Category: November
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A Team Player
Are you a leader or a follower? Over the course of my life I have seen leaders emerge. What I have seen in them the perseverance to lead and the hard work they put in. But there are other people who would have put in the same effort but couldn’t become one. So luck does…
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Iris
The Iris have been resilient. These rhizomes came out of the ground, picture taken January 17th 2023. It was a warm week. I was worried what would happen to them if the cold returned. Not only the cold returned back the next week we had a very cold April. They did not complain about Mother…
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Ground Ivy
When the weather turns topsy turvy even weeds have a tough time. We just started removing them and found these pretty purple flowers. They need to be removed or can spread super fast. For Cee’s FOTD
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Back to the Trails
Few weeks back after our trip back from New Jersey I promised myself I will limit my travel to just within our zip code. True to the promise, I have been spending most of the time around my community with our everyday activities and doing some spring cleaning. I think my Mom will only be…
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Hello May
It’s May and almost the middle of spring. We have been having some cold rain and it does make us lazy to do some spring cleaning. But I have Vietnam Veterans truck stopping by on Thursday so I am clearing some unwanted stuff. If you like to donate here is their link. https://pickupplease.org Not many…
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Getting settled!
The first two weeks of April involved lot of traveling which I thought would never happen. But it did. It was an experience. The next two weeks , as we wind down April have been me picking up things after a travel and establishing back a routine. This last full week of April involved working…
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Brazilian Jasmine
We have freeze warning tonight. Mother Nature is playing a game again. Our local Home Depot Garden Center had got all their plants inside. It is supposed to be the start of garden season but we are in for a chilly night. We didn’t buy anything today but I got a chance to take pictures…
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A confession
Sitting next to his driver, the CEO made this confession as his Mercedes Benz got stuck behind the van. “I am jealous of the man sleeping. Expensive beds don’t bring a peaceful sleep.”
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Happy Earth Day and more
We made an unplanned visit to New Jersey last weekend for some personal reasons. It added to the tiredness I already had with our vacation in Florida and our house getting some makeover. The construction crew left the house with lot of cement and wood dust and I (we) have been cleaning non stop. When…
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Workmenship Then and Now
The past few days I have been sharing my brother’s pictures and writing down a blog. He is now doing a road trip, a trip I too dream about visiting Temples and enjoying the beauty. To his pictures I add mine too. Those are the Temples that I visited in the United States during my…
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Lunch Time for FSS
It’s time for my weekly Story Starter prompt. Here’s how it works. Every Tuesday morning (my time), I’m going to give you a “teaser” sentence or sentence fragment and your mission, should you choose to accept it, is to build a story (prose or poetry) around that sentence/fragment. It doesn’t have to be the first…
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A piece of cake for Amma 🍰
Weekend was hectic because of an unplanned long drive . Had to go off my diet. I saw to it I didn’t take much carbs but somehow gained some extra pounds. I hope it is just water weight 😀.So all next week would be catching up on the diet. (It will be more soups and…
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Tamil New Year/Vishu
I used my brother’s picture on my last blog. Okay as I woke up early today morning it is our New Year, Puthandu, Vishu all in one and my brother had sent me two pictures. A shastiabdapoorthy or 60th birthday celebration lunch he had consumed. His boasting how he finished the entrie leaf/plate in 15…
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Empty Nesters
As I prepare my younger kid to college I remember a deep conversation we had with our Guru many years back. He suggested my son can be placed in a special needs home. My son was soon going to be 18 at that time and it really shocked our family. I asked him was it…
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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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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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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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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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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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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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