ganga1996
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When you bring a newborn from the hospital you immediately understand nothing is the same as ever. The seven pound 17 inch human can turn your life forever. For me as my son was diagnosed and as he grew up we very very slowly started understanding that nothing is going to be perfect. I have…
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What skill would you like to learn? Thanks to all who followed and liked my Navaratri series. Today and tomorrow we celebrate Goddess Sarawathi, Goddess ot knowledge. Tomorrow is Vijayadasami and kids and adults start learning something new. Young children begin their music or dance classes on this day. Both my children sat on their…
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Excited to share pictures of my Navaratri 2025. The five step golu display. This has my first dolls which are not big but huge for my sentiments. Assorted dolls of Durga, Lakshmi and Saraswathi along with Maha Vishnu’s Dasavathara and Ashtalakshmi. The steps ends with Sangeeta Trimoorthi with every Golu’s marapaachi bommai. My collection of…
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Twenty first night I started my Navaratri series. It is the penultimate day and this blog is just full of etceteras. Gifts: People bring me gifts and I proudly display it. Here are a few. I have even more given by my mom and friends but just wanted to stop here. Decoratins and fillers Omg…
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What a day it was! I wanted to write about my first biggest doll in my collection. The Uriyadi Krishnan doll. But the day was great and big as we survived the Great Race. I got a earful when the alarm rang at 5.29 am for signing up my family on a very busy Navaratri…
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I love going to The family dollar shop. I enjoy getting those dollar dolls. During Christmas time they are flooded with Christmas village dolls. Yes, I have the entire village and I do have a car wash and a ice skating rink. This time due to space constraints and other factors many things didn’t come…
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Today I am writing my blog a bit early. Tgif and the work week is done. I have a few minutes to myself. I got this set for 25 dollars from an online store many many moons ago. I called them to confirm and read out my credit card and we discussed shipping cost etc.…
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We do two types of grocery shopping. One is at an American grocery and the other one at an Indian grocery store. Other than groceries they would sell miscellaneous items and that is how I got these two dolls in Boston. A Radha Krishna and a Lakshmi doll. I think I got a very very…
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I started a Navaratri series last Saturday night. So this is my fifth day and three days of Navaratri has been done. I am doing good. I have some birds today. In fact I have a lot of birds in my display but when I took a picture these few just came into my angle.…
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This plant is a decorative item for the Golu. I got two during a trip to Guruvayoorappan Temple in Kerala. This is one piece of item I keep loosing and today found it in my laundry room 🤔 . Assembly is not a big deal so my young man started helping me. But I found…
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Doll of the day is a tea set. When the world closed for pandemic everything became online. That is when I found out my special young man could sit for some craft activities. We got a tea party set and it became part of my Navaratri golu 2020. Yes, something I never ever imagined in…
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Yesterday I started my Navaratri series. My dolls are my prompt and the story behind them my blog. My grandma used to say the idols in our house should not be more than the size of the thumb of the man of the house. I don’t think anyone asked why nor is it being followed.…
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This year my Golu or display doesn’t have any theme. On Thursday when I got all my boxes up from the basement I just looked around and smiled at myself. My first display in the year 1998 just had my son’s toys. I never imagined I could or would continue and take it to this…
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What’s your all-time favorite album? https://music.apple.com/us/album/nada-himalaya/170109046 My Guru’s Healing Meditation album Nada Himalaya my all time favorite. Then I have a collection of devotional and classical carnatic music that I listen when I need that push to get over my day. My movie music favorite has always been A. R. Rahman and not Illayaraja. Both…
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Which topics would you like to be more informed about? Isn’t there too much information already around us? I remember a time my grandfather used to write letters to mom. The snail mail gave us information that sailed slowly amd smoothly for us to absorb it. Any question asked would be answered only a week…
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We have couple of entrances to our local mall. The mall is not huge, just two levels yet they do have a lot of parking and entrances. I strategically plan my emtrance and parking in such a way that my young man has less food options. But lately I found out his anxiety was high…
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To make a three hour movie review is not my cup of tea but I have a blog and experessing my feelings is not wrong. Last month an Indian movie “Coolie” was released with all pomp. In fact it didn’t have any new actors just those from my school age period. They named it Pan…
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Write about your most epic baking or cooking fail. My Navaratri invites are all sent out. I added a twist to the invite. Every guest coming on any day will have a boxed snack from Ani’s kitchen. Why did I do that? I had to start somewhere if I want to take my “special young…
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Share a lesson you wish you had learned earlier in life. Two months back I wrote a blog about how we were there for Pittsburgh’s Picklesburgh festival. We had been there once and vowed never to go back again because it was so crowded. Yet that summer evening we found ourselves at Picklesburgh. Lesson learnt:…
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What are your favorite types of foods? Today I was arguing with my husband how apples can increase his blood glucose level, yet we went to a farm to pick apples 🍎! I would say this is the earliest we have been to apple picking and the trees were full of them. In fact some…
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