Hello and Happy Monday! How was your weekend? Good? Relaxing? Ours was fun and busy meeting family for our Indian festival of Navratri.
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Our Daughter Got Married!
Hello hello! How is your August going? Good? Ready for school to start? I know it’s been a while since I last shared something. You see things have been crazy busy. My daughter got married in early August!
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A very special Rakshabandan 2022
The Indian festival of Rakshabandan – the festival celebrating sibling love was observed in mid August. This year we had a very special celebration as family had flown in from all over the world (UK and Kenya) to attend our daughter’s wedding in early August – and these cousins for the first time in 30 years got to tie the rakhi (string bracelet) on each other in person. Who knows when this opportunity will come again!
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Holiday Down Memory Lane. Visit to The Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage in Nairobi, Kenya
In the summer of 2016 we visited family in Kenya, but before heading home to the coastal city of Mombasa we made a detour to stop at the Sheldrick Elephant Orphanage in Nairobi.
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July 4th Weekend in Monterey/Carmel
Happy July everyone! Hope you had a relaxing July 4th holiday. The best part of a holiday weekend is that we only have four days before the next weekend 😁. We spent our long weekend by the coast in Monterey and Carmel. Beautiful blue skies, blue waters and wine country all wrapped in the most amazing weather!
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Happy Mother’s Day 💐💕!
Happy Mother’s Day to all the Moms! Wishing you a relaxing day filled with love and lots of flowers ❤️💐 .
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Soup, Salad, Sandwich. Lunch with friends
Hello and Happy Monday! Hope you had a good weekend. Around here our weather was pleasant in the 70s, perfect spring like weather. I mostly had a relaxing weekend but also managed to sneak in a couple of fun events.
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Friday Flowers. A Tribute to My Mom-in-Law Usha
Happy Friday everyone! Mother’s Day is fast approaching, are you ready to treat your Mom? Today I wanted to take this opportunity to share a few words about my Mom-in-law Usha who was an incredible woman and one that I was so fortunate to call Mom.
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Spring Lunch at Babita’s Celebrating the Festival of Vishu
All things spring are being celebrated in April from Easter to Indian spring festivals such as Holi, Ugadi, Tamil New Year and in the Southern state of Karela the celebration known as Vishu.
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Spring Celebration Tamil New Year at Uma and Nando’s
Happy mid-April! Today is is the day many Indians in the southern states celebrate as their New Year. This past Saturday my cousins Uma and Nando hosted a New year lunch to celebrate spring and for all good fortune.
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