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Where in the World…?

06 Apr 2016 8 Comments

Another great take on my Where in the World ping back!

where-in-the-world Hi everyone! I hope you’re having a great Wednesday! Today I enjoyed learning more about fellow blogger and friend, Ritu’s culture and heritage. You can take a look at her interesting post here. I’ve always been interested in learning about different cultures and backgrounds. I decided to participate in Ritu’s challenge by doing this post. Here’s a little bit of who I am and how to play along if you’re interested! I included as much as I know about me and my family. If you participate, please be sure and link back to Ritu’s post.

Write a post and link it back to Ritu’s original post. Tell her about where you are from. She will share your post on her blog, But I Smile Anyway.
Title your post “Where In The World…?” Feel free to use her world photo above.

Here’s my Story (well as much as I know about it anyway)

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Where in the world…?

06 Apr 2016 5 Comments

by Ritu in Thoughts Opinions & Memories

Here is the first pingback on my Where in the world post! !!

From Ann!

Lienage, Family, International Connections, Where in the world, Ritu

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Hugh’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Week 20 – “Solitude”

05 Apr 2016 28 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Challenge, Hugh's Photo Challenge, Photography, Solitude

Tuesday heralds Hugh’s Weekly Photo Challenge. Check it out here.

1. Take or choose a photo that you’ve taken which, for you, shows Solitude.
2. Create a new post on your blog entitled “Hugh’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Week 20 – “Solitude”
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 the post.

Solitude

In a place of calm

Refreshes

Ritu 2016

Haiku in traditional 3/5/3 format

This is where I truly find solitude, in a good way, back home at my parents. This is the view from my bedroom when I go home. I can look out there, and feel alone, in a good way, knowing the kids are being looked after, and usually Hubby Dearest hasn’t come with us, so this room, that view, is my haven, my place of r & r…

And these are the times that solitude truly refreshes the soul!

Of course, I don’t get much time alone, I spend most of it with my parents, but when I do get that time, I cherish it!

The Diagnosis…

05 Apr 2016 35 Comments

by Ritu in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Diagnosis, Doctor, Limericks, Poems

Well you know I had a doctor’s appointment today…

It was the idea of Chris, to write the diagnosis in verse!

Chris… I hope this is ok!

Image from Google

The Diagnosis

So I went to the doctor today

With a list of what I had to say

First shock of mine

I was seen on time

Looked like things were going my way!

* * *

Headaches the bane of my life

Constantly causing me strife

“It’s tension,” he said

Causing grief with my head

The joys of being working mother and wife!

* * *

Hayfever the next on my list

Tablets, eyedrops and nasal mist

To help me survive

The next month or five,

I think that you get my gist!

* * *

My heel has been ever so sore

Feel like I’ve been in a war

But it’s got a name,

Why I feel this pain

And now I can’t rhyme anymore!

And I still forgot to ask about my knee which has a reoccurring pain!

But the headaches, of which I have been betting many, appear to be tension based… I did ask the doctor whether I should tell Hubby Dearest that a day or two at a spa had been prescribed!

Hayfever, well that’s a bane of my life that had been there for many years. I have just learned to get on with things, as long as I have the right medications to hand!

My heel, now that’s a different matter.

I have what is known as Plantars Fasciitis.

What?

Every time I get up in the morning, and put my foot down, I get a shooting pain in my heel, and it is painful to put any pressure on it. Even massaging it hurts. To touch it is agony, but I have to keep on going, I can;t allow it to stop me moving around!

Apparently this condition is really common among women, especially as they get, ahem, older. (Drat, I’m getting old!!!) It;s to do with a band of tissue under the sole of the foot thickening apparently.

There are injections that can be had, but my doctor is not a fan. He has given me some exercises and massages to do to see if I can ease the pain.

So there you have it, the results of my doctors visit!

I’m going now…

Where In The World…?

05 Apr 2016 103 Comments

by Ritu in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Small World, Where in the World

Let’s have some fun !

Where in the World...

Where in the world are you from?

Really.

Where? I want to know!

Take me, little old me….

I was born in the UK, in the lovely city of Birmingham, it’s wonderful, really!

I spent 6 years living in Kingston-Upon-Thames, then I married and am now in Kent.

But my links are not just UK based.

I am British, but not English, if that makes sense…

I am Indian, born to Indian parents.

But they are not straight forward Indians either!

They were both born in Kenya, Africa.

Their parents before them were born in India.

So that’s the UK, Kenya, and India that I have my roots in.

But my international familial connections don’t end there.

My brother is married to a Finnish girl, and they live in Finland.

My mother’s brothers families live in Australia.

My Pops has a sister in America.

My Mum has family in Canada.

My Pops’ nephew lives in Uganda.

We have spread to Norway too!

So many different places around the world… There are more too, but I can’t remember them off-hand!

I’d love to know where you are all from, and which other international connections you have too!

Write a post, link it back to mine with a ping back, telling me all about where you are from, and I will share it too!
Title it “Where In The World…?” and you can use my little image too if you want!
Share this post too if you want!

I love how we can make this world a little smaller by sharing!