Matching Jewelry

Bombay had purchased some Paavaadais for the girls in India recently.

Another installment was released today!

The girls were also very excited to receive matching fake jewelry that goes with the silk frocks.

They made daddy happy by posing as usual for photos.

A detailed analysis of the fake Jewels showed that there are no real stones for most of the necklaces. The thing is actually a faceted hole in a stamped plastic with a coating on the inside. The reflections from the hole create an optical illusion that there are raised stones set on the plastic. Whoever came up with the concept is pure genius! It shines better than real stones would.

Daddy shed some Aaananda kanneer (happy tears) on seeing how far materials science has improved over the years!

Hopefully such improvements will save lots of $ for me when the kids grow up.

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Flowers'r'us - photoblog

A new bunch of flowers in our backyard. One of those bulbs which we planted two years ago.

Somehow this one was not there last year.

We are not complaining. It always makes our day to open the door and find such beauties.

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Flowers all around

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Photos by chance - A photoblog

Little one thrilled with wearing Jasmine flowers, trying to wear them with a clip because she doesn't have a braid.. while Jr. was watching her pose for me..

The shutter just keeps clicking..

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Uvas Canyon County Park - Half day trip in pictures

Updated post...

While the 4 hours spent in the park today were simply amazing(as exciting as it was to take my new bride to see the golden gate bridge two weeks after we were married...considering this is the first outing for the new lens!), there are side effects like sore legs, nose bleeds etc. that require some tending to..

More pictures to follow tomorrow...

This one was taken near IBM in Bailey road (which is on the way to Uvas..) We should all be happy that we have such a glorious sun that brings up the colors and shades the way it does!

Was planning on posting more details, but the allergies are at their worst. So leaving you with just more pictures from the trip..

As usual, the post ends with one of my darlings doing something memorable. The little one picked up a stick in her hand to walk around after watching everyone around her have a stick. No one in our party had one though. She also picked a really tiny stick which she carried with her the entire time. Every now and then she would break into her teacher routine and start saying "repeat after me, W is for..." etc. to her imaginary students. This happened everytime there was any sign within her height she could point to. It was so amusing...

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