789_Boat

Today's topic is boat.

Every time we visit a lake, river or the sea, we are tempted to take a boat ride! What is it that makes us want to do this? Let us explore & find out why we love boat rides.

This rhyme is so profound!
Row, row, row your boat,
Gently down the stream.
Merrily, merrily, merrily, merrily,
Life is but a dream.

788_Post!

788_Post office

Today's topic is Post office.

It's new year, how many cards did you send to wish your near & dear ones & how many did you receive? How many letters did you write in 2013? How many times did you visit the post office? I know, technology has brought the World closer, now you don't have to wait for a week to get a reply from another continent, it is instant! But the fun of writing on onion paper, putting it in an envelope, having it weighed, buying a stamp, sticking it & posting it! What fun! So let us get all nostalgic & share our post office experience here!

Did you know that India has the most number of post offices than any other country! (over 1,20,000 post offices).

787_Fruity

787_fruit bowl

Today's topic is Fruit bowl.

A table, a chair, a bowl of fruit and a violin; what else does a man need to be happy?
Albert Einstein

The roots of education are bitter, but the fruit is sweet.
Aristotle 

Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit.
Anton Chekhov 

786_Mmmph.

The Welcome Arch at Karur, my native!

786_Arches

Today's topic is Arches.

All experience is an arch, to build upon.
Henry Adams 

Behind the proscenium arch, you can't always hear what people in the audience are saying.
Billy Connolly 

Why do you speak to me of the stones? It is only the arch that matters to me.
Kublai Khan 

Without stones there is no arch.
Marco Polo 

Back of every creation, supporting it like an arch, is faith. Enthusiasm is nothing: it comes and goes. But if one believes, then miracles occur.
Henry Miller 

Steps

From here to eternity!

785_Walk on.

Life Steps

785_Steps

Today's topic is steps.

2014 is already a day old. Let us take positive steps into this new year!

When it is obvious that the goals cannot be reached, don't adjust the goals, adjust the action steps.
Confucius 

A well-developed sense of humor is the pole that adds balance to your steps as you walk the tightrope of life.
William Arthur Ward 

No man ever steps in the same river twice, for it's not the same river and he's not the same man.
Heraclitus 

Who tracks the steps of glory to the grave?
Lord Byron 

Throughout the centuries there were men who took first steps, down new roads, armed with nothing but their own vision.
Ayn Rand 

784_Fly high.

HAAPPY NEW YEAR TO ALL CDs

Happy new year!

784_New year

Today's topic is Happy New year.

Happy new year CDers! Wishing all of you a very happy, creative & productive 2014!

An imaginary scene!

Shadow play?

783_ Reflection

Today's topic is Reflection

As the year 2013 ends, its time to reflect upon the events in this year.
The lessons learnt, memories made & happy times!

I cannot imagine a God who rewards and punishes the objects of his creation and is but a reflection of human frailty.
Albert Einstein

By three methods we may learn wisdom: First, by reflection, which is noblest; Second, by imitation, which is easiest; and third by experience, which is the bitterest.
Confucius

I love those who can smile in trouble, who can gather strength from distress, and grow brave by reflection. 'Tis the business of little minds to shrink, but they whose heart is firm, and whose conscience approves their conduct, will pursue their principles unto death.
Leonardo da Vinci

My role in society, or any artist's or poet's role, is to try and express what we all feel. Not to tell people how to feel. Not as a preacher, not as a leader, but as a reflection of us all.
John Lennon

Shadows

Shadows have always fascinated me. Here is a sketch I did some months ago.