Chocolate Mousse From Butler's is Yum

This Raspberry Chocolate mousse was good

Raspberry gave it just enough tang

And balanced out sweetness to perfection.

Now and then a little indulgence is good for the soul.

And this was a very sweet and yummy indulgence.

~ Suzy's Ilation

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Enjoyment ... #SixWordSaturday #ABCWednesday #WordlessWednesday #OurWorldTuesday #WATW

Enjoying Art Challenges, Winter Olympics, Instagram

Enjoying participation in Pick a stick challenges and Mix Media Morsels
Here is the art I did for the pick a stick February Challenge #PASC0218

finished product

Enjoying the Winter Olympics. My favourite is Curling. I wish I could've learned this sport. Instead of posting pictures of the games, here are some pictures I took off the telly of Pyeong Chang. 

And last but not least, enjoying the Photo a day challenge on Instagram. Here are some of my posts for February that got some good responses. (my Instagram Suzy.Ila )

Everyone seems to love art and puppies.

Art post coming up soon.

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#ABCWednesday

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Chaos

Sometimes life just feels very chaotic

a page from my multimedia art journal

My spare room is in chaos

My closet is in chaos

And yet I can find everything.

Under that chaos lies order :)


This week's fragments

The weather was pretty miserable all week - wet, windy and cold. The Summer just vanished but it's been good this afternoon so hopefully we'll get some warm sunny days.

I had one of my favourite foods this week - Dahi Puri  (Yoghurt, potatoes, sprouted moong beans in a puri with various spicy and sweet chutneys). Love this junk food.

Other than that I really can't think of anything exciting to share.

Happy Weekend

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The Letter C at ABC Wednesday
Six Word Saturday
Friday Fragments #31
Wordless Wednesday #116 at Abracadabra



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Craziness

Craziness or just addicted to Challenges

I just finished a July Challenge via my blog Someday Somewhere and then having ignored this blog decided to take up a photo challenge for the month of August.

Is that craziness or is a challenge just too tempting to ignore?

So here it is, the first 2 days of the photo a day challenge:

Nature never ceases to amaze

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Each meal that we eat, spare a thought for those who have none

Linking to:
The letter C at ABC Wednesday,  Six Word Saturday,  Sundays in my city
Our World Tuesday,  Ruchira's Wordless Wednesday #45

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Beginning - Finding Joy

Finding joy in all in 2014

At the start of each year I set a word and watch it unfold through the year.  Last year my word was "Abundance". It was interesting to reflect back on the year and look at how abundance crept into my world. 

But my word for 2014 is Joy which came to me in the form of a Christmas ornament that I hung on my window. So this year I intend to find joy in all things, to live in joy.

We choose our joys and sorrows long before we experience them.

~ Kahlil Gibran

So to start off the year, here are some things that brought me joy ...

The farmer's market yesterday was buzzing. There were so many people around, some were even strumming their guitars and singing. It really was a lovely day, a bit cloudy but with some blue skies as well. I guess the clouds were left over from the thunderstorm we had the day and night before.

And my mini Pohutukawa tree is in bloom . The Pohutakawa is called the NZ Christmas tree and it looks really pretty when it is in full bloom.

Wish you all many joys in 2014

Linking to:
Six Word Saturday
Sundays In My City 
Thursday Challenge (Clouds)
Six Blocks From My House
The Daily Post Weekly Photo Challenge - Beginning

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A personal touch

Personal touches turn ordinary into special

This week we celebrated a very special birthday - my son's.

It's a tradition in my family no matter how young or old the person is, to celebrate with a cake. But my son does not like cake and never eats it and baking a cake is not one of my strengths. So instead I bought him a small chocolate sponge and then decided to add some personal touches to it to make it special and interesting.

Over the last month, the supermarket that I shop in was giving away little miniature groceries for a little supermarket. They looked so cute that I decided to collect them. My son and I enjoy opening up the packets and finding the little things inside. Made us chuckle each time. And eventually they came in real handy.

So here it is, a personal touch turns a very ordinary cake into something special. And this is a moment I want to treasure. My son wasn't expecting this and it put a smile on his face.

Happy Birthday my son. Many blessings, lots of love and hugs.

This is the moment 

This is the time 

When the momentum and the moment

Are in rhyme

Give me this moment 

This momentous moment ..
(from Jekyll and Hyde)

This week's Thursday Challenge prompt is Patterns - Shapes, Textures. Trees, Clouds ...

So I tried to find some pattern in my mini groceries and settled on geometry and the textures of all things dairy. So they are ....

New Zealand's Whittaker's chocolate  - yummiest chocolate ever. If you haven't tried this one, you've never eaten chocolate!      

             

Mini eclairs - absolutely divine - chocolate and cream - melt in the mouth moments.

Amazing how many things one can make from dairy.

Have yourself a very special day.


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Moments of joy

Little things bring us great joy

This week was a bit up and down - some anxious moments and some that brought me joy.

So looking back on those joyous moments, I found that it was really the little things that brought a lot of happy moments this week.

Sometimes it's just hard to pick a single moment, so here are some of them, the many moments I want to remember this week ...

Chicken noodles that my son loved so much he wants to eat them again and again - now that was a moment that brought me the most joy.

My little clip on ipod arrived - my nano decided it's had enough and is slowly fading. This time I thought I'd get a little clip on to help me with my exercise routine. I'm always picking up the nano as it drops out of my pocket so the clip on is a real treat. Wasn't sure of the colour but the green looks awesome.

A free angel reading from Angel Soulfood on FB yesterday. Most days we have the faith and in our hearts we know but just now and then the little demon of doubt creeps in and we question whether all this is true or just a straw we hold onto to give us strength to move on. 

Yesterday morning as I sipped my tea, I looked across at the hills and asked the same question - are you really there, why then are you silent. Then as I looked through my FB news feed I came across a post from Lisa Beachy - ask your Spiritual Team to prove they are around in a surprising general way. Just ask for a sign. And so I did. Soon after that Jodi Chapman of Soul Speak posted that Angel Soulfood was offering free readings and so I put my name down. 

I'm always blown away by how the Universe works and inevitably always obliges and restores my faith in it and all that is Divine. Couldn't have asked for a better sign. And the reading truly brought me great joy.

My lovely Pohutakawa tree that I thought was dying suddenly starts to bloom again. So happy I won't need to cut it down. And little Pohutakawa are peeping through. - Summer is round the corner. Yay.

So thrilled to see the little birds dropping by and enjoying the bread crumbs meal I put out for them. I love watching the birds eat. But have to stay very quiet and still as any movement sends them flying.

And last but not least, I can see the hills again - my neighbour trimmed his tree that was blocking my view. I had wished he would trim his plants and guess what the Universe obliged yet again. The storm some weeks ago must've damaged his tree and he finally trimmed it.  I can enjoy my hills again.

So grateful for the little things that bring me joy.

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Photo Hunt - Ripples and Cooking

 Sandi's Saturday Photo Hunt - Ripples

Pacific Ocean ripples. Both pics taken at Oriental Bay, Wellington.

Gattina's Photo Hunt - Cooking

The making of a kebab at Copper Chimney in Mumbai, India.

Photo Hunt - Taste and Bridges

Sandi's Saturday Photo Hunt - Taste

My favourite food - Indian "chaat"

dahi puri  (Yoghurt, potatoes, sprouted moong beans in a puri) 

my absolute favourite.

pani puri

Gattina's Photo Hunting - Bridges

Auckland Harbour Bridge

taken from the Sky Tower

taken from a moving bus hence a bit blurry

FMTSO - Motion

The theme this week at FMTSO - Friday My Town Shoot Out is  MOTION. 

I thought I would interpret this a little differently and I know it says "My Town" which means Wellington, but this is from my hometown Mumbai so I guess it still is my town.

So here it is ... the making of the Rumali Roti at Copper Chimney in Mumbai.  Great fun to watch.
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