tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-87192012428768277162024-03-16T19:41:53.684-07:00D for dramaDee for Dramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016202904057593599noreply@blogger.comBlogger94125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719201242876827716.post-37685599715679913792024-01-03T18:14:00.000-08:002024-01-04T14:56:41.630-08:00Happy 2024!<p>It's been a tumultuous 2023 and I'm thrilled 2024 is upon us. </p><p>Yes, I'm one of those who likes resolutions. Whether I manage to keep them or not, I like the ritual of goal-setting and the clarity of priorities that come with the territory.</p><p>In 2024, I will work for more:</p><p><b>- Health:</b> Close my Apple watch rings everyday.</p><p><b>- Hope:</b> In the darkest of times, there is hope. And I shall cling onto it for dear life. </p><p>Just like how I clung onto dear Dumbo in Disneyland last month. :)</p><p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_y7lYkSKpgOnw_orR9EE5C32jxJ80AS7KM9Brtvt1kOTqNW4lW3uqVMKVN0GqVXGPmnFJTkpSG-evkj9aEa4Q5mtGQ9qeZG25VMK8-RQfbBpm9bHpqrJvPtwnRg1mQ0hM6n7t3SbBhHsfl_9mpDTAErj3XJbRTUdUbPGu3-DTjytAV23PD7xGZ9pwbLz/s4032/IMG_2667.HEIC" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em; text-align: center;"><img border="0" data-original-height="4032" data-original-width="3024" height="320" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjs_y7lYkSKpgOnw_orR9EE5C32jxJ80AS7KM9Brtvt1kOTqNW4lW3uqVMKVN0GqVXGPmnFJTkpSG-evkj9aEa4Q5mtGQ9qeZG25VMK8-RQfbBpm9bHpqrJvPtwnRg1mQ0hM6n7t3SbBhHsfl_9mpDTAErj3XJbRTUdUbPGu3-DTjytAV23PD7xGZ9pwbLz/s320/IMG_2667.HEIC" width="240" /></a></p><p><b>- Honesty: </b>I will reflect on what I expect from others and ask for what I want kindly and firmly.</p><p>All this may or may not point towards happiness. I've never been one of those pursuing happiness, since I believe that all emotions are valid and chasing happiness is a sure fire recipe for unhappiness. Folks who try to be happy all the time without acknowledging their pain and the spectrum of feelings arising within them are those I tend to stay away from.</p><p>Read <a href="https://thebeautifultruth.org/life/mental-health/meaning-not-happiness/" target="_blank">this article</a> today and felt a strong connection to the author: https://thebeautifultruth.org/life/mental-health/meaning-not-happiness/</p><p>Side note is that I'm in the process of switching careers to becoming a psychotherapist. Now that truly makes me happy! :)</p><p>Happy New Year to you all! </p><p>Pssst - any resolutions?</p><p>Of course, as soon as I wrote these, I was motivated to change all of it to include fun and whimsical resolutions. I read an NYT article by Tanya Sichynsky who quoted a certain Suzanne,</p><table style="background-color: white; border-collapse: collapse; color: #222222; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: small; width: 100%;"><tbody style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;"><tr><td align="left" style="border-collapse: collapse; border-left: 1px solid rgb(227, 61, 38); margin: 0px;"><p class="m_-4906431636051746787css-hbgc9w" style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px 25px; padding: 0px;">“I’m still forming my dreams and goals for 2024, but I’m heavily inspired by my friend Jessica. Her 2023 resolutions were as follows: eat as many different shapes of pasta as possible over the course of the year, try a new fruit every month and smile at every child she saw. I’m heavily leaning into the idea that resolutions can be silly side quests that just exist to wedge more joy into my life.” "</p><p class="m_-4906431636051746787css-hbgc9w" style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"><br /></p><p class="m_-4906431636051746787css-hbgc9w" style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">I totally want to steal from this list and include:</span></p><p class="m_-4906431636051746787css-hbgc9w" style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">- Try a new fruit every month</span></p><p class="m_-4906431636051746787css-hbgc9w" style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">- Smile the widest smile possible at as many people possible every day</span></p><p class="m_-4906431636051746787css-hbgc9w" style="color: #333333; font-family: georgia, serif; font-feature-settings: normal; font-kerning: auto; font-optical-sizing: auto; font-size: 17px; font-stretch: normal; font-variant-alternates: normal; font-variant-east-asian: normal; font-variant-numeric: normal; font-variant-position: normal; font-variation-settings: normal; line-height: 25px; margin: 0px 25px; padding: 0px;"><span style="color: black; font-family: Times; font-size: medium;">- Learn the names of and try a new pasta shape every week</span></p></td></tr></tbody></table>Dee for Dramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016202904057593599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719201242876827716.post-11142973349595549302020-11-10T19:47:00.004-08:002020-11-11T14:49:11.441-08:00The busy man<p> </p><table cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="float: left;"><tbody><tr><td style="text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiTPlwWiixM5GtD2B9t9lCxDq2C8IHip-UIAMXP7qYTJoQH1NYQozjur5k87V2hv_0NG3WcFMmJarfeEe8XYk_KbuxXymDFeIgR-o5477oiT2f2vwh_f0_7WnnxKuUYaYiFpwghcVB3GyOD/" style="clear: left; 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font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px;">Until his eyes fall shut</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px;">We want to chew him up</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px;">Bit by bit by bit</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px;">Until all that’s left</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px;">Are his eyes mouth and ears </div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px;">Aha, we think</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px;">Finally, we have control </div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px;">Take him where we want</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px;">Feed him what we like</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px;">Place him on the mantelpiece </div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px;">Now he can’t work so much </div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px;">He will always be with us</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px;">But, it feels like there is a but</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px;">He isn’t a man any more</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px;">Just a puppet doll</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px;">But hey, always with us.</div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px;"><br /></div><div dir="auto" style="-webkit-tap-highlight-color: rgba(0, 0, 0, 0); font-family: -apple-system, HelveticaNeue; font-size: 16px;">- written in jest to entertain the kids. </div><br class="Apple-interchange-newline" style="-webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; text-size-adjust: auto;" /></div>Dee for Dramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016202904057593599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719201242876827716.post-61406803558543607502020-07-28T11:13:00.000-07:002020-07-28T21:01:33.242-07:00Pandemic pets - meet Marshmallow and Hermione<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We got guinea pigs. I never had or wanted pets and somehow one thing led to another and now we are the proud owners of two cutie-pie guinea pigs. We went from idea to adoption in just three days. Their quietly curious personalities provide so much delight and comfort for all of us that I think they are therapy animals!<br />
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Here are S1, S2 and my caricatures of them.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sketched by the gullible one who never wanted pets but now fell in love with them anyway.</td></tr>
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This cartoonist is the primary caregiver, you should see the excitement on the guinea pigs' voices when she feeds them</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">She never wanted pets and she said they would stink and poop and be a royal pain. <br />
Now that the pets are here, she is delighted and loves to carry and pet them</td></tr>
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We are experiencing the totally unconditional love these pets have for us. Well...not entirely unconditional, I guess. Feeding time generates the most undying affection as does petting time. In a pandemic world full of emotional and unpredictable humans and moments, these pets are giving us much needed, non-judgmental cuddle time!</div>
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Dee for Dramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016202904057593599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719201242876827716.post-16985724822999480682020-05-23T11:15:00.002-07:002020-05-23T14:12:45.825-07:00Permission in the Pandemic<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Dee for Dramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016202904057593599noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719201242876827716.post-43464855067994255832020-04-05T10:47:00.000-07:002020-05-23T14:13:37.206-07:00Coping in the Time of COVID-19<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
No, we are not alright. I'm not okay and neither are you. and...that's okay.<br />
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As I write this, the number of coronavirus cases in my state, California, has topped 12,300. The U.S. has more than 311,000 coronavirus cases. Woo hoo! America is the best, bar none, yeah? Trump is truly making America Great Again...not. I wonder if he is currently outshining other <a href="https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Covidiot" target="_blank">covidiots</a> by a large margin.<br />
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Here are some ways in which many of us are loving and coping through this pandemic.<br />
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<b>1. In Praise of the Paranoid:</b><br />
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"Better safe than sorry", "prevention is better than cure", "only the paranoid survive". These have just been a few of my mantras in life. Right now, though, we all fall somewhere on the neurotic scale. The more neurotic, the better for the individual and society.<br />
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Some neurotic things we've been doing at home:<br />
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<li>A and I have been wearing face masks and plastic gloves to grocery shop. </li>
<li>When S1 caught a cold, cough and sore throat and passed it onto me and S2, we isolated ourselves from the grandparents who are staying with us. </li>
<li>I canceled my travel to Chicago more than a month and a half ago when my paranoia radar was up and almost everyone else around me still seemed fine with travel. V and J were my voices of sanity through that difficult decision. </li>
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I've been paranoid about this for a while. If you were also equally paranoid a month and a half ago, I saw you as my equal, my loving, kindred spirit who 'gets it'. If you were not, I saw you as having a delayed response. "Give it time, s/he will come around to it", I told myself.<br />
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<b>2. Love is the Predominant Emotion:</b><br />
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While I see some universal hate against covidiots and Chinese wet markets, love seems to prevail against all odds. I've always been a sucker for love. Loving more enables me to continue living more. While I believe that blood is thicker than water and think it's basic and easy to love family, I'm humbled by how much love and help strangers are offering strangers in these strange times.<br />
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We are all on Zoom meetings at work and school, hosting and attending birthday parties online and spending ginormous amounts of time with the ones we love the most, if we are lucky to live with them at this time.<br />
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Across the board, instances of loving I've engaged in are:<br />
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<li>Hosting Zoom meetings with cousins and hosting a baby shower for a dear friend J</li>
<li>Video chatting with my faves</li>
<li>Checking in on those who've touched my life positively these past few years</li>
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As M and I strongly feel, video chat> phone call> voice recording text> text message right now. </div>
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<b>3. Remote Love and Longing:</b></div>
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I've been working from my home, remotely, for the past 5 years. Right now, it feels like the world is catching up to my everyday lifestyle. Finally, I see people, who had strong behavioral inertia to video chat, opening their minds and video apps to video chat with me and everyone else. </div>
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As an extrovert, I'm loving this. I am fundamentally a huggy-kissy person, though. Perhaps because I want what I cannot have, I'm left with a longing to touch the people I love through the screen. A warm hug, a gentle kiss, a tight squeeze. How much longer do we need to wait to be able to display these forms of emotion outside the four walls of our homes? Sigh.</div>
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Among the many small things I've been loving and longing for everyday - waiting to see a new California poppy pop and burst into life overnight in my garden. What a joy!</div>
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<b>4. Rise to the occasion...and do nothing:</b><br />
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As several memes have emphasized, this is one time in history when we are all required to save the world by...doing nothing. Simple as it sounds, it is hard to sit back and do absolutely nothing when the world is suffering.<br />
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Charity begins at home. I've seen that the ones who don't help around the house or their immediately family generally don't have a tendency to help the world either.<br />
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We are all forced to help ourselves and our immediate family during this time. We've offered to help elderly neighbors and we've also started making face masks, thanks to my amazingly talented mom and ever-helpful dad. S1 and I are hemming face masks today. S2, the artist in the family, wants to decorate them and make them "creative".<br />
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So - How are you coping during times of COVID?<br />
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Dee for Dramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016202904057593599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719201242876827716.post-69875382220182771812018-02-08T22:34:00.001-08:002018-02-09T11:36:11.462-08:00If you give a snake some sambar<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">If you give a snake some sambar,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">he will want some rice to go with it.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">When you look around the kitchen for boiled rice,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">you'll realize you need to pressure cook some.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">When you start to keep rice in the cooker,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">he will spot a caterpillar on your flowers.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">When he slithers and tries to slurp up the caterpillar, </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">the caterpillar will become a beautiful butterfly.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">The butterfly will flit about and spot the moth on your window</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and the snake will greedily eye both the winged creatures.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">The winged creatures will fly up, up and away</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and the snake will be crestfallen, defeated.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">He will spot a crispy chip on the floor</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and taste the crunchy, salty goodness.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">He will wish for some spicy sour dip</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">to go with the salty chip.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">You will feel kind and generous towards the patient snake</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">and give him some delicious sambar.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">and if you give a snake some sambar...</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">- Bedtime "mouth story" for the girls tonight. The silliest stories evoke the loudest laughs. They rolled off the bed, hysterical. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span> <span style="font-size: large;">This is <a href="https://www.kannammacooks.com/murungakkai-sambar/" target="_blank">sambar</a>.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;">This is the <a href="https://www.amazon.com/If-You-Give-Mouse-Cookie/dp/0060245867" target="_blank">story style</a>.</span><br />
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Dee for Dramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016202904057593599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719201242876827716.post-67897193547453423412018-02-02T22:02:00.001-08:002018-02-04T20:31:38.504-08:00How to Explore Tide Pools during a Super Moon<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Last week's supermoon + blue moon + blood moon + lunar eclipse <a href="https://www.cnn.com/2018/01/31/world/super-blue-blood-moon-2018-intl/index.html" target="_blank">phenomenon </a>reminded me of my recent tide pool experience.</span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Here's how I went about exploring tide pools during that supermoon:</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><b>1. Learn about supermoons and tidepools</b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>2. Find the nearest tidepool</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>3. Wear appropriate footwear</b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b>4. Name underwater flora and fauna</b></span><br />
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<span style="font-size: large;"> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">1. Learn about supermoons and tidepools</span></b></span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><b><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></b> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="background-color: white;">A </span><b style="background-color: white;">supermoon</b><span style="background-color: white;"> is a full moon </span><span style="background-color: white;">or a new moon </span><span style="background-color: white;">that approximately coincides with the closest distance t</span><span style="background-color: white;">hat the Moon </span><span style="background-color: white;">reaches to Earth i</span><span style="background-color: white;">n its elliptic orbit</span><span style="background-color: white;">, resulting in a slightly larger-than-usual apparent size </span><span style="background-color: white;">of the lunar disk as seen from Earth.</span><span style="background-color: white;"> The technical name is the </span><b style="background-color: white;">perigee syzygy </b><span style="background-color: white;">(to be pronounced without imbibing alcohol) </span><span style="background-color: white;">of the Earth–Moon–Sun system or more simply full (or new) Moon at perigee. Source: Wikipedia</span></span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Source credit <a href="https://www.usatoday.com/story/tech/science/2018/01/22/supermoon-blue-moon-lunar-eclipse-coming/1052215001/" target="_blank">here</a></span></div>
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">I like to think of it as the moon being so close to earth that it's gloriously huge and awesome, something that was likely used as an excuse for a human sacrifice or husband-beating ritual or some such totally normal act.</span></span></span><br />
<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><span style="color: #222222;"><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span></span></span> <span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Tidepools or rock pools are shallow pools of seawater that form on the rocky intertidal shore. Many of these pools exist as separate bodies of water only at low tide. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">To get the most out of a visit to the tidepools, plan to go during a low tide – the lowest low water level for a particular day. Low tides occur twice a day, but the lowest low tides tend to occur around the full moon and the new moon each month. </span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The connection between supermoons and tidepools is that</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"> w</span><span style="background-color: white; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">hen there is a supermoon, there is a super low tide.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span><b><span style="background-color: white;">2. Fi</span>nd the nearest tidepool </b></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Supermoons also cause these crazy tidepools in which the ocean's tide becomes super low and the entire ocean recedes for 1-1.5 miles. To find an upcoming low tidepool in California, check out <a href="http://www.tides.net/california/2193/" target="_blank">Friends of Fitzgerald Marine Reserve</a> </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">During the previous supermoon, the nearest tidepool to us in the San Francisco Bay Area was the Pacific Ocean in Half Moon Bay. </span><span style="background-color: white;">Half Moon Bay</span><span style="background-color: white;"> is a </span><span style="background-color: white;">bay</span><span style="background-color: white;"> of the </span><span style="background-color: white;">Pacific</span><span style="background-color: white;"> on the coast of San Mateo County in California, South of San Francisco. The </span><span style="background-color: white;">bay</span><span style="background-color: white;"> is approximately semi-circular, hence the name </span><span style="background-color: white;">half moon</span><span style="background-color: white;">, with sea access to the south. </span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;"><span style="background-color: white;"><br /></span> <span style="background-color: white;">We learned about this tidepool event via a totally random group email forwarded to me by an enthusiastic mom:</span></span><br />
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Let's Go Negative Tidepooling next Sunday in Half Moon Bay!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Tides will be an unusually low -1.4 feet on Sunday December xx at Pillar </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">Point. That's the world famous Maverick's Surfing Spot!</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">So the famous surfing spot will be WALKABLE from about 2pm to sunset at </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">5pm.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">For about 3 or 4 hours, the tides go out, and we will be able to walk</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">the astounding reef about half a mile into the Pacific.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">This is a rare daytime weekend opportunity to see tons of sea life</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">trapped in the reef rocks by the retreating tides. Animals and</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">algae/kelp are EVERYWHERE! You will see lots of tiny crabs, moon </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">snails, urchins, anemone, etc etc etc.</span></div>
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<span style="color: blue; font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Walking is SLIPPERY!!! So wear your best water-proof boots. Also, </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">bring a walking stick if you have one. Or a</span><span style="color: blue; font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: times, "times new roman", serif;"> </span>broom stick</span><span style="color: blue; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;"> usually works </span><span style="color: blue; font-family: times, "times new roman", serif; font-size: large;">just as well.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">I read someplace that living in a tidepool is no day at the beach and thought it was so appropriate. Each living being fights hard for its share of space, light, and water in order to exist every day.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: large;">Seemingly harmless, red algae are known to have killed thousands of abalone, mollusks and sea urchins along the California coast.</span></td></tr>
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Dee for Dramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016202904057593599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719201242876827716.post-46568987333585724972018-01-27T19:38:00.000-08:002018-01-29T13:21:22.672-08:00Wonder and Wildfires in Yosemite<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">The National Parks Service calls Yosemite "<span style="background-color: white;">Not just a great valley, but a shrine to human foresight, the strength of granite, the power of glaciers, the persistence of life, and the tranquility of the High Sierra." I couldn't agree more.</span></span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">We headed to Yosemite over Labor Day weekend 2017. Two days before our trip, we heard there were wildfires raging across Yosemite. Most people in their right minds would travel away from wildfires. A, on the other hand, thought it was the best time to avoid crowds and explore majestic Yosemite. Crazy, right? We weighed the pros and cons and decided to take one day at a time, with a promise to run out any time things got hot. You know what I mean there. We were lucky there was only some smoke in the regions we visited, but we were cautious throughout and managed to have a mindblowing time, especially because several potential visitors canceled their trip. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">Life in California means we get to explore natural beauty just a couple hours' drive away almost all year around. A and I are taking advantage of that when we can. It's crazy that we visited Yosemite a whole 10 years after moving to the U.S. We have this urge to make up for lost time...and traveled with close friends who also have kids so the kids had a blast and we had great adult company. </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;"><br /></span> <span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif;">If you want to combine nature, adventure, easy hikes and also get the kids to bed early (yay, me-time!) the majestic Yosemite has few competitors. The girls climbed on fallen trees, clambered up rocks, scampered like monkeys in mellow meadows, swam in shiny rivulets and embraced Yosemite with wonder and well-worn legs.</span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">We have a climber - S2. If it can be climbed, it will.</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "times" , "times new roman" , serif; font-size: small;">Sunning like lizards at the bottom of the falls. We had to precariously climb over huge rocks to get down here</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">We used to affectionately call my mother's mother "Doma". It was a shortened version of "doddamma", which in Kannada, is a way of addressing one's mother's older sister. Technically, I should have called her "Ajji", or grandma, but the tale goes that she was so youthful looking that no one felt it was right to call her a grandmother. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Growing up, Doma was part and parcel of the mundane minutiae of my life. She was a strong, unwavering rock of support in my tumultuous teenage years. She was one of the many mother figures in my life, showering constant, unconditional love on me. She was a calm oasis in a fast-paced, sometimes random and mostly meaningless life. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">She passed away a few hours before I landed in Chennai this summer. I have not had the strength to write about her till now since I burst into tears thinking about how she was such a giver, never a taker, when it came to her grandchildren. She was everything to my mother, who is somehow carrying on without her. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Today is Diwali, or Deepavali, as we South Indians like to call it. Our festival of lights. Doma was one of the people who named me "Deepa", calling me the little light of my parents' lives. I lit a lamp in front of her picture at home today, like I've been doing everyday since she left us. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Love you forever, Doma, and thank you for your love. In your honor, I will try to live my life with dignity and respect, as you did, and treasure the little joys of every day. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">I thank my parents, aunts, uncles and cousins who took such good care of her in her last years, before she breathed her last.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;">Happy Deepavali to you, Doma, I know you are smiling at us from above, singing a bhajan and asking us to be careful while we play with fireworks.</span></div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Timeless beauty, inside and out</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Doma at my cousin's wedding</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">With one of her sons, my uncle</span></td></tr>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif;"><br />Here are some tributes from my close cousins, aunts and uncles:</span><br />
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<span style="color: #313131;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">When I was a kid, my colony friends used to always comment about how Doma didn’t have a single grey hair and I proudly used to say that she was my grandma and she was forever young and beautiful. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #313131;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Doma is blessed with both external and inner beauty. She is one of the most caring, selfless, calm, composed, intelligent, talented and broadminded persons I have ever met.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #313131;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">I will definitely miss her beautiful voice, the warm sweaters that she used to knit, the big house at G.N.Chetty road where all of us cousins used to jump around and the love that she gave us. Anger and ego were two words which were definitely out of her dictionary and that’s why I believe she enjoyed a quality life. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #313131;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">To the person whom I have kissed the most… I will miss my Doma dearly. May her soul rest in peace.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #313131;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Love and regards, <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #313131;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">N, Doma's youngest grandson, Mumbai<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Dear Doma, as we all know her, was something more special to me than ‘Great’, which is called as ‘Good’. She was jovial, kind, humble, loving, caring, smart, lively, generous, down-to-earth…and the list is endless!<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">One cannot forget that she faced a lot of hardships and the challenge of single parenthood gracefully, responsibly and with courage.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">What moments I cherished the most are the fun times we had as children in our vacations in Doma’s T Nagar home which was also a wonderful reunion of near and dear ones. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Also her passion for music needs no description, as she was a walking encyclopedia of classical songs. Nevertheless, as told by my Amma (Latha), I would love to share some memorable moments with dear Doma when she had celebrated her 87<sup>th </sup>birthday in Mumbai. She sang two songs on that day when Guruji Shri Raghavendra Baliga played flute. Later she was invited to Vittal Mandir where she sang her favourite song <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">‘Kandudhanyanadeno’</i>. She was vibrant and energetic even in her last years and also very popular in Mumbai apart from Chennai and other places. Her enthusiasm for music knew no boundaries as she had learnt my Amma’s Marathi and Hindi bhajans as well.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">My last words are ‘’Dear Doma, You are the best grandmom one could possibly have and will always live forever in our hearts and minds’’.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">V, Doma's older grandson, Mumbai</span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Love was for her family. She let appa go to America for 4 years when I was a child. But I could see that she let him go with love and waited for him to come back from America. She loved me – I was the only child at that time. When Rekha was the last, she became her favorite child when she found out she needed more help from the others. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">She loved God. She loved singing. All her songs were devoted to God- she sang Purandara Dasa <i>keertanais</i>. She sang in four languages – Kannada, Tamil, Telugu and of course, Bhajans in Hindi. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Her dedication was to the family and after Appa passed away, she took care of all five of us equally. She spent her time with everyone. She never, ever complained, never has she punished any one of us. I never remember her spanking any of the children. Her love was totally unconditional, she never expected anything in return, I always remember her smiling face and if anyone made a mistake, she would smile. When I visited her last in October, she sang songs. When Vivek visited her this year in January, she sang songs with a smile smiled and never complained. When I asked her how she was, she just smiled, shook her head and said she was okay. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">I will miss her and I will follow her guidelines – love, dedication and …I cannot equal – her sacrifice. We all pray that she is with Appa and all our ancestors, singing and keeping them happy. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">Whenever we think of Domma, four things immediately come to mind: her laugh, her beautiful voice, her sense of adventure, and her love for her family. She had a wonderful sense of humor, and her laugh was quite infectious. She was able to find joy and humor in almost everything. One could not help but laugh with her. Her voice also comes to mind. She had an amazing voice, even in her later years, and she never minded singing for others.</span><span style="color: #222222;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">It clearly made her happy to do so, undoubtedly because it was a way for her to bring joy to others. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;"><span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;">Some of our best memories of her, however, involve our travels together. Although we were not able to see her as often as we would have liked, we were able to make the most of the time we did spend together.</span><span style="color: #222222;"> <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">She loved traveling, and we loved traveling with her. We have a number of fond memories of places we visited together here in the U.S. – our trips to the Grand Canyon, DisneyWorld, and Southern and Northern California come to mind as three of our favorites. Normally, sitting in a car for a 10-day, two thousand mile road trip would have been very boring for us when we were children. However, having Domma to keep us company made time just fly by. <o:p></o:p></span></span></span></div>
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<span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Finally, one cannot think of Domma without recalling how much she loved her family. She was very proud of her family, especially her grandchildren, and she would brag about them at every opportunity. Although she would be excited to see us whenever she would visit the U.S., she would quickly start to miss her family in India. Whenever she was given money to spend on herself for her birthday, she would spend that instead on gifts for other family members. We consider ourselves fortunate to have had Domma in our lives for so many years. We will miss her terribly. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #313131;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">Most of my summers growing up were spent in Chennai with doma. I have drooly memories of domas arsipuri oonde, butter chakuli and the 11 o'clock ganjji. Yum yum. The pondy bazaar visits with doma were the highlight of my stay. Doma had babysat me very often over the years, she gave me so much of love and the only time I got scoldings was when a boy called me . Every night Sanoo and I would bug her for a bed time story she initially used to tell us stories about gods and goddesses, this lasted only till she went to America, then it was Disney all the way and She always fell asleep before completing her story. Doma was beautiful both inside and out. She had a tender heart and a pure soul. Love you doma. Am happy that you have been released from the long year of suffering.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">As I always say, we were all blessed to belong to our large and loving family and am grateful to the love and care given to us all then and even now. May dear Kamali Chikki rest in peace now. We will all miss her, and all of you grandchildren, will miss a sweet loving Dhoma. Om Shanthi.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="color: #313131;"><span style="font-family: "trebuchet ms" , sans-serif; font-size: small;">I recall Kamali Aunty as a pretty looking lady, always well dressed, kind, loving and humble.<o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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We decided to be very un-American and ditch the car last weekend. Not that we are American but living in America does make us more American than we think we are. We took the Amtrak instead, for the long Memorial Day weekend. Our close friends, D and K had this idea for a train adventure and we hopped on.<br />
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S1 and S2 were excited. A was skeptical. I was glad to have the freedom of a moving train. I recalled my train trips in India and wanted to relive those days of carefree abandon. and the days of walking to a restroom without stopping the car and getting stressed about which exit on the freeway we needed to take.<br />
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It was a big hit. The kids learned that they had to wait for things, like trains, to arrive. A and I experienced the joy of not driving. and the sun...reminded me that I am off to India soon to bake in the glorious kiln that is Chennai.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The Capitol Corridor train - beaming magnificently under the Sacramento Sun</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Amtrak - I heart you</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We rode from San Jose to Sacramento</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A with the girls - can you believe there was not a soul in sight? I have never seen a railway platform in India without a teeming crowd of humans sitting, squatting, running or standing everywhere. The emptiness was refreshing but I missed the people-watching and glorious judging that is freely available in Chennai Central station.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">This is a terrible picture that does absolutely no justice to the breathtaking, magnificent scenery we witnessed through our journey. This time, it was all about the journey and not really the destination. The destination was a mere excuse.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We hit the Zoo. The girls loved seeing the animals. I felt sad for them and vowed to do something about freeing animals. Then I learnt that most of these animals were endangered and the Zoo was helping keep the species alive. Then I didn't feel so bad after all.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">I would love to have one as a pet.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tall, tall Tiga.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We visited FairyTale Town and stumbled upon the Crooked Mile</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The girls think this is a real thing. In FairyTale Town, it was!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Humpty Dumpty reminded us to watch our step and our heads as we made our way out.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="font-size: 12.8px;">Oh glorious Sacramento Sun and palm trees! You call my name.</td></tr>
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The 3-hour journey was as carefree and chill as could be. I took advantage of having A's undivided attention and problem solved/ brainstormed some life stage challenges as well. I call it problem-solving but he calls it arguing. I wonder why. Note to self: Maybe I need to tone down all this impassioned brainstorming that I love to do. :) </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Yep - Sacramento is the capital of California. Not San Francisco, not Los Angeles. But you knew that already, you smart reader!</td></tr>
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Dee for Dramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016202904057593599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719201242876827716.post-48802961559367619992016-06-28T12:20:00.002-07:002016-06-28T15:53:51.698-07:00How to make plum jam that quickly disappears<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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My husband, A, decided to make plum jam on Sunday. I wholeheartedly supported him with words of encouragement and appreciation whenever my mouth wasn't full of delicious plums and jam. Thank you, A.</div>
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This is a guest post from the chef himself (with some comments under the pictures from me) - a beginner's guide to making plum jam.<br />
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Enjoy. I'm off to lick up some more...<br />
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<b>Step 1: Get some plums </b>- preferably sweet and preferably free<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Pluck when the plums are red, not green or yellow. It's fine if they are hard </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Announce a round of family plum picking and enlist resourceful members (Can you see A, who scampered up the tree? My dad is helping him)</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Create a family event and get little hands to pick fallen plums</td></tr>
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<b>Step 2: Wait </b>- for kids to be asleep, plums to ripen <i>[if not quite sweet per step 1]</i>, and spouses to give you a day to just get it done<br />
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<b>Step 3: Pit the plums</b> - do it alone or enlist one father-in-law to make an assembly line of it. Expect to get your hands squishy, plummy, and quite wet.<br />
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<b>Step 4: Boil the plums</b> - with a hint of water added; also separately boil the pits; when done boiling the pits, strain the juice into the plum boil.<br />
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<b>Step 5: Hand puree the plums</b> as they boil to get a reasonably even consistency and eliminate big chunks of fruit<br />
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<b>Step 6: Walk out </b>to your garden and pluck a lemon from the lemon tree<br />
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<b>Step 7: Squeeze fresh lemon juice</b> from your lemon from your lemon tree into the boiling plum mixture.<br />
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<b>Step 8: Add cinnamon and sugar to taste</b> - if in doubt, add a lot. This is jam or preserve - sweet is good.<br />
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<b>Step 9: Cut an apple</b> <i>[preferably from tree in your garden]</i> and drop the chunks into the boiling plum mixture. Natural pectin (thanks KJ)<br />
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<b>Step 10: Keep boiling till everything comes to an even boil</b>, tastes sweet and reasonably thick. Typically about 15 minutes or more. If the jar boils over, let it <i>[the cooled jammy mixture is yummy to taste!]</i>. If the foam bothers you as this mixture boils, add some butter and the foam vanishes.<br />
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<b>Step 11: Pour this hot mixture into sterilized mason jars</b> / cans and follow instructions to seal and store.<br />
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<b>Step 12: For any jar filled, you can either give it to someone, eat it yourself, or give it to your kids to gobble up.</b> <i>[Half a pint per meal seems to be the going rate with our kids]</i><br />
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To get some sterilized mason jars/cans, boil the germs out of them for at least 10 minutes. Cool them down without touching them by hand.<br />
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The plum jam is so delicious, I doubt there will be any by the time you read this and demand some. Just like that, <i>poof! </i>Going, going...almost gone</div>
Dee for Dramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016202904057593599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719201242876827716.post-49077790811178037672016-06-23T15:30:00.000-07:002016-06-23T15:35:12.756-07:0010 Reasons Why You Shouldn't Stick a Pearl Up Your Nose<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Hey kid,<br />
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This post is for you. Are you reading this aloud? Fabulous.<br />
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Yes, I know that the inside of your nostril is a warm, dark, gooey, magical and mysterious wonderland. Best part is, you can reach into it with your lil fingers.<br />
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A perfect fit! HUZZAH!<br />
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And yet I speak with wisdom from experience. Please do NOT stick a pearl up your cute lil nose. Or stick anything else up there.<br />
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What's the fun in that, you ask? Valid question. Well...<br />
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1. When you stick a pearl up your nose, your teacher will get a mini heart attack and ask you to blow your nose. You will not.<br />
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2. Then she will call your mommy. Who will be driving on a busy expressway to pick up her friend who just traveled half way across the country to see her. Mommy will pick up the call via Bluetooth, which ensures poor call quality.<br />
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3. Then your teacher will say, in a wavering panicky tone, <i>"Your daughter has stuck a pearl up her nose. You might need to take her to the doctor. "</i><br />
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4. Then your mommy will get a mini heart attack and shriek, <i>"a-what-up-her-WHAT?"</i><br />
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5. Then your usually frazzled and anxious mommy who doesn't really know anything about anything will call the doctor and ask in her fake calm, civil tone, <i>"Hello, my toddler has a pearl stuck in her nose, what should I do?"</i><br />
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6. And the phone lady at the other end will say, "<i>I'm not a doctor or a nurse but can she breathe?"</i><br />
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7. And then your mommy will call the teacher back and ask in a high-pitched voice, "<i>can she breathe?!!!!" </i>to which the teacher will say, <i>"yes, she can. she looks uncomfortable and is crying but she can breathe"</i><br />
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<i>8. </i>then your mommy will call the doctor's office and say that you, the toddler, can breathe. To which the phone lady will say, "<i>ok good. then please come here, there is a wait. you might need to bring some toys to keep your child entertained. </i>(Is she really talking about entertainment here?) <i>Or if you need urgent attention, go to the E.m.e.r.g.e.n.c.y </i>(oh crap.)<i>"</i><br />
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9. Your mommy will reach your daycare and pick you up. You will look adorable, sitting and crying because everyone around you is looking dramatically worried, staring at you and well, you know, you have your favorite pearl stuck in your nose.<br />
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10. Your mommy will carry you in her arms and kiss you more than ever before while her dear friend will efficiently google the situation and then suggest strategically blowing your nose.<br />
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10.1 Your mommy will press one nostril and you will blow hard through another.<br />
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10.2....and the shiny white pearl will fall out. Made shinier by you-know-what wonderful gooeyness.<br />
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10.3. Your mommy will start praying for a big, fat, gross booger to be the only thing up your nose forever and always in the future.<br />
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10.4. When your mommy asks you <i>"what did you put up your nose last week?" </i>You look adorably innocent and thoroughly impish and say <i>"that one."</i><br />
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Huggy kissy,<br />
your amma<br />
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Dee for Dramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016202904057593599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719201242876827716.post-5442244162745667332016-06-13T15:38:00.002-07:002016-06-14T12:06:32.897-07:00Strawbebby fields forever<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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The Beatles' single "Strawberry Fields Forever" has always struck me as weirdly beautiful. It is psychedelic music, with surrealistic and impressionist overtones. I feel like when I close my eyes and hear that song, nothing else really matters other than rainbows, happiness and childhood. </div>
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Last Saturday, we visited strawberry fields. They were real. Something concrete that still inspired abstract associations in my head. Strawberries. British. Western world. Tart. Picnics. Rich picnics. Poor farmers in India...</div>
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<b>Note to self: do something...anything to help farmers in India.</b></div>
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I wonder if farms in India marketed fruit and vegetable picking as a weekend activity for city-dwellers. I bet there would be takers. Maybe they already do this.</div>
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Growing up, strawberries were these elusive fruits that were expensive. Strawberry fields used to strike me as an indulgence. A vision that previously only appeared in my childhood imagination and fantasy.</div>
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It was surreal to look at and wander through these fields with my family.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">This was a U-Pick field. First, we checked in at the hut.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Then, we read the rules of the strawberry picking game</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Mom hard at work picking the tastiest strawberries</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Dad is already a pro</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">S2 cautious and conscientious</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A - a man with a mission</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">We went with close friends D,K and S - who are pros at this sort of thing</td></tr>
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Now I'm off to go listen to the Beatles again. Have a wonderful summer! If you want to go Berry picking in the Bay Area, check <a href="http://redtri.com/san-francisco/u-pick-fruit-in-the-bay-area-3-juicy-farms/" target="_blank">this</a> out.<br />
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It was my birthday last weekend and we spent a lovely weekend with my parents, A and the kids. It was bliss!<br />
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When they have to pick, people I know are usually either beach-lovers or mountain-lovers. Which one do you tend to be? I love both, I just need great weather and lots of opportunity to walk or run.<br />
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Living in California means we can get out to a ton of breathtakingly beautiful places that are just an hour's drive away. This time around, we went on a day trip to Venice Beach in Half moon Bay. Someone on the internets called it one of "America's most beautiful beaches."<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: small; text-align: left;"> Cautious and loving appa (my dad) watching over the kids as they play in the Venice Beach creek</span></td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">But not for long, with dad in charge</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">"I'm just going to carry you so you can watch the waves."</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Uh oh now the other one feels left out</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alright let's do this together</td></tr>
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Dee for Dramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016202904057593599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719201242876827716.post-29142102723855140032016-05-23T15:34:00.001-07:002016-05-23T15:52:10.107-07:00Happiness is...a humble hammock<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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A and I collaborate well at times. I come up with random ideas for unimportant whimsical things and he executes them flawlessly, without complaint. To emphasize our love for lazy days spent chilling and reading uninterrupted, we bought two hammocks. We love them. They fit our first summer experience living in Northern California.</div>
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S1 and S2 love these hammocks. S1 gets lost in this indoor one for what seems like hours.</div>
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I work remotely and out of this hammock these days. (Dream come true. I have always wanted to work out of a hammock!)Tied between the apricot tree and the apple tree. It's strong enough to hold two adults so S2 and I had a blast last evening reading stories and giggling at the squirrels. </div>
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Dee for Dramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016202904057593599noreply@blogger.com0Mountain View, CA, USA37.3860517 -122.083851137.2851427 -122.2452126 37.486960700000004 -121.9224896tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719201242876827716.post-57538100849438269242015-08-23T06:53:00.001-07:002015-08-23T06:55:39.997-07:00Yoga for parents<div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Let us show you how you can enjoy yoga with your kids. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Not! </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIHZk_9FN1hnSEqjkk4lq468XxjOmvBM-nuhyphenhyphen6qUBJRKtsTcSdpwZc069q9RMClIid1dKe3ge1QyN58Y0yiHsyu8g1ipruMaSunpJewiG0RJGMZf2tftFQWk9JTiQxECOVSa6cVd5N7wVI/s640/blogger-image-1505882982.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiIHZk_9FN1hnSEqjkk4lq468XxjOmvBM-nuhyphenhyphen6qUBJRKtsTcSdpwZc069q9RMClIid1dKe3ge1QyN58Y0yiHsyu8g1ipruMaSunpJewiG0RJGMZf2tftFQWk9JTiQxECOVSa6cVd5N7wVI/s640/blogger-image-1505882982.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Step 1: hey let's all do yoga together. 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Hey kids- get out from under me</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKkDRRbRnB14ubfKC53d7R5G3PyQdq_h08LEZhOJl3TxXJhc608XuRTf6362lSi61OM-18BhEYt7KUQnLmlTo4zY7F0VeBDZHK934ijcLpT4h_Tek_D_rNXCErUWG8rvFNHzMkTQcMZlwT/s640/blogger-image-1207462077.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKkDRRbRnB14ubfKC53d7R5G3PyQdq_h08LEZhOJl3TxXJhc608XuRTf6362lSi61OM-18BhEYt7KUQnLmlTo4zY7F0VeBDZHK934ijcLpT4h_Tek_D_rNXCErUWG8rvFNHzMkTQcMZlwT/s640/blogger-image-1207462077.jpg"></a></div>Step 3: no pulling me down just because I'm taller Haan you. 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Now go away and let me do my yoga</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgveVs43p1aK3XcYIGyndTaje19X85Tejo_wK2XMujNmXTP1IvTNy3Kda1AdSmE5p4MixF8-tAODDdzzml2V3kKSidbGQUHLLx8w-ZS1U2cCzhfYCbd4E1OkBzFypUobSN1_RGY4ZqPtYKd/s640/blogger-image-756964871.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgveVs43p1aK3XcYIGyndTaje19X85Tejo_wK2XMujNmXTP1IvTNy3Kda1AdSmE5p4MixF8-tAODDdzzml2V3kKSidbGQUHLLx8w-ZS1U2cCzhfYCbd4E1OkBzFypUobSN1_RGY4ZqPtYKd/s640/blogger-image-756964871.jpg"></a></div>Step 6: Appa but we love you so much and want to do yoga again. Ammaaaaa... We are doing yoga with appaaaaa on the purple yoga mat. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>Dee for Dramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016202904057593599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719201242876827716.post-14536658200784943752015-07-24T08:35:00.000-07:002015-07-24T08:47:11.654-07:00When life gives you a lemon tree<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
We have a lemon tree in our new home.<br />
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With lemons waiting to be picked everyday </div>
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And we bought a new wind wheel right beside it because we love wind wheels. Now we all sit and stare at it and exclaim, "oh the wind's blowing from that way!" ( as though it matters at all) every time it spins. </div>
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Yes, the tomatoes are from our garden too: heirloom and grape tomatoes, juicy and sweet</div>
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Oh and there are some string beans and mint and thyme too, I kept the beans away to cook tomorrow. Yum!!! The mint and thyme need some TLC, which I've started giving, starting today. </div>
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I'm going to be baking lots of apple pie soon, when these turn golden yellow:</div>
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We also have cherry and peach trees but no fruits right now. The hummingbirds, sparrows and several local birds visit our garden multiple times, everyday. </div>
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Updated: My loving, intelligent sister A did some digging (no pun intended) and found that this purple flower is called Rose of Sharon.<br />
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There is another plant in the backyard that blooms a peachish-orange hibiscus but I plucked a flower this morning for the prayer/ shrine area in my kitchen (which I think would be a bit impolite to take photos of- culturally ingrained in me from several temple visits) so I don't have a pic right now.</div>
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My sister A, who is turning out to be a proper sleuth, found that these white flowers with crinkly leaves are geraniums. The name reminds me of potted plants sitting by the kitchen window sill. I wonder who gets to name these flowers?<br />
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So pretty, right? As someone who dislikes artificial flowers and married to someone who dislikes plastic flowers, having the real thing right at home is the real deal indeed. </div>
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This is what we see when we enter and leave our beautiful, ridiculously old and beat up but tremendously joyful home in the Bay Area. There's something about rustic charm in this garden that calms my senses, makes me happy and makes me wonder... <br />
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This garden reminds me so so much of my childhood home in Madras, that A and I plan to quickly acquire pairs of green thumbs and take care of all these lovelies. As a reminder of my amamma's home, I want to plant curry leaves and coriander soon. Of course, planting coconut will be the best but that might be a bit much. Besides, since it might be challenging to find legit coconut climbers in the area and I don't want coconuts falling on my head, I shall postpone this decision. </div>
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We visited <a href="http://www.bumblelosaltos.com/" target="_blank">Bumble</a> in Los Altos, a brunch place that feels like a win-win for parents with young kids. The kids play in a fun, clean sand lot and parents chill and eat outdoors.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The name is the best part, though. How can you NOT walk in to a place named Bumble? Adorable.</td></tr>
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Dee for Dramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016202904057593599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719201242876827716.post-27612303692629709032015-07-09T11:07:00.001-07:002015-07-10T22:07:59.483-07:00Today was moving day<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0efRYyFU5dtqI-kX4opNRuoHZSkZzVXcPZKL14R3L3idyNnr_vTI3obRoXarMoQPNaK9RGfQ1yN6zBgGYfEcq482iMfOVVvqzNlR3cXs-2_aSxhzk4rprLxo8RBRTWex3Lz2soI3v2HUo/s640/blogger-image--1988784314.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0efRYyFU5dtqI-kX4opNRuoHZSkZzVXcPZKL14R3L3idyNnr_vTI3obRoXarMoQPNaK9RGfQ1yN6zBgGYfEcq482iMfOVVvqzNlR3cXs-2_aSxhzk4rprLxo8RBRTWex3Lz2soI3v2HUo/s640/blogger-image--1988784314.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji8Uu2HeSlRvcRls-BvUXYaxzsNVwuxpd53Li0jlErhbwBGeEcGoKA4SVcq_UY8-hErJ-bU17a8IsnTSEHDC3WKH2_z7GVGGLYX52ACM2rqLWtUcL7FLJ_-Cwtku7lctaj5QH71AcIepbv/s640/blogger-image-660103121.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji8Uu2HeSlRvcRls-BvUXYaxzsNVwuxpd53Li0jlErhbwBGeEcGoKA4SVcq_UY8-hErJ-bU17a8IsnTSEHDC3WKH2_z7GVGGLYX52ACM2rqLWtUcL7FLJ_-Cwtku7lctaj5QH71AcIepbv/s640/blogger-image-660103121.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-7XIk_OfTIShAby2-fzlKKAt61rS_S47DeutL8nfT9fc8UBlPGWMIkkD19eGv8PkWsEdWniZWiaj0bzFrPDMncRYkc1vXUo-v4-gu3oJhn7ave8ohVBxEVUREnJw-k_Wf2LNyIKXGjbu/s640/blogger-image-649835598.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-7XIk_OfTIShAby2-fzlKKAt61rS_S47DeutL8nfT9fc8UBlPGWMIkkD19eGv8PkWsEdWniZWiaj0bzFrPDMncRYkc1vXUo-v4-gu3oJhn7ave8ohVBxEVUREnJw-k_Wf2LNyIKXGjbu/s640/blogger-image-649835598.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1wlyycBd01xaLjMq34C8ACsuG73t3-MP78zkzyTPesWV98tbeMdP2-jHkyThoUdnBza_nFRyknZJJj0E4DDktRH5yULGEeU7cLp_wlovL8Y4Mmmob7UXhUNCbzLyu0j15aPsrSgkQCP2/s640/blogger-image--1913791313.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1wlyycBd01xaLjMq34C8ACsuG73t3-MP78zkzyTPesWV98tbeMdP2-jHkyThoUdnBza_nFRyknZJJj0E4DDktRH5yULGEeU7cLp_wlovL8Y4Mmmob7UXhUNCbzLyu0j15aPsrSgkQCP2/s640/blogger-image--1913791313.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGb5l79JCCPAwfGyzerC7t7Wox5_vKTeIFdtGb1FPkVBGRsXzLn_tNTWVfWynSei5Lki5xAoNvtkg5GCzsDRhaU3UQR6Wn_8covteKEhrI6EkX6SxOeFY17vwP_SglLYafmtNjcsjMigex/s640/blogger-image--2129350871.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgGb5l79JCCPAwfGyzerC7t7Wox5_vKTeIFdtGb1FPkVBGRsXzLn_tNTWVfWynSei5Lki5xAoNvtkg5GCzsDRhaU3UQR6Wn_8covteKEhrI6EkX6SxOeFY17vwP_SglLYafmtNjcsjMigex/s640/blogger-image--2129350871.jpg"></a></div><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjo1wlyycBd01xaLjMq34C8ACsuG73t3-MP78zkzyTPesWV98tbeMdP2-jHkyThoUdnBza_nFRyknZJJj0E4DDktRH5yULGEeU7cLp_wlovL8Y4Mmmob7UXhUNCbzLyu0j15aPsrSgkQCP2/s640/blogger-image--1913791313.jpg"></div><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiK-7XIk_OfTIShAby2-fzlKKAt61rS_S47DeutL8nfT9fc8UBlPGWMIkkD19eGv8PkWsEdWniZWiaj0bzFrPDMncRYkc1vXUo-v4-gu3oJhn7ave8ohVBxEVUREnJw-k_Wf2LNyIKXGjbu/s640/blogger-image-649835598.jpg"></div><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEji8Uu2HeSlRvcRls-BvUXYaxzsNVwuxpd53Li0jlErhbwBGeEcGoKA4SVcq_UY8-hErJ-bU17a8IsnTSEHDC3WKH2_z7GVGGLYX52ACM2rqLWtUcL7FLJ_-Cwtku7lctaj5QH71AcIepbv/s640/blogger-image-660103121.jpg"></div><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0efRYyFU5dtqI-kX4opNRuoHZSkZzVXcPZKL14R3L3idyNnr_vTI3obRoXarMoQPNaK9RGfQ1yN6zBgGYfEcq482iMfOVVvqzNlR3cXs-2_aSxhzk4rprLxo8RBRTWex3Lz2soI3v2HUo/s640/blogger-image--1988784314.jpg"></div>A new chapter in our lives begins tomorrow. Transition is exciting and nerve inducing. Will this be a better future? Will we grow our potential? Will our children like California better than they did Chicago? It probably makes no sense to compare but I know we will, especially as we settle into our new lives.<div><br><div>Today was packing and moving day. It felt harsh to say bye to our lovely home, the place we called our very own, the place where we had both our babies, the place in which we celebrated our wins and losses. Promotions, new jobs, a new book. Welcomed new friends and laughed with good old ones. Used white noise machines and cool mist humidifiers. The home in which we had the worst sleepless nights ever, waking up and caring for crying infants. The home where we had bitter fights and sweet make-up kisses. The home we proudly showed our parents as our very own. "See, mom and dad, your little kid has grown up to own her and his own place!"</div><div><br></div><div>Though in life, do we really ever own anything? Do things own us or do we own them? Is it better to own or better to let go? Is ownership just an illusion of security? Is it one step closer to feeling free? Or tied down?</div><div><br></div><div>Pictures of boxes and boxes... Thank you dear home and Chicago, for the sweet memories. </div><div><br></div><div>Hereon, we look forward and surge forth to California!</div><div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjibvsfYLql6dP5ZWbNn4SN6hkS1E5ituVCxZFrlqzoVBm4QHH_ggeHHATEUuAIYJOOWWgpx3Dhq5U-8rsfr8q_fmSqy-u6ZJG5vhmNF2HrX_LB6z4uXtW1MAIMGKhDxBVZ_kXJwfAdU3jx/s640/blogger-image--1490488350.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjibvsfYLql6dP5ZWbNn4SN6hkS1E5ituVCxZFrlqzoVBm4QHH_ggeHHATEUuAIYJOOWWgpx3Dhq5U-8rsfr8q_fmSqy-u6ZJG5vhmNF2HrX_LB6z4uXtW1MAIMGKhDxBVZ_kXJwfAdU3jx/s640/blogger-image--1490488350.jpg"></a></div><br></div></div>Dee for Dramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016202904057593599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719201242876827716.post-71216554507117208432015-06-30T07:17:00.001-07:002015-06-30T08:17:49.435-07:00Our car just moved to California!<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Dee for Dramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016202904057593599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719201242876827716.post-36661642341820633712015-06-20T21:34:00.000-07:002015-06-21T06:51:55.116-07:00Happy Daddy Day, y'all<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Dearest A appa,<br>
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I made this surprise gift for you and because I was so excited about it, told you to keep it a secret yesterday itself. Shhhhhh!!!! Don't tell yourself anything about it till it's Father's Day, ok? but it's ok because I love you everyday. When you came home from California yesterday I was SO excited, I sent you this message from amma's phone:<br>
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🍇🍦🍡🎂🍼🍹🍸🍷🍻☕️🍺🎀🎋🎃🎄<br>
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Thank you for taking me to Trader Joe's and Walgreens when I ask you, for doing thooki for me when I feel bad about something, for pushing my swing so...so high up in the park, for holding me tightly when an ambulance siren goes by, for taking me in a big plane to bombay to see all my thatha-paatis, for kissing my oww-ies when I get hurt.<br>
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You are the best. Now thooki me so I can hug and kiss you, my dear A appa!<br>
S1<br>
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Dearest A appa,<br>
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I missed you so much everyday last week. Amma kept telling me you were in California but I knew you would come back. Everytime someone knocked on the door, I said "appa!" and ran to try and open the door. You came back yesterday and now I feel so happy with my fa-fa-mi-mi-ly-ly, as Hannah akka says. Because you are our fa-fa.<br>
Whenever I climb a chair or a table or everything that's remotely climb-able, I hear your voice asking me to be careful, to get down slowly. <br>
Please carry me all day and take me to restaurants that have delicious mum-mum and give me yummy paal in my bottle and read me all those amazing Dr.Seuss stories in your dramatic voice before thaachi time. <br>
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I love you and I want you to change my diaper now cos I just did my poopie again. Then amma and you, stop wasting time and take us both to the park so we can enjoy the summer outdoors, please! Here are our shoes...<br>
S2<br>
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A and I became home owners in 2011. We thought there were three reasons to buy a place we could call our very own.<br />
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1. We were expecting our first child to arrive in April 2012. So...parents need to own homes, right?</div>
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2. We were both going to turn 30 soon and felt like owning a place was one of the things 30-somethings generally did<br />
3. The market was good for buyers since it hadn't bounced entirely back since the 2008 recession<br />
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Now we are looking to sell our first place and I feel a bit sentimental about it. This is the home we had both our kids, their birthdays, their first steps and first words, A and I had so many first fights, so many first kiss-and-make-ups, so many extended family and friends' reunions. <br />
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News is - we are moving to the Bay Area soon. A moved last week but I'm still working in Chicago and stayed back with the kids. I am not a winter person at all and LOVE the idea of moving to the Bay Area so feeling very positive about the impending change.<br />
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At the same time, I want to keep the images and memories of our first home together etched in my brain and heart forever.<br />
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Good news is, we have a potential buyer and are already under contract. Fingers crossed that all goes well. (A and I are desperately trying to prevent the kids from marking all the walls or making puddles of you-know-what on the carpets :-))))<br />
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Pictures! Oh and we are living clutter-free these days. No, we haven't packed away our things yet, we just live clutter free and it feels so great.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Our living room...where the kids scribble all over with (washable) markers</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Living, book-nook in left corner and dining room. Dining tables = memorable conversations</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kitchen. So many onions, garlic and coriander...</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">A and I's bedroom.Where the kids climb into bed with us.</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Master bath</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Nursery...for story time, playtime and sister pillow-fights</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Kids' bath. Rubber duckies and ugh! potty training memories. </td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Sears or Willis tower</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lobby.</td></tr>
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We will all miss you, dear home. Thank you for being strong, sturdy and absorbing all our emotions through these intense years. </div>
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Dee for Dramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016202904057593599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719201242876827716.post-56889767120481405382015-06-20T20:28:00.001-07:002015-06-20T20:28:07.102-07:00We had a Jackson Pollock Splatter-Art Birthday Party<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
S1 turned three in April and since she loves art and colors (and we didn't want to clean up after the kids for once in our lives), we had an Art Party for her.<br />
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Wow, wow, what super fun it was! The kids went wild for the (washable, supposedly harmless) color and painted everything in sight. </div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Artists are encouraged to start by painting away the intimidating white canvas ...no creative block here!</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Everyone painted in purple...just happens to still be S1's fave color</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">S1 was an intense artist creating magic and little S2 was engrossed, painting her legs</td></tr>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">The delicious rainbow cake was white outside and colorfully yummy inside</td></tr>
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Dee for Dramahttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06016202904057593599noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8719201242876827716.post-43778404701697268192015-05-13T19:06:00.001-07:002016-06-08T16:11:20.611-07:00Happy mommy day, y'all<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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