Always smiling

@allknowing (144599)

India

Joined myLot 16 years ago

Writing is a habit with me. I have been writing ever since I learnt my alphabets. Hope to do justice here as well.Mine is a multi faceted personality

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Peacock in the wilderness

Always smiling @allknowing (144599) • India 5h

That is how it used to be. Peacocks just roamed about in our garden almost daily and I took that for granted. They were seen all over the place - in the garden, on our terrace and even on our roof Some climbed the trees and...

peacock at solitaire

Change of hands

Always smiling @allknowing (144599) • India 9h

Solitaire needs change of hands. No one in the family has interest as they are all scattered all over and their interest is not in owning a property but may be live in spacious flats or leaving the country seeking better...

change of hands

solitaire

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Home made pizza

Always smiling @allknowing (144599) • India 11h

I do not remember when it was the last time I attempted to make pizza. Whenever I did it I prepared the base as well. Baking pizza is fun I create my own stuff to put on it Mostly it is mozzarella cheese, scrambled egg,...

pizza

home made

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Long bean - quite freaky

Always smiling @allknowing (144599) • India 12h

We used to successfully grow vegetable when we just shifted here and were happy with the results This long bean however was not expected as it was more than twice the size of the normal bean No credit to me or anyone else in...

long bean

nature did it

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Coconuts - those were the days

Always smiling @allknowing (144599) • India 14h

Our coconut trees are now old and the yield is on the decline. When we planted them years ago we had to wait for a few years for them to start yielding and at their prime the trees were loaded as you can see in the photo. We...

coconut trees

yield on the decline

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I found a nice recipe

Always smiling @allknowing (144599) • India 14h

I have decided not to sell any mangoes this season but use them for making different things - ice cream, jam, curry and ofcourse eat them. This ice cream recipe seems easy to follow. I will have to get all the ingredients...

mango ice cream recipe

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My naughty nephew

Always smiling @allknowing (144599) • India 27 Apr

He is now a grown up man happily married When he was little he stayed with us as his parents were abroad. I took care of him He was pleasantly naughty and one day as a kid he was in the creadle and we were busy making sweets...

naughty nephew

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Sweet potato pakoda

Always smiling @allknowing (144599) • India 27 Apr

I had sweet potato pakoda as part of the lunch that I had with my guests the other day. Pakodas are made from different items - onion, potato, capsium, and a few other vegetables Pakodas need a gram flour thick batter to which...

sweet potato pakoda

tomato ketchup

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AI responds differently

Always smiling @allknowing (144599) • India 27 Apr

I just read somewhere that AI responds differently to different users even though the question may be identical. I wonder if they get to know the user's background before getting those answers. But strangely I have noticed the...

questions

answers

different answers

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Mangoes ripening

Always smiling @allknowing (144599) • India 27 Apr

Am I not happy!! The Benet Alponso mangoes are ripening. We had harvested them just a few days ago. It will be mangoes, mangoes for the next few days I have kept them in the fridge and hopefully I will make ice cream before...

mangoes are ripening

benet alphonso

mundappa

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Eclairs

Always smiling @allknowing (144599) • India 27 Apr

I have been eating Luvit eclairs for months now It is time to go for something else Did some browsing and I find there are different types of eclairs. I found the Cadbury elairs as my next choice As soon as I finish my Luvit...

dark chocolate eclairs

luvit

cadbury

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Sago palm

Always smiling @allknowing (144599) • India 27 Apr

We have a few sago palms that add to the beauty of our garden I particularly like to see when new leaves appear. The colour starts with light green and by the time they are fully matured they turn hard and the colour turns dark...

sago palm

set of fresh leaves

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Kittie our cat and Rana our dog sharing a meal

Always smiling @allknowing (144599) • India 27 Apr

Bull Terriers are known to be violent. But our Rana was ever so gentle specially with our cat Kittie They were the best of friends. Rana never showed any signs of violence although as a puppy he was as any puppy could be ever...

kittiie the cat

rana the bull terrier

best of friends

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This is unbelievable

Always smiling @allknowing (144599) • India 26 Apr

Communion was distributed to those who wished to receive it among a crowd of 2,50,00 present at the Late Pope Francis funeral This is unbelieivable. How neatly this whole activity was carried out.without any mishap with a crowd...

popes funeral

crowd receiving communion

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Memories - my father

Always smiling @allknowing (144599) • India 26 Apr

I lost my father when I was ten years old but do have memories to know him as someone who cared for his family and loved us all He was a town planner and did design set ups and some are still in existence. Our ancestral home was...

memories

my father

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A gift from family - a memory

Always smiling @allknowing (144599) • India 26 Apr

I was presented with a painting - a gift from family for one of my milestone birthdays. This painting is now hanging in our guest room and I am told it is the work of a budding artist. I must find out who the artist is and...

birthday gift

painting

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This is not easy

Always smiling @allknowing (144599) • India 26 Apr

I have decided not to entertain stray cats as they stay put in our house and when it is time for them to have babies I dread it as handling that is not easy We have stopped feedingf these cats but this one that you see in the...

stray cat

refuses to leave

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Just back from the Vatican

Always smiling @allknowing (144599) • India 26 Apr

My virtual presence at the Vatican was a great experience for me The solemn funeral services for the Late Pope Francis is something that I have never witnessed virtually anywhere else He deserved all what they did for him...

funeral service

late pope francis

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Nail polish

Always smiling @allknowing (144599) • India 26 Apr

I mostly paint my toes more than my finger nails. Not sure if I will get it online. I have asked my maid to do some off line shopping for me - I do not go out much these days I looked up Amazon and saw something that I like. I...

nail polish

off line purchase

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Memories - my mother

Always smiling @allknowing (144599) • India 25 Apr

Am I not happy that I have scores and scores of happy memories to reminisce on? Be it my travel, my school days, office life, married life, life with my mother, life with my father, with my siblings, my creations - flower...

memories

my mother

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