GREEN APPLES
Granny green Apples
set from the Pink
blooms of Spring
Only because
the Bumble bees
paid them visit
Glad there's not
a mask mandate
for either the bloooms
or bumble bees!
- by VeerajaR
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Monday, May 31, 2021
Wednesday, March 31, 2021
Time Still
Time Still
Around the Dial
Touching each moment
One Violet at a time Dandelions bright amidst the grass Sun is home in my garden! - VeerajaR
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Friday, March 26, 2021
BE YOU
BE YOU!
If you have not done.... Yoga - Start Today!
Beleive me....You have done it before - every baby & toddler growing up have done it!
Only as adults our life-style fix us all day long to the Desk & chair or at home plopped in the sofa!
WAKE UP.... Don't Loose Yourself in the rat-race!
I saw this on the TV the other day.... and I thought there is HOPE!
Yoga is ancient as the Indian Sub-Continent Civilization. It is not just for Yogi's in the Himalayas nor it is an Aerobics taught at a Gym in the West.
It has been a way of life of all peoples of the Indian Culture. Part of daily Morning & Evening Rituals of all peoples - is Sooriya Vannakam (Namaskar - Sanskrit).
After bath & before breakfast ancient people of Eastern cultures used to face the rising sun and
Taking full breaths - chanted THANKs in Appreciation of the sun for showing up.
For the promise of a New day!
Shouldn't we too?
Let's Be Our True Selves
connected - (not to the Office Chair, but) - to the Universe!
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Saturday, February 27, 2021
Griddle JOYs
GRIDDLE JOYs
What you see is What you get...
And I like to pick your brain:
Picture is worth thousand words they say!
Embelished Thosai - A Production by VRa
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Friday, January 15, 2021
PONGAL 2021 - Traditions & Recipe
PONGAL Traditions & Recipe
🙏Thai Pongal was unfortunately
not celebrated by Christians - though may own paddy fields & thus harvest.
The Hindus only Celebrated regardless of profession. We used to get quite a lot of Pongal servings from teachers &
student families living nearby. We the children grade them according to our
liking.Traditionally, men are
supposed to put the rice in the pot with milk to boil. My mother had convinced me - it
is not a religious tradition (as we were made to believe ) and we should be
celebrating the Paddy Harvest. Since, I enjoy/ Celebrate Thai Pongal!
New Clay Pot
-placed on Three prong makeshift fire-place in the middle of "Kolam ( design made on the courtyard floor - with colored Rice flour & shredded coconut)
Boil Cows milk Or Coconut milk
Put washed Red Rice ( made from first bunch harvested from the fields)
Add Roasted Mung bean
As Rice cooks & softens and milk over flows... towards the rising sun
( slightly lowered towards East)
Add Coconut or Palmyrah Jaggery
Raisins & Cashew nuts
Cadomoms & Nutmeg
A scoop of Ghee or Butter (AU or Irish)
Serve on Green Banana Leaves -
First to Honor the SUN
Then Ancestors - in Prayer room
Then Children, Family & Friends
ENJOY!
💝Happy Thai Pongal🌟🙏
Copyright©2021VeeraMahal FranklinThursday, December 31, 2020
Favourite Things @ Christmas
Favourite Things
BonBons,
Yule-log Cake,
Mutton Rolls,
Rib-Eye Roast,
Brown-Rice Noodles/Singapore Street noodle style,
Liquor Filled Chocolates....
These Are A Few of My Favourite Things!
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Monday, December 7, 2020
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