Wednesday, December 31, 2008

HAPPY NEW YEAR


HAPPY NEW YEAR

BEST WISHES TO ALL
FOR A VERY HAPPY & PRODUCTIVE NEW YEAR

May the sun bring you new energies by day, may the moon softly restore you by night, may the rain wash away any worries you may have. May gentle breezes refresh your soul and all the days of your life, may you walk gently through the world and know its beauty.

Monday, December 29, 2008

Those College Days


And days of rock & roll....

Red Red Wine



The new red wine I made....turned out good....
Something to add to the festive spirits ... Cheers

The Latest Addition


Dec. 29 2008
The Latest Addition

The Dancing Couple


The Dancing Couple
Made by me some years back
from the famous painting by Renoir titled 'Dance at Bougival'

Monday, November 24, 2008

From the Archives


Our younger daughter when around 1 year old



My father holding our elder daughter

Saturday, November 15, 2008

Men On The Moon


“I don’t know if there are men on the moon, but if there are they must be using the earth as their lunatic asylum”~ George Bernard Shaw

The Latest Edition (Addition)


Photographed Nov. 15 2008

Friday, November 14, 2008

Architectural Wonders







Gateway Arch St. Louis MO USA
It stands 630 feet (192 m) tall, and is 630 feet (192 m) wide at its base, making it the tallest monument in the United States.

(When I was in St. Louis some years back, we went on top of this wonderful monument.)

Wednesday, November 12, 2008

PINK FLOYD


High Voltage Live Shows of Pink Floyd


The Dark Side Of The Moon

Pink Floyd have sold over 210 million albums worldwide including 74.5 million albums in the United States alone. One of rock music's most successful acts.

Tuesday, November 11, 2008

GUNS N' ROSES






Guns N' Roses - sold an estimated 100 million albums worldwide, including over 42 million in the United States. The band's 1987 debut album, entitled Appetite for Destruction, has sold 27 million copies worldwide and reached number one on the United States Billboard 200.

CIVIL WAR

"What we've got here is failure to communicate. Some men you just can't reach...So, you get what we had here last week,which is the way he wants it!Well, he gets it!N' I don't like it any more than you men."

Look at your young men fighting
Look at your women crying
Look at your young men dying
The way they've always done before
Look at the hate we're breeding
Look at the fear we're feeding
Look at the lives we're leading
The way we've always done before.....
.........
And I don't need your civil war
It feeds the rich while it buries the poor
Your power hungry sellin' soldiers
In a human grocery store
Ain't that freshI don't need your civil war...
...........
I don't need one more war
Whaz so civil 'bout war anyway ?

Monday, November 10, 2008

The Tangerine Plant


Nov. 11 2008

The Pink Standard


Nov. 11 2008

Bougainvillea


Nov. 11 2008

Bougainvillea


Nov. 11 2008

Bougainvillea


Nov 11 2008

Bougainvillea


Nov 11 2008

Morning Glory


Photographed Nov. 11 2008

Marigold Close-Up


Photographed 11 Nov 2008

Jimi Hendrix











(November 27, 1942 – September 18, 1970. born : Seattle, Washington, USA)
PURPLE HAZE
"Purple haze all in my brain
Lately things just don't seem the same
Actin' funny, but I don't know why'
Scuse me while I kiss the sky
Purple Haze all around
Don't know if I'm comin' up or down
Am I happy or in misery......?"
HIGHWAY CHILE
"Yeah, his guitar slung across his back
His dusty boots is his Cadillac
Flamin' hair just a blowin' in the wind
Ain't seen a bed in so long it's a sin
He left home when he was seventeen
The rest of the world he had longed to see
But everybody knows the Boss
A rolling stone who gathers no moss.."
LITTLE WING
"Well she's walking through the clouds
With a circus mind that's running wild
Butterflies and zebras
And moonbeams and fairy tales
That's all she ever thinks about
Riding with the wind...."
CASTLES MADE OF SAND
"And so castles made of sand slip into the sea, eventually"



Friday, November 7, 2008

I Can See For Miles.............(The Who)

An old lady who lived in a house just next to the beach, lodged a complaint with the local police that some people were regularly bathing in the nude very close to her house and she found it very objectionable. So the police department made the stretch of beach 500 meters on each side of her house out of bounds for nude bathing.

A few days later the police department was surprised to get a call from her again, saying that she was stressed and not happy with the action taken by them. Asked why, she explained that she could still see people bathing in the nude using her binoculars.

Sunday, November 2, 2008

Roses Winter 2008


Photographed Nov. 03 2008

Roses Winter 2008


Photographed Nov. 03 2008

Roses Winter 2008


Photographed Nov. 03 2008

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Happy Diwali 2008


Happy Diwali


Happy Diwali


Happy Diwali


Happy Diwali




Happy Diwali


Peace, Joy and Prosperity to All

Sunday, October 26, 2008

Two In One



Two varieties of roses budded by me on a single standard rose plant.
(Photograph taken on Oct. 25, 2008)


“Never know what life is going to throw at you"

“Never know what life is going to throw at you"

Passing the neighborhood on a quiet afternoon, I was pleasantly surprised to be drenched with water and there were no clouds in the sky. Looked up to see a housewife had just emptied a bucket of water from her balcony on the second floor. Just a matter of chance that I happened to be there exactly 90 degrees below it. It made me understand the law of gravity a little better.

On another day while passing through a park I was hit by a ball - and I was wonder struck from where God had sent that one, only to realize a few moments later that the future cricket team of India was playing a 20-20 match nearby.
One never knows what Dame Fortune holds in store you till you are hit by it.

“If you see someone without a smile, give him one of yours”

New York New York

A man goes to see a psychiatrist having his office and clinic in the expensive Madison Square area in New York. As he enters the main hall, he notices two doors, one with a sign board reading “For New Yorkers” the other one marked “For Outsiders”. Being an outsider he enters through the second door. Again he faces two doors, one marked ” For Men” and the other marked “For Women”He goes though the “For Men” door and finds two more doors, one marked “For Those Earning $ 10,000 And Above” and the other marked “For Those Earning Below $10,000″. Since his income is less than $10,000 a month, he goes through the door marked “For Those Earning Below $10,000″ and finds himself standing out in the open on the street on Madison Square .

When does the next swan leave?

(Leo Slezak - world-famous tenor opera singer and also an actor/comedian in German films)

During a performance of Wagner’s “Lohengrin”, a technician sent the swan out too early before the tenor could hop aboard and the swan appeared onstage alone, drawing an empty skiff. During the ensuing flap, tenor Slezak’s voice was clearly heard from the wings, in the manner of an annoyed traveler addressing the stationmaster: “When does the next swan leave?”

Spring


Kite Days

A kite, a sky, and a good firm breeze,
And acres of ground away from trees,
And one hundred yards of clean, strong string -
O boy, O boy! I call that spring!

by Mark Sawyer

Mother Teresa


A smile is the beginning of peace. - Mother Teresa

Burton One More Time


Clint Eastwood


Richard Burton And Clint Eastwood


Two Great Stars - What A Team !

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Richard Burton


(10 November 1925 – 5 August 1984)
My School / College time Favorite actor along with Peter O' Tool

Elvis Presley



(January 8, 1935 – August 16, 1977)
The Icon

Gregory Peck


(April 5, 1916 – June 12, 2003)
'Handsome is as handsome does'