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Have you ever…?

08 Jun 2016 16 Comments

by Ritu in Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Characters, good book, have you ever?

Have you ever…?

Image from Google

Have you ever had a conversation about a situation or a person, and with utter conviction, spoken about something or someone you know who dealt with things in a fantastic manner, or possibly got stuff totally wrong… Then as you get deeper and deeper into that conversation, realize that you actually don’t know that person, or you aren’t familiar with that situation, because it didn’t happen?

Because you were thinking about a book scenario that you read, or a character that you bonded with in a book!!

I was having that conversation (with myself – don’t ask!) this morning, thinking about a certain situation, and how I’d want the conversation to go… But all the comparisons I came up with were fictional!

Go figure!

I guess that must be a sign of a good book though, when things are so real, and characters so lifelike, that you feel you have lived it all!

‘Say Something’-FFF36 #Flashfiction

07 Jun 2016 18 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Fiction, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Christina Aguilera, fff, Flash Fiction Foray, Say Something, That final goodbye, the book blogger

Tuesday is also Matt the Book Blogger’s Flash Fiction Prompt day!

Neon Music Sign

The prompt song is Christina Aguilera’s ‘Say Something’.

It’s funny, this song reminds me of my Lil Princess, as she always sings it, and I didn’t know what the song was… (Getting old, me!) Well, now I know!

Inspired entirely by the part in the video where the elderly man is with his sick wife… ( I had tears in my eyes watching that part of the video…

“Bet, say something. Bet? Lillibet? My sweet, I know you can hear me. Just give my hand a squeeze so I know you’re not annoyed with me. I’m sorry I didn’t get your favourite gingernuts. The doctor wasn’t sure you’d be up to eating them. But I did sneak in a Bakewell Slice. I know how much you love them.”

Frank looked at the sleeping figure, and his eyes welled up. His Bet was such a chatterbox, you couldn’t keep her quiet usually.

He felt a hand come to rest on his shoulder.

“Granddad, you need to say goodbye now.”

Hugh’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Week 28 – Glorious

07 Jun 2016 25 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Photography, Poems Tags: #Hugh'sweeklyphotochallenge, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Glorious, Helsinki, Hugh's Photo Challenge, Peacocks, Scarlet Ibises

Tuesday is also Hugh’s Weekly Photo Challenge!

The prompt this week is Glorious.

1. Take or choose a photo that you’ve taken which interprets Glorious.
2. Create a new post on your blog entitled “Hugh’s Weekly Photo Challenge: Week 28 – ‘Glorious’
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 so other participants can view the post.

So there were some glorious views in Helsinki while we were there, last week, but something else struck me as ‘glorious’. The colour of these Scarlet Ibises…

And the colours on the tail feathers of this Peacock…

The vibrant colours
Of these birds of a feather
Simply glorious

Ritu 2016

#RomanticTuesday – Eternity

07 Jun 2016 20 Comments

by Ritu in Challenges, Poems, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: #RomanticTuesday, Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Challenge, Eternity, poem, tanka

So, it’s not like I have nothing better to do… the last term of the academic year means my first set of end of year reports, and that is a BIG task!

But then my Blog Sis Erika throws me a spin ball, and I have to hit it! She has opened the challenge to write something romantic on a Tuesday! #RomanticTuesday.

Heart, Hands, West, Love, Trust, Eternity, Woman

Image from Pixabay

Eternity – A Tanka

When two become one
Unspoken vows are taken
Simply, hearts exchanged
A love that lasts forever
Promise of eternity

Ritu 2016

Wickets!

06 Jun 2016 26 Comments

by Ritu in Children, Family, Thoughts Opinions & Memories Tags: Blog, Blog Post, Blogger, Blogging, Bowler, Children, cricket, Family, wickets

Lil Man is going from strength to strength with his cricket!

He had had only 2 training sessions and played one match when we went to Finland, and my brother took him to the Team Finland Ground, where a match was being played.

He got to play in the nets there, and the Team Finland Chairman looked on.

No one could believe that he had only trained for 2 sessions!

And since then, he has played 2 more matches, and in each of the 3 he has played in, he has got 2 wickets! (6 in total!) And scored 20+ runs in the first two.

The last match, he didn’t bat, as they won before he was needed. (The win helped along by his 2 wickets though!)

But his left-handed bowling is sure taking the local cricket scene by storm!

So proud of my little cricketer!

(Though the washing of the whites, and getting grass stains out is not so much fun!)