kalyani1234

@kalyani1234 (637)

India • Age 50

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Don't Pass Up An Opportunity To Hug a Tree

M. K. Albus @MKAlubs (455) • United States 16 Aug 16

Are you a tree hugger? I am. And I'm not always ashamed to admit it.

trees

nature

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kalyani1234 I have never ever hugged a tree before even though I love them, I might just start hugging them when I come across the tree. The only problem is that I live in a city and full grown trees are either a rarity or are enclosed within traffic islands or grow on...

20 Aug 16

"Friends" (TV show)

Dominique @dodo19 (47362) • Beaconsfield, Quebec 20 Aug 16

Recently, I've started to watch the tv show "Friends". I was in the mood for something funny and different. So, I looked for something on Netflix, and decided to give this a shot. I'm in the third episode of the second season, and...

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kalyani1234 I totally love this show. I have watched so many reruns, but still never get bored even a single time. Keep watching, you will fall in love with all the 6 Friends!

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RakshaBandhan

kiran mehra @Pass12 (998) 18 Aug 16

Good morning everyone! So it was Rakshabandhan yesterday ( an indian festival). It's a festival for brothers and sisters wherein sisters tie Rakhi on her brother's wrists. It's such an amazing festival and I completely enjoyed it...

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kalyani1234 Season's greetings to you. It was a great day yesterday, although I actually tied rakhi to my brother on 15th since our family got together for my niece's birthday and yesterday was not holiday for him. But I still tied rakhis to my son sent over by his...

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My Love To Bonsai

Tokz @ilocosboy (45155) • Philippines 26 May 16

Do you love bonsai. I do love it so much though I don't know to culture it. Every time I learn of bonsai exhibit in our place, I would really go to take some photo of these little plants formed into such an artistic way. Bonsai...

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kalyani1234 I totally love Bonsai trees but never tried it myself, as it needs a lot of space and of course, money too. But I never miss a single show of Bonsai trees whenever and wherever it takes place in my city.

19 Aug 16

Eleven Kilometers With A Boot That Squelched Blood With Every Step.(3)

Jabo @jaboUK (64350) • United Kingdom 18 Aug 16

This is another excerpt from my father's memoirs. It was 1940 and the Germans were closing in, and the British Army had been told to make their way to the coast of France, so that hopefully they could get a boat back to...

my fathers memoirs

world war two

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kalyani1234 Your father must indeed be a brave person. This is the first excerpt that I have read about your father's memoirs, its been a long time since I logged in last. I would really love to read all the earlier as well as new excerpts. I once read a novel called...

19 Aug 16

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Baked, deepfried, or BBQed?

webeishere @webeishere (36313) • United States 8 May 11

This is a photo of my eggplants I bought and planted today. I like my eggplant roasted on the BBQ grill. But I have eaten it all ways possible. Just that I prefer BBQed. What's your favorite way to eat eggplant? [b]HAPPY POSTINGS...

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kalyani1234 That is a nice patch of eggplants you have there. I prepare several different varieties of curries with eggplants, but my favorite recipe is a very simple one, thick slices of eggplants rubbed with a mixture of red chilly powder, salt, a little lemon juice...

19 Aug 16

How many times needed to flowers ...Regular Watering?...

sri @gamyam (530) • Hyderabad, India 29 Apr 13

I have a tiny garden in front of my house.... I daily used to spray water more than two times the plants... There are so many types of plants, trees, bushes in my small garden... Actually how many times needed them to watering...

trees and bushes

watering the plants

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kalyani1234 It really depends on the temperature during day time, since now it is quite hot in India and I am sure it must be quite high in your city, so water your garden twice, morning and evening. But the watering time in the morning should be just a little after...

29 Apr 13

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I didn't know kids love the classics so much!

Cutie18f @Cutie18f (9546) • Philippines 17 Apr 13

I have 9 kids in the summer workshop and yesterday I narrated the story of the beginning of the Trojan war. My, they were all so quiet and gave their full attention to the story. These 7 to 10-year-old kids who usually couldn't...

classic

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kalyani1234 Mark twain's Huckleberry Finn, Tom Sawyer works magic with most kids. Also, R.L.Stevenson's Treasure Island, The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde, and The Black Arrow: A Tale of the Two Roses are my personal favorites and most kids love these books as...

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Are Disney movies too violent for kids?

mizzty82 @mizzty82 (40) • United States 12 Apr 13

I have a three year old niece who I'd love to expose to some of the childhood Disney flicks I grew up watching. I was going through some of my old VHS tapes (yes, i still have some of those) and found Bambi, The Lion King, The...

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kalyani1234 Hello mizzty, I do agree with you that these movies and most of all the fairytales that we all grew up with indeed have violence in them. eg. In Red riding Hood the wolf eats her and her granny and then the woodsman comes along with an axe and cuts the wolf...

13 Apr 13

What do you put on your pasta?

oldsoul @oldsoul (53) • United States 11 Apr 13

I would like to hear what you all put on your pasta. I'm actually allergic to tomatoes, so I can't use the typical tomato-based, store bought pasta sauce. I enjoy throwing some seasoning (Jane's Crazy Mixed Up Salt is my fav!) and...

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kalyani1234 Hello oldsoul, I prepare a white sauce and season it with black pepper, little salt, little chopped garlic, few crushed basil leaves and some oregano. I also add a lot of cheese to it and mix it with the pasta. Toss some olive oil and it is ready to eat. It...

12 Apr 13

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An online book store with free worldwide delivery

Lee Ka @kaka135 (14970) • Malaysia 11 Apr 13

Have you heard of The book depository? It's an online book store with free worldwide delivery. I have heard about this book store lately, and found some books that I wanted to buy. Also, the price is about the same as Amazon's or...

book depository

books

waldorf education

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kalyani1234 Wow! Thanks a ton for the link! It really is great to find a site that sends books free anywhere in the world! I normally buy from amazon but the shipping is too expensive to India and hence many times have to give up on some books! Now I might find what I...

12 Apr 13

What do you use your griddle for?

oldsoul @oldsoul (53) • United States 11 Apr 13

I've owned a griddle for over a year and the only thing I've used it for is to make pancakes. I'm positive there are many other uses/other foods to make on my griddle...ideas anyone? What cooks best on a griddle? How is your...

griddle

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kalyani1234 I use my griddle pan for cooking pancakes, various types of vegetable cutlets, patties etc. Just try various combinations of vegetables and spices, bind them together with boiled potatoes and eggs and you can cook up a variety of healthy options that are tasty...

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The power of eating Bitter Melon or Ampalaya vegetable

fearlessgara @fearlessgara (1113) • Philippines 20 Jan 13

Nowadays there are different companies here in Philippines selling herbal supplement which are available in the market and one of those is Ampalaya or Bitter Melon.Bitter Melon has been a folkloric cure for generations but has now...

ampalaya

bitter melon

herbal medicine

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kalyani1234 Hello fearlessgala, we call this as Karela or Karala in India. Although it is very much bitter, we cook it in various types of gravies with spices added to it, it just tastes really good. I prefer it in a coconut and tamarind gravy or simply cut it into thin...

29 Mar 13

eager to hear some creative thoughts and suggestions from everyone.....

Cutie18f @Cutie18f (9546) • Philippines 28 Mar 13

For the past many years, I've had kids every summer ages 7 to 10 who hone their various talents most especially in the arts. In the summer workshop they learn many things like public speaking, theater, hosting and they also are...

summer workshop

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kalyani1234 Wow! It really looks awesome the kind of activities you conduct for the children. I was going to suggest something about creating things like paper craft, clay modeling etc. but since you focus more on language, confidence and public speaking skills, I think...

29 Mar 13

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Mrs. Doubtfire

lady Di @lady1993 (27224) • Philippines 27 Mar 13

After a bitter divorce, an actor(Robin Williams) disguises himself as a female housekeeper to spend secret time with his children held in custody by his Ex. (IMDB) It was more of a comedy and it was totally funny thanks to the...

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kalyani1234 Yes I have watched this movie a few times and it makes you laugh and cry every time you watch it. Robin Williams has done a splendid job in the role of Mrs. Doubtfire and in the end, it does teach you that family and love is what matters over everything. I...

28 Mar 13

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Need kid movies other than Disney

poppoppop111 @poppoppop111 (5731) • Canada 28 Feb 13

I have a large collection of movies. I'm getting sick of watching the Disney ones with my daughter over and over again. She is 9 and I need some suggestions of other movies that are not the animated Disney ones for her age. Help....

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kalyani1234 Is it just cartoon movies that you are looking for or the regular ones that are made for kids?? If its the cartoon movies, then she might like the Pink Panther series, they are French videos. As for the regular movies, she would like to watch all of the...

1 Mar 13

Community Garden

belindayhughes @belindayhughes (1096) • United States 25 Feb 13

A community garden is a situation in which a designated garden area is enjoyed by multiple gardeners. They might live on the edges or visit it on a regular basis. The land might be donated by a concerned citizen. I read about a...

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kalyani1234 This seems to be a really nice concept allowing seniors and low income group people to cultivate garden and reap their own food. I know of some societies that are formed on a co-operative basis but they are not really for the benefit of seniors that I know of....

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Begonias

belindayhughes @belindayhughes (1096) • United States 22 Feb 13

Begonias are a lovely flower I like to grow. The ones I have are delicate white blossoms on tender, round green leaves. At the moment my begonias are coming back from winter conditions in the safety of the greenhouse. I keep them...

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kalyani1234 Hello Belinda, I love begonias too and used to have the pink ones with reddish leaves. It looked so beautiful and was flourishing very nicely. But unfortunately due to rains, the drainage hole got clogged up and I didn't realize that the the roots were...

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Psychology

chamtel @chamtel (15) • United States 25 Feb 13

In my psychology class we were discussing Authoritative vs. Authoritarian parenting styles. This leads me to the discussion of which parenting style is best? do they have a better style of teaching kids? is spankings always the...

parenting styles

psychology

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kalyani1234 Hello Chamtel, this is quite an interesting topic. In my opinion, it is not a very hard and fast rule that there is always a distinction between the two styles. Any sensible parent who favours authoritative parenting style will have resorted to the...

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Home remedy for coughs

pomwango @pomwango (1353) • Kenya 18 Feb 13

hi mylotters please share with me what i can give my daughter in place of a cough syrup.she has taken a bottle of cough syrup and after a week the cough is back again and she was also on antibiotics.i dont want to keep giving her...

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kalyani1234 Can you get turmeric in your country? If you do, then mix one teaspoon of turmeric powder in two cups of water, add a small piece of chopped ginger, 2 black peppers crushed slightly, a clove and boil this mixture until the liquid is reduced to half. Then add a...

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