Happiness is…

sharing a laugh with bhai



… or with Nanu…



… or hugging friends…



..and sometimes you can just be happy all on your own.


Thursday Challenge: “HAPPY” (Celebrations, Parties, Gifts, Enjoyment,…)

Touching..

Dug into my archives for these and here are my entries for the Thursday Challenge: SOFT (Pillows, Toys, Snow, Baby, Focus,…)



WHAT’S SOFTER? Her touch.. his cheek?

 


HAIR NOW GONE TOMORROW: Naisha looks for her hair after her mundan



Mirror mirror on the wall

Thursday Challenge: REFLECTIONS (Mirrors, Windows, Water, Sunglasses,…)



 I love this baby Naisha from when she was not quite two. I love her barely-there-hair and two-teeth smile and the way she’s looking right at the camera. She could pose even then!

A walk in the mountains

Thursday Challenge : “GREEN” (Plants, Cloths, Cars, Toys, Houses,…)




Mukteshwar

 We clicked these pictures during a vacation to Mukteshwar, Nainital last June. That was one of the most peaceful vacations we had…. no crowd, no mandatory horse rides, no boats on the lake, no stress of visiting sunset/sunrise points, nothing… an agendaless vacation.

All we did was read books, chatted, lazed around, ……..

Big cousin Varun takes over the hammock

made bouquets of wild flowers and watched the apples growing on trees, ….

The not quite ripe apples
took long walks in the green mountains and when we couldn’t walk anymore some of us got free rides….

Hrit gets a ride with big brother
… while the rest of us called for the driver.

Many pictures for ‘many’

Thursday Challenge: “MANY” (Candies, Crowd, Paperclips, Coins, Collections,…)

Pigeons at Somnath Temple: The kids couldn’t decide whether it was more fun to feed them or chase them
Fishing boats come home: Awesome sight
Masks at a shop in Venice: From the sister. Quite eye catching
On old one: Diyas painted by the kids