Day 13, 14 & 15
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smittenbyuDay 13: Can't live without
They forecasted a derecho. Severe storms. Stay home. Be prepared. Almost a year ago we had a derecho pass us through. It was bad. So, everyone was prepared. So, this was easy - power!
Living in India power outages are normal on a daily basis. It's normal part of daily routine. But losing it for over 24 hours was hard! Not when we were kids, we didn't have all the fancy gadgets that needed electricity. I am talking now at this age, where I listed my obsession as the internet!! How I have changed!!
(Morning of the forecast, there was some thunder, lightning, rain and wind. I had signed D up for a program at the nature center and almost cancelled. But when I called the nature center they said they were going on with their program, he called the rain, "just run of the mill normal heavy rain, storm is to come in the afternoon!" So, we went. It was great! The storm did come in the afternoon, but it wasn't as severe as anticipated, no derecho!)
So, of course, everyone (me included) blasts the weather service for bringing up our expectations over nothing (they have been bad snow forecasters too, always erring against caution). I guess we city folks like to complain!
Day 14: Eyes
D has beautiful eyes (ok, I am biased). They are very expressive. We get many strangers saying that. I was hoping to capture one when she is having a meltdown, but thankfully she hasn't had one in a while. I tried getting her when she was happy but she wouldn't keep still!!
Day 15: Silhouette - we saw fireflies as we were coming home in the park close by!! D was obviously very fascinated! Then I remembered I didn't have any photo for today's challenge! Well, it truly became a challenge!! She was jumping up and down and running around! Smartphones are not meant to capture kids' photos!! I wanted the silhouette of just the balloons. But there were also vehicles coming now and then, and although D is watchful, I obviously can't depend on that!
And it looks like we captured some fireflies in our balloon!! (But they are the building' lights!)
They forecasted a derecho. Severe storms. Stay home. Be prepared. Almost a year ago we had a derecho pass us through. It was bad. So, everyone was prepared. So, this was easy - power!
Living in India power outages are normal on a daily basis. It's normal part of daily routine. But losing it for over 24 hours was hard! Not when we were kids, we didn't have all the fancy gadgets that needed electricity. I am talking now at this age, where I listed my obsession as the internet!! How I have changed!!
(Morning of the forecast, there was some thunder, lightning, rain and wind. I had signed D up for a program at the nature center and almost cancelled. But when I called the nature center they said they were going on with their program, he called the rain, "just run of the mill normal heavy rain, storm is to come in the afternoon!" So, we went. It was great! The storm did come in the afternoon, but it wasn't as severe as anticipated, no derecho!)
So, of course, everyone (me included) blasts the weather service for bringing up our expectations over nothing (they have been bad snow forecasters too, always erring against caution). I guess we city folks like to complain!
Day 14: Eyes
D has beautiful eyes (ok, I am biased). They are very expressive. We get many strangers saying that. I was hoping to capture one when she is having a meltdown, but thankfully she hasn't had one in a while. I tried getting her when she was happy but she wouldn't keep still!!
Day 15: Silhouette - we saw fireflies as we were coming home in the park close by!! D was obviously very fascinated! Then I remembered I didn't have any photo for today's challenge! Well, it truly became a challenge!! She was jumping up and down and running around! Smartphones are not meant to capture kids' photos!! I wanted the silhouette of just the balloons. But there were also vehicles coming now and then, and although D is watchful, I obviously can't depend on that!
And it looks like we captured some fireflies in our balloon!! (But they are the building' lights!)
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Date: 2013-06-16 09:22 pm (UTC)no subject
Date: 2013-06-18 01:08 am (UTC)Looking forward to seeing the firefly festival the nature center will be having. A forest canopy in the middle of the city, should be even more mesmerizing than what we saw in our urban jungle with all the bright lights! :) It's magical!
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Date: 2013-06-20 04:53 am (UTC)