Unveil the Other Side

Huge Wooden structures in one of those long allies of Seattle. The next one here are wooden OAK Barrels from a distillary. It contains one of the finest Bourbon. Lucky to have visited one of the distillary while in the States and it was very interesting to know the history and process of making Bourbon whiskey. Do you know how the whiskey actually gets that pungent smell?? - Of course the fermentation but there is yet some credit charred Barrels. You can read more here . That is how you stack the barrels over X's which withstands the weight for longer periods. And now the last one from my collection is a wooden dry-stand[that's what I call it] built to sun-dry either fish, clothes or any find from the sea. It was a wonderful piece of work to find. You can find more photos on the theme at "Thursday Challenge" .

From a little spark may burst a flame and here is second week where I am back for the Thursday challenge with the theme "HOT".   This was captured in Hawai.

The work is a reward in itself. When your work gets recognised and you are awarded with a title as precious as "Awesome Blogger" it definitely brings that huge smile on the achievers face and I am no different. I am elated and glad on recieving this title from a very creative lady " Ranjana ". It so happened that a couple of months ago I was looking out for sketches that I could use for my craze of glass-painting and that is when I stumbled upon one of her beautiful pencil sketch. Upon requesting Ranjana happily agreed upon me using the sketch for the painting . She ventures into various forms of art - Saree makeover is something thats unique and I adore so much. Thanks again !! for having passed this award to Unveil the Other side. And now as a part of the tradition, I'll have to describe a few of my favorites here. 1. My Favourite Fruit: This has to be the king of fruits - Mango. 2. My Favourite Car: I love the make of Ambassador. 3. My Favourite sp...

Disclaimer: This is a fiction. All characters and incidents are fictitious , if any resemblance to living or dead is purely co-incidence. It was a warm summer sunday morning. Air absolutely pure, weather perfectly pleasant. Laila's breakfast scream was well-known in the neighbourhood. A fitness freak Debashish was winding up his abs and weights routine when he heard his wife go top on her voice "Debo, your daily dose of protein is up on the table. If you are done with your toning, head to the dining please." He replied completely irked "Sssshhhh!! Can't you keep it low Laila? Payal is resting and so are our neighbours. I'm coming in a bit. Hang on". Payal shut her ears using the pillow on her side. It was her first day of vacation after the final exam of class VII , that meant long hours of sleeping. Laila did not care of any, she continued with her routine. 8 am, the table was dressed with a beautiful lilac setting that Laila bought in Belgium a y...

My first ever Thursday Photo challenge or rather any other theme participation in general. I used to see a lot of my blogger friends to have been particiating in this challenge from quite some time. I'd love to join the space and here I go. "BIG" is the theme for today. As I thought of getting into this challenge I thought of a game plan. Let me pick the first 3 photos I clicked in past as I think of the theme. So here comes the BIG Building: Columbia towers in Seattle, US. The second would be a BIG gorge: Royal Gorge , Colorado.[pardon me - its a click from my phone] And here you are presented with the BIG skyline - A part of NEW YORK city from the other side of hudson river. For those who are interested to participate in the challenge please do so click here. The steps are simple. Thursday Photo Theme . I'll be here next week with something HOT.

A colleague of mine has a kid of 3 odd years. He is the Gen-x kid I can say. On the way to our office yesterday she said that her son needs to go to school from next week and this is the first time he is stepping into the so-called life known as education. There we go - "how kids of today grasp, observe, talk and imitate all that they percieve" was the topic of general talking in the cab yesterday. Our driver said "Oooh No way madam, you cannot answer their questions. They outsmart you in each and every possible way". He has a toddler too. All of us nodded to confirm a "Yes". And that was when a new-joinee said "Hmmm we were not so forward in our thinking or probably we did not have the kind of exposure the kids of today have". Rest of us completely agreed. It was just then we saw a Water-lorry zoom past our old and slow Sumo. Now what is a water-lorry? Let me explain that before I go ahead. A tanker that loads up water from a nearby wate...

The month of monsoon. Aah just the sight of rain brings happiness. Here is a capture after the pre monsoon rain that hit us two weeks ago just for day that too. :( Facts I did not know: ->June ends on the same day of the week as March every year. ->In both common and leap years, no other month begins on the same day of the week as June. ->June is named after Juno (Hera). Juno was the goddess of marriage. Any other interesting facts friends ?