Last Year

We went to Germany in the Summer and Colchester in the Winter.

It was only today I managed to get the time to finalise the slideshows for you to view :-)

49 Photos from Crowne Plaza Holiday Resort in Colchester, UK

https://www.flickr.com//photos/aparnaonline/sets/72157648359966884/show

246 Photos from Frankfurt, Koblenz and Rhine Valley in Germany

https://www.flickr.com//photos/aparnaonline/sets/72157646270869991/show

If the above slides stop working, you can also see the photos here :-)

https://www.flickr.com/photos/aparnaonline/sets/72157648359966884/

https://www.flickr.com/photos/aparnaonline/sets/72157646270869991

Happy Viewing :-)

And as always, if you enjoy, please do share it with your friends and families....

Have a lovely Valentine's weekend :-)

And now, let me take leave of you by sharing 2 Quotes with you:

True love is not giving power to the other person, but instead is empowering you to make that person happy. - Carlos Salinas




Well, I don't. I'm down with Alzheimer.

LOL :D

Anyway, happy remembering as there's much more to this Quote than just mere laughing ... a lot of depth in it, makes you think - long and hard...

Cheers
Aparna

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Autumn is here

The trees are shedding their leaves and the streets are littered with the remnants of their withering lives.

Winter is fast approaching and the cold winter I'm dreading as I've always liked the summers here.

Not that all the days are nice and warm in summer but we make the most of those days when it's wonderful weather here - lovely long hours of warm sunshine - nice, bright and sunny :-)

Far better than the icy, cold winters of lashing rain, strong winds and snowy blizzards.

Though last year, it was a bit better as it didn't snow here in Essex. Don't know about this year.

Heavy snow makes the roads dangerous to drive. Very slippery road conditions. Even walking is a pain.

One never knows when one could lose balance and slip on melting snow and then of course, with broken limbs, you have nowhere to go ;-) but sit tight in bed to recuperate - life becomes so slow.

Hence, praying that you and me and all out there have a safer Winter - esp. those who live in places where it snows heavily.

Well, is this all the reason why I've come to you today?!

No, not to talk all about the dreary winter that is going to come anyway whether we like it or loathe it.

There is a lot more I need to share with you.

Here is a slideshow of Spring - Summer Blossoms 2014 that I clicked in our home garden and also in our nearby Chalkwell Park.

http://please-peruse.blogspot.co.uk/2014/10/blossoms.html

Hope you enjoy the show.

Happy viewing and Happy sharing :-)

Love always,
As ever, AC

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Blossoms

In case the above slideshow stops playing in the middle, here is where you can see each and every photo of this album.

Spring - Summer Blossoms 2014

Photography by Aparna Chatterjee

Longest

When you are
Out of the house
For a long, long time

I feel as if
I've been
Enduring
The longest
Day of my
Life for a
Long, long time

As it seems, time
Has been standing
Still for a long, long time
And I keep looking for you
Longingly, for a long, long time


June 21st is Summer Solstice - the longest day of the year




A Home

A home
Away from
Home

A mini home

A car
Warm
And
Cosy

She
Makes us
Feel at home

(dedicated to our Viano)

Born Again

He may be
Born again
I guess

He never
Had a father
All his life

So he may
Look forward
To being born
Again and having
A father in his next
Life

(Theme could be Rebirth / Yearning)




Smokes

Father smokes
Mother smokes
Son smokes

I see
The whole
Family
Going up in
Smokes

(written about a family where all the 3 members smoke and I really feel concerned about their smoking habit damaging their health)




Public Toilets

How
Good
Or Bad
You feel
Cleaning
Your own
Toilets

Give
A
Thought
To those
Who clean
Your public
Toilets

(I'm always touched by those people who work rigorously to clean the public toilets in restaurants, shopping malls, stations and airports here in the UK. I wonder how they eat their food after cleaning toilets all day....though I know this job puts the food on their plate or else they'll go hungry as this may be the only means of income they might be having....Hats off to them for their hard work, endurance and resilience.)




What If...

What if
I'm here

What if
I'm not
Here..?

Would it
Make a
Difference
To the
Humongous
Hemisphere?

(Themes could be Identity, Miniscule, Non-Entity, Zilch or Nullity)




Flying

Flying
Through
The Air
I savour
Many
Sights

Do I really
Need a
Body to
Enjoy such
Heights...??

(Theme: Soul)




So Many

So many hearts
Breaking in his
World and yet
God remains
Ever so silent
As if all remains
Well in his world


(This poem is written in memory of the recent Malaysian airliner disaster and the Turkish miners' tragedy - dedicated to the friends and families of all those hapless victims who must have endured a lot of heartache because of these mishaps. This poem also remembers all those countless others in this world who are going through similar personal losses....for instance, those mothers and daughters caught up in the frenzy of the Boko Haram abduction case.)

All Poems © Aparna Chatterjee 2014