, we try to go to the Temple there. You name a Temple, we would have been there in the North East part of this country. Of course we are a God loving…
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Siblings! What do you see #175
Written for Sadje’s What do you see? Image credit; Joshua Clay @ Unsplash A girl and then a boy every parents’ dream fulfilled. Is it same for the siblings? Not so! It’s looks like a rivalry from day one. The elder sister tries to dominate the little brother. The younger one doesn’t care. She tries…
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An appointment, for Fandango’s FFC #208
For Fandango’s Flash Fiction Challenge #208 Now hosted by Paula. Welcome! I am temporarily hosting the FFFC while Fandango recuperates. Please join me in sending good vibes to Fandango with the hope that he’ll be back in top blogging form ASAP. In the meantime, I will be posting a photo I grab off the internet…
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When it rains it pours!
After a fun weekend at Ontario (if you have missed , check it out here) we came home to find that we have so many maintenance, repair and replacement work. I think that is how life is. My Mom used to say this while I was growing up and I have seen in other people’s…
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