Happy New Year To Sweet Friends 🥰 And “Hope “ A Poem By Me

Sitting on the rock ,heartbroken and lonely 

She stared at sunset as it’s the only 

She can look upon as her own 

Who too looked low, sad and torn

As carrying loads of sorrows and grief 

In ocean of time like vulnerable leaf

Feeling of affinity she sighed in gloom 

Pail face ,sobbing eyes heart to it’s doom

She thought sun shone ,nurtured the world 

Under it’s warmth and light life curled 

To the hearts he brought joy and delight 

Every corner he turned he made it bright 

Gifted every  heart with peace and joy

Without any cast ,race ,what and why

He made people smile and flowers blossom 

When he smiled from  sky life felt awesome 

In return he asked for none 

What could he from those after fun?

Except a smile to keep him shine 

Smile that he can call it’s “mine”

Glance of love once in a while 

So he can walk for countless miles 

He felt hurt by careless crowd

Hidden himself behind darkened clouds 

Grim and trauma he went insane 

Anger flared within his veins 

Earth embraced him to share his pain 

Absorbing his tears of rain 

Why showing face to those don’t need 

With intensity of emotion he pleads 

Spoke differently his existence’s creed

While lying under the darkest layer 

He recalled some eyes with flare 

Looking at him as he mattered to them 

They will be sad if he went absent 

Eyes full of of  joy ,eyes full of of sorrow 

Eyes sparkling with hope of tomorrow 

Eyes innocent and full of love 

Soothing, cozy  like a puffy dove 

Eyes not blinded by false desires 

Not entangled in illusionary wires 

Eyes that look for him when feel sad 

Hearts that find peace in him when day is bad 

Souls that share existence with his spark

Don’t deserve to be left in dark

He looked back with soothing glow 

Before setting nice and slow 

With the promise of coming back 

Continuing to be on his usual track 

He will be showering his grace on all

Until a single heart gives him call

She  felt peace penetrating within heart

Ray of light bridged friends apart !

Happy new year my precious kind dear friends 🥰♥️🙏

Thank you so much for incredible support and kindness you all share with me!

My sister left and I will return to usual blogging asap 🥰

Blessings 🙏♥️

Complementary Existence ( Poem by me). And Merry Christmas ♥️

I don’t know what to say 

When I look at the sun ray 

Getting down from the sky 

Sprinkling over views from high 

Making everything so bright 

Whatever she does seems right 

Giving chance of wake and grow 

Keeping everyone on  their toes 

Bringing challenges to life 

Showing way even to naive 

Raising fights and arguments 

Storm of emotions,doubts and hints 

Success, failure and struggle 

Everyone fighting his own battle

When sun pulls back his net of rays 

Leaving exhausted souls on bay

Despite of  all loss and gain 

Everyone wants to have it again 

I don’t know what to  talk 

When I look at the dark 

Hiding world under his cover 

Causing out feelings that differ 

Sense of peace,calm and rest 

Bringing everyone back to nest

Fear ,despair, sadness and grief 

Loneliness, nightmares and sweet dreams 

Memories cooking on emotions steam

Tears ,regrets,silent screams 

Opening long shut window of soul 

Lost in life’s rock and roll 

For the hearts who can create 

Is so much in night’s plate 

Thoughts and feelings flip and flap

Moulded to artistic shape 

Those wounded by day’s wars 

Get new hope under twinkling stars 

Whether darkness or the light 

I believe let’s not divide 

Both are doing their job 

Each holding it’s separate knob 

Quiet existence side by side 

Complementing each other’s pride 

Glimpse Of Eldest Son’s Recent Trip To Bali To Attend Best Friend’s Wedding

 Hey lovely people 🥰

Sorry if I am not much active in blogging these days ♥️

Having sister with me is one reason actually  , as you know our mild winter provokes people to create opportunities for gatherings and celebrations ☺️ So we are attending few such events in between. I will share about this later. Right now sharing with my dear friends few delightful glimpse of eldest son’s recent trip to Bali Indonesia. He visited there few times but this one was special because he had his sweet lady with him and the occasion was special as well as it was wedding event of his childhood friend 🥰

So hoping you will enjoy these sweet moments of sweet people 🥹🥰🙏

     I wondered if this net had some solid support beneath,son said yes but it appears in pics without one🤔

They surely had wonderful time in Bali which has breathtaking sights 🤗may God keep our children in His grace always 🙏

        Somebody seems to go for hunt to me 🤗 that look is mysterious lol ♥️

      Such a lovely photo of newly married couple and mother in law 🥰 both friends looking happy 😊

      Looking at such beautiful capture makes me feel how priceless is the preserving special moments 🥹♥️

                               Who reads books during holidays 🫢

Heartfelt and big thanks for bearing with me precious friends, visiting 

you all asap 🥰

Sending much love and positive energy to you and yours 🙏♥️

Crazy Flow Of Time (poem by me)

 Feeling insane ,overwhelmed with chores 

Flowing swiftly away from the shore 

Waves are crazy ,putting upside down 

Time’s river looks like a frowned 

Rushing moments very loud and bold 

How to stop ? nothing is to hold 

Craving for little island to breathe 

Cozy silence, is all that I need 

To be still ,feel firm and  be me

But don’t know when it happens to be 

Till then I have to surrender to flow 

Till then I have to be on my toes 

Though despite the maddening days

I am able to enjoy  these ways 

To create  in the still lake a ripple 

It’s fine to throw sometimes a pebble !

Dear beautiful friends heartfelt thanks for being with me 🥰🙏

Quite busy with invitations trips along with house chores in such short days 😂

Will be visiting you all asap ,stay healthy,happy and safe please ♥️

Hugs and lots of love 🥰

Eldest Son’s Best Friend’s Wedding!

 Hey beautiful people 🥰

Hope having blessed times by the grace of God🙏

Our weather is crawling slowly towards cooler days and I hope it will arrive at point where warm clothing will be needed finally 🤗 It will certainly a refreshing change for us who sweat throughout the year mostly ☹️😞

Few wedding ceremonies are expected in next month in my in laws family and I am kinda looking forward to it because I hope my sister will like attending them after long time 😊

And on very bright and delightful note my eldest son and his girlfriend Gabi went to Indonesia to attend the nikah ceremony of my eldest son’s best friend 🤗 it was a small family gathering as the actual ceremony will be held in Pakistan next year hopefully where parents of groom live. I have mentioned Dilawer in few of my older posts. Dilawer  and eldest son are best friends since their childhood. They grew up here in small city together. Dilawer  inspired my son when he started earning as free lancer when he was in middle . Dilawer though belonged to a well established family yet he is a self made man . He has built his future with constant hard work which is appreciable and inspiring indeed 👍🤗🥰 My son told Dilawer moved to Indonesia because of it’s mild weather and favourable  conditions for his freelancing career as here internet and power are not reliable for serious business ,in our city particularly.

Dilawer married to a  beautiful French girl,  from the features I assume she has an Indonesian father  and French mother. My son told she has very nice and strong personality 🥰 

Me and hubby wish newly married couple a beautiful,blessed and happy life in future ♥️🙏

Sharing few glimpse of the nikah ( marriage registration process and witness signatures) and family gathering.

       I find such beautiful moments emotional and heartwarming 🥹♥️ aren’t they looking so lovely 🥰

                                   My son  signing   the nikah form as witness of this marriage 

                                                        Happy moments together after nikah 

                  On left is mother of bride and left is Gabi ,bride in the middle , the mural is so beautiful 

Heartfelt thanks for being with me dear friends 🙏

Thank you for kind words on previous post 🥰 your support strengthen my heart 🥹

See you soon 🤞 lots of love and prayers for you all 🥰🙏

Weather, flowers , Few Photos From Recent River Park Sukkur

 

Hey Sweet Hearts 🥰

Hope beating peacefully on the rhythm of life 🙏

Our weather is getting cooler slightly, even though temperatures shown on screen are from 23 to 14 Celsius maximum tonight yet it’s not feeling that cold strangely 🤔 we have prepared our warm clothing for the season but no one is wearing because no coolness is felt which is sad ☹️ yet I am happy to have sweat free days by the grace of God🤗🙏

My sister is here and I am really so happy that I could have her with me no matter what reason. She has jolly nature and which keeps me amused and cheerful most of the day 🤗♥️

As she had spent some years of her youth here with us my in laws family knows her closely and this is the reason of having lots of guests often. My father’s sister has died several years ago but her children come to see her once in a while. They invited her to their house as for lunch or dinner. I am so grateful to have such blissful time with her and all who visit our home 🙏

We have few places to visit yet and do some shopping for her . 

Sharing some pictures of flowers that are smiling in our yard garden these days and from our recent trip to sukkur river bank park. Hope you will like them dear friends 🥰

              Sada bahaar or always young  , this is genetically modified version I believe but beautiful ♥️

       Mukhtar plant ‘s flower that grows till it’s plant is unable to stay upright, personal observation ,nature has countless ways to mesmerise isn’t that true 🥹

       Our climber  behaves  like a naughty and  hyperactive child who wants to take over everything which makes hubby to keep an eye on her to keep in boundary 😅 I love seeing how her pretty blooms appear in colourless form and then turn pink slowly 🥹♥️ life means constant growth and change and it’s most amazing magic of the Nature 🥹🤔🥰🤗

      Genetically modified rose plant I think,it appears in glorious white and then turns into light pink slowly and which becomes darker pink in few days,although it has no smell but I appreciate the beauty it offers to the eyes 😍

         These shots were taken by hubby during daytime around 12pm so everything appears so bright , sukkur river park has lost it’s original beauty and arrangement that it used to have three decades ago sadly, most of the amusement area stays barren except on Eid holidays. Sitting desks and stalls are gone as well,seems like our country is moving in anticlockwise direction ☹️

 Despite all the loss water  offers peace and tranquility to senses and this is the only reason we visit their even if once in a year,it was very first place where I visited with hubby after my marriage, hubby had borrowed a jeep from his close friend and we had spent some lovely hours there together 🥰🥹

    Time flies by unbelievably and we are left with so many wonderful memories which keep us going and cheerful throughout the life 🥹♥️

        I captured this three days back , I loved how fall colours peaked through green leaves 🥰 both sides of life have their own meaning and beauty ♥️ without one other is meaningless.both complement each other and it’s true tribute to the Creator I believe 🥹🥰🙏

Heartfelt thanks for being with me dear friends 🙏♥️

Your love and support is my strength 🙏

Health,peace and happiness to you all and to all you love ♥️🙏🥰

Halloween , Pumpkin Face By Eldest Son Few More Interesting Photos

 Hello precious friends 🥰

Hope having blessed time by the grace of God🙏

First of all big big big heartfelt thanks for your incredible support on my previous post 🥹♥️🙏

This is really sweet of each of you to suggest such lovely ideas for me to spend more nice time with my sister 🥰👍

I loved every advice and I will try that I am able hopefully in future as my sister seems to stay here with us for extended period 🤗

Your generosity is valued greatly and appreciated by your humble friend 🥹🙏♥️

Today sharing few interesting photos new and old ,hope you will enjoy them as much as I do 🥰

 This priceless image is sent by my precious baba my eldest son when he carved his very first pumpkin for the Halloween 🤗 isn’t  it so sweet 🥰🤗👍👌

My son looks happy about his creativity 🥰♥️

I loved how many beautifully crafted Halloween pumpkins are displayed here 🤗👍 I wish I could have shared the photo of whole wonderful team who created these faces 🥰

My youngest son visited local park few days ago and took some pictures of the place and himself 

                                     I loved this shot more  👌♥️

    A lovely  photo of  pigeons shared by my niece from my native village 

This pretty young lady is niece of hubby,I captured this photo in wedding ceremony I attended previously few weeks back , she is wearing a fancy tassel of braid which I found fascinating, and it reminded me olden days when village girls would wear such often in daily life ♥️

Dear friend Sue has shared a photo of the stunning theatre in which she and John went to watch their favourite show  , I really loved how amazingly is emblished the whole place 🥰👌♥️ it’s very different than ours here .

                 The Rawal Lake Islamabad, it’s place where view of lake is really captivating 

         We didn’t have sunflowers this years because our garden was refilled with newly brought soil and sunflowers that used to self grow every year before didn’t show up sadly 😞 I miss their light this year!

Old sketch by my talented younger son studying in Karachi university now , his new art had more details and depth I believe but I our first step is most important always ☺️

       These gorgeous pretty flowers are in abundance in my native village,when we go to graveyard I find them on the way in rows .their beauty is mesmerising and makes me think about the Creator only 🥹

Thank you for being with me dear friends 🙏

Your support is my strength and motivation 🙏♥️

Thank you from the bottom of my heart ♥️🥰

Health,peace and happiness to you and to all you love 🙏♥️

Weather, Warm Clothes And My Sister visited Me

 Hey beautiful souls 🥰

Hope finding joy and peace in life despite the odds 🙏♥️

Our weather is getting slightly cool but not enough to use blanket at night and wear warm clothing ☹️ 

I really miss normal winters that bring huge change and life becomes different than one we have during hotter and exhausting routine of lengthy summer . Now winter season seems short and milder enough to continue to wear thin clothing. This is amazing how weather can bring an adventurer to the still routine of life just like rock thrown into the motionless pond cause stirs 🤗

But I am still grateful for whatever is by the grace of God 🥹🙏

Dear Friends my sister has come to stay with us for sometime and it’s huge pleasure and peace for me to have her 🥰  She is with us since a week and we are spending nice time together even though she is more busy with her cell phone as her children are in Islamabad and she misses them of course. My business has increased so you can feel that I am missing few of your posts maybe sometimes. We are planning little trips with my sister to the villages of hubby’s sisters and to Sukkur city for little shopping hopefully 🤞 

That’s it for now precious friends,I will take leave now but first a curiosity to share. 

How to spend time with people who don’t like to watch tv ,listen radio or read books?

I would love to know your opinions!

Health, peace and happiness to you all and all you love ♥️🙏🥰

Awesome Photos From Andrew’s Trip To Northern Pakistan

Hey Sweet Hearts 🥰

Hope beating positively on the rhythm of life ♥️

I believe you gonna enjoy today’s post more because it provides some awesome glimpses of higher northern parts of our country Pakistan!  They are new to me as well as we have traveled to Kashmir but not much farther.  Once again heartfelt thanks to dear Sue who brought these stunning and remarkable images to me. Actually one of her close friends Andrew Heppleston has visited Up higher northern areas of Pakistan recently . Andrew joined the tourist group for two weeks trip . Sue found it interesting to share the link of photos with me because she knows that I have great fondness for travel and watching our strikingly beautiful areas of up north. If I haven’t mentioned this before then Sue and I talk on video call once in a while and it’s when she told me about it. I asked her if I can share photos on my blog and she asked Andrew ,special thanks to Andrew who allowed me to do so🙏🥰

I am sharing this message as well in which Andrew has mentioned the names of places he visited.

 Here is what Andrew said about his trip to Pakistan.  "First week we went up the Karakoram Highway ( a 810 miles highway that connects northern Pakistan to western China , the highway is known for the highest paved road in the world ) by jeep into Kashmir in northern Pakistan. Stunning Karakoram Range scenery, good food and really friendly people. High altitude passes, glaciers and trek to Nanga Parbat 8,126m base camp at 3,550m.  Second week in Northern Pakistan we explored the Hunza and Yasin valleys with huge glaciers, landslides and floods. Crossed the infamous 194m Hussaini suspension bridge and zip-lined back."

I found these photos incredible dear friends.it was amazing and such a pleasure to peek in higher and farther parts of my homeland that are famous for their breathtaking beauty throughout the world 🤗🥰♥️

  This photo has my two most favourite things in nature water and mountains,third is man mad but still serves nature’s purpose of connecting two ends , I felt grateful to Andrew while looking at each single image because being from northern part though not that higher I have great affection for these natural phenomena 🥹♥️

 Breathtaking! I used to stare at hills surrounding my village for hours as growing girl,they just fascinate me. They seem to say that a height can be achieved by slow and gradual movement in desired direction!

    I believe this is Andrew Hepleston  standing on Babusar top 13700ft high from sea level. Board behind him is showing names and distance of all places around it. All these places are very popular for national and international tourists. Andrew visited in June yet mountain peaks were still covered with snow which means when other parts were suffering with severely hot weather upper north was cold and pleasant!

   Another excellent shot of bare but very beautiful mountain, they look like their snow melted just a while ago,so neat and stunning 🤗

    Dear Sue had a zoom meeting with me this Saturday so we can go through the photos together,precious Gabi joined us as well. Sue asked why only men are out and no women. I told her that despite things are changing slowly here like other places our country too has few parts where people are conservative and women stay at home mostly. Men are seen out playing,chatting and dancing but women are not allowed to wander around. But it’s not true for all northern places. When we travelled to Kashmir a couple had good chat with hubby throughout the journey and I was happy to see how the wife was participating confidently. It was reflecting how minds are enlightening gradually☺️

    Polo is famous game of higher north here, Shandur polo ground is considered highest polo ground in the world where yearly festival takes place in July in which rival teams compete and cultural events are held. So many tourists go there to attend the festival.

    Ah ,that reminds me my childhood days when one of my uncle had two trucks, both were decorated so beautifully,one was run by eldest cousin.sometimes when trucks would get ready with loads of watermelon we children would rush to the place they were parked and our cousin would hand each with a watermelon.it was fun🤗 I grew up seeing such jewelled trucks and their walls written on wise phrases or best wishes 🥰 I can bet that such decorated trucks and beautiful uplifting quotes would have inspired so many who encountered with them. Talking with personal experience and observations! I consider this part of our culture not just fascinating but very important contribution to senses and perception of the people ♥️👍

    Very familiar sight as I grew up in tiny village. I recall those old beautiful days when people were much more close to each other and nature . After the harvest people would help each other out to carry such hay stocks or dry crop loads to drop at covered areas so rain can’t spoil them . In return people were favoured by similar help or portions of grans. Things are changed back in my town now as machines have replaced the people.but in rural areas progress is slow until now.thanks to hubby who recognised the corn man is carrying. Yes in thirty two years few things are blurred 😅

Another gorgeous truck embellished stunningly 👌♥️ it has three phases,first most above says “ God’s will “ prefers to faith that this journey from start to finish is on God’s will whether safe or harm everything is because God wants so! Second in Arabic on windscreen says” God is the best provider” 🙏 third below on the windscreen is a praise for the town driver belongs to it says long live town of  ,sorry couldn’t get the name correctly 😔 everything so positive and sweet isn’t it 🤗

I didn’t know but according to dear friend Sue Andrew told her that these horses were being taken to polo ground for the game. I wonder how that vehicle carried many horses and still running,maybe they don’t weigh more as I think they should be 

   Around the world people living in higher parts of the land look different than rest who live in plain land , this is really fascinating how nature favours everything in their growth so they can fit in and survive in certain places and conditions 🥰 this is view of simple family life with less opportunity to earn more. Talking through personal observations of past village life. Many men worked hard in fields, men with no piece of land did labour work in surrounding areas. Some flee to the big cities like my father to earn bread and few went to other countries of Middle East.

I assume this is Buddha’s temple from two thousand years back,such temples are scattered around the country but sadly not much cared by authorities specifically in northern parts.  This is impressive how Buddha’s message of love and peace was delivered throughout the subcontinent !

I think Andrew has captured a family sitting front of their house, it’s lovely picture despite lady has covered her face .what I find nice is that in June they have worn the warm clothes,how cool 🤗 we feel imprisoned in compressing excessive heat in June instead 😭but I am happy for them at least 🙏🥹♥️

                              A cute child with a pretty hat 🥰👍 

  Sue could spot a hut beside the water and I wish I could have stayed there for a while 🤗 such an elegant and tranquil place,captured with mastery I believe 🥹♥️

    Great. Shot of a man who reminded me of some old British army in red uniform with massive beard,I think i might saw that in some historical Netflix show

   Looks like it had been a water passage for long time but now water flows through it only in rainy seasons or when ice melts in summers ,I love that snowy peaks though 🥰

                   A busy bridge ,must be quite populated area 

     Mesmerising scenery and  intriguing  pattern of mountains that provoke curiosity to know how it formed that way, I mean very spiky peaks😄

A busy road indeed, maybe seeing cattle on busy road is rare sight for you but it’s pretty common here except the few big cities,everything though adds vibrancy of life to the this image 🤗👌♥️

    Captivating and spectacular view 😍😍😍♥️♥️♥️♥️ worth framing 🥰 fiery sunset colour has created a magical affect in this capture 🥹♥️loved it ♥️👍

    A sweet waving by little fairies,look how cute and pretty they look 🤗🥰♥️ so much happiness and excitement in their eyes and innocent smiles 🥰 may life treat these precious souls kindly ♥️🙏🥹♥️

Thank you for being with me so far dear Friends 🙏♥️

Your support is my strength 🥹🥰♥️

Please share your thoughts about Andrew’s photos,I am thankful he allowed me to post them on my blog ♥️🙏

Health,peace and happiness to you and to all you love 🥰♥️🙏