America 365 & some...(contd)

(contd.)...its close to 500 days since I arrived in the land of opportunity... there have been opportunities galore to enjoy the sights & sounds of america & its myriad landscape...

...here are some of my favorite MOMs...

...trump tower, near columbus circle, SW corner of Central Park, NY

..pristine beauty...waterfall inside Central Park, NY

...a familiar sight in NY....the waterway tours...

...baby on board ;-)... billboard in a NY street...

...mexico in manhattan... enchiladas, burritos & tacos ;-)...a culinary fest awaits...

...another view of columbus circle, gateway to central park...

...fall colors in lake george, upstate NY....

...the falling leaf, is it the sign of things past... or a sign of hope for things to come...

America 365 & some...

...its close to 500 days since I arrived in the land of opportunity... there have been opportunities galore to enjoy the sights & sounds of america & its myriad landscape...

...here are some of my favorite MOMs...

...the gateway arch, st louis Missouri...

...the little red lighthouse...under George Washington Bridge, NY

....Golden Gate, San Francisco, emerging from heaven...

...Capitol Hill, Washington DC...

..lady of liberty....

..one of the piers on the hudson....midtown, manhattan...

...macy's fireworks from 42nd street hudson riverfront...

...the tree of endurance...

...the 17 mile drive along the pacific coast in monterey bay california is famous for the lone cypress tree... whose story is a inspirational for sustaining against all odds... i found this tree not so far from the lone cypress, with its branches reaching out to the pacific & its still untold story....

... i'm calling it the tree of endurance....

...life & a stack of pebbles...

...found this stack of delicately balanced pebbles facing the mighty gusts from the pacific ocean... in a way, to me it reflects the delicate balance of life, and if we have stacked our priorities right, even the strongest gusts cannot impact what is matters most to us....

(pebble beach, monterey bay, california US)

...j'adore paris... (contd.)

....more sights & scenes from paris...

...napolean's proclamation of triumph.... le arc-de-triomphe...

...friendship sculpted in marble... one of augustus rodin's lesser known masterpieces...

....the fashion capital & its flagship store... le galeries lafayette ...on boulevard haussmann

...the mesmerising & magnetic... moulin rouge....

...j'adore paris....

...listening to some soulful music & was reminded of paris... the city of music & a cultural melange... with its cresent shaped boulevards, the ever dependent metro, the countless musuems... and most importantly an artistic & musical spirit that left its impression in my mind... j'adore paris

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....manhattan 201

...Well, it has been a little over two years since I have posted... and life has taken me places in between.....was walking along the hudson this past weekend with my cousin & family... and taking in the sights and sounds of new york on one side & jersey city on the other.....this is the famed manhattan downtown night lights... not from the jersey side, but from one of the piers on the hudson river walk....

Moments of Magic.... 200th post...

...here it is... moment no 200... when i started the 'moments of magic' i didn't think it'll reach this far... but thats life for you "life's like a box of chocolates. you never know what you'll find"...

...i guess what has kept things going is all those incredible moments that life has been giving... its easy to live life like there's no tomorrow, or work yourself out with what the future gonna b like.. but every once in a while if we just take time to look at today & see what you've had from life... and what you've made out of it, its simply amazing...

and the keyword is 'simple'... and moments of magic are the simple little things that life gives us that we, in our hurry most often oversee... yet they are those very things that make our life what it is... and what i've shared here is 200 of them that have made some part of my life... they're not just pictures, they are the 'moments' in the pictures...

...was thinking what i should post... the sylvan backwaters of kerala have always captivated me... this one's a lesser known lake in trivandrum, a paradise for migratory birds...

...the eye of beauty... reminds me of the impending rain.... brings to mind the smell of the first drops of rain hitting the earth... feather of the king of dancers among birds... it is quite a sight to see the canopy fully unfurled..

...so surreal, that you can touch it n break the illusion, or watch it & enjoy the fuzziness... metaphor to life, if i may add... well, the good news is that i get to watch it everyday, having done a bit of interior design at my home...

... in hindu mythology, it is said that every good thing starts with him... one of the most revered of the crore odd gods, known as 'he-of-the-elephant-head' and 'he-who-rides-on-a-mice'... coincidentally my second name too !! (found this on a colleague's desk & my camera couldn't resist capturing the charm)...

....the sunset against the vast ocean never ceases to be an aweinspiring sight... anywhere across the world.... everytime i see it, i feel that nature is unfurling its beauty for us to admire... but there is something wonderful to learn from nature.... every sunset brings with it the promise of a new sunrise !!..... happy weekend...