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The Indian Premier League fever is going on in the country. And you simply cannot ignore it. 2 matches a day to the post IPL parties and player linkups - it makes for a lot of entertainment. Personally I do not support any particular team and I find this an overdose of cricket. But having an opportunity to see the match  between  Pune Warriors and Deccan Charges,I decided to go for it. The new Subroto Roy Sahara stadium in Pune is a world class stadium. The amount of energy and enthusiasm was amazing. Loved every bit of it. There was a sea of blue flags - supporters of the Pune Warriors team. Everybody was dancing, screaming and waving flags for the cameras ... :) The match was a different story sadly .. :( . Pune warriors lost the match to Deccan chargers. The first half of the match was most exciting. But due to restrictions on sound/noise, the second half of the match did not have any commentary or any kinds of sounds playing on the system. So it was like watching a g...

These are some snaps of different flowers which I had captured at different times.  Orchids are known for their beauty. These flowers wilt very slowly. We had kept them at our house for almost 3 weeks. You only need to keep changing the water in the vase and they remain as fresh as ever.  Roses always make for a pretty picture. The flower of Love, peace, friendship and many things ..  Probably the most popular flower in the world ...  These are tuberose or 'Nishigandha', my favorite flower for obvious reasons ... :D .. ;) ;) They smell so good and these too can be kept for about a week before the finally wilt away.

One of my friends had gone to this place called 'Chokhi Dhani' in Pune where they have live pottery stalls that allow you to try your hands at pottery, creating small interesting art works. And we are also allowed to take this piece which we create. So my friend had got this beautiful little flower pot and I simply had to paint it ... :) The tough part here is that these are not baked. That makes them extremely delicate and difficult to work with.  I started with 2 coats of  primer. My idea was to paint it in the rainbow colors of 'vibgyor' but given it's size I was able to put only 4 colors on it. Sharing a few pics here ... It does look kind of cute ... :)

Spring is here and my terrace garden seems to be blooming to welcome the new year ... :) Could not stop sharing this lovely pics from my garden .... I loved these colors so much, I've set this pic as wallpaper on my phone...

Death by chocolate is a desert which has so much chocolate that it feels like drowning to death in chocolate .. :D Not sure of its origins or what goes into the authentic recipe, I just decided to put some chocolaty options together and have some fun .. It turned out to be quite good.. :D Basic ingredients : Chocolate muffins/cup cake Chocolate ice-cream Chocolate to top it Optional - chocolate sauce to actually let people drown in it ... :D Cut the chocolate muffin and place it in a large bowl. Add some chocolate ice-cream on top. Finally for the topping, I added some shavings of a dairy milk. Additionally you could add dry fruits or berries on it. You can also pour some chocolate sauce on your bowl/dessert dish as well as on top. To add a professional touch, add a chocolate stick for decoration ... ;)    Death by chocolate is ready!! ... aah!! ... gruesome ... :)

I have this lovely hibiscus plant in my terrace garden which is in blooms almost through out the year. Strangely, a few weeks back, although it had flowers at the top, the branches were loosing all their leaves. They turned yellow and started dropping one by one. It reached a point that the plant had no leaves at all and I was worried that it may be dying .... Then suddenly last week, i caught these shoots coming from the nodes of the barren branches. The plant is turning green again .... its spring time!!

I've always loved capturing events or in general any nice nature or urban scene I come across. Over years I've collected a wide range of snaps which I would love to show around .. :) Let me start by posting one of my sunrise snap. This snap was captured a couple of weeks back when I was travelling to Pune on my way back from my hometown Nasik. We started really early in the morning to avoid traffic and reach Pune in time for office. We were lucky to catch the rising sun, welcoming the day ... :)