To lose a precious one

Today I was going through IMH blog and was shocked to find about her daughter.
Tears were running in my eyes.
How could Indian doctors couldn't possibly save one young brilliant girl from dying.
Unbelievable!!!

Even though I don't know her, I just felt like I lost some friend.
I read her blog over and over.
I was staring at her cheerful face for a while.
I would've forgotten how to live if such a thing happened with me.

My deepest condolences for the family.. A mother.. A friend

Regards
Fellow blogger.

Thursday challenge - Reflections

This weeks Thursday challenge is Reflections. I m posting pictures which I took in Houston,Texas.

My fav is the last one.... I took it in a college. It just reminds me of tranquility :)

Spring - Cherry Blossoms

Spring is the most beautiful season here. In Washington, cherry blossoms are extremely beautiful.
I could capture some of the shots of these flowers.

 I m just loving my surroundings here. Its slowly getting greenery over here...

A new hobby - sketching

Before marriage, I just knew how to appreciate art and related skills. My sweetheart(husband) is very skilled in sketching, painting and cooking. I always ran of words to describe his creativity and enthusiasm in presenting things in a more beautiful way.

I realized I could spend sometime on developing some new hobbies. The best thing is that HE is always there to encourage and guide me.

This is  the first charcoal sketch I have tried to draw. Need to put  little more effort to get good ones...

 

This is the second one I have attempted. My husband was impressed by the shading but not the shape of the moon. When anyone is really good at something, its really difficult to impress them. Its rather very difficult to reach their expectation levels. I believe it is an ongoing process...

You see I didnt give up :P

And  finally I could do this....

This is the result of guidance from my husband. He could tell me the flaws and improvements I could do it. I dont have the raw image, otherwise its easy to tell how better it looked now :)
I m still working on the shapes and curves of human beings :P I will publish if something is good!
Till then Good Luck to me :D

Green and turned green

Last week we went to visit famous places in Washington DC.
We found the statues which were once believed to be in metal copper color turned to green.
They are pretty good... Here are some of the snaps of the same...

 One of the war related statue...

 I was just amazed by the details in the work....

I wonder what these statues would have looked like in original color...
Would they have been more beautiful than they are now???