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Five Days Five Photos Five Stories… Challenge Day 1

28 Nov 2015 14 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: 5 Photo Challenge, Blog, Blogger, Drugs, poem

It’s been a while since I did one of these challenges, but my big brother Rich from Wafflemethis went and did it… he challenged me, and the sibling in me thought, I have to do this one! Check it out here.

Challenge Guidelines:

Post a picture each day for five consecutive days. Attach a story to your image.

*can be fiction / non-fiction
*poem / short paragraph
*each day nominates another blogger

Soaring in the sky,

High as a kite

In a world where

Everything is alright

A few hours of bliss

Before reality bites

Making the most

Of these drug addled nights

Morning comes

Where have you been?

The small silver pellets

Point out the scene.

Photo taken in a car park around the corner from where I live, where children walk past every morning, to go to school. I found these little amulets littering one area… Seriously, what are these kids doing nowadays?

I open this challenge to all of you.. if you wish to take part.

Real Neat Blog Award

28 Nov 2015 13 Comments

by Ritu in Thoughts Opinions & Memories

Thank you to Akanksha for nominating me for this award! It is much appreciated, and though I am stuck with not enough time to give a justifying reply, I have to share the post, as my thanks to her, so HUGE THANKS AKANKSHA!!!!

The World Past Me

It’s been a long time since I’ve done anything, let alone awards and since I have been absent for a long time now, I think it might be okay to a come back.

Recently (quite back) the blogger from Dear Kitty nominated me for the Real Neat Blogger Award. Yayayay!

Real Neat Blog Award

Anyways, the rules of the award are:

1. Put the award logo on your blog.
2. Answer 7 questions asked by the person who nominated you.
3. Thank the people who nominated you, linking to their blogs.
4. Nominate any number of bloggers you like, linking to their blogs.
5. Let them know you nominated them (by commenting on their blog etc.)

The questions that I have to answer are:

1. Where do most visits to your blog come from? India. My country folks be the best.

2. What is your favorite sport? I’m not a very sporty person, but…

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The Sun Is Shining

25 Nov 2015 20 Comments

by Ritu in Thoughts Opinions & Memories

Oh my! What a lovely blogiversary present!
Sandra from A Momma’s View has nominated me for the Sunshine blogger Award! A huge thanks to you Sandra, it his nomination is much appreciated!
Please, if you haven’t already, please visit Sandra’s blog, it’s amazing!

A Momma's View

sunshine award

Outside it’s a grey and very windy day, rain just seems around the corner, maybe even a thunderstorm (let’s keep our fingers crossed!) as the temperatures are actually pretty high. While outside the sun is not really shining, in here it’s nice and bright. The Sun is shining inside of our house.

Just been over to Eric’s Blog All In A Dad’s Work and discovered that he has nominated me for the Sunshine Blogger Award. What a nice surprise. Now, Eric, you might think that I’ve copied your intro to your award post, as it sounds pretty much the same. I admit, it made me giggle to read it over on your blog and if I wouldn’t know better, I’d think that you live just around the corner. Well, anyway… Let’s get to the actual award post:

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Wow! You Put Up With Me For A WHOLE Year!

25 Nov 2015 93 Comments

by Ritu in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Anniversary, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, blogily, blogiversary, one year

Today marks my blog’s first anniversary, my blogiversary.

What a year! I honestly can’t believe it! How has it already been a year?

To think, it started with just a silly little post, and slowly it grew, and grew, and grew!

I managed to kickstart my creativity again, write fiction and poems, air my views, give you an insight into my life, and the crazy members of my family… And my cat. Don’t forget Sonu Singh!

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I learned how to build my own blog up, with so much help from other bloggers. I even learned some html, to Hubby Dearest’s amazement!

Special thanks here to Dr C , Tom , Chris and Doug , to name a few!

I found out about challenges, and became a regular participant in poetry chalke gets, like Ronovan’s Weekly Haiku challenge, and fiction, like the Flash Fiction Foray, by Matt, The Book Blogger, and more recently, Ronovan’s Friday Fiction challenge, and Hugh’s Instagram Photo Prompt challenge.

I put my novel, Wedded Stress -a work in progress- online to get some very encouraging feedback too!

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I created some regular features, like Spidey’s Serene Sundays, and the Kids Logic run of posts, which seemed to tickle your fancy too!

I have been awarded so much love in the forms of awards, passed onto me my various bloggers, who made my day so much brighter by even thinking of me!

But the biggest thing… It’s my blogily. All of you. The community that we have here on WordPress.

I have to give special mentions to some bloggers who have given me so much love, and have become part of my daily life, My true Blogily! My blog sisters Erika and Judy, and my blog brother Rich. And Rib Rob, Sue, Linda, Geoff, Sandra, Tonya…. to name but a few!

If I missed anyone’s name specifically it is not that I forgot you, I would just end up with a post full of links and names… but you are all special to me! ❤

Reading what you write about, responding to comments, having conversations… I feel I know some of you better than some of my actual family!

So can I just say here, thank you so much for being here on this journey with me, accompanying me over this year, and here’s hoping this experience lasts a long long time!