Picnic at Elizabeth Park

Well, I really want to finish posting.
Hence, one more post. One more happy event. One more great memory.

We picnicked at Elizabeth Park with Ramky and family. We decided to meet for brunch and have sandwiches.

I am getting close to having everything for a picnic. There are approx 3 weeks left of summer.

Here we are, enjoying the park. We had all just reached and settled.

We enjoyed the flowers ... so pretty. What a well-maintained garden! So green even in the summer. We truly enjoyed the picnic and the walk. I know, soon I will look at this pic with Jaya and miss this fantastic and comfy time with her but until then ... here we are.

This is Jaya Ramky's idea.. to be above a bed of roses. ;) Our life isn't a bed of roses but it isn't full of thorns either.

We found this pretty gazebo and rested. Looks like a cobweb. Cool and lovely. This was right in middle of the rose garden and the air would bring us the scent from the beautiful garden.

You can clearly see the fatigue on our face.

 Satu slept for sometime but got up just in time for quick snap.

We did some craziness while he slept. I love this snap. I can feel the pure joy we felt.

The picnic ended a little after lunch time. We had decided to try something different and went for Vietnamese food. We ate with chopsticks. It is easy and we loved it. I can still remember the taste

As most group pics are, this one is alive with the vibration of laughter and fun. I am feeling so grateful that I am getting chances to be out. I will revisit these memories when we hibernate during the winter. until then, we have plans to be out at least twice a month. It is so easy because of JayaRamky and fun. More to come soon. Please pray that all goes well.

Few days with Maasi

This post is going to be brief as my baby keeps me on my toes. He is very active now and.... I have very limited time to spend online. I am already late... :( but we are going out for the long weekend and I want to finish the posts before that.

Satu's maasi has been in his life before he came. She bought him gifts and clothes and what not. Even when she was in India and Satu in US, she sent regular messages and songs and voice notes. I wasn't surprised when Satu smiled at her the instant he saw her (He doesn't just smile at anyone)

Monday we went to meet Samuel Clemens and thankfully, I have already written about it. Nothing went as per plan but we made enough memories until our next meeting.

We went to the Gillette Castle State park on Tuesday. It is a beautiful place. Here is me admiring the castle.

Here are all of us. My little monkey is busy admiring the castle. :P

 We posed for pics on the bridge.

This is after we had our sandwiches and snacks. Yes, we had a lovely picnic. I am starting to love them. By the time the summer ends, I hope to have mastered it. I have already bought a plastic picnic cloth and am hoping to buy a basket soon.

After eating, we went trekking. With the baby! sigh! so difficult but so pretty. I like walking but I am really a girl when it comes to climbing or going down a slope. I feel scared that I will fall and... I was almost half way to the top when my sis clicked this for motivation.

This was it, we called it a day and came home for some kairi daal and rice. 

Wednesday is the day for group meditation. We went to have a very satisfying lunch at Mystic Pizza Most day was spent with friends and it was fun.

She had to go to Boston to be with her friends.. so we had a small trip to Mansfield hollow dam and park on thursday morning. She was busy going the long route...we chose the shorter one. This is the best snap of all. (In case it isn't clear, I was blowing bubbles.)

For this pic, I blame the photographer and also the bright and lovely day. but I also blame the photographer for coming to meet us and giving us so much of her love and memories.

I have been cribbing that she got us only a few items. No sweets, no papad, no clothes. I was soo bugged and kept cribbing but I am so glad that she came and gave us so much joy and this greedy heart is never satisfied and wants soo much more.

Hope to be with family soon.
 

Meeting Samuel Clemens...

You might or might not know of Samuel Clemens but you must have surely heard of his pen name - Mark Twain.
Even before we moved to the US, I tried to see the places around the place I was going to live. The Mark Twain house was on the top. The small writer in me or really really really wanted to go there once and... we finally got the chance.

A lego made Mark Twain greeted us at the entrance of the visitors centre.

It is amazing to see it all made of lego. Imagine the patience and skill and art and time that must have gone in making it. I was amazed to see it.

and there was a cut out of this. I had to get my picture taken. I don't make a good Mark Twain in picture or writing but there is hope. Please pray that I write the way I am supposed to write.

Though our guide called it Picturesque Gothic architecture. I found
The house to be beautiful inside and out. Here is a groupie of all of us with the house. Oh, did I mention that my sister is in town. She will be with us for a few days. Satu loves her and smiles at her often.

Photography isn't allowed inside the house but I can tell you that it is beautiful. There are over 25 rooms and the guide does a good job of taking you through it and explaining things. It is fascinating to know about Mark Twain. What is more fascinating is - Samuel Clemens. He was a simple, devoted and loving father, unlike the image he has as Mark Twain.

We enjoyed listening to stories of him, both as a father and writer. He was so disciplined. He would write after breakfast and till dinner. He wouldn't take lunch and would produce 4000 words a day. Isn't that something?

I was sad to know that the tour is only an hour long. I wanted more :(

After a satisfying lunch at Chipotle, we took a small walk in Glastonbury arcade and walked in Munsons and did this ;) My little monkey with this big one.

Our day ended with a brief visit to Elizabeth Park. Sadly, it was raining and we didn't go for a stroll as decided but I did see many pretty roses and huge sunflowers and ducks and so many pretty flowers (that I don't know the name to but that really doesn't affect their beauty)

Our day was good. Hope there are more like it.