An old glory

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Nandi ,is supposed to be the gatekeeper for Shiva and Parvathi according to Hindu Mythology.And in this short horror story it seemed to be there to forbid the people from entering the place. But three girls-eager to explore and get some adventure decided to discard the signs and whispers and decided to enter the ruins.

Inside were the 19th century pillars ...

a painted tree...

 and a long abandoned stable.

Further on ,they explored only to find an old building filled with pretty walls:

broken rooftops...

mystique windows...

faded writings...

pretty carvings..

cobwebs and broken bricks...

and most surprisingly of all the quietly observing Ghost...

   The End of the horror Story!! 

Note: 

Just a conversation that I could imagine with the reader:

Me: Do you think I would make a good horror story writer?

Reader: umm..

Me: What??

Reader: er..

Me:I am waiting..

       hey wait why are you leaving!! Ans my question I say!!..huff!! 

hehe:)

Small things in life!!!

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Now a days I have been obsessed with small things in life and being thankful for them...When the thread of routine starts to weave its suite around you ...it tends to get a little alarming and scary at times.

And do you know when it gets even worse?

You remember about the times when  (not) reading about stress/work-life balance/budgeting/healthy living etc would make you think .."hey tats for the grown-ups...I  don need to worry about that...now which movie can I watch this week with my friends" ? and remember how before you know it ,the (not) is gone n you actually do the reading and the thinking becomes "Damn!! I need to learn to do that...n get more organised"

 ...Tats when!!

So I decided to follow the saying of some wise dude that said " Live each day for tat day and before you know it the year will be done" or some such thing..Also "Awkward and Awesome" Thursday posts by Sydney in her blog-The Daybook" has been a very nice inspiration for me.

How long will this lil bug last? I have no idea...But I am glad it has caught on and I shall embrace it one day at a time...for as long as it last..:)
So the moments that I am thankful for this weekend:
1) Walking around my house and spotting an old grandfather playing hop scotch with his granddaughter who was busy explaining all the rules of the game.
2) Watching two little guys run around as close as they could just to escape  my cousin  who kept trying to catch them and their happy/naughty smiles when they would get away.
4) Watching my cute lil 8 month old niece and nephew giggle as they were made to pretend kick at his aunts...
5) Eating mangoes-a LOT of mangoes.
6) Proving again (only to myself) that I perform best when not under pressure...n just because I didnt do well once doesn't mean I cant do better the next time...( Well how did I come to that conclusion you ask? I played shuttle...n I suck at it while playing a match but am ok (not good...ok ...n yes tat is better than suck) while just playing without the whole tension of match n scores.)
7) Watching a small cute lil bug scuttle across the screen as I write this post.
8) Finally getting my Degree Certificate as the final official step towards becoming a BE grad a a full time engineer!!
9) Today being a day before I start a formal diet,When I decide to go all out and eat everything that is a fav and a strict no-no once I start dieting...(well I am in the phase in btw two dieting periods...so it was nice to eat ice cream after like two months...again now its time to say good bye to icecream for next 3 month )
10) Adding a 10th point just cause I wanned to seem like I reached an official number which counts...cause duh!! everyone knows 10 is soo much more official n nicer than 9)

Yippee-di-doo for the happy moments!! :)

Frenzy

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This is one of my attempts at canvas painting combined with smoke painting techniques.

I guess the painting speaks for itself.

The first word that came into my mind when I saw this was "frenzy".Hence the post title :)

Portraits

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I have always thought taking photographs of people is rather difficult and have always shied away from trying to do that. But today I decided to throw caution to wind and showcase my attempt at taking portraits. So here are a few of my initial experiment:

This is my super cute nephew and guide in one of my trips to his house. He was such an adorable kid and I thoroughly enjoyed the time I spent with him.:)

This was from the same trip and includes my cousin and her daughter. I just liked the expression on both their faces for some reason...though the picture wasn't perfect.

This was from the Subrahmanya trip. The color dress that this Bhaktha was wearing was really attractive and different and I felt compelled to take his picture.

And finally,my favorite-this is a picture of my cousin's granny .

I know I am still a long way from getting perfect images,but the journey to reach perfection is still a memorable one and I wanted to share it .Hope you guys liked it:) 

Ever blooming Cherry Blossom!!!

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I haven't been able to blog regularly for the past couple of months and I feel super bad about it.I need to get more organised and have a proper schedule in place soon.I keep thinking "from next week on everything will go back to normal" and BOOM the weekend is gone and I wouldn't have been able to plan anything. 

For now I will just stick to now and stop planning.I guess I will get more done if I concentrate on one thing at a time.  

Ok, first things first..I have been wondering whether or not I should share this for a long time.My cousin and I decided to paint her wardrobe with a cherry blossom tree and spent an entire fun weekend painting in her house. The good news is the painting was well received. It looks nice and looks very pretty in their room (Well it is a girl's room after all :) ) But the bad news is the pictures didn't come out well at all...But I guess something is better than nothing...So here you go: 

A full view of the cherry tree

Supermoon!!

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If you are thinking "there she goes..putting up another sunset snap"...well think twice :)

Cause this was no sunset...it was Moon rise:) It looks pretty bright huh??

This was picture taken on Saturday night when Moon was closest to earth in 18th years. It was called the super moon.   

To tell you the truth, initially it did look very bright and big (bigger than in the pictures)...but then after some time, it looked like the moon an any other full moon day...The above pic is proof that I did try to measure and compare;)

Well...ok, not just compare but also taste it ;)

[umm...I tried to taste first n then measure it...hence it is more lighter in this snap than the previous....But my story has a better sequence this way mesa thinks...]

It tasted very good I must say ,but, I care about other people who live in this world...so I didn't gobble it up;)...Well the moon is still all there...Go on...check outside..you know you want to ;)

BREEZE FROM THE PAST CHAPTER 8

CHAPTER 8

Nat kept talking on the way back and little did he realize that Elizabeth was unusually quiet. He kept up his stream of constant chatter about computers as if the little talk with his brother and soon to be sister in law didn't happen at all. But Elizabeth on the other hand was just distantly aware of his presence, her mind was totally occupied by memories which were hidden deep inside till now. She remembered that her best friend was about to get married when she left and now she wouldn't get to share her friend's happiness.

The fact that her friend must think of her as dead was really upsetting. But Elizabeth had already made her decision to live in the present and not think of the past, so she pushed all these thoughts and concentrated on what Nat was saying. "...So if you want to buy anything all you have to do is log in to the Ebay site and choose the one you like among the various options that they present you with and just type in you card no and the payment is done." " Wat is the card no used for?" " Oh!! It given by the banks to enable the...." and the conversation went on..

When they reached near the house Nat suddenly stopped Elizabeth and said " You know ever since you came here you have just been working. How about I just take you around for a day...Like give you a tour? We could do anything you like" Elizabeth realised she did miss riding her horse and  hunting. She agreed readily so that it would help her forget about her past too. " Is there any place where we could find a horse and go hunting?" She asked. That was the last thing that Nat expected her to ask but he masked his surprise and said " We could find a horse for riding I guess but hunting is not really allowed around here." But he smiled at her slightly downcast face and said " but there is something that you might find interesting."

 He took her to a neighbour's house and they borrowed their horse for the day and both of them went racing each other through the country sides. For someone who was new to the place Nat realised Elizabeth did move around with a sense of ease and familiarity. He didn't mention it though...after spending some time playing around he guided her towards a shooting range.

As soon as she saw the targets and the guns her whole face lit up with excitement and they went on to have a round of match. She was both impressed and terrified by the power of the new guns and bullets but she loved the tough competition that Nat was in each of the games,may it be horse racing or shooting. After the hour was up both of them rode up to a nearby restaurant and had a magnificent lunch. She loved a few of the items that were around but Nat did burst out laughing at her expressions for a few new items that she tried...especially when she had ice cream for dessert.

On their way back home they came across a photo booth and Nat saw Elizabeth look at it curiously. Nat realised this must be another thing that she has no idea about and took her in and both of decided to take a strip of pictures. Elizabeth looked shocked and scared in most of them except in the second one where she was laughing at how scared she got the first time. She was amazed at the pictures of herself when they got the strip. Nat realised with a little surprise that he would definitely like to keep these pictures with himself. But dismissed the idea and decided to let her keep the pictures when he saw her looking at them longingly.

Elizabeth found herself thinking about the outing very often as she did her chores back home.
Nat was again cooped up inside his room in front of the computer and she was a little disappointed that he didn't seem to be thinking about it as often as she was. Finally when it was time to go back to her room she decided to immerse herself in the computer book and learn as much as could about the world that was her new home.

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