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Rambling rose

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 29 Sep

I was reminded of rambling roses after reading a post on the song Rambling Rose. We hadone such rose a beautiful creeper of white roses that adorned our garden while we were living in the city My bro-in-law was house keeping...

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Creeper rose a memory

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 12 Aug

We had a rambling white rose in our garden when we were living in the city It was robust and healthy with loads of white roses. We asked my husband's brother to keep house when we had gone on holiday When we returned we did...

creeper white rose

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Dal Lake, Kashmir

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 16 Jun

That was one of our first package holidays that we looked foward to and more because we were going to experience cold weather It was a package tour and we met others in the group and made friends with a few and that friendship...

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They have all become big girls now - a memory

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 3 Jun 25

This was a Christmas party in the year 2010 on the beach For them it was the first time they ever visited a beach and all that happened there were happy moments for both them and me Their excitement was my happiness

2010 xmas party

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Sugar drops - a memory

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 13 Mar 25

My mother was good in making sugar drops She knew the syrup consistency - normally 3 strings. She had to quickly divide the stuff in several parts and colour them. Lemon juice would be added to the syrup and spoon out a...

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It was one of my milestone birthdays - a memory

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 17 Feb 25

I decided to celebrate one of my milestone birthdays at the Institute where children are taken care of, a few years ago. The nuns did up the place and cooked the best meal. They bought the cake and the kids did a great job...

milestone birthday

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Naaki our pet dog - a memory

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 13 Feb 25

While we were living in the city Nimmi the stray lived in our garden. We had our own dog inside but we took care of this one and fed her. She only came to sleep and eat. She had puppies that were given away to animal lovers....

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Buffet spread - a memory

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 25 Jan 25

The highlight of our package holidays was the buffet spreads that we got at every hotel we were put up at. Choosing what to eat was pretty time consuming There is just so much one could eat and takig food was not allowed. I...

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Chat and lunch meet - a memory

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 20 Jan 25

I had not met my friends and family during the pandemic. I therefore invited a few of them to meet me at a 5 star hotel for a chat and lunch It was a two hour session. I introduced all of them as some were new to each other....

chat and lunch meet

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Classmates - a memory

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 6 Jan 25

I was instrumental in getting our classmates together years ago and this became a trend as others too pitched in Sadly we have lost a few and then there are those who have memory loss I have this precious video where you can see...

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This was the last of the peacocks in our garden

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 5 Dec 24

Peacocks were frequent visitors in our garden. We even had their babies. One even spent his life here sleeping under the trees. Sadly during and after the pandemic they stopped coming What you see in the piciture was the...

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Sugar balls - a memory

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 27 Jun 24

W were on a school picnic and each of us took some goodie along Mother prepared sugar balls. We all exchanged what we brought with us and I gave some of the sugar balls which my mother had prepared, to a few around including...

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Those were the days

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 13 Dec 23

We never missed a single Christmas where we have not put up our Christmas tree. Each year the theme was different. In the earlier days we used to put up all the Christmas cards that we received and that changed to ornaments...

christmas trees

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Camp fire - a memory

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 21 Jun 23

One does not have to go camping to have the joy of sitting round a camp fire. Years ago while I was still working our Department decided to go on an overnight picnic. We were around 40. One colleague knew of a place where we...

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Sharing a memory

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 24 Aug 22

I do not think I will ever get red anthuriums again as I have no plans to visit nurseries and the vendors these days do not visit our area with plants. We had these anthuriums a long time ago and now I only look at photos and...

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I wish I could visit this park again - a memory

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 10 Jul 21

I took the kids from that Institute to this park a few years. This park is maintained by a speciality hospital I had permission not only to visit the park but take the kids round the hospital and at their food court. A great...

visit to the park

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Just reminiscing Come July I would start planning for that Christmas party

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 5 Jul 21

No Christmas party this year but my mind wants thoughts on what we did in the past few years. Picked this photo that took me to the beach resort where we had a great time. After spending time on the beach we had a sing song...

christmas party

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"How much is that doggie at the window?"

Always smiling @allknowing (153544) • India 11 Jan 17

Those days we had this craze for pedigree dogs. We went in search and finally landed at a place where they were selling Dalmatian puppies. We spotted one and they told me it was being sold at half the normal rate as it had a...

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