Birthday Bash

This year's birthday celebration was day long with loads of excitement. Praveen had already booked a Blackforest cake at Brunetti and had planned for lovely home decor! He managed to hold on the surprise until midnight without giving me a hint of what was lined up for the night.

Being a holiday coupled with a beautiful weather, we drove to the Dandenong National Park and exploited some nature treks and parks. I felt, it was worth to pay a fall season visit to these places as the trees had turned butter yellow, orange and red!

We just dint know when it was evening and we were heading back home. Kudos to Praveen for making the day noteworthy and action-packed!  

Pleasant surprise

We all are pretty much used to viewing the group reminders for occasions like birthdays, anniversaries and so on. But when the reminder pops up with your name in it, that moment feels surprisingly special even though you are aware of it and its been repeating since ages! I experienced the same today!! Teensy-weensy things which add more sweetness to life!

Happiness

Our Pune family had a luncheon planned at my aunt's place today. Its satisfying to see pics of the clan enjoying together especially the siblings! Needless to say, the food would have been amazing and I am sure everyone would have had a fun time.

In the suburbs of Australia....

In Australia, the city councils permit its residents to get rid of any household stuff by placing it on the nature strip outside their house. This stuff could be cutlery, furniture, electronic appliances, etc. anything which might/might not be in the working/good condition. The surrounding residents can pick up anything out of that lot if its useful for them else the council picks it up after two days!

I really appreciate this idea as its of great use to temporary residents and students in that suburb who are not sure about their whereabouts in the near future. Its a better option than to buy the same object for a short duration.  

Baking Queen

One of my friend in Pune who is an engineering graduate by profession has recently mastered her hand at baking cakes. She made a scrumptious vanilla icing cake topped with fresh mango pieces and an attractive design of mogra petals on the sides for my aunt's birthday last week!

I truly appreciate her hard-work and wish her luck in this new venture! 

Water Painting

One of the paintings done by me:

Doodhi Muthia

I know its been two cooking posts back to back but that's the only new thing I have tried! We have switched on the gujrati kitchen mode to be honest!

I made these muthia today moreover with an intention to finish off the white gourd we had purchased. But it tasted really well! We also exploited a new combo: muthia tastes delicious with a side dish of hot piping kadhi. Try it out!