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Dense blazing star
I am having fun with my plant identifying app. It is really addictive. For Cee’s FOTD
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Sunday on the Montour
When I did my bucket list in June, one activity I wanted to do was a 5k walk. To do a 5k somethings need to be in place and it did not happen. But today was great. I have an app called map my walk that calculates distance, pace and time so I decided to […]
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Return
Our township library now automatically renews books. This way if you forget to return them there are no fines. It really encourages parents, since returning books on time is a hassle.
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Ancient
When you see messages like these, that makes you feel ancient not the the long buried civilizations eras. For RDP Wednesday prompt: Ancient
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Happy 4th of July!
With so many red white and blue projects with my boy in the past six weeks forced me make some American food for my parents. A 4th of July party setting with zero planning. Being vegetarians my younger one shopped for his grandparents so that they can eat at peace without questioning about the ingredients. […]
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Siberian Iris
These are similar to bearded iris and bloom around the same time but their petals are thinner them. For Cee’s Flower of the Day
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Flippant
Growing up my Grandmother used to give me lot of advice , how to talk and behave with elders was one important piece. Her Dad was a military doctor and had been in both the world wars. She said there wasn’t one day she or her brother had stood before their Dad and made a […]
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S’mores
Day 30! Final day of my challenge. It was a sweet afternoon that my special one enjoyed so much. An activity he volunteered 💯 percent 😀! We made s’mores. Of course he loved it since it is just all sugar and chocolate. Few years back during a fall festival I tasted my first smore given […]
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Fly a Kite 🪁
Day 29! As I finished the activity for today, my Dad called me a ring master😂! Yes everyone participated in the activity today. I grew up in a very conservative household and one activity a girl was not allowed to do was fly a kite! Ha Ha, even if they had got me one I […]
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Make a bird feeder!
Day 28 Challenge! When I started this challenge I told my Mom everyone needs to participate. My Mom said good luck with your Dad! You cannot make him do anything. Yes approaching 80 one definitely looses interest in things but I was sure as things progressed I will catch his attention. I did when my […]
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Home away from Home
Day 27! Today my special one attended a party with DJ and music, arts and crafts, game and of course food. It was definitely fun. We made a red white and blue craft work and he was so concentrated that he was the only one who could thread his beads to the twine kept there […]
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Sri Venkateshwara Temple, Pittsburgh
Day 26 Today was my husband’s birthday! Happy Birthday to a very special Dad. He didn’t want to mention that, so I have to do it! There was no special activity planned for today since we wanted to go to the temple. I have written an exclusive blog as to how we trained our son […]
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Heinz History Center
Day 25 of my challenge. We had a long evening yesterday and our activity was really tiring so when I suggested that we have to go to a museum today my younger one’s reply was I have been there many times during my elementary school days and that he was not interested😀. My husband had […]
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Fitness Trail.
Day 24! Parks are great place to walk and if you have good trails it is a wonderful experience. South Park near our house has an amazing trail path around a pond , so our activity today was at the park. We did have a picnic with our friends two weeks back but we were […]
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Day 23, Dollar store trip!
I decided my next activity should be cheap. After browsing through my bucket list I headed of to the dollar store. It is not a dollar anymore. Everything is one dollar and twenty five cents now. I was lucky I found what I wanted from my bucket list. We got a suncatcher. As I walked […]
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Virginia Sweetspire
My Dad was curious what plant this was . So here is it for him. This looks like jasmine buds made into a garland. For Cee’s FOTD
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Bowling
Day 22 of my challenge! I ran out of ideas today since it was a hot morning with thunderstorms in the afternoon. But my younger one said, let’s do bowling . So that is what we did today. We never did bowling until my son started his adult day program. Special needs community has lot […]
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A South Indian snack.
Day 21 of my challenge and it is summer solstice, the longest day of the year for us. A snack staple in every household while I was growing up. A snack made by the ladies of the household in the month of February in India when the sun was perfect and the weather was comfortable […]
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Pool Games!
Day 20! After involving my whole family yesterday today was me alone with my boy at the pool. We did indoor pool already so we decided to go outdoors and I had some pool toys with me. More than ten years ago while I was talking to another Mom, she told me how her therapist […]
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Father’s Day!
Day 19! Happy Father’s Day to all the wonderful Fathers out there. The silent heroes. Today I decided my family to run the show. In the morning I got a new basketball, baseball set (since my son started liking and playing) and some table tennis balls. Remember those T shirts we tie dyed, that was […]
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