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Sunday, 7 July 2013

PADE Day 5 "Fresh"

Welcome to Day 5 of PADE

Relishing each day of this experience with all of you

Theme for today is “Fresh”

Here is my interpretation;

"Fresh as a daisy"

"Fresh as a daisy"

“Early in the morning I saw you there
Standing tall, standing pretty with a beauty rare
Standing white amongst the sea of green
Standing white with a yellow flair

Smile dwelling on your lips..
White blossoms and grips
Welcoming the early sunrays, reflecting the purity of pure
Petals curled and demure
Just standing there absorbing the morning dew
Colored butterflies creating rainbow around you”

Reposting from here

Shutterbug of the day for “Candles”

Glad to announce that Rio has grabbed “Shutterbug of the day” for Candles. We just loved his unique interpretation of the theme. Alrghyadeep came a close second. Special thanks to all the participants.

Click here for Rio's entry

Rio please copy the badge from below

We look forward to visiting you all and seeing your interpretation of the theme!

Theme for tomorrow is "Layer"

How to Participate

1. In a post meant for this challenge, present an image(fresh or archived) that means “Fresh” to you.

2. Include a link to this post in your blogpost

3. Enter a comment below this post with your blogpost link

3. Read here for more details

4. Take some time out and read other entries also and share your feedback

Do you manage kids?

I was asked recently how do I manage my 4 year old? How do I discipline him? And what is my game plan now that he is growing up? And I didn’t know how to answer. I thought for very long but couldn’t come up with an answer. I really don’t know If I manage him..if I have a strategy, a game plan!

Do you need a strategy or a game plan for your kids? I don’t have one. I don’t manage my kids. I don’t have a ready made plan where they would fit in. Each day is different and I am learning each day.

Though I never thought of it consciously earlier but now I have realised that kids learn from me and you. I really believe if I set in a good example they will follow it. I did lay down rules for some acceptable and unacceptable behaviour but he does not and will not follow it because I will tell him to. (I wish it was that easy).

There have been times when I had to speak it out, reiterate what is right and wrong. There have been times of time out, of misbehaviours but even then I would want him to understand right and wrong on his own and follow correct behaviour. I do not want him to apologize because I am angry or because I said so. I want him to learn from his mistakes and not repeat the same mistakes. Ofcourse I am there to guide, to support, to spell it out but he has to learn on his own. He has to understand and see the difference between right and wrong.

As adults we also falter, misbehave but it is okay as long as we know the difference between right and wrong. Same goes for kids...they are kids, of course they will make mistakes, misbehave, hurt you, hurt themselves, and hurt others. As I see it, this is not the problem. The problem would be if the child is not conscious on his own that his behaviour was not correct. As parents we can keep reiterating that this is right and this is wrong but a child would learn best from live examples.

I have recently been questioning myself a lot...Am I conscious that he is watching and learning everything from me? I will be frank I was not; but now as he is growing up I see him picking a lot of things from me, This has made me self conscious.

There have been days when he has sulked and misbehaved a lot, in retrospect I do realise that there could be things that he picked from me. There were my bad moods that may have spilled over to him. Hence I have learned to behave, to follow more rights and do less wrongs.

No I don’t manage him, rather I don’t know if you can manage kids but I am learning and growing up with him as a parent.

Saturday, 6 July 2013

PADE Day 7 Light

Welcome to Day 7 of PADE

One week already coming to an end, its been an amazing experience with all of you

Theme for today is “Light”

Here is my interpretation

“Bated breath

Beyond sunset,

Light awaits”

A sunset, on the other side of which, light, a new day, a new beginning is waiting.....

Shutterbug of the day for “Fresh”

Glad to announce that “Shutterbug of the day” for fresh is grabbed jointly by Aliasgar and Punit. Both were awesome entries and even after scratching our brains for hours we could not decide which one is better. A special mention of Pankti's interpretation of "fresh" , we really loved it.Special thanks to all the participants. Winners please copy the badge from below.

Click here and here for winning entries

We look forward to visiting you all and seeing your interpretation of the theme!

Theme for tomorrow is "Rules"

How to Participate

1. In a post meant for this challenge, present an image(fresh or archived) that means “Light” to you.

2. Include a link to this post in your blogpost

3. Enter a comment below this post with your blogpost link

3. Read here for more details

4. Take some time out and read other entries also and share your feedback

Friday, 5 July 2013

PADE Day 6 Layer

Welcome to Day 6 of PADE

We have had fun filled first 5 days of PADE, looking forward to more!

Theme for today is “Layer”

"Years of rust,

Layers on layers

I wonder what your story is"

This photograph is of a "Cave at Petra".....Each layer represents untold stories,untouched experiences that we can only guess. There are times when you would want nature to talk and not talk. I wish these layers could talk, so I could see the unfold of centuries old tales but at the same time I do not want them to not talk, I do not want the mystery to solve!

Shutterbug of the day for “Distance”

Glad to announce that Priyam has grabbed “Shutterbug of the day” for Distance. Amazing shot Priyam . We also loved Punit's and Rio's entry. Special thanks to all the participants. Priyam please copy the badge from below.