Of happy happy days!

* Loads of laughter… non stop conversations, jokes, pulling each others legs…

* Games, games, games! Hours spent playing carom, chess, chor- police, chinese checkers, pallankuzhi /aligulimane

* Evenings spent swinging higher n higher! Followed by the evergreen ‘Hide and seek’

* Some drawing, colouring, crafting…

* A lil teeny weeny bit dedicated to keeping in touch with basic lessons

The month of May just whizzed by…

D’s daughters were here for almost a month and the kids had a whale of a time! Most remarkable was the laughter They would laugh at anything n everything that the kids did.. especially Adi’s antics and one liners amused them no end. And, he being he, gleefully played to the gallery…

Ammu has taken to reading with a vengeance She makes it a point to go to bed with a book and will sleep only after she has read a few pages at least. Tinkle is her new favorite! So much so, that whenever we go to Sis2′s house, she’s more excited by the fact that she’ll get more Tinkle books. Yes.. sis2 buys and stocks Tinkle books even now!!

This time, the books have been wrapped and labelled well in advance. For the first time. Thanks to BIL1, who took it up in earnest a couple of weekends ago. Uniforms, shoes/socks, bags, lunch boxes… check check check. All set for school

Lil purses their Chinnu akka made for them

Our plant collection..

… has finally begun!!

In the beginning of the year I had announced that any gift to me should be a plant!

I actually forgot that I had said this… And, was quite surprised when BIL1 came home with 2 potted plants as gifts on Mother’s day!!

The Aloe Vera was only lone one for quite sometime. It had been gifted by the land lady of our previous home. The two Auracarias were gifted by BIL1. Enthused by that, we bought a few more plants, one being a favorite – the Pelargonium, which is generally referred to as Geranium.

SoftyPink flowers that started blooming after a few days!! … we did not know the colour when we bought the plant

I simply love it! Plan to get a whole lot of them in different hues…Hope that they will all thrive and spread cheer Will keep my fingers crossed !!

Musings!

‘Some stories seem so implausible that even as they unfold around us in real life, we refuse to believe them.’ – Natasha Badhwar.  Found her recently.. simply love!!

An apt quote for what has unfolded in recent days!

I have said to a friend, a few times.. ‘hire me please’   But I did not quite expect him to. It was just  hopeful, wishful thinking…

And then, there was this strange belief buried deep in my consciousness that one other guy, who has been a teammate/lead and manager at different times, would ask me to work with him.. someday!! Perplexing somewhat I know.. but still. I felt.. believed rather, that he trusted my abilities…and would call me someday to work with him.

Now, I don’t know which one has come true.. the wishful thinking or the strange belief! A combination of the two maybe

So yeah.. its all still very unbelievable. And, as I stepped into the office today, I realized consciously, for the first time, that my days here are numbered…

I’m thinking.. saying things.. making it all feel more real to me..

S, who sits next to me, plays music on most days. Today, after a long time, a song that I love, came up .. and I said to him ‘I should remember to copy songs from your system before I leave’ . He’s happy and smiles .. ‘I’ll remember you in the afternoons…’ I say.. that is usually when he plays the songs.. and then add ‘Maybe I should start playing the songs in the new office’   Maybe I will!  

And, I will keep a plant on my desk.

I will talk more… even to strangers! Maybe we’ll become friends

With age, I’ve grown confident in starting conversations with complete strangers. . but mostly with women, girls. Now, I’ll start talking to the guys, who are strangers, I mean.

I meant to wear different kinds of clothes once I leave here… more confidence in a different crowd is what I had been thinking   Now, I’m going back to people I know and others who have seen me and are familiar… but what the heck! Everyone evolves.. their wardrobes evolve too   So, I guess I’ll get brave and wear skirts to office.. for starters!!

Wishing me luck

Clouds!

 

For this week’s theme ‘Weather’ (Rain, Snow, Lightning, Wind, Clouds,…) at Thursday Challenge.

Pics taken by sis2 on her trip to London.

Glad that I’m posting this. At times, I go over and over my archive and I cannot decide which pic to post Last week’s theme was ‘Trees’ and I didn’t post one even though the archive is full of pictures with trees/plants in them! I went through a lot of albums and was unable to decide. Some other work came up and eventually, I ended up not posting anything… hehe

 

Reading! or is it Thank God! :)

.. for small mercies! or is it small

I meant to do a post on ‘reading’ as in my/our reading.. choices, patterns etc… but I’ll leave you with this instead

Last night she plonked onto the bed as if she would doze off in a moment. She’d danced, read and danced [practised her steps] again before dinner, had had no nap in the afternoon.. so I was sure she would doze off by the time I went and joined her. To my surprise, she was still awake.. deeply engrossed in her book!! Tinkle btw

She replied in the negative when I asked her if I could switch off the light. She assured me she’ll do it once she finishes and said that I could go to sleep !!!!

Yayy!!

And thank God! Its a big one for me  I’m sure mommies/paappas who are readers, book lovers will vouch for it!

Yayyyy

Lapping it up!

Here are a few pics from our visit to a beach in Pondicherry, in December last.

The excitement is so evident.. is it not?

It had been raining… and had reduced to a drizzle. See the wet sand and the grey sky? Though we had to have the jackets/stoles on, we had loads of fun It was the kids’ first visit to a beach!

Waiting for the waves..

Hope you all liked
Linking this to the theme “WET” (Beverages, Rain, Swimming Pool, Fountain, Puddle, Water,…) at Thursday Challenge.

Nature’s Splendor!!

My entry for this week’s theme “Nature” (Rivers, Mountains, Rocks, Trees, Sky,…) at Thursday Challenge.