My new blog is here!

Hi everyone,

I am really excited about sharing this with you! For a while now, i have been working on re-inventing my blog. Well, i am happy to announce that despite illnesses galore, it is *finally* done and is awaiting your visits.

Check out the new digs at

www.sriluviene.com/blog

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I have a couple of new posts up so do stop by. I’d also love to hear your feedback so please do drop me a line or leave a comment there!!

swinging v2.0

yes, a geeky joke.

And yes, i have been known to be a bit of a geek sometimes but guess what i saw in the backyard this morning? Nia and Jayden discovered a new and improved way to swing.

And for once instead of shying away from my camera, they were actually hamming it up. Aysha, in the meantime, took the opportunity to pour sand down my sink and then attempted to cover up her handiwork by running water over it causing the sink to clog but that’s a whole different story. sigh…

Onto some other news, I am going to the bon jovi concert this Friday. Yay!! My love affair with bon jovi, much to john’s disdain, started a long time ago when i was barely a teenager in india. My friend, Kanch had just moved to the city from Australia and brought with her some Bon Jovi albums. Popular there but not so much in india. And thus it began – my introduction to the music that would essentially come to typify my growing years. We have *so many* memories intertwined with their music. Music just has an uncanny way of transporting you instantaneously to another period in your life. Even now, when i hear some of their earlier music i am taken back to what was a wonderful time in my life. Needless to say, I am a HUGE fan.

The last concert i went to was years ago. We had a whole group of friends go (yes, even john!) and it was a fun night. I knew they were coming to town but by the time i looked I didn’t find tickets that would work and so i gave up.

Well, last night Arch calls me from San Fran and tells me (get this–) she’s at the Bon Jovi concert in a suite complete with a bar and food. And all “phenyl” as we like to say in hyd. That triggered the nostalgia again. I went a-looking this morning and snagged some tickets that’ll work. Not quite archana style but it’ll do And so we’re going. Daughtry is opening and since i like some of his music too – it’s just a bonus.

{a sorry sight}

that’s what I am today. I have been fighting a cold/cough for some time now but over the weekend it hit me full blast. I feel pretty terrible right now and am hoping that this passes quick. As any parent can attest, it’s not easy being sick when you have young ones to tend to.

I will have something exciting to share with you soon but I’m in the midst of working on it and it’s taking a little longer than I’d like. Getting sick didn’t help either.

well, i’m off to nurse my cold but not before i leave you with a picture.

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{target aquired} – a storyboard

You know how much I love storyboards so when I saw these pictures while editing, i knew I just had to pull them together to form this:

I really really like that 2nd picture. It lends itself to so many different textures. Here it is, in a larger size

Have a wonderful weekend!

a moving target

that’s what my 18 month old buddy was today. M was such a busy lil’ dude who had absolutely zero interest in staying still and much less interest in having a camera pointed in his direction! But I persevered and he finally relented and we ended up with a great set of pictures.

P, I’m really excited to share these with you. Here’s part one of your sneak peek. Hope you like them!

sigh.. so handsome. I like this in color as well but i thought I’d mix it up a little.

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He loved climbing.

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he’s got such a mischievous look in this one!

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