Backyard Playtime.. Photoblog

Today was spent in napping, biking with kids (yes, Daddy got back on the bicycle for the 2nd time since the accident... and went on the main road as well!), taking pictures of the flowers, girls, squirrels, and birds in what was a great spring day.

The jasmines are in full bloom and the whole backyard smells divine!

Made some good chai and settled in the concrete steps..

This look on the little one's face is what we refer to as the "theesa kalai".. she must have done something she wasn't supposed to do and that explains that look.. She was moving too fast and I had the camera in manual.

The girls surprise me more than the birds and squirrels...

Need more of these quiet afternoons to lift up spirits...

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Squirrel -Photoblog

The little critters were captured on camera at the Botanical Gardens and outside the Conservatory of Flowers in San Francisco earlier today. A great half day trip which the whole family enjoyed.

Very happy with the Sigma...

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4 Things to cheer you up on a cold rainy gloomy day

In other news, the sun finally came out at 5:00 PM this evening after three soggy days...

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zooming...zooming..

Just to put the size of the flowers in perspective...

18->51->115->154->200 mm

That will do Sigma.. that will do.

Have visions of me saying like that the way "Farmer" says it to Babe...

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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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