#SoCS May 28, 2022

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “trail/trial.” Use one, use both, use them any way you’d like. Bonus points if you use both. Have fun! We went to Uttarakhand in June 2018. On the 13th night, at 10, we left Delhi for Haldwani by bus. That night was a memorable one. Nitin, sitting…

CFFC: Circles or Curves

This week our topic is celebrating Circles or Curves. Just make sure your curves and circles are clearly visible in your photo. Have fun.

Everyday Moments- (#SOL-2022)

23-05-2022 On Sunday we saw the sun shining brightly after ten days. It was a welcome sight. It has been forecast that our South-West monsoon will enter Kerala early next week. These rains are very important for agriculturists. They bring down the temperature too. We usually see monkeys walking on our compound walls in search…

#SoCS May 21, 2022

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “clear.” Use it any way you’d like. Enjoy! 20-05-2022 Our monsoon season usually starts in the first week of June. We get occasional rains in May, they are pre-monsoon rains. But this time, the days have been cloudy since the 11th and it has been raining a…

Everyday Moments(#SOL-2022)

16-05-2022 Last week was a rainy week. And today evening it just poured for more than an hour, with thunder and lightning. We do not know whether they are pre-monsoon rains or rains due to a cyclone in the Bay of Bengal. I always wonder how cyclones in the east coast bring rain in the…

#SoCS May 14, 2022

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “hat.” Use it literally or metaphorically. Have fun! Once upon a time I was interested in cricket. Those were the days before the television 😊. I listened to the commentary on the radio. We had a GEC radio. I remember when it stopped, we patted it on…

CFFC – Fun Photo

CFFC: Straight Lines This weekly photo challenge runs from Tuesday through Monday. Last month , we visited beautiful temples of the Hoysala period. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hoysala_Empire The straight lines in the temples impressed us. They added beauty and depth to the carvings.

#SoCS May 7, 2022

Your Friday prompt for Stream of Consciousness Saturday is “a phrase you grew up with.” Include in your post a phrase your mom/dad/grandparent/sibling used all the time when you were growing up, or just write whatever inspires you based on that phrase. Enjoy!  My father read the Bhagvad Gita every day and some of his favourite…

Everyday Moments (#SOL-2022)

3-05-2022 It is mango season and this year our tree gave us a lot of mangoes 😊. Our grandchildren enjoyed them. This tree was planted decades ago by the previous owners of the land. This fruit is called Bennet Alphonso.  Hybrid mangoes are tasty but the taste of wild mangoes or forest mangoes are of…