tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28093992289029898742024-03-05T15:57:30.620+05:30Cultures' Chord by HindustankaLiving in diversity, exploring potential of a cultural mix and bringing own vision on life betwixt two lands. You are welcome to participate, share or simply watch as I and my little family make this exciting Indian-Russian journey.Hindustankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511421203148396188noreply@blogger.comBlogger242125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809399228902989874.post-42584888661906274562019-12-15T08:29:00.000+05:302019-12-15T08:29:50.608+05:30 A Point of Return?<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
Simply overwhelmed by visiting my blog after more than 2 years!!! Scrolling, revisiting my pages, full of so much! I feel ..well... like I met my best friend again! I don't know whether I would be able to coop with the posts' frequency again, or should I change the name, or what all the life might bring yet again! BUT..I am so happy to be here and see everyone of you who didn't go for whatsoever reason (you simply didn't notice my blog since I was gone for so long!lol). I know that many of you must have had changes in life, went different paths, met various people, etc. etc. I am not an exception my friends.<br />
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I suppose I would be telling my new story in further posts which I hope oh! so much would follow! Our family is doing well just to let you know. It's just we started a new chapter in a book of our life in another country.<br />
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I will leave it at this as of now, in anticipation of winter holidays and some magical events and moments!<br />
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<span style="color: purple; font-size: small;">Our New Christmas Tree, adorned with mostly handmade ornaments.</span></h4>
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Hindustankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511421203148396188noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809399228902989874.post-28812444845464921702017-03-21T12:48:00.002+05:302017-03-23T09:18:22.639+05:30We Are Doing Fine<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>H</i></b></span>ello dears! The time has gone so fast. Life is just way too fast too, many things happened, work, home, deals... We as well had really bad news about the demise of our family's (in Kazakhstan) best friend in the early February. I was extremely saddened by this news, as so many childhood memories were linked to him and his family. I pray his soul rests in peace.<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>J</i></b></span>ust like everyone of you I suppose, I sometimes want to just stop and take a deep breath and reassure myself that everything is going to be just fine.<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>W</i></b></span>ell, let's see what we have been up to these days. Actually, nothing remarkable:) All the more enjoyable as little A is having vacations now and spending more time at home. So I have to invent various activities for him to keep him entertained (and busy too).<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>H</i></b></span>ere we did some yarn pasting, which in the end turned to a fun "yarn-spreading-all-over-the-drawing-room" activity, lol. Little A LOVES crafting a lot!<br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><b><i>A</i></b></span> couple of weeks ago we visited a garden and were surprised by the presence of the owls! Can you see its' round head and body? They were 2 or 3 of them, really cute, and little A was delighted to see real owls at last. So was I! Moreover, I never thought they lived in our hot climate here.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>O</i></b></span>n weekends I usually take A out to the park. There we are free to do whatever comes in mind (after swings and slides of course).</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>H</i></b></span>ere is Little A's rainbow as he called when I asked what he drew on the sand :) Some school kids joined us for a spontaneous stone activity last weekend. The right most picture is what one of the boys made: sun and a flower. What made me especially happy is that the boys themselves came to us and started participating , gathering more pebbles, I could see they were very interested and curious.</div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><b><i>W</i></b></span>hen I get cravings of some homemade baked goodness, I start ... baking! So easy, nah? :)) I once again made the small apple crust pies.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>A</i></b></span>nd just yesterday tried my hand on baked Indian samosas! All vegetarian :) They turned out really great this time, soft and tasty. Baked samosa recipe is from <a href="http://www.vegrecipesofindia.com/baked-samosa-recipe/" target="_blank">here</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>I</i></b></span> suppose that's all for today.. and oh yea! Forgot to say that we watched the Beauty and the Beast movie... I am still under its' spell! Such a beautiful movie, dynamic yet romantic... :) I can watch it again.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>I</i></b></span> know I have been sounding rather upset and sad in my previous posts. But I know that you all understand and share the same feelings as I. However, after discussing the same with D several times over the last weekend, I had to go on and carry on to take of my little boy, because he is the one who needs our care and love right here right now, and thank god we are able to give these and more to him.<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>I</i></b></span> kept myself busy last weekend completing the old projects and making new ones. Here is a glimpse of our New Year tree in all its spontaneity and variety of ornaments and decor.<br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">T</span></i></b>his little Gnome is sitting joyfully on the branches - a gift from my parents.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>Y</i></b></span>ou must have seen these all over the internet. I fell in love with the idea of making my own gnome or a nisse. This was a half an hour project - made of a sock, felt and yarn. I want to make one for my parents as well.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>S</i></b></span>tars, stars everywhere! By the way, I used little A's play dough cutters to make these cookies (after thorough washing of course) :)) since I am yet to buy steel cookie cutters. The recipe I used is this <a href="http://www.sharmispassions.com/2013/02/shortbread-cookies-recipe-easy-eggless.html" target="_blank">Shortbread Cookies</a> with addition of some milk and ginger to the dough. They came out very tasty and crispy. <br />
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Hindustankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511421203148396188noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809399228902989874.post-13051794446597841752016-12-14T14:59:00.000+05:302016-12-14T14:59:07.932+05:30Things to Love<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">H</span></b>ello my dear friends! I have read your blogs recently and found out that I am not alone in my tiredness and constant want to simply do nothing for a while. I don't really address it to being lazy, and not that there is any health issue as such (touch wood), but rather a mental exhaustion, probably it is the end of year which is usually more hectic. I officially declare that I need a break with change in my surroundings.<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>G</i></b></span>etting in the mood for Christmas and New year in India is a little difficult due to the +25 outside, no snow, no major city decorations. The affect of all the sad recent news leaves me guilty of thinking about happy holidays and all when so many suffer and cannot even dream of sleeping in cozy beds...<br />
However my holiday spirit prevails indoors, a quiet one. I have put up a tree together with little A last weekend, he enjoyed, oh so much, bringing me those little ornaments and is so excited about the lights! I am so glad that we were able to ignite that holiday cheer in him. His school also installed a tall Christmas tree in the lobby and decorated beautifully the premises.<br />
<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><b><i>M</i></b></span>y crochet mood in its turn has been rather high. I confessed to my D that I was bitten by a "crochet bug", he understood what I meant. Whenever I am crocheting in front of him, he then asks me : "Why do you make such a serious (= concentrated?) face ?" :P<br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><b><i>T</i></b></span>he first thing to show is an up-cycled purse. Everything is hand stitched. The handle is crocheted with a t-shirt yarn.</div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><b><i>I</i></b></span>t closes with a help of two buttons and loops made of crocheted cotton threads. (Thank you Preeti for the buttons!:))</div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><b><i>I</i></b></span> was in need of a new cap for little A he can wear daily on the way to school. My A looks adorable in it! I cannot find the pattern I used for this cap (not in my Pinterest), but it's a basic cap pattern, and semi-circles attached for bear ears effect :)<br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><b><i>I </i></b></span>have been keeping in my mind that I need to make another, a more beautiful and better fitting sweater for A. So I found this really simple and easy to make <a href="http://cre8tioncrochet.com/2013/08/toddler-striped-sweater/" target="_blank">Toddler Striped Sweater</a>. As usual it asked for yarn weight I don't have, so I started crocheting with two strands of sport weight yarn, hoping it would help but needed to buy two more colors. Last weekend me and D went to our (note, OUR) favourite <a href="http://hindustanka.blogspot.in/2012/10/crochet-drawstring-bag-as-weekend.html" target="_blank">yarn market</a>, expecting to buy two skeins and go. When I saw the yarn stalls after a long time .. I got dizzy! The first thing my eyes fell on were various, multicolored skeins of a BULKY weight yarn!!! I have been searching such among Indian brands but never found in the Internet ...and here they are, waiting for me. LOL. D could not help but say ok, buy it if you need... Think if you really need it... I said I needed it very much and can now work so many projects!:)))<br />
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><b><i> H</i></b></span>ere is a sweater cum jacket in progress. I want to finish it as soon as possible so Little A has opportunity to wear it THIS winter (not the next one :~)). I plan to make it a little longer like a cardi. The yarn is acrylic, very soft and not prickly at all, works up very smoothly, no knots, and color is just great for this type of garment.<br />
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Hindustankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511421203148396188noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809399228902989874.post-79949127302629120622016-11-30T13:55:00.001+05:302016-12-01T12:54:23.940+05:30Winter Mood<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b><i>H</i></b></span>ello my dears... The past week was rather tiring for me on the job side - more translation work started coming in which resulted in me being completely drained by the end of the day. As soon as I work half day from home, it might seem like an easy task, but it isn't. In fact, my day is endless. Some days I simply feel like curling up on a bed and doing nothing at all. It doesn't happen, almost never. My sleep timings also depend on little A's preference, however one good thing is that he finally started sleeping through the night. Before that I couldn't get a proper night's rest for more than 2 years :O Hence I am very happy for both of us.<br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b><i>T</i></b></span>hank you everyone for your wishes for my mom's recovery. She is already at home and doing well, though would need to be more careful from now on and still requires to support her arm. Life seems to be getting on its' usual track.<br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b><i>T</i></b></span>hat winter mood always visits me as Christmas and New year approach. It's time for cozy evenings and hot chai, for warm socks and crocheting. As our house gets colder, I feel the need to keep warm whenever and however possible.<br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b><i>Y</i></b></span>esterday I had a crocheting "onset" and accomplished a sweater for little A. I still need to work on to weaving the ends and probably blocking it. The pattern is "from my head". The yarn I used is like 15 years old! I got it from home last year. First, I had doubts about the colour, but then, why boys should wear only all dark and blue and green? I am planning on adding some applique to it.<br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><i><b>R</b></i></span>ecently I tried making something new - baked samosas. They are a totally healthy vegan version of a popular Indian snack. I am going to make more... when I feel like :P<br />
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Hindustankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511421203148396188noreply@blogger.com10tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809399228902989874.post-52365994337519034122016-11-22T13:08:00.000+05:302016-11-22T13:08:19.623+05:30An Owl Pouch for Toffies<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>M</b></span>y son has a great attachment to his grandparents, which is so natural. While me and D are "bad bad always prohibiting everything and stopping him from doing anything he wants parents"! I believe though that grandparents contributed to my little A's sweet tooth development. But if I think more, it couldn't have been any other way when his dad can never resist a bite of chocolate or some Indian sweets whenever offered (or not offered, and he grabs them himself :))<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>A</b></span>'s recent obsession - toffees of different kinds (in wraps). He might not eat them but will be carrying around the house everywhere, eventually losing them and asking me where have they all gone. What's more, yesterday he didn't want to fall asleep until I put two little toffees in his hand! Hence, to ensure he always has his favourites in one place and won't be dropping them here and there, I crocheted this super easy owl pouch, and EVEN inserted a lining made of an old T-shirt.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>I</i></b></span>t seems to be very handy, and little A loves wearing bags too (often wears a similar cross shoulder pouch of mine which is too long for him). The days have become colder in Chandigarh, we wear sweaters and socks at home and sleep under thick quilts at night. This might have promoted my wish to crochet cozy little things. My A enjoys wrapping up himself in various blankets and not resisting to wear sweaters and socks anymore.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>O</i></b></span>ne more owl to our collection, this time, a useful one. I can improve the pattern and make it in bigger sizes with a zipper or any other type of lock. Attaching the lining was not that difficult and scary (lol) but rather interesting.</div>
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Hindustankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511421203148396188noreply@blogger.com17tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809399228902989874.post-15349692715003252362016-11-17T10:51:00.001+05:302016-11-17T11:12:19.254+05:30Life's Challenges and Gifts<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>I </i></b></span>am not in a position to critisize and judge, but you would agree that events which happen all around the world sooner or later echo in other parts. I am not feeling any change since the US election result came up, but I know that it would reflect in some of the areas of our lives at some point of time.<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>I</i></b></span>ndian government has also surprised us with a sudden scrapping of 500 and 1000 banknotes in order to extract black money from turnover. It created a real panic and hurdle among people as not everyone had proper information what it was all about and why. Right now things are better and getting calm and in order slowly.<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>P</i></b></span>olitics, economics and world problems aside we continue our lives because this is what we have to do for our families, we have to move on and continue dreaming, hoping and believing.<br />
And honestly speaking, I don't care as of now about these big things, because our family has got a real challenge to deal with. On Tuesday I received a bad news from my dad that my mom broke her shoulder joint bone. She is going to be operated today, and the surgery is not the easy one. I cannot tell how much scared and worried for her I am because she is not young of course (not old either) and the fraction itself is dangerous but surgery I dread more actually... I pray she stands the operation well and gets fine very soon! She promised she would be fine my summer for sure. My little mom... I miss you so much, and I am sorry I can't be with you right now when you and dad need me so much... I rely on our good friends and family whoever are left in the city to take care of this situation. My papa is a great help to her these days! And I know he always tries to cheer her and me up. He made smile many times yesterday when I was talking to him on the phone.<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>N</i></b></span>ovember is my and my dad's birthday month, and our dates are just back to back. :) How cool is this? :) Next month, December, is also wonderful and magical, and I have started preparing some handmade New year decorations which I will showcase a little later.<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>R</i></b></span>ecently I have started following some of the wonderful upcycle ideas by Jill of <a href="http://jembellish.blogspot.in/" target="_blank">Creating my Way to Success</a>, and here is what I came up with: my first sock puppy. Hmm, looks slightly creepy but kind of naive too, maybe because of the colour. I have some more bright and cheerful socks to upcycle, so more sock animals to come.<br />
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<span style="text-align: left;"><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><b><i>I</i></b></span>n addition, I am in the process of making an up-cycled clothes purse/clutch/wallet. I absolutely had no plan of HOW to stitch this purse, how to cut pieces properly, so it is rather tacky and totally handmade looking. I am also not sure how to close it and what kind of handles to attach, but I am in love with the idea of re-purposing old clothes. I have also started making T-shirt yarn and probably will make a storage bag - they are really useful around the house.</span></div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><b><i> T</i></b></span>o sum up my today's blog post on a positive note, here is a little gift my D got from his colleagues from Russia yesterday. Can you say how happy I am? I have two Russian dolls now! One is a nesting doll with two more inside her, and this one contained a VERY Russian surprise - a small bottle of vodka :P<br />
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<b> <i><span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;">So, cheers to life, to our families, to their and our health!</span></i></b></div>
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Hindustankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511421203148396188noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809399228902989874.post-4961540826607619162016-10-28T12:29:00.000+05:302016-10-28T13:50:53.329+05:30Diwali and Halloween Are Round the Corner<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>H</i></b></span>appened that these two festivals coincide almost on the same dates. Diwali is on the 30th of October this year , and Halloween, well, as usual is on the 31st of October :) I like this because this way we celebrate cultures' chord for real!<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>M</i></b></span>y A's school has been decorated with Halloween stuff to the brim! I suppose they get from abroad or something because you can't find such stuff in the usual markets here. I am sure kids enjoy the change in the school's furnishing every week.<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>T</i></b></span>oday is the Orange day in A's class but I couldn't find ANY orange clothes for him, so I simply made a Pumpkin ornament and a diya sticker from orange foam paper to take along. Then A and D are having 4 days off due to Diwali - lucky boys :)<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">N</span>ow, what I have been up to. Though I did very little on a crafty front I managed to finish A's cape, here is a look of work in progress. We purchased this one to one meter of shiny material for 60 Indian rupees, which is equal to 0.90 USD. The sewing and design are my own - it has a hood as well :)<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>T</i></b></span>oday is also a special pre-Diwali day called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dhanteras" target="_blank">Dhanteras</a>. It is auspicious to buy any metal things today like jewellery or kitchen utensils and appliances. So if you ran out of spoons, go get them! :) A pooja (a form of a religious ritual) is held in my D's office today. Many offices do this in order to welcome Goddess of Wealth and Prosperity (Lakshmi).<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>W</i></b></span>e wore traditional Indian clothing today. Here is my Indian suit. I loved how the colors became vivid under the morning sunlight!<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b>R</b></span>angoli (in the photo below) is also being made in all the schools, offices, homes. Here is Ganesh is in the middle, people pray to him on Diwali for prosperity, wealth and well-being. Rangoli designs are endless!<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i><b>A</b></i></span>nother rangoli one from my office which reads Happy Diwali written in Devanagari, and also two diyas (little oil lanterns) and OM are a part of this composition.<br />
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Hindustankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511421203148396188noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809399228902989874.post-53601313140280823062016-10-20T13:43:00.000+05:302016-10-20T13:43:13.112+05:30The Festival Season is On<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>F</i></b></span>ollowing the last post about Dussehra here I am going to tell about another North Indian festival called <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karva_Chauth" target="_blank">Karva Chauth</a> which took place on 19th of October - a day when wives fast for a well-being of their husbands. It is a tradition in many North Indian families, and we also follow it. Though this year I didn't keep fast, I followed all other rituals of this day, like applying mehendi (henna), dressing up in suit and wearing bangles, attending pooja in a temple, and at last breaking the fast when the moon rises. This time the moon kept us waiting till 10 pm until it finally became visible behind the houses...<br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">O</span></i></b>ther than celebrations, we are in our usual mode - office, home, school. Last weekend was particularly enjoyable because in-laws were out of city and we had the house all to ourselves, forgive me announcing this happiness openly, but this is required at times. They also had some break from routine in Delhi, attending a marriage. We had a lovely family time at home. I indulged in baking again - this time Apple Crust Pie with cinnamon - it was delicious! Easy-peasy to make too.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>L</i></b></span>ittle A has got his portion of delight on weekend by playing with colourful dough. I purchased a set of cutters along with four dough pieces.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>L</i></b></span>ook how many shapes we made! He especially likes a star, a circle, a heart and a butterfly :) To my amusement the play dough is still popular with little A.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>T</i></b></span>oday when I was dropping A to his school, his class teacher met us at the reception with a giant spider in her hands! Hehe, they are preparing for Halloween now. After I said "Bye, I love you, baby!" to my boy (while he was too interested in that handmade spider to even look back at me.lol), and was about leave the premises, I noticed these cute bats and spiders on the lobby's TV stand - aren't they fun? They made me smile!<br />
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<a href="https://www.blogger.com/null" name="_GoBack"></a><b><i><span style="color: #b45f06;">T</span></i></b>he festival
season has started in North India, revolving around mythological stories about
Ram and Sita. One of such holidays is called<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vijayadashami" target="_blank">Dussehra</a> which per Wiki is<span class="apple-converted-space"> </span>"<i style="color: #252525;"><span style="color: #252525;">Dasa-hara</span></i><span style="color: #252525;"> is a form of </span><i style="colobackground-color: white: #252525;">Dasanan ravan</i><span style="color: #252525;"> ("</span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravana" style="0b0080background: none rgb(255, 255, 255); text-decoration: none;" title="Ravana"><span style="text-decoration: none; text-underline: none;">Ravana</span></a><span style="color: #252525;">'s defeat") and it took place yesterday (11th of
October). I have been celebrating this festival since 2010. Nevertheless the
most enjoyable we had so far was this year's because our little A
could already understand what was going on and liked the whole thing so much
that he didn't want to leave the place. He had already had some knowledge about
this festival as it was told to him at school, and brought home this demon Ravaan
paper puppet:</span></div>
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burning of the demons, Ravaan and his brothers. The giant dolls are made
much in advance but burned in a matter of minutes. I kind of feel sad every
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<b><i><span style="color: #b45f06;">I</span></i></b><span style="color: #252525;">ndeed,
children bring so much joy, happiness and meaning to everything around them,
perceiving each and every moment with excitement, curiosity and naivety. My
little son was so stunned by the fireworks, repeating again and again that
those were the STARS as the sparks were flying up in the sky... For some reason
he also took a standing type of the firework for water and kept on shouting
excitedly: "Mommy, look, vada, vada!" (voda means "water"
in Russian). Till I explained it was kind of fire (ogon' in Russian), very hot.
Then he started saying "Mommy, look, hot, hot" and showing with
gestures and mimics as if touching something really hot. We had so much fun
with A, noticing how young child's mind reacts to different new situations and
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well when it was possible on weekend. He really likes all the crafty projects.
Thus we did simple Diya coloring with some sequins decoration. A likes using
cotton swabs and can you see this concentrated face?:)</span></div>
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didn't keep little A busy for long, but at least he tried something
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<b><i><span style="color: #b45f06;">E</span></i></b><span style="color: #252525;">ven I amused myself with some fast almost on-the-go
project which I had on my mind for a very long time. I made a felt owl of
course... Working with felt for the first time was a little tricky, and I should have
used another stitch to sew two parts together. Well, I hope for better
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;"><b><i>O</i></b></span>h yeah, and I had done a little bit of baking last weekend. Tried awesome <a href="http://delightfuladventures.com/apple-raisin-cinnamon-rolls/" target="_blank">cinnamon rolls recipe</a> -non-dairy, eggless though uses yeast. I used atta (a kind of wholemeal flour) instead of all purpose flour and omitted apples and raisins (as not everyone actually likes them in our family). As the dough takes time to be ready, I prepared it in the evening and used the next morning.</div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;"><b><i>T</i></b></span>he best baking was a very dark chocolate cake! I thought I burned it actually when I came to check on the process, lol. The recipe has no eggs and milk as well. The pancakes were also dairy and egg-free. I am not a vegetarian (yet) but due to the fact that there are two vegetarians in our family I have to opt for special recipes for them, so all my baking is eggless now. But to tell the truth it doesn't change the degree of yumminess :)))<br />
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Hindustankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511421203148396188noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809399228902989874.post-24133018962290117352016-09-30T12:34:00.002+05:302016-09-30T12:34:49.159+05:30Indian Flowers to Cheer You Up<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>T</i></b></span>he summer here is slowly getting to its end. The day has become shorter, and by this I mean that it starts getting visually darker outside already at 6 pm. The nights have finally gained much awaited freshness, however, the afternoons are still hot and humid.<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>F</i></b></span>or various reasons I have been feeling sad and low in the past few days. It is not that I have any huge problems in life right now (touch wood) or my life is tough or whatever. Sad news of what is happening around the world, especially in Syria, made me reflect on what is really important in life and what is not, and every day I try to spend being grateful for a peaceful sky above, and the fact that my kid has a privilege of worry and fear free childhood days. Additionally, last week D said that he watched an awareness video about dangers of sepsis, especially in young children, and gave me a link to this blog <a href="https://amotherwithoutachild.com/" target="_blank">A Mother Without A Child</a> and added: "Please, try not to cry". I cannot tell how sad the story of this young woman is. Her writing, the words she uses to describe the loss of her little son and how she is dealing with it (or trying to) couldn't have left my eyes dry.<br />
<b><i><span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;">S</span></i></b>ince the day I read these blog posts I had been thinking about it everyday, and reconsidered how I sometimes deal with my little A's tantrums and crankiness, and his refusals to listen to my requests. I should be more patient and more understanding even when it is hard to be. I thought that as much as I love him I still sometimes underestimate how much he is dependent on us and how much we mean to him. Our routine can make us believe that the things are always the way they are and will always be, but it is not true. Everyday is unknown and unpredictable, so I would like simply to enjoy these moments with my family and give as much love as I possibly can...<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>I</i></b></span>t was a Green colour celebration at little A's class today, so I dressed him in a green shirt and neon green shoes. Unfortunately my boy was resisting to go to school when we approached it, started crying when he understood I had to go. Finally the teacher came to pick him from the reception and he went with her, still weeping, but in a better mood as she promised a toffee. I know he was fine afterwards, playing with other kids, engaged in activities and so on...However my hearts aches each time I have to leave him like this.<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>M</i></b></span>y own mood was lifted up by the abundance of various blooming trees when I reached office. Somehow I didn't notice this yesterday.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>I</i></b></span> am not aware of how some of the flowers are called, so you could suggest :) Thank you, and I hope you are having happy and joyful days wherever you are.<br />
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Hindustankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511421203148396188noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809399228902989874.post-45964221924130539152016-09-20T13:03:00.002+05:302016-09-20T13:03:40.630+05:30Bonjour! <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i><b>N</b></i></span>othing much has been happening here. All usual mundane stuff, busy home-spent weekend, busy week ahead, plans for coming up weekend again. Days are rolling and rolling. Little A continues his playschool in a same positive mood, thank god. He learned quite much in just 2 weeks of attending it. W,e in our turn, teach him some things at home too, like colors, counting etc. I try to involve him in Russian books' reading everyday and we learned many Russian words too. I hope that this trend will continue till his speech establishes properly.<div>
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>D</i></b></span> and I joined French language classes... Hence the post title "Bonjour!" :) Phew! The language is awesome but I barely get time to revise and repeat and learn new lessons. It's been also only two weeks (we joined classes the same day as A joined school) but learned quite a few phrases, and we can read and write (slowly).</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>S</i></b></span>hould I say that having another owl in our rooms brings enormous joy to me as well :) I have to make few more, probably, as X-mas gifts. In plans to create an autumn leaf garland using this awesome (fast and easy) <a href="http://crochetjewel.com/?p=15720" target="_blank">crochet fall leaves pattern</a>. One leaf takes hardly 10 minutes to complete. Once I am done with the garland I will definitely showcase it. </div>
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Hindustankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511421203148396188noreply@blogger.com26tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809399228902989874.post-17428866596938420632016-09-12T11:57:00.004+05:302016-09-14T10:44:58.043+05:30Autumn Feeling<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;"><b><i>H</i></b></span>ello dear friends! I believe that the place we were born in and belonged to once always leaves a life-long impression on our body and mind. Even though it is hot and humid in India, and it seems that the summer will never end, my whole inner world has tuned into Autumn. I just feel it so much everywhere I go. I think of making some Autumn projects so that little A can be involved in them. His preschool is going to celebrate Halloween, and this is such a happy thought for me because in India many schools don't do this. I am thinking of designing a really easy costume for him, and the main challenge is to make a cape. I thought of dressing little A up as a wizard or a superhero. I am going to use this <a href="http://handmadebyjt.blogspot.in/2013/04/tutorial-diy-superhero-capes.html?m=1" target="_blank">Tutorial: DIY Superhero Capes</a>.<br />
<span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;"><i><b>W</b></i></span>hat concerns my ongoing projects, I do have one. Perhaps it also appeared because of all the autumnal longing for cozy stuff. I have been very inspired till now. Once again, after having a long crochet-block I told myself that if I don't start crocheting again I will never start it. And I felt very sad and lost. Hence I searched for some eye-candy projects on the net, sucked in all the colors and patterns I saw, and thought of making something for myself like this <a href="http://www.ravelry.com/patterns/library/movie-night-cocoon-cardi" target="_blank">Movie Night Cocoon Cardi</a>. I liked its' cozy name, and considered it would be indeed great if went out for a movie soon, and me flaunting this handmade shrug. Alas! I never made it, and instead...<br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;"><b><i>I</i></b></span> have made 9 squares so far, and planning to make total of 25. If the pace is the same as now the blanket shall be ready by mid October :) I must say that feeling yarn and a hook in my hands again gave me so much energy and positiveness! This time I haven't bought any special stash but combined and used the skeins left from the previous blankets. Somehow I am very pleased with the color combinations this time. I also did a BIG step in crocheting - I started crocheting in front of little A :) I had some kind of fear before he would start asking for the hooks and yarn, he does of course, so I give him another ones (which I am not using) and he plays with yarn as with a ball :) Hence I can spare a few minutes of crochet this way, without waiting when the night falls.</div>
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;"><b><i>T</i></b></span>o bring on more Autumn feel, here are the photos sent by my parents. Autumn flowers blooming at dacha.<br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;"><b><i>C</i></b></span>anna flower started blooming quite late because the summer was rainy and cold.<br />
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<span style="color: #b45f06; font-size: large;"><b><i>T</i></b></span>ypical dacha style snack - fried zuccini circles with tomato and garlic. It is so delicious! I wish oh so much to be there again! One month of trip home was not enough.<br />
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Hindustankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511421203148396188noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809399228902989874.post-16086095625506208922016-09-07T12:53:00.001+05:302016-09-08T11:15:33.769+05:30Big changes for little A<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b><i>H</i></b></span>ello my dear friends! I do hope you all are well and cozy in your homes and your loved ones are fine too. I can smell the Autumn in the air even here, when it's humid and plus 30 :) 1st of September is a Knowledge day across Russia and other CIS countries, when all the kids start a new study year, and many have their first day of school.<br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b><i>W</i></b></span>e also have started a really big phase in our lives - little A joined a playschool this Monday :) We were a little late for the 1st of September (as per the Russian tradition) because of the viral everyone caught (including A).<br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b><i>A</i></b></span>ww... but how it sounds?! He started a playschool! Just a couple of years ago he could only lie down, feed and sleep, and now he is all grown up and dressed in a uniform, feeling independent in his play class. I feel immensely happy and sad at the same time - he is growing up really fast. But he has also become so much interesting now. He speaks a lot, making short sentences. He speaks three languages, Hindi, Russian and English. Calls me "mommy", calls D "papa" - with a stress on the last syllable. Only parents can talk about their kids all the time.<br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b><i>W</i></b></span>ell, I am glad that little A took this beginning positively - he loves being out in playschool, and teacher said that he is calm in the class, understands and responds to her. He is a little shy with other kids, but will start making friends soon I am sure.<br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><b><i>T</i></b></span><span style="text-align: left;">o our surprise the playschool has a Romanian teacher, who happened to be married to an Indian and has been living here for 5 years! And she never met any other foreigners like her before :) We both felt so connected right away and exchanged contacts. </span></div>
<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b><i>W</i></b></span>e (especially me :P) Have become more busy now. I like it though, to get my little A ready for kindergarten, prepare breakfast for him and so on. Feels like I am a really real mom now :) Hehe. I might share few recipes of his breakfast. What you used to give in a lunchbox for your kids? I would like his meals to be healthy and nutritious.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjepbzH-zLAeeQXGLjlePzN-pL9b_jjwvrHClM1Ctv_D0-q8oXDIEfCIJq26F9Pn1rKbkXxJVgI9q7rYGfAagACU8Rltx5FFqTZbObd_jXWl6Uu3TF-SDxWyEhmgcok6WPz4a-DyD_bgHG9/s1600/soviet+era+school+uniform.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjepbzH-zLAeeQXGLjlePzN-pL9b_jjwvrHClM1Ctv_D0-q8oXDIEfCIJq26F9Pn1rKbkXxJVgI9q7rYGfAagACU8Rltx5FFqTZbObd_jXWl6Uu3TF-SDxWyEhmgcok6WPz4a-DyD_bgHG9/s200/soviet+era+school+uniform.jpg" width="130" /></a><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b><i>H</i></b></span>ere is <b>an example of how</b> I (<b>it is not me in the picture though</b>) used to dress up when starting my formal schooling at the end of Soviet era. Pretty, isn't it? How different times are now, and my own child has already totally different experience overall, moreover in the Indian kindergarten. I hope he keeps enjoying this fun and learn journey.<br />
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Hindustankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511421203148396188noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809399228902989874.post-83868116268311664252016-08-18T12:54:00.000+05:302016-08-18T12:54:08.465+05:30Something Gothic in India<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>H</i></b></span>ello my dear dear friends! We are back to India from our trips. I couldn't stay at parents' place longer this year, nevertheless, enjoyed every moment spent there! My little A turned 2 in July. He was delighted to meet his grandparents again. This visit he was able to really take pleasure in different activities and, simply, in communication with his <b>nana</b> and <b>nani</b> (as maternal grandparents are called in Hindi).<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>M</i></b></span>y D organized an amazing trip for his parents and sister this time. They visited St. Petersburg and Moscow, and were stunned by the Russian cultural heritage. I do promise to make a couple of posts to present the places they visited there. I, in turn, preferred going with A straight to my parents so we could spend more time together, while in-laws and D joined us in Kazakhstan later. His parents left after 6 days, and he of course stayed with us till the end of July.<br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>M</i></b></span>eanwhile I would like to share with you our latest trip to the hills. It was a long Independence day weekend in India. We left on Saturday morning and headed towards Shimla (113 km away from our city). However our stay was about 10 km before it at Tweet Tweet home stay in Shoghi. We opted for a home stay instead of a hotel so that our little A would be able to have home made food. He has a very frustrating habit - when he is away from home, he stops eating properly. I should say thanks to our hosts because they provided something our A likes - plain ajwain parantha, fried potato and milk.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>T</i></b></span>he day we arrived at our destination, the weather turned a little chilled, wet and foggy - exactly what we wanted it to be! This is a picture of a part of <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mall_Road,_Shimla" target="_blank">Mall Road</a> in Shimla - the most popular place among visitors. You can see many such European style buildings on this street. There shops, cafes and restaurants on it as well.</div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>O</i></b></span>ur little A, however, didn't care much about architectural beauty of the place and found his favourite occupation there - throwing pebbles in the water pools! Yey! That was tough to take him away from this interesting job when it started raining cats and dogs. The child was refusing to understand that he would be drained in water if came out of the shelter. But fortunately I had his darling book with me which kept him busy until the rain subsided.</div>
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<span style="color: #990000; font-size: large;"><b><i>A</i></b></span>s the Institute is situated on quite an elevation, we took a cab up, but went down by foot. Little A and his dad enjoying the walk downhill.<br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"><b><i>I</i></b></span> would also like to say thanks to <a href="http://msmisantropia.blogspot.in/" target="_blank">Ms Misantropia</a> for organizing a giveaway, and giving me an opportunity to win this charming necklace which I received by post a few days ago! I absolutely love it and already wore it many times. Hehe.<br />
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Hindustankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511421203148396188noreply@blogger.com18tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809399228902989874.post-73115214788354471222016-06-10T11:52:00.001+05:302016-06-10T11:57:46.289+05:30Difficulties, Discoveries and Dreams<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b><i>H</i></b></span>ello my dear friends! The week has come to its logical end... the working week though :P The weekend is yet to begin. Yey! After my last complaint about unbearably hot weather in our city, the sky has had mercy on me and others, and we have been having rains and clouds on and off since then. I cannot tell how exhausted I was in the past few weeks. Physically and mentally. But things seems getting more clear and resolving at last.<br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b><i>O</i></b></span>h yea, so what <b>difficulties</b> were (are) there that I had to mention them in the title? Many many things going on here currently. And nothing, what I learn again and again, is obtained with ease, especially, when this is something very important to you. We had to deal with loads of bureaucracy, paper work, calls, e-mails, calls again, e-mails again... We had lack of sleep, preparing for something, we had few arguments too and nice talks as well.<br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b><i>A</i></b></span>bout <b>discoveries</b> now... We had to learn things about each other,something which may not have showed up in other situation. For example, I appeared to be very hesitant in talking to people, asking them something... D appeared to be rather impatient if things go not the way he wants. And much more I guess. The fact is that unless we started some important process in our lives we would have never got so many chances to sit and talk and discuss, and laugh, and encourage each other. We are nearing our 6th marriage anniversary - still so much to explore! We also had to discover that not all those who call themselves your "friends" are indeed "friends". Some events show their true face, true thoughts, true intentions. It is sad but angers me too. However I let it go... I understood that family is most reliable and most valuable in my life.<br />
<b style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large; font-style: italic;">I</b>n addition to discoveries, I had to take a help from one of my university teachers in Moscow and coordinate things with her. Besides the fact that she was the only one who decided to help me and knew what exactly had to be done, she also appeared to be a blogger, and I enjoyed reading her insights in her personal life, her professional endeavors, and, most interesting, her poetry... How exciting it is that we discover something like this about persons who we seemed to know but actually never had a chance to know better.<br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b><i>A</i></b></span>h well... and <b>dreams</b>. They are big, fat, promising, hopeful, and happy. We really expect that they realize as soon as possible.<br />
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<b><i>I hope that everything is fine in your corner of the world, and that you also have dreams which keep you going...</i></b><br />
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Hindustankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511421203148396188noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809399228902989874.post-59709020605628711082016-05-17T11:07:00.002+05:302016-05-19T09:56:47.305+05:30A Privet from My Parents<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i><b>H</b></i></span>ello dears!!! I am not going to start with apologies and explanations of my absence. For some reason life has become really really busy here. My only nook these days is chatting with parents. Because it is a spring time there in cold Kazakhstan, the images of blooming trees and strikingly green leaves make my heart long for home more these days. Especially when Celsius hits here in India the mark of more than +40, the freshness of the views from a native land is precious. Today presenting a quick and easy on the eye post :) Enjoy!<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>T</i></b></span>he apple tree, this year is strewn with flowers. I never get a chance to visit dacha during this time of the year.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>T</i></b></span>he blooming cherry bushes. The white flowers reflect the sunlight. Cherry grows just next to the pine trees there - doubtful neighbourhood but they have managed for the past few years this way.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i> T</i></b></span>he row of pine trees on the left - my parents are particularly proud of them,<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>T</i></b></span>he same pine trees have given peculiar flowers too, hence there will be pine cones afterwards!<br />
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Hindustankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511421203148396188noreply@blogger.com15tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809399228902989874.post-89835666719944745082016-03-23T13:12:00.001+05:302016-03-23T13:12:57.579+05:30Walks in the Rose Garden<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>H</i></b></span>ello and how are you my dears? Phew, the month of March is getting over soon! Where the days are being swallowed? The week starts and it's already mid of it... Not enough hours in a day and not enough days in a week.. Can we invent just one more and call it suppose Extraday? Eh? No I guess this is just imagination...<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>O</i></b></span>n a serious note... These days I always think of what is really important in life and what we shall let go... Seeing horrible and scary things happening<br />
around the world, which show that life of someone (including animals) means nothing, what are we left with? Can we make a change?<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>I</i></b></span> am dreading the moment my D turns on the TV... news... nothing positive at all there, he says too... the world will have to come to an end some day... We fear for our little son because things are not looking so good in terms of child safety in India, but then where is safe? No guarantee anywhere. If I was not a parent now it would have been easier to simply live life, but when you have a child all you think of is how to keep him happy and healthy. At the same time one shall be happy too in order to provide a good environment at home, where everyone feels secure and cozy.<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>H</i></b></span>ence I would really prefer concentrating (as mush as selfish it sounds) on my family. Thinking about what happens tomorrow is useless, having fear of all the bad and negative is similarly pointless... That's why I have (and make) one choice which is family.<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>A</i></b></span>s I had written before we always visit gardens on weekends. Lately we have been liking the Rose Garden a lot. It has a vast area, beautiful roses to admire, and fountains. The latest is little A's favourite - he loves water in any form and calls it "mam, mam" in Hindi (meaning "water" as here it is called for little kids). Here is the last to last weekend walk, when the weather was slightly cloudy.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>I</i></b></span> love this kind of color - cream, creamy pink and orange... Next time we visit Rose Garden, I will take more photos of these beautiful flowers.<br />
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I realized that I had not posted some very interesting events and occasions during the period I was away from blogging. Like5 days in Moscow, and visitng my home town. Do you think it is late to do? Or would you like to see the Russian capital? Let me know so I can plan the posts for you my friends.<br />
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Hindustankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511421203148396188noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809399228902989874.post-25659030537477027772016-03-15T12:43:00.002+05:302016-03-15T12:43:37.135+05:30Russian Meet in India :)<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b><i>H</i></b></span>ello dear friends! Hope things are going on well in your corner of the world, the storms are behind, and there is only good weather ahead... I can apply same to myself too. We have been having a good but rainy weather last week, which I love of course.<br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b><i>L</i></b></span>ast to last weekend we had a mega-meet of Russian, Belorussian, Ukrainian, Moldovian-Indian families living in Punjab area. About 14 girls, same number of children, and few husbands were there. We had to go to another city Phagwara which is about 120 km from Chandigarh.<br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b><i>I</i></b></span>t was a buzzing event, a little loud because of kids, particularly little A, as he found his latest passion there - the stairs... and we had to climb them up along with him; it was good though to shed some calories and gain them again.<br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b><i>R</i></b></span>ussian meetings are not just meetings, it is usually a feast. Since we live far from our native land, the get togetherS become especially valuable. Good food promises good communication we believe. Each of us cooked a dish or two...We don't do it frequently, but when we do...<br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b><i>R</i></b></span>ussians LOVE various salads. These are Korean carrot salad and Vinegret salad.<br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b><i>V</i></b></span>egetable caviar - my mum's recipe :) It was yumm, though not everyone tasted it.<br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b><i>W</i></b></span>e had to drive back already in the evening, and could enjoy these beautiful views once again. We loved these trees growing on the both sides of the road - it is not visible here but the weather was slightly cloudy.<br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b><i>I</i></b></span> am loving these things in India - nature, being able to communicate with my folks and spend time with my D and little A :)</div>
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<b><span style="color: #990000;">Food pictures credit goes to one of my friends, she takes really nice photos! Thank you!</span></b></div>
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Hindustankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511421203148396188noreply@blogger.com32tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809399228902989874.post-55154139371683963742016-03-08T12:23:00.005+05:302016-03-08T12:23:57.727+05:30International Women's Day - the Soviet Style<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>H</i></b></span>ello my dear friends! Today the whole world is celebrating International Women's Day - a day to pay tribute to all the women on Earth for their dedication, love, care, support... A tribute to those women, living and those who are not with us anymore, for the warmth of their hearts, and softness of their voices, for being strong and brave, for being mothers, daughters, sisters, wives, and being constant inspiration for their families, partners, and friends!<div>
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>H</i></b></span>ere is a small collection of 8th of March Soviet era cards which I think are really sweet, promoting family, love, kindness. My parents have some of Soviet cards at home too, I need to ask to take photos of them :)</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>R</i></b></span>ussian girls dressed in traditional costumes, dancing and celebrating.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>C</i></b></span>hildren writing: Congratulations to mummy for 8th of March.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>H</i></b></span>appy women's day to all ethnicity!</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>I</i></b></span> am late but it was my dear mom's birthday yesterday (7th of March), she was a gift to her mom for Women's day many years a go... Love you mom! And miss you a lot!!! Be healthy and happy always!<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqOPacAtUO3TPfsGJB3pAvTXgwCjlsm9lUmZNJtCDnb2lIS0dVfXrCgyvZK-fX7x2xc01qi52Kwse_4DN2fkcdrIVol9McaihjSR2YsoEalmuTb4EuMctVm56zKbeXrCRRoeJQA-ltlgEt/s1600/images.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="286" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhqOPacAtUO3TPfsGJB3pAvTXgwCjlsm9lUmZNJtCDnb2lIS0dVfXrCgyvZK-fX7x2xc01qi52Kwse_4DN2fkcdrIVol9McaihjSR2YsoEalmuTb4EuMctVm56zKbeXrCRRoeJQA-ltlgEt/s400/images.jpg" width="400" /></a></div>
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Hindustankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511421203148396188noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809399228902989874.post-67160981005815662932016-03-03T12:46:00.002+05:302016-03-03T12:46:32.335+05:30Summer Things<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>H</i></b></span>ello friends! That's right - we have no spring in here, but Summer right away... it has got really really hot already, up to +28! It's not a joke because now it will start getting only hotter. Nevertheless we cannot skip doing our daily deals, right?<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>L</i></b></span>ast weekend we as usually took a walk in the garden - a Terrace garden this time for our little A to enjoy new surroundings. He is FOND of the stairs and steps! As soon as he sees them anywhere he wants to climb up and down... We are very careful to choose places where he can do it safely. Under our supervision of course.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>W</i></b></span>e stopped to take photos of this tree somewhere on the way; it has no leaves but huge red flowers! I am wondering what fruits it might give? These trees are everywhere in the city now.</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>B</i></b></span>esides wandering around, I try to be productive on a crafty front. Here is what I put in my To accomplish list - a Waffle stitch dining set for little A. I am using tutorial<a href="http://missabigailshopechest.blogspot.in/2015/01/tutorial-brown-waffle-weave-hot-pads.html" target="_blank"> by Kathleen of Miss Abigail's Hope Chest</a>. Loved this stitch, and wanted to learn it after seeing on <a href="http://www.crochetkari.com/2016/02/waffle-stitch-scarf-first-pattern-of.html" target="_blank">Sangeetha's post</a>.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>A</i></b></span>lso as we had bought a 3 in 1 microwave oven, I now can bake! Yey! Here are my latest oatmeal, flour, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Atta_flour" target="_blank">atta</a>, ginger and turmeric muffins. I am glad that baking products and equipment became available in India in recent years. One can afford them easily as well.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>T</i></b></span>his is pretty much it for today... I aim to finish pending projects in nearest future and start new ones as soon as possible. Thank you for all the comments and sharing of your experience on raising a child in many languages. Next post will try to make on what toddler activities I could incorporate in A's routine, and what didn't work for us. Still working on creating a quiet book for him and busy bags for a future trip home.<br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b><i>B</i></b></span>ack on track about how it is actually to bring up a child in a multilingual family, in our case Russian-Hindi-English-a little bit Punjabi... now that's enough I think.<br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b><i>L</i></b></span>ong before my little A was born I decided that I would speak only Russian and would make it a language of communication at least between two of us. I have been speaking Russian with him since then, mixing it with English words here and there on the way (like ешь it - eat this).<br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b><i>H</i></b></span>owever communication alone will not suffice for him to learn my mother tongue. Written word is also very important so that he sees the Russian language around, its usage, and understands that this language has equal rights with others. For that purpose I always keep a calendar on the wall which is usually given by my parents every year.<br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b><i>L</i></b></span>ittle A has his own backpack, gifted by my Lebanese friend, in which we store all the books. Every day little A brings this precious bag of books, and we start reading, he comments, points at the pictures, asks to turn the page or not to...<br />
<b style="color: #351c75; font-size: x-large; font-style: italic;">M</b><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: normal; font-style: italic;">y</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: normal; font-style: italic;"> parents provided many books for A, so we don't have lack of Cyrillic written words.</span><span style="color: #351c75; font-style: italic;">S</span>ome of them were gifted by our friend from Moscow, who also has an Indian husband and two kids. So she knows how it is raising children in a mixed family. She brought most popular children authors of all times A. Barto (А. Барто), S. Marshak (С. Маршак) and K.Tchukovsky (К.Чуковский).<br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b><i>H</i></b></span>e loves seeing pictures in the book by K. Tchukovsky (К. Чуковский) "Wash'em clean" "Мойдодыр" - it's a book about a boy who was so dirty that all his belongings ran away from him.. so in order to gain them back he had to take a good bath :D<br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><b><i>H</i></b></span><span style="text-align: left;">e absolutely loves a little book called Сорока-сорока (Magpie-magpie). This is a folklore nursery rhyme which you say to a child while making circles on his palm, and then press each finger tip as the story goes... He tries to do this with my hand too :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b><i>T</i></b></span>here are as well folktales, fairy tales, poems available for little A, and many good reads are with my parents, and I can't wait to introduce my little boy to them.<br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b><i>I</i></b></span> show him Russian cartoons from time to time too, like <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Domovoi" target="_blank">Domovyonok</a> Kuzya (a Hob?), so he hears the speech not only from me. Many of my friends who live in India say that it is difficult to inculcate your language when the environment is not there. But as soon as I don't have an option of staying in my country, I shall use other means in order to make it happen. I need to put an effort.<br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b><i>S</i></b></span>o as you see his exposure to Russian language is limited to my speech, books, cartoons, and Skype with his grand parents. I am not going to overburden him with it, but just wanting to lit up interest in his mother's tongue. My D however is learning Russian now and is on his second year at the University, so I expect a little help from him too :)<br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b><i>E</i></b></span>nglish makes a big entry in our day to day communication.<br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b><i>A</i></b></span>mong the books introduced to A is his favourite Little Red Riding Hood, which I purchased in the bookstore because of its illustrations. It was long before little A was born, but I knew it right there then that it was going to be for my baby.<br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b><i>T</i></b></span>his one is an old Indian edition of short stories found among many old books my in-laws keep with them. The stories are too long for my A, and have slightly strange plots to my liking.<br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b><i>M</i></b></span>oreover his exposure to English language will increase when he goes to school, as mostly all the playschool programs here are in English, just like the one I used to work for. Hence I don't have much worry for this language, he will definitely learn it.<br />
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<span style="color: #134f5c; font-size: large;"><b><i>A</i></b></span>bsolutely everywhere. Speech at home and outside, children's TV channels ...BUT little A has no Hindi books as of now, only newspapers, in which he likes to point at the words written in Devanagari. Beside,s of course, little A will be learning it at school.<br />
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<b><i><span style="color: #990000;">E</span></i></b>xposure is very limited to occasional conversations by my in-laws. D doesn't speak Punjabi at home, but only when it is required. However this language is taught in many schools here in UT.<br />
<span style="color: #351c75;"><span style="color: #38761d; font-size: large;"><b><i>I</i></b></span> </span>know I take sides - I wrote the most about Russian :P ))) However aiming to bring my A up with the knowledge of three languages I would not like to enforce any of them but implement in such a way that he enjoys this unique opportunity and uses it later in life effortlessly.<br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b><i>U</i></b></span>ntil Little A starts speaking we won;t get to know which one of the languages he would prefer, but just recently he started trying to say the word "bird" in Russian (ptica "птица").. Yey!!! I win! lol<br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b><i>H</i></b></span>ello dear friends! I guess that our Indian winter has come to an end... Sun is shining bright, temperature is around +24, birds are chirping. Hot Indian Summer is round the corner!<br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;"><b style="font-style: italic;"><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;">W</span></b>e celebrated my father-in-laws birthday last Monday, the cake my D brought was awesome - fruity delicious</span><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;">!</span><br />
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<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: small;"><b style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large; font-style: italic;">H</b>owever</span><span style="color: #741b47; font-size: medium;"> l</span>ast week had also stored unexpected health issues. First my little boy had fever for 4 days, then when he started recovering, another boy, D, fell ill... Both are fine now, but I was taken a little aback and stayed home for almost a week. Hopefully no one else in the house will experience this nasty viral.<br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b><i>T</i></b></span>hank you all for encouraging comments on my last post, I must say they moved me, literally! I did start crocheting after little A goes to bed. And the feeling of being able to create again is awesome, even if I get a little less sleep. I am not yet ready for any big crochet adventures, hence I am warming up by going for the small ones.<br />
<span style="color: #741b47; font-size: large;"><b><i>I</i></b></span> have been wanting to have a storage basket (-s), which I finally own, and this is not the last one. I have not used any particular pattern, but got inspired by many on Pinterest, especially by the <a href="https://in.pinterest.com/pin/142496775688282194/" target="_blank">one with handles</a>. It looks awesome, works up in no time, and organizes little things in the house so well - what more would you wish for? I put two strands of yarn together and liked the marble like effect it created.<br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b><i>I</i></b></span>t measures about 35 cm in diameter. I am going to place it on a crockery table in our drawing room.. and make one more for the sake of enjoying making it once again, lol :) Crocheter's madness.<br />
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<b style="color: #741b47; font-size: x-large; font-style: italic;">I</b>n plans to crochet a set of coasters, maybe something like a set of mats for my little A's meal time, 2 pillow covers for my parents and start another blanket (shall start soon, because this project will stretch till next year for sure, lol). I particularly liked <a href="http://lindacraftycorner.blogspot.in/2016/02/say-hello-to-greg-at-last.html" target="_blank">Linda's Greg blanket</a> - the square patterns and colors, aww...! So perhaps I will steal the idea :P<br />
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Hindustankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511421203148396188noreply@blogger.com24tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809399228902989874.post-88585592288159337162016-01-29T10:54:00.000+05:302016-01-29T10:54:00.885+05:30Time for Handmade<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>H</i></b></span>ello dear friends! You might have thought I wrote such title for this post because it is time to Handmade! yey! ...Oops, no... I meant HOW to find time to handmade?<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>I</i></b></span> would not like to give excuses WHY I have no time to do this, there are many many moms who have more than one child, and still they do hobbies, go to work, keep the house etc. Well, I am not one of them.<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>A</i></b></span>fter I come home from office in the second half of the day, I get occupied with my little A, whether it is to make him sleep or give him food, or play with him, or read to him, or simply hug and kiss him.. it continues till evening when my D comes from his work, and I first of all make chai for him. We sit together in the drawing room, sipping milky chai, little A running from us towards the door and back, and we play with him, have fun etc...<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>T</i></b></span>hen just a few more moments, and it is time for little A to sleep again... And it is already time for us to go to bed too, because we have to get up in the morning and start the new day...<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>A</i></b></span>s mush as I am enjoying every single moment of motherhood, I feel slightly frustrated because I am not able to figure how to still do things which I had been doing before becoming a mother. How to manage time, or when to find time to crochet, sew, draw? I definitely would like to sleep at night... hehe.<br />
<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>B</i></b></span>ut that's all right, I am immensely happy that little A is the reason for me having less time for other things. Let's see maybe when he grows up and will start doing many deals on his own, the situation will change. So far he started eating with spoon by himself, and helps me to dress him up and groom :)) Last Tuesday we had a lovely time with crayons! He enjoyed putting those lines on paper, selecting colors, holding the crayons in his little hands, broke few of them though.<br />
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><b><i>A</i></b></span>t one point he selected these colors, good combination I must say. So well, actually I am having time for hobbies, now - with little A :)</div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large; text-align: left;"><b><i>I</i></b></span><span style="text-align: left;">t was a Republic day on 26th, and we had a holiday.We went out to the park with little A. I love taking photos there, the light is awesome, colors appear so bright. Little A enjoys open ground a lot, he runs away from us in such a funny way - bending his upper body slightly forward, his hair long and fluffy fluttering because of movement, little feet moving fast on the grass.. my happiness in jeans he is! :)</span></div>
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<span style="color: #cc0000; font-size: large;"><i><b>Wishing a peaceful and enjoyable weekend to all of you dear friends!!! </b></i></span></div>
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Hindustankahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02511421203148396188noreply@blogger.com45tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809399228902989874.post-77936257950655530742016-01-15T11:42:00.004+05:302016-01-15T11:42:41.883+05:30Life as it is<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<b><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><i>H</i></span></b>ello dear friends! Hope these few weeks of a new year were good to you and brought only positive and joyful things to your family.<br />
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<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><i><b>D</b></i></span>ay before yesterday we celebrated Lohri festival, with bonfire, gachak (Indian sweets with various nuts), dancing. Though this festival marks end of the winter and start of the spring... it has become cold the very next day! We have not been getting "proper" winter since it started here in Chandigarh. However foggy and cold weather has settled yesterday and today as well. I am happy though because I am a winter girl you know.<br />
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<a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OuE3QfmHJJA/VpiMViK_exI/AAAAAAAAHBU/x664WhDQRpE/s1600/child%2Bcute%2Bwinter.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-OuE3QfmHJJA/VpiMViK_exI/AAAAAAAAHBU/x664WhDQRpE/s400/child%2Bcute%2Bwinter.jpg" width="300" /></a><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>B</b></span>ut I have been restless for a over a week now because my little A is about to have his vaccination today, and we know it is going to be a painful one (DTwP), because the painless one (DTaP) is not available in India for the past few months, and no one knows when and where it might appear. We have been following the vaccination schedule since little A's birth, but I have never been worried more than this time! First I cannot see him crying and feeling pain when the medicine is injected...plus extremely worried about how he is going to be post vaccination. He might as well be fine, but we prepare for high fever and at least a couple of tough days for him and us. I just want it to pass soon so we can move on and have our usual routine.<br />
<span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b><i>I</i></b></span> know there are many discussions regarding vaccination in the internet and many opinions, many scary stories, LOADS of information which actually doesn't ease my mind and my heart. I consulted with several friends, some of them are doctors, so we decided to vaccinate.<br />
<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMks16PzMMJsQC3bdrvfWzZIpD44CPn-LttMI7ZiSpaPrrc4JFH1iig9q4X3cCtF-lfYXI-URieiAwGcURpz6c_JFrEvfs-47FefyI4ZZ5jc6hcAEQWa_qshfg4J1jrF30FlxkMEIvxQ3L/s1600/india+chandigarh+new+year+tree.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="clear: left; float: left; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="400" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgMks16PzMMJsQC3bdrvfWzZIpD44CPn-LttMI7ZiSpaPrrc4JFH1iig9q4X3cCtF-lfYXI-URieiAwGcURpz6c_JFrEvfs-47FefyI4ZZ5jc6hcAEQWa_qshfg4J1jrF30FlxkMEIvxQ3L/s400/india+chandigarh+new+year+tree.jpg" width="300" /></a><span style="color: #351c75; font-size: large;"><b>A</b></span>s of now I am looking forward to be with my little one who became very choosy about who is going to be with him, and got attached to my in-laws a lot lately. He is growing very fast, speaking his own language, but definitely meaning to say something, so I guess his speaking skills are about to bloom by the time he is 2 years old. We are also thinking of a good preschool for him, and this thought itself makes me sad and worried. I cannot imagine him being out of the house without any of us beside him! Really really tough decisions are there, and I shall get used to the thought that my little A will have to be on his own some time and some day...<br />
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