Winters are - approaching!

Winters are approaching.

It is that time of summer

when it is no longer summer

and not winter yet.

But days have become shorter

and rains have become colder.

I do not put on the fan when I sleep.

By the morning I am too cold if I do.

I will share some winter skies

I had captured in January

but never shared.

I found them yesterday

Days will be soon like them again -

I remember the day.

it had snowed all night

and we were on our way to Manali.

The morning was bright sunny and beautiful.

I had started active blogging around that time

and my sister had prompted me to click these.

"You could use them for your blog."

But never got a chance

or a theme

and then forgot about them all.

Today, I do put them to use.

Even winter skies can be pretty.

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Skywatch Friday, Season 6, Episode 8

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Greetings for the week

Not all things in life

are served on platter.

And those that are not,

some how turn out to be

the best ones.

In this spirit

I share this week's greetings

I found the words on Pinterest

(there are so many to keep me busy. I have already tried some of them)

and I wanted to do it with daisies.

The poster is available here.

But then I decided to

diversify.

And, so I designed

A bottle, An apron and a T-shirt

with this design.

Have a wonderful time ahead.

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It's crow time today

This morning,

why just an hour ago,

I got a little lucky.

Yesterday,

I wondered how beautifully

Carver from Carver Cards, a photographic journal

had pictured all the birds.

And today, I get to picture

some crows

myself.

I managed to get two decent shots,

with a crow each

waiting with watchful eyes

for some safe place to feed.

It really posed well,

what do you think?

P.S. I am glad to have my Canon back in shape again.

It definitely works better than my mobile and Sony cyber shot.

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Beyond the fences

Beyond the fences

lies the history.

"The Barselas"

Rain washed and inviting.

If it is history from this one,

it is buildings from the other one.

Looking at fences on other side from the fence on this side.

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Life according to Jan n Jer

Have a blessed week ahead.

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Crafting a lantern

Summer vacations

are a sure way to indulge in

lots of arts and crafts

with a school going nephew at home.

Out of all the projects,

there was a paper lantern craft

that I enjoyed the most.

We took a white chart paper

and decorated it.

We let my nephew do the cotton ball painting.

Then we folded the paper vertically

and made equal equidistant cuts along the fold

as shown.

The cuts should be long but not very close to the edge.

If need be, you can mark off the margins on either side.

Then you can cut within these margins.

The cuts having been made,

the next step is to apply the adhesive

 along the axis of the cuts,

right angles to the fold.

Then roll in this direction

and stick the two ends together.

The last step is to give the lantern a handle.

Use the same chart paper

and make a thin 2 layered strip

by folding and re-folding.

The strip was then stapled to the lantern.

 To give finishing touches,

we cut thin strips of solid green ribbon

and taped them with adhesive

equidistantly along the bottom periphery.

(I could not get a decent picture of that one.)

And, there! Your paper lantern is ready.

Do let me know in case you enjoyed crafting this.

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Weekly Greetings

"When you are down to nothing,

God

is up to something."

Came across these words on Pinterest

and created my own version of it.

I had created a textured background yesterday itself.

Yes, the very same that I had used for the I-phone skin.

I used it to get a poster ready for these beautiful words.

The result is

Click on the link below

to get one for yourself.

Poster by FuchsiaVision
Browse more Greetings Posters

Let every day of every week be blessed.

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Texture for Iphone skin

I was experimenting with texture designing

and the result was

something like this

And then it occurred to me

that it could be used as a

backdrop for device skin.

So, I created one for the

I phone 4S

To get one for yourself

click here

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A look at the sky

A look at the sky

and gorgeous clouds

finally had me getting the

Canon out of its hiding.

And I love the results that

I got with it.

How else could I flaunt the sky

with all its shades

And with bicycles, fences - everything.

This one had to be clicked

and this one had to be included too.

Linking with

Skywatch : Season 6, episode 6

Life according to Jan and Jer

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Happy Independence Day

Freedom in the mind,

Faith in the words,

Pride in our souls,

Lets salute the nation on Independence Day.

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To Conform or not to conform

For life has not been written

by Ayn Rand

that you can stay damned and still have the best of it.

There's another version too

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August sky

Nothing more pretty

than the rain drops standing still

in the misty morning air.

Have a wonderful day ahead.

Linking up with

Skywatch - Season 6, Episode 5

Life according to ... Jan n Jer

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Happy friendship day

"Piglet sidled up to Pooh from behind.

"Pooh?" he whispered.

"Yes, Piglet?"

"Nothing," said Piglet, taking Pooh's hand.

"I just wanted to be sure of you."

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SkyWatch Outside

It has been raining since Tuesday.

Rainy Tuesday,

rainy Wednesday,

a rainier Thursday

and a still rainy Friday.

But Wednesday,

the calls of duty dared me to step outside.

The route being dotted with

fog, mist and clouds

and rain.

I put my mobile to good use

but since the bus was literally being driven like a flying saucer

and there were few stoppages made,

I did not get quality pictures.

I will be sharing the tolerable ones only

No sky here, but I like the blanket of mist on Beas and the green of the hills in this one

The next two are my favorite ones

The persisting rains

have led to landslides

So you find me posting these pictures

rather than taking classes.

Of course, I got my day off :)

Rain, rain come again.

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