16 May 2016 40 Comments
in Challenges, Poems Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Challenge, Glimmer and Magic, Haiku, Ronovan's Weekly Haiku Challenge
Monday night and it is time for a haiku challenge, thanks to Lovely Ron!
Sorry, no images today to complement the Haiku, but I was a little tied up!
Eyes
Just a flash of those
Bewitchingly feline eyes
Take my breath awayRitu 2016
Hope
All it takes
A glimmer of hope
Pure magicRitu 2016
Voodoo Dolls
Painfully sharp pins
Twinkle as I push them in
Voodoo dolls are great!Ritu 2016
16 May 2016 56 Comments
in Children, Family, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Family, Football, Proud, Wedding
It was the final part of the wedding yesterday. A reception in a beautiful Manor House Venue in Hampshire. We got there, almost, before the Sat Nav decided we had arrived, yet we were in the middle of a construction site!
A few moments of panic, then we found it, tucked away!
We were lucky, it a glorious day!
Being as it was a fusion wedding, Indian to English, the entertainment was mixed and there was this great moving band serenading groups of people as they mingled, and nibbled on canapes! That’s the Bride’s Sister In Law, having a boogie!
The happy couple. Don’t they look gorgeous!
Lil Princess loved it, running around the manicured lawns, then posing for photos! Oh, then the spinning round on the dancefloor until you got dizzy bit! And there was a liquid nitrogen ice cream stall, where you could order your ice cream and it was made and frozen in front of you! Cool!!!!
There were also the obligatory peacocks roaming around the stately home grounds, and we happened upon this albino peacock!
And here is me, in my blue garb, ready for the party!
Oh and in other news, A very proud mummy here!
Hubby Dearest and Lil Man didn’t go as it was the football season’s last match and the end of season team presentation.
Well, what a way to finish it! He scored a goal, and came home with 2 trophies! The one that all players get for completing, and a special one for commitment to the team!
We were late coming home, so once I had scraped Lil Princess off her car seat, changed her and got her to bed, he was fast asleep. I’m off to hug and congratulate him now!
Have a wonderful Monday Peeps!
15 May 2016 15 Comments
in Thoughts Opinions & Memories
Thank you Rob for thinking of me for this Real Neat Blog award. Most appreciated!!!
15 May 2016 28 Comments
in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Calmness, Quotes, Serene, Spiderman, Spidey, Spidey's Serene Sunday
“In this life we cannot always do great things, but we can do small things with great love.” – Mother Theresa
Spidey found a humdinger of a quote this week!
I love this whole philosophy that just because we may not get huge recognition for our good deeds, it shouldn’t stop us from doing them.
Unfortunately, there are folk out there who only do good in order to look ‘great’.
The people who are truly great are those who don’t look around constantly, to see who saw them give a donation or who noticed them helping that old lady across the road.
The truly great are selfless.
These good deeds are done naturally, with only compassion in their heart, and a true sense of happiness that they may have eased the life or day of someone.
Make it a daily thing Peeps. Try and do something, anything to help someone, however small, and feel great that you have done something positive. A small thing to you may be great to someone else.
14 May 2016 77 Comments
in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, red, Wedding, What to wear?
I had some real trouble trying to decide on an outfit for yesterday’s wedding.
My biggest problem which you all know of, was that I couldn’t fit into most of my outfits, due to that middle-aged spread, that has crept up on me rather slowly!
The other was do I wear red or not? Red is the traditional bridal colour in Indian weddings. I have not been one to wear red ever, in fact, I didn’t even wear red on my own wedding! But my Mother-in-law had bought me a beautiful outfit, complete with matching Punjabi Joothi or Traditional Punjabi shoes, and bangles to complement the outfit. The little bells on the shoes tinkled lightly as I walked, and I confused poor Sonu Singh royally as he is the only one to wear a bell usually, so he was intrigued as to where the sound was coming from!
My Punjabi Joothi!
I had to have it altered, so I could breathe in it, and the decision was made. Red it was. There were a couple of others wearing red, so I wouldn’t stand out too much!
I didn’t get a full-length shot, but here is me, complete with double chin on the day!
And so to work out what to wear tomorrow for the wedding reception…!
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