Category: September
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Happy Halloween 🎃
I think after two year break , Halloween celebrations seems to be at an all time high. In fact my special one did a Halloween dance, went Trick or treating organized by his baseball group, had a Trunk or Treat at his program and attended a party with Halloween games. Almost a full circle of…
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The art of cooking
I never cooked before marriage. My Grandma never allowed me in the kitchen and I never bothered to learn much. All my cooking evolved by having men in my house. I learnt every day cooking by compulsion and I can say I am good at it. My special one has very good taste buds ,…
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Common Chicory
I promised myself I would be much more observant of the nature when I go for a walk. I have been good and have been observing more this summer. One flower picture I clicked on my walk in September got missed out. Only today the picture me app taught me what this was. This is…
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Ganga SnAnam Aacha
For those who do not speak my language, my title today may be difficult to understand so please bear with me as I explain. When my neighbor asked me how I am going to celebrate Diwali or Deepavali, the Indian lights festival, I really did not have an answer. Nothing can duplicate the fun and…
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Warding off evil!
We did these cute little witches yesterday. We used some pins to push into these tiny pumpkins. They came out really good. I also have a big pumpkin that my boy picked up from a patch which we are going to paint. All these paintings made me remember “drishti poosinikai” back home in India. The…
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Victory
My marigold and zinnias had to fight with the bunny in my garden for their survival. Every sprout was munched away. I feel with this full bloom, it looks as if they reached their finish line successfully. The plants were in an untenable position most of the summer but all of a sudden they finally…
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My next project?
So what should I do with my kid? How am I going to engage him next? This is a hard task, but let me tell you google and amazon know my difficulty. As I just searched one craft material, the apps keep throwing me links to other similar things. Some are expensive and some are…
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A Fall Day!
After two busy weeks, I went for a walk. My husband decided to walk with my son and I took my time to take stroll on the trail. The trail is a constant for my boy, so there is not much anxiety. But for me, I noticed the leaves changing color and felt the crisp…
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Hectic week
Today I was texting a friend saying that I couldn’t make it to her house this year for Navarathri. I told her we needed two weekends to finish rounding up everyone. She said, we need the entire winter to be Navaratri so that we are not depressed. I have already written a lot about rituals…
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Red and Yellow
I have displayed an entire room full of multicolor dolls for my Navarathri Golu. But my main five step dolls are displayed on my red and yellow saree representing ShAktam or the power of Shakthi. If you do like this display picture why not click on the link below and vote for me and make…
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Poinsettia
Finally able to join Cee’s and Judy’s Alphabet challenge today. I even did a blog on these lovely plants in December. I tried to maintain them all winter but they couldn’t survive. CEE’s FOTD and Judy From Life lessons
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Navaratri 2022
I am so happy that this is the third year in a row I am blogging about my Navaratri Golu. This year as I mentioned in my previous blog, my theme is to showcase where we are from . We come from the South Indian State of Tamil Nadu rich in culture and traditions and…
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Reverse engineering and theme
As I start sending out my invites for my Golu next week, people have started asking what is the theme for my Golu this year? My special one has worked on a lot of things this year and just like last year I wanted to incorporate in my exhibit. But this year I want to…
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Okra
This summer I planted two pots with okra seeds. Only one pot yielded and that too a few. As the summer closes down I was surprised to see the other pot too blooming. For Cee’s FOTD .
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Living in the present
We tend to carry a lot of baggages. Our everyday one is in itself so heavy. To be able to work on that we need to let go of some heavy ones like the past and the future. A nice illustration I saw on facebook. Weekend was great for my boy. We went to a…
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Obsessive Compulsiveness
I have started my Navarathri set up in my home. This is not easy every year since my son is obsessed with things being in the same place. He is not a neat freak. He has his own arrangement and that cannot change. Yesterday with huge effort my husband with my helped moved a table.…
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TRIMMED-CFFC
For Cee’s Fun Photo Challenge: Walk 50 steps or less and take new photos. My yard got trimmed and mulched. Looked like my plants got an hair cut. Crews worked all day and here are some pictures that I took this evening just walking out of my home. A fun challenge.
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Garden Lily
I do not shop at the garden center during fall. I am not confident about planting bulbs for the spring. But I did do some window shopping and found these beautiful lilies. My plant identification app called this Orange Lily and it seems it represents confidence, pride and wealth. For Cee’s Flower of the Day!
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When the waves stop
I will take bath in the ocean when the waves stop. This is a common saying in my language when we do not do something or keep postponing or not attend to a current matter in hand. In our brains we are perfectionists. We need a perfect situation to execute something and that needs to…
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Bandage
I have to accept I am a clumsy person who falls and gets bandaged. My first memory being, when I was four, I fractured my hand, followed by a sprain to the same hand, again stitches on my skull for a fall and even a ligament surgery twenty years ago. Ouch seems like a lot!…
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