Tag: #grateful

• Dhaka Diaries: December is a time to take stock

  

  There’s a nip in the air – the kind you feel in a hill station. I’m enjoying my morning walks in the neighbourhood park. The sun rises these days at around 6.00 a.m. and we leave the house at 6.20 a.m. The gates to the park are open at this time, but the guard on […]

  Smitha V

  December 8, 2022

  Experiences

  #behappy, #believing, #dhakadiaries, #existentialcrisis, #feelingrelevant, #grateful, #havingfaith, #introspection, #learn, #life, #love, #midlifecrisis, #nature, #seasons, #self-talk, #spring, #truth, #winter, Creative Writing

• A surprise gift from a friend

  

  This post was to come out much earlier, but I’ve been swamped with loads of things. Anyway, I received this beautiful gift from a friend I know through NaPoWriMo and then WordPress. Manja Mexi, from the blog Embarrassment of Riches, who is an avid photographer and manages to find and share the beauty around her […]

  Smitha V

  February 15, 2022

  Experiences

  #blogaday, #blogging, #calendar, #feelingblessed, #friendship, #gift, #grateful, #gratitude, #surprise, #Thankyou, #virtualrelationships

• Mumbai Diaries : ‘The hills’ in art & travel

  

  Its raining cats and dogs here. The monsoons officially began on the 7th, a day after my birthday. The temperatures dipped on the 1st of June which was one of the highlights of my special day. We had some rains on an off but not enough to declare the monsoons had begun. It was like […]

  Smitha V

  June 14, 2021

  Art, Experiences, Travel

  #blogging, #coronatimes, #daytrip, #drive, #freedom, #grateful, #hills, #inspiration, #lonavala, #mumbaidiaries, #nature, #painting, #SoCs, #Streamofconsciousness, #traveldiaries, #travelogue, #watercolors

• Carpe Diem #1826 – Magic of Monsoons

  

  Today Chevrefeuille  challenges us to writing a haiku in which we use “juxtaposition”. JUXTAPOSITION Any time unlike things bump up against each other, you can describe it as a juxtaposition. Imagine a funeral mourner telling jokes graveside, and you get the idea — the juxtaposition in this case is between grief and humor. Juxtaposition of […]

  Smitha V

  July 4, 2020

  Poetry

  #beauty, #carpediem -1826, #grateful, #haiku, #juxtaposition, #lockdowndiaries, #monsoons, #mumbairains, #nature, #rains, #simplepleasures