daughters

Some pictures evoke strong memories. There was a time when the house used to be filled with the sound of the anklet. The little miss used to be excited about it all.

I dont even know where the anklet is these days. But this picture took me back in time. To the sights, sounds and air of yesterday.

Some pictures do that all the time.

These anklets were our GPS device of sort. To notify where she was and when she was upto mischief. It kept our ears sharp and trained to take note of silence. The silence announcing mischief!

Most importantly, it triggers a thought or two about dreams and aspirations from a different time.

You remember Tom Sawyer? The chap that got his friends to paint a fence? Selling it to them as a premium thing?
When it was my turn to keep the girls busy, a giant leaf was taken out the ‘Mark Twain book. We decided to ‘play’ “collecting the leaf”. The next you know the garden was clean and the kids wanted new gardens to explore ‘tomorrow’. For they were tired after many hours of ‘play’! #leaf #leaves #garden #kids #girls #arrangement #shoes #girlsfashion #TomSawyer #daughters #daughterdiaries #fatherdaughter #kids #parenting @parentous #MarkTwain #literature #Sundays

The girls played well!
We were at the garden. The daughter and her friends. And me. Tasked with minding the girls.
Every such task I lap up with energy. For it teaches me the journeys that I have gone through and an opportunity to gawk at the magic of creation.
Amidst the games we played, the most enjoyed one was called “Yellow Flowers”. It had no rules and no boundaries. Other than running about and picking yellow flowers.

The morning reminded me that it takes very little to be happy. A child like imagination and curiosity will get us all there.
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