A New Beginning.. and a Farewell

Life in pictures has been a wonderful part of my life, captivating the moments of life, I had with my daughter in my native place, though remote by technical geographical terminology with respect to urban culture, I never felt I was missing anything other than the occasional craving to meet friends and people to work with or talk to.

The routine was boring at times but once you enjoy the taste of village life, that is one luxury we are going to miss out here.. I had so many memories as a child and now I cherish them a lot more 'cos those are my kid's too.. each day was a celebration.. it still is and will be of being alive, being together, being secure and happy and above all content.

Bidding farewell to village was a tough decision but a welcome one on the personal front. I would never have gone to any metro for sure after that luxury of pollution free environment but US, the land of opportunities is also a land of better hygiene.. there might be pollution but it is of other kind, at least I get to breathe some free and fresh air, take a walk in the park, or the apartment complex without smoke, dust.

I must say though that I miss the scent of my village, dust, mud, this that and what not.. I just crave for that.. well, that I guess is the love that we have just for our motherland and nothing can beat it.

So, here I am, after so much of hesitation, planning transition for the kid and self, finally.. in the United States of America.. a home away from home, the place where I started my life as a wife, made this place my home, so it always has a special place and call it the destiny, we just began where we left, as a couple with the new tag parents!!!

... I know, a lot of my buddies would miss my village posts... but I guess that is it for now.. all in the memories.. Just before coming back, the day before I started, I went around the village, captured it in my camera and now reproduced it in the blog... I could not think of a better way to say Bye to a place that has given me so much.

 ... and about the future of this blog.. I guess I will take it as it comes.. I will maybe just stop or come back... well, unpredictable is my middle name isnt it???

A Pic A Day For An Year - Project - 365 (2011)

What began casually kind of became a habit over a period of time.  I do not really focus on taking a picture on that particular day but in general designate a picture for a day from the happenings in and around my life and dwelling.  All the posts were necessarily not on the same day as they got posted as in the actual concept of photo-bloggers' project 365, certainly it was my life in pictures that came across, I guess, beautifully, nothing really arty or classy but everything very life-like :).

It was/is fun, challenging at times with theme-based posting, some thing to look forward to do at the end of the day or at the day break.  There were pauses and collective posts in between, some scheduled posts, some double posts.. a mixed bag of emotions, extreme highs and deepest lows.. but in general, a year well-lived!!!

For a compulsive blogger like me, pictures posts are an easy way to still be blogging and not really putting in a lot of time :).

I am not really sure if I would take it forward as enthusiastically this year but I would love to 'cos when I look at things with my eye, the mind is tuned to show it through the lens... so an year ends and new one begins, a leap year at that bringing in a lot of freshness.  Completely aware that no matter an year ended or a new one begins, the fact is that life continues and time flies, we take a step into technically a new calender year -2012.!