Good Morning, everyone! I’m back after a blogging break thanks to the amazing Natasha, my lovely co-host, who ensured that our weekly party continued, despite my absence for close to three weeks, since the passing of my father. Life has to go on and as duty calls, one has to buckle up. puts one’s […] The post Life Must Go On | #WordlessWednesday appeared first on The SkyGirl ..read more

The Sky speaks in a thousand colours.  —S R Abbasi Sharing today some impromptu sky captures that serve as splendid reminders of an enchanting evening we spent in a country guesthouse, in the sublimely beautiful South Africa, two summers back. Except, that it was winter in South Africa then! The day we arrived at the […] The post A Glorious Sunset in Klein Karoo | #WordlessWednesday appeared first on The SkyGirl ..read more

“Don’t let others tell you what you can’t do. Don’t let the limitations of others limit your vision. If you can remove your self-doubt and believe in yourself, you can achieve what you never thought was possible.” ― Roy T. Bennett, The Light in the Heart Our 12-year-old surveying the terrain, on a rain-soaked evening, as we […] The post A Moment Of Reckoning | #WordlessWednesday appeared first on The SkyGirl ..read more

The mind tends to forget but the heart has a way of knowing; how to remember— the joy of sitting under the boughs of the beautiful rain tree. While the city faces the brunt of rapid and aggressive urbanisation, in the name of development, our hearts weep for the loss of the green cover that […] The post Under the Boughs of A beautiful Raintree | #thursdaytreelove appeared first on The SkyGirl ..read more

When in darkness, let us be our own light. ********* New to #WordlessWednesday but would like to participate? Well, here’s how you can join Natasha and me. Just follow our three easy steps: Post a picture on your blog that speaks for itself. It could be from your adventures, experiments, life’s quirky moments, travels or just plain […] The post Be the Light | #Wordlesswednesday appeared first on The SkyGirl ..read more

Isn’t it a mystery how the Day meets the Night but twice? Always in transit. Always together,  Yet, forever apart.   Can you tell from this picture if it’s a sunrise or a sunset? Why do you think so? ********* Linking up with SkywatchFriday where you will find some amazing pictures shared by sky lovers […] The post My Halcyon Sky | #SkywatchFriday appeared first on The SkyGirl ..read more

A wordy Wednesday post this time, that is rightly intended to provide a context to my #ww photo of the week. So, without further ado, I’m sharing my image below. This is followed by a wordy-ish post talking about why this is also my favourite time of the year. The Mother Goddess Durga flanked on […] The post Of Fanfare, Festivities and Durgotsav | #WordlessWednesday appeared first on The SkyGirl ..read more

One beautiful evening in early April, we found ourselves on the streets of the historic city of Hiroshima. Armed with a digital map, we were three tired souls ready to dump our bags after a long day of travel, eager to take off our shoes and put our tired feet to rest, before settling into […] The post What a Tree in Hiroshima Once Told Me | #ThursdayTreeLove appeared first on The SkyGirl ..read more

There are those roads that lead us to our destination and there are those that are just detours that leave us with wisdom and learning. Either way, the road we’re on is meant for us to walk on, because, in the end, we are more than the sum-total of all our experiences, both the intended […] The post The Long, Winding Road Ahead | #WordlessWednesday appeared first on The SkyGirl ..read more

“No permanence is ours; we are a wave That flows to fit whatever form it finds” ― Hermann Hesse Ever since we moved into our new home four months back, life has mostly been a blur! Between juggling work, home, the declining health of ageing parents and the demands of parenting, it has been quite an […] The post The Wild Grey Yonder | #SkywatchFriday appeared first on The SkyGirl ..read more