Love

They say,all say Love is for all season.Enjoy to love and be loved.See how we found love in the hills of Muktheswar.

As we went higher and higher in the Kumaon region,we were excited.Near by our  hotel where we stayed,as went on an evening walk,we saw a board saying "Madhuban".Come and enjoy the sunsets,enjoy the herbal tea said the board.A man ,the owner  himself was standing and invited us.He took us high up in his hills,his farms,showed us the peach and pear blossoms,his potato plant and herbs ,which were dried and sold as herbal tea powder.Even we ordered for our herbal tea and herbal pakoras.As we went higher and then  we found love,we found the love of light ,the evening light,the light love of the  breeze and the love of mountains and the true love..yes,they were miracles in our life..

Life is made of miracles..the poignant moments of joy,from simple everyday lifes. Miracles happen everyday..they can be higher up in the mountains to valleys to the plains and all across the world.
Live your life and love your life!

“There are only two ways to live your life. One is as though nothing is a miracle. The other is as though everything is a miracle.” 

― Albert Einstein

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I'm Back !

Its almost a month since i posted and I'm back home in Delhi and its raining ,Oh Ghosh!

I left the monsoons in Kerala to meet them here,as always monsoons follow me where I am:)- I am lucky..

The sweltering heat in Delhi has come down and the rains have brought its charm to the city.As i unpack the bags and settle back,thought would say hi to all of you.I missed being here and missed everyone very much.

Let me tell you all as all vacations,these also had been wonderful with a canon wide angle,10-20 mm,brought recently before the trip, lots of photographs taken, parents around and pampering and homely food,some memorable train journeys and trips to our villages at alleppey and kochi, back waters,temples and a lot more.

The highlight of the trip was a brief stop over in blore and then proceeded to Kerala.In bangalore ,we were there for a few days and what we did was to go around commercial,fab india koramangala and a wonderful trip to seebi,Narasimhaswamy temple.

As usual,the essence of the trips are captured in a different way which will come in the following posts.

So do wait for the posts...

Hill trains and Shimla

We reached the summer capital of India,Shimla...it was a train journey that took us up hill.The uphill beauty couldnt be captured as the train was overcrowded and we literally had to stand throughout the journey.

Shimla is busier than it was in earlier days,with the International brands having their shops on the Mall Road,its become busier than a normal market.

We just wanted to stroll down the mall road,sit on the side benches in the mall road,some good food in some restaurant ,and some books from Minerva book house,these were the only things in mind when we thought of Shimla..

unending sky...

Shimla roads

railway bungalows

in the midst of the mall road..

Retiring bay...

Town hall,where children from some school were seated together

clock tower and church adjoining

lovley white windows

A store where u find old prints and maps,,

shops and shops everywhere

A bench where we sat hours

Lovely shop..we ate our lunch here

Biriyani,rice and Dal

Apple cake and chocolate cake

orange wall and pigeons and old house

In the honey hut,chcolate shake with honey,yummy

wow,cone icecream... 

Down hill and hill train...have tried to capture the various moods of the toy train journey..

The Historic  Barog station

Hope you all enjoyed the ride with me ,choooo....................

and on goes our travel like the train....

Fasten your seatbelts and travel with me ...

look forward to another journey...