On The Footpath!

Photo Credits: Jen from Blog it or Lose it!

Colours so many,

Vibrant hazels and grasping greens,

Dying on gravel,

Footpath of  several

Walking the miles to understand life while

Ignoring life itself...

The once green

Now multicoloured by old age,

Crisp and drying,

Crackling in heat,

Rich leaf discarded by her very own

Basking in pity!

Written for MindLoveMisery's Shadorma Photo Prompt!

Bestest Holi Ever! (2014)

I know this comes in a little late, but it's been long overdue-
I nodded in mute despair. Mr. Husband just informed me he din't get a leave on Holi!

My plans seemed to be trickling!

Whatever happened that day was never planned and happened with the sudden surprise of Joy, dance colours and songs...

Started the day looking like this with Mr. Husband having coffee at Costa (chhoti Holi)

Chhoti Holi at home with mother-in-law painted blue by our neighbours!!

Last moment we made a road trip Vrindavan- the city of colours! Here Holi is not a one day occasion!! It's celebrated for the whole week... Colors every where and Krishna bhajans echoed across the city!

Mom with that absurd expression, papa busy on the phone, with Prempal and Premchand (I always get confused as to who is who) in Vrindavan

Mommy trying to convince papa to let go of the phone!

And now it's Mommy busy on the phone!!

A cute calf and me coloring her!!

That cap was a Holi gift!!

On our way back to Delhi from Vrindavan we came upon a Aryasamaj Gurukul, Manjhavali and what followed was a complete chaos! A Holi so full of colours, and rain dance, loud songs, hot music, so much of dancing, so much of laughter, a complete transformation from looking normal to looking like a leprechaun, lots of gujiaa and the raucous of about 50 kids trying to paint us in every color possible!!! I had so much fun I'll never forget!! :))

Mommy, me and the headmaster of the gurukul who was woken up from his mid afternoon nap with a slush of coloured cold water by his students!!

colors so Bright!!

Oh! thats me in the centre and right of me is Mommy and we all are sooooo Happy!! :)

Right after this the head master (the most colorful guy in the centre) was dragged by his students and thrust into a puddle... I guess they wanted to vent out their revenge for all the punishments in that one day!!  Was fun watching though!! ;))

They were amazing!! :D

Dancing (Weird pose) :/

The Northern Lights

Captured enroute to Dubai, a Huge CB and it's golden lining

The silky waves on the dark sky,

The colors of the rainbow in the dead night,

I havent seen them yet I hear,

The beauty of the Northern Lights...

Do you know how they come to be?

Its a secret, a real fantasy...

The magic rises from the earth 

And lights the sky in its mirth...

The magic of the ancient times,

Rises in roaring colors to the sky!

The magic of irresistible Love,

And the joy of dreams come true...

The magic of a lightened heart,

Of sweet gentle sound of a laugh,

And that of a twinkling eye, 

Of the beautiful loving new bride...

It rises all to the sky,

In vibrant colors called the Northern Lights...

Every Moment Full Of Colors!!!

Water colors

Painted Meera

Painted Butterfly

Among the various ways in which we try at times to please ourselves when everything else seems boring in life, we forget colors... You do not have to be a painter to fill in those blank white papers with vibrant mix of paints!
When, slowly and with deliberate movement of the brush an amateur like me fills the canvas with those beautiful fresh paints, the very feeling of watching the stark whiteness melt along with the vibrant so called art, strikes a chime of joy in the sad or monotonous heart... Every stroke brings in a smile, every shade a pleasure to the eyes...
I am no good at it and yet I do it for pleasure... Just a little effort to be happy!!! :)