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Spidey’s Serene Sunday – Part 54

28 Feb 2016 27 Comments

by Ritu in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Calm, Quotes, Serene, Spiderman, Spidey's Serene Sunday

“Life is really simple, but we insist on making it complicated.” – Confucius

Isn’t this totally true?

I think in all aspects of life, things were simpler, then along came religion, money, power, technology, Reality TV…. You know what I mean.

See those families in tiny rural villages, away from all the mod cons of life. How happy are they?

The poorest people are often the happiest. Just look at the wide smiles on the faces of street urchins in a Bombay Slum. Then compare their expressions with those of a child from a well to do family.

Wars, terrorism, poser struggles.

All very real problems.

But only problems because we have allowed them to become problems.

Step back today. Simplify one thing. Strip back life.

See if it makes you feel better!

Have a wonderfully simplistic Sunday Peeps!

It’s Time For an Award Post!

27 Feb 2016 17 Comments

by Ritu in Awards Tags: Awards, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Thankful

The lovely Paul has nominated me for the Epically Awesome award! Thank you Paul! If you haven’t already, go visit his site. Paul is another of those open hearted bloggers who supports many, and he has also nominated a huge amount of blogs, some new, for us to all check out!
Thanks again Paul, your nominations are hugely appreciated 🙂

Check Out My Pops on YouTube!

27 Feb 2016 28 Comments

by Ritu in Family Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Family, knee massage, Pops, Yoga, YouTube

Some of you know my Pops is a Yoga teacher. He went into it after retiring. Since then, he has helped lots of people with his classes. And today I found out he is even on YouTube! A friend of his asked for a video regarding knee problems and pressure points, and massages to help. Since then, well it’s not quite viral. But over 400 views! Bless him!So, meet my Precious Pops!

(Not quite sure why it’s been classified comedy. .. but hey! )

Hugh’s Photo Challenge: Week 14 – Wrong Position.”

27 Feb 2016 28 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Hugh's Photo Challenge, instagram, Photo, wrong place

I must admit that this week, the prompt threw me! I’m not saying I take a perfect shot all the time, bit most of the photos that would fit the prompt had my kids in them. ..and I operate on a no kids photo policy!

The prompt…

1. Choose a photo that you’ve taken that shows something or someone in the wrong position.
2. Create a new post on your blog entitled “Hugh’s Photo Challenge: Week 14 – Wrong Position.”
3. Add the photo(s) you have taken to the post and tell us a little about what you are showing.
4. Create a pingback to this post or leave a link to your post in the comments section below so that other participants can view your post.

So I went back… way back… nearly 40 years back and found this doozy! Yup…that’s me!

A lovely pic! I hear you tease
But what’s that swaying in the breeze?
Not leaves or branches, birds or trees
Only a pair of my dad’s undies!
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Enjoy!!!!!

How To Get Your Voice Heard Literally, And Not Show Your Face!

24 Feb 2016 82 Comments

by Ritu in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Audio, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Easy Peasy, Soundcloud

So, earlier, I posed a question to all of my lovely Blogily, as I wanted to learn how to set up an Audio file that I could then download onto WP, so that when I felt brave, I could read my poetry, or even a post, or fiction, and you could hear me, instead of read me, if you know what I mean!

I am not keen to go down the YouTube route, as I didn’t want my face out there too much!

As usual, all you wonderful folk flock together to answer these questions, and there are always pearls of wisdom within these post comments. For lots of suggestions, click here.

Graeme and Steve both suggested Soundcloud, and I have heard of it before, but had never used it. So off I went to explore…

And it is great! I also downloaded the app to my phone! So, there is an option to record, then you save it and it can be public or private. I used private, but that’s my choice! There is then an option to share, and when you click that, a link comes up. I just copied and pasted that into my post, and there it was!

Magic! I highly recommend it all!

If there is any post you want to hear me read, which ever it may be, jot me a line in the comments, and if I am brave enough, I will do that for you!