Thought Of The Day

    It is another hot humid morning of late July. I start my day with a cup of honey drink. One tea spoon of honey in hot water. I enjoy that, sitting outside at my deck. It looks great with green all around. Beautiful flowers of all colors, dark pink, golden yellow, deep purple and white, all giving you smile to make your day. Nothing else we need to give a good start to our day. It is enough. Mornings are face of our day. We have to take good care of that. Try to give color, to beautify it. It will make your day colorful. You will never go wrong with doing that. Start thinking positive as soon as you are out of bed. No matter, your sleep was good or not. Start forgetting all negatives. Focus on, to be positive. That make a big difference.  Keep yourself away from negativity. It is like a disease, like an infection, spoils everything. Your mind and body will get infected in no time.  Your face is a mirror of your inside. Whatever we feel inside, deep do...

    Beautiful morning. Great day. Not too hot. It is 10.30, 23 C, will be 26 later on. I have to get ready now to enjoy outdoor. We have to switch plans to make our day. I have to make some calls. I can do that after. It is too early to call anyway. We have to keep in mind that timings are key for calls to maintain relationships. We have to avoid to call early morning and also at late night.  Our face reflects our emotions from inside out. While we are talking face to face, we can read face expressions. We can figure out that the person, we are talking to, is in a mood to listen or not. We can coordinate our talks accordingly. Sometimes it is better to cut it short, rather to drag and linger on.  It is better to cut it short. It is always a good option to finish at the right time and with a right tone from the other side of the phone. Don't have to push him to keep on listening, all we want to talk. Better to cut it out and set him free to leave. When w...

    It is one of another hot humid days of late July. Every season is very distinct here in Canada. We enjoy and have a feel of all seasons. Couple of more weeks to go before we will start digging our closets to look for sweaters and jackets.  For now, we are enjoying our summer days. Sun is shining up and above in full bloom. We are hitting roads, waters and trails to enjoy outdoors. We know that summer is short for us. We give value to every moment of it. AC is on in our homes and cars. Life is all good. It reminds me of the days. I was in England with my daughters. It was June, July period. Fans were out of market, sold out. My daughter arranged somehow one for me. They have two more for the entire house. AC is not common in England. It is tough, not easy to enjoy summer days, over there. It may be not so bad for them. Your body gets used to the climate, where ever, you live for longer time. We Humans have ability to adopt to coordinate with the circumsta...

    Beautiful morning sunny and bright. No more rain. We had already more than enough of it. Grass and flowers, don't need any watering. It is 26 C, hot day.   This is weekend, I have to do my hair color. My friend invited me for afternoon tea. I will go there. It is always good to be with friends and family. We have to accept invitations, to make our day. I think, calls are sort of blessings. Signals from God for us to gather happiness. Life is nearly the same for everyone. It is all up to us, how we take it.  Try to give color to the moments in hand. Sitting idle, doing nothing, won't bring happiness. Try to be active, do something, anything you like to do. Go for walk, to look the scenery around.  Some people like outdoors, some not. They like to be indoors. Find the spot of your choice in your garden / balcony, get book / magazine of your interest, to be happy. Bird watching is beautiful. You feel great, watching them doing things, you get invo...

    Nowadays, so much rain every day. Thunder storm warning today on top. This much rain is not usual for us in Toronto. Global warming is changing things all around the world. There is an empty flower pot in my back garden. It is nearly full of rain water in just couple of days. Water is coming down from flower bed.  Flower beds looks saturated, so is grass. It is 2.30, rain just stopped sun is shining in full bloom. Couple of minutes ago, rain was in full bloom, still drizzling. Amazing view. I am outside, enjoying everything.  In the morning, I was not feeling good. Some days, your mind and body are not ready to co-operate with your plans. We humans are not Robots. So many things around control our mood swing. Sometimes we take control, sometimes we are helpless, have to go with the flow. It is 4.30, I am sitting in my room, beside my computer. My window blinds are drawn up. I am connected with the outside world. It is a beautiful scenic view to beho...

    Hot humid days, 26 C, feel like 32. We are trying to manage, taking precautions, while getting out. We know summer is short in Canada. Water parks are full. Sprinklers are on, in play areas. Few more weeks to enjoy outdoors.  AC is on in full bloom at homes and cars. I still remember, we had our first pedestal fan in 1993. AC was out of question at that time.   I talked to my daughter, she is in Edmonton, it is hot there  too, 37 C. She has no AC. Never needed before. Thinking to install one next year. Winter is for more than six months in Edmonton. It usually becomes around 50 C below zero. I think global warming changed so much every where.  T hirty years ago, I was in Ottawa. I still remember, ice used to be floating on lake, even in the month of May. 30 C below zero was normal.  It is 8.15, morning time. I am having my breakfast, sitting under shade, on my deck. Black Squirrel is busy with his exercises on the wooden fence of my back...

  It is hot and humid day. I told you that every season in Canada, is very distinct, intense. We can have a feel to enjoy. Summer time is to get out to enjoy outdoors. Rain forecast is in weather channel. Let's see. It is morning time, 8.15, I am enjoying breakfast at my deck. Pink and purple seasonal flowers are smiling in white and brick red planters, lined up by the left side of my deck. On my right, are two big flower pots with red and green leaves. I don't remember their names. I am not good at names. Maple leaf tree is on my front. I think, it is at least 20 feet high. I am 5 plus, under 6 ft. I compare trees with my size. I know it's not the exact measurement, still gives an idea. Flower bed in front, at the back, is full of dark pink seasonal flowers, in between, is Canadian rose plant with pink flowers. It's flowers are now done. I see just couple of them, sometimes ago, it was loaded.   Three blood red roses are smiling on David Austin plant. On...

  Hot day today. It is the beauty of Canada that every season comes in full bloom, intense. Very distinct. We can have a feel to enjoy every bit of it. Summer is short, we know, so no time waste. It is time to hit roads and trails and go to waters. It will be over, just couple of weeks to go, to enjoy outdoors. It is 10.30, I am at lake, after walking around by the beach side, now sitting on a bench under trees. It is so cool, amazing, reminds me of Charles Dickens. " It is one of those days when the sun shines hot and the wind blows cold: when it is summer in light, and winter in the shade". So true. He was right.   It is 11.30, I am done at the lake now sitting in Tim Horton. It is my second home. I am thinking about you, my dear friends. Not getting comments for so long because of Glitch. I miss that a lot. Hope things are fine at your end.    My Friends in Ireland, hope things are going well. You people still be enjoying reading my Blogs at Smile Cafe and must be...

          July 5th 2024 It is a hot day, feel like 34 C. I don't have to go to my work. Kids summer camp is going on, in library premises, so Fridays will be off for we seniors, for some time. No Darts for now. I have to make plans for my mornings.  My grandson, the youngest one is working from home. I will cut fruits and make coffee for him. Kids are now diet conscious. They keep track of what to eat. That is good to be aware of things for your health.  I skip my walk today, it is too hot. We have to be careful, have to adjust with circumstances. We can switch plans to make our day. Computer and kitchen, are always there for me to enjoy my time. No worries. My son is planning to go to lake later on. I will get ready to go with him. We have to avail any chance available to get out, to change our scenery. It helps to elevate our energy level, manages our mood swing. Life for everyone, is the same. It is like a trail with bushes around, not a bed of Rose...

  July 2nd 2024 Great weather, beautiful morning. Sun is up in full bloom, still not too hot. It is 10.30, 22 C, I am getting ready for my walk. I have to do some laundry today. I just checked my table calendar.  It is not easy to remember things to do all the time. I use to jot down on my small calendar. It helps me to keep track of what to do and when to do. No pressure to remember day to day matters. My calendar takes care of all that. I have to wash and change my bed sheets and towels today. It's time. I gathered my laundry load, will put in washer later on. My eldest grandson is sleeping downstairs. I don't want to bother him now. While doing things to make our day, we have to keep in mind, peace and comfort of others. It is key to maintain harmony around, specially at work place and our household.   Everyone is different with his own habits. Some like to stay up late at night, start their day late. Some go early to bed, rise early morning. In hou...

  June 29th 2024 It is end of June, just one day to go. Mid of 2024. Half of the year is already done. Days go on passing so quickly. Time flies. It looks not long time ago when we were celebrating New Year. We get busy every time, making resolutions to fulfill in days to come.   Most of the plans, are usually ambitious. Not possible to do everything, we plan. Long list of things to do. We get carried away. Most of our plans fizzle out weeks after. Couple of weeks later, we start behaving normally, taking things easy. Most of the plans not even in the back of our mind. This is sort of cycle, goes every time. We become all pumped up by the end of December. Start thinking big, forgetting our capability. Capability of our mind and body.  We have our own personalities with interests of our own. Our plans have to be practical, in coordination to our interests and aptitudes. Some not interested in going to Gyms. Some are more into outdoors.Some like to be in...

    June 25th 2024 Beautiful morning sunny and bright. Sun is in full bloom shining up and above. It is a hot day, I have to plan my walk earlier. It is 10.30, 23 C perfect for walk, will be 28 C, feel like 32, later on.  Try to go with plans, you can enjoy. Keep your plans ready beforehand. Just jot down things to do, like a draft. You can pick and choose after. Sometimes our mood, mind and body, not ready to go for that. Nothing wrong with that.  We can keep some on hold for the next day or the day after, to do later on. We are Humans not Robots. It all depends how we feel, how we get up after night to face our mornings.  Some days our nights are not good, not a good night sleep for us. We are not ready to handle more physical things. Sometimes weather is not comfortable to carry on our activities outdoors. We have to take things accordingly. Nothing matters so much like end of the world.  Day plans are key to make our day, specially at our ...

  June 22nd 2024 Beautiful hot morning. It is end of June, how long we can wait for summer in Canada. It is already here, will stay for couple of weeks till at least by the end of July. Enough time for us to hit roads / trails, go to waters, to enjoy outdoors. Summer is short for us, so we value it as much we can. We start doing BBQ. Try to get busy in gardens, rearranging flower pots in apartments to beautify our indoors. Plants and flowers top up beauty of the atmosphere. That helps to brighten our day. People start, going to green houses and nurseries to get plants / flowers of their choice. We forget that by the end of July, it will be a different scenario.  Summer is short here, we try to do as much as we can to celebrate in that short period of time. I think we believe, present time is everything, value that. It is 10.45, I am getting ready for my walk. It will be much warmer later on. My back garden is looking great. It was raining last nigh. Grass is lus...

    June 18th 2024 Great day. Beautiful morning. Mornings, I take like face of our day. Try to beautify your mornings to make your day. Think positive to beautify your mornings . Pick anything positive from around to keep your mind on positive track.  Negativity is infectious, like a disease. It spreads quickly, wipes happiness out and engulfs beauty from around. Makes everything bleak and gloomy. It is a poison for happiness. Keep away at all cost.  Beauty is always around, depends the way you look at. Sitting in your balcony, staying home / apartment, you can enjoy it. Beauty is all around. Don't just watch. Try to observe, go deep down to absorb from inside. You will never miss that. It will flourish your mind. Try to pick a piece of positivity to stay positive all day long. It is 10.15, hot day today, 23 C right now, feels like 26. I am done with my morning chores. Breakfast and with my computer, going through Face book messages. I have to get ready...

  June 15th 2024 It is 10.30, I am at lake. It is great. Sun in full bloom, shining from up and above. Water is displaying all shades of grey. At far end, looks like steel grey, in the middle, it is silvery. Ate near end, closer to beach, looks light grey.  Stones are all lined up by the beach side. I am sitting on one of the stones, enjoying scenic view. My son goes for his long walks, towards Frenchman's Bay, at the end. I enjoy my own time, walking around.  A beautiful small red bird is here at my right. All colors of wild flowers pink, purple, white with gold center, are adding up the beauty of the existing atmosphere. Amazing, so beautiful. It is sunny, sitting under sun for long, I wont enjoy. I have to take shelter, to sit on another spot, a different stone under shade. I hear birds chatting, green all around. Lake with all shades of grey, in front. What else I can dream. I think, nothing. We can sit here all day long to enjoy our time. It is 11.45, ...

  June 11th 2024 It is a bit cold morning, 9 C. We Canadians are still waiting for our summer in the middle of June. Rain is off and on, most of the days. We are saving our water bills. No watering grass and gardens for now.  It is Tuesday, I am off from my work. I have plans ready to make my day. It is good, to plan beforehand. We won't get stuck. It is 9.30, too early to go for my walk. I usually go around, after 11.30.   We have to fill up all the columns of our day schedule. Take it like a spread sheet, like a mini project. Try to keep balance. Fill up keeping in mind to get busy and to enjoy your day too. I enjoy my walks, going early will result in vacuum for rest of the day. I don't want to dry out my day. I divide time, between computer, calls, walk and, time to be in my kitchen. Kitchen is also one of my favorite spot. Calls for me, are like mixed plates. Some are routine calls. Some to connect with distant relatives. Talk to daughters, are my...

    June 8th 2024 Great weather. Beautiful day 19 C. Morning was a bit cold 14 C.It is sunny and bright. It is beauty of Canada, even in winter time, sun is there most of the times to make our day.  I spent some time on my deck, enjoyed my honey drink. One teaspoon of honey in warm water. I always do that to start my day. I had my breakfast, sitting in my eat in kitchen, beside patio doors. I enjoy scenic view of my back garden, from there. Canadian Rose plant is loaded with pink beautiful roses all around. The other two rose plants are also looking great with flowers, not many, just couple of, still enough to make my day.  Blood red rose flowers are of David Austin. The other one is with peach color roses. I forgot name of the peach color rose plant. Grass is lush green, thanks to the rain all day yesterday.  Black Squirrel is walking in the garden. He is busy, doing something. he is always active, doesn't like to be a couch potato, I think. It is...

    June 4th 2024 Beautiful morning. Pleasant, sunny and bright. It is 220 C, I am enjoying my honey drink at my deck, sitting on one of the red knitted steel chairs. Dark pink Canadian Roses are giving me smile from the flower bed, in front. Blood red flowers of David Austin are under the process, to bloom. I am anxiously waiting for them. Small brown rabbit is searching for something for his breakfast. I think, he is too cautious, watching for what to eat. He is in the flower bed for a while. Black squirrel is up on Maple tree, on the right side of my back garden. I think, he is done with his morning exercises. He is very particular, never miss that. It is good to watch over your health, your body. Mind and body, are very interlinked, so connected. You ignore one, the other one will go down, will get affected. Healthy body is key to keep your mind on the right track. The track of positivity, away from thinking negatives. Never ignore that. Try to keep balance. ...

    June 1st 2024 Days are passing quickly. May is already gone. It is about mid year. New year is not new anymore. Time is flying, so are days of our life. Every moment, every day is slipping from our hand. Value whatever you have. Every moment is precious, it won't be coming back.  Weather is great. We Canadians are enjoying our summer time. Trees are loaded with green. Flowers started coming up, to give us smile, to make our day. It is so beautiful all around.  My daughter has to go back on Monday. Two more days to be with her, to enjoy her company. Kids are busy with their work and life of their own. We have to be grateful, have to admire, for whatever time, they are able to make, to be with we parents.  This is the last weekend, she is with me, in Toronto. I have some plans for my own, like laundry and change of bed sheets. I have to walk to Tim Horton, I do that on most of the weekends. I postpone all that. All my plans are on hold. To enjoy w...

  May 28th 2024 Beautiful morning. Not so hot. It is 17 C, rain just stopped. Everything around in my garden, looks great after morning shower. Small brown rabbit is in my garden, in one of the flower beds. He is looking for something, I think checking for his breakfast.  I see three beautiful violet flowers on Clematis plant. It is pitching up the beauty of my back garden. My son planted some seasonal flowers seed, in the other flower bed at the right. We are still waiting for anything to come up.  Tuesdays are not my working days. I keep ready my other plans to get busy. I take,"To get busy" as a key to flourish and maintain the well being of our mind and body.  Getting idle, doing nothing takes you away from the right track. The track of positivity. I have no laundry to do today. My eldest daughter is here with her husband from Edmonton. They are staying at my place to spend couple of days with me. That keeps me busy in kitchen. It is amazing to do ...