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Help! (Printing pictures)
I was trying to order some pictures of Arnav. A friend of mine suggested I use Mpix.com or Adorama. I tried Mpix first and when I was in the process of ordering, at one point it asks permission to crop the pictures as my pictures don’t fit the printing specifications. So, I tried Adorama next. Same story. What is it that I need to change in my ( Read more... ) -
New year!
For the past couple of years, 2 close friends (couples) of ours and us have been going out for the New years party at some place or the other. This year all of us have kids and we were house-bound. So we decided to meet up at one of their houses and ring in the New year together. We reached our friend’s place by 9 pm. Arnav had his milk and was ( Read more... ) -
Indian Chinese Food
Back home, in India, we (N and I) used to eat Chinese (the Indian version) food almost every other weekend. So, when we first came here, it was a shock to notice the difference in taste. We were not sure if this was the authentic Chinese food or the one back home was or were they both adapted to suit the local taste.
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Southern Magnolia Flower
Our front yard has two Southern Magnolia trees which are in bloom now. Sometimes the front yard is very fragrant when there are a lot of flowers on the tree. Here are a couple of pictures.
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Red Winged Black Bird
The route Elsa and I take for walks, takes us around a dry lakebed, which is growing all kinds of grass, weeds and lots of bulrush all over. For the past couple of days, I have been seeing a pitch-black bird with bright red spots on its wings. Very beautiful to look at when in flight and has a unique call.
This morning, I saw it again during our ( Read more... ) -
Pink Magnolias!
Last year i only managed to spot and click pictures of blush pink Magnolias. This year when we went down to the DC kite festival, i saw an area full of Magnolia trees that i missed last year. Here there were a bunch of blush pink and dark pink Magnolias.
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Weekend Breakfast (Puri-Bhajee)
Puri-Bhajee is our favorite breakfast during the weekend. We eat it more like brunch, so it makes my life a wee bit easier too ;). I decided make this for breakfast today and I also decided to take pictures alongside, which had nandu pacing the kitchen hoping the breakfast would get done soon J. Anyway, here is a picture post of what we had.
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