Nature's Treasure

Pari and her mother, Saaki, were visiting Saaki’s childhood home.
It was no less than a museum.
Saaki was excitedly showing Pari all the memorabilia.
They found an old green trunk full of ‘Nature’s Treasure’.
That's what Pari called the seashells, oysters, rocks etc.
Pari displayed the treasure on a wooden table and wrote 'Nature Table' in her pretty cursive-handwriting.

PHOTO PROMPT © Sandra Crook

JUBILEE POST FOR MY DOST!

Sunakshi, a dear Twitter friend of mine & a cool Blogger, had made a gracious offer one fine day 2-3 months ago to me.

I nearly jumped off my seat when I saw her requesting me to write a ‘Guest Post’ for her sparkling Blog- Pearl In Darkness! 

Wow! What importance! It’s an honor for any Blogger! 

She had faith in my talent from the few Posts I had for credit till then! 

That time I expressed my delight and also my inability as I was (I still am!) finding things challenging because of TIME! 

I always find myself making sacrifices to invest the little time I have, to write Posts for my own Blog as I am juggling many roles- being a PhD Scholar & travelling between cities to my University, full-time Mom, home-manager…etc. 

My lifestyle doesn’t leave me much time for myself or my Blog & how can I commit time to write a ‘Guest Post’?!

I cannot forget Sunakshi’s reaction, “No worries, take your own time! Whenever you are ready, just let me know… My Blog will be waiting…”

That was many days ago! 

Yesterday I thankfully noticed it would be my 75^th Post!

I got in touch right away with Sunakshi, my Dost!

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Her 'Guest-Post' offer had been roaming in my head everyday!

Here’s my special 75^th Post coming your way!

Many milestones come & go, while we are not even aware!

I realized 5 days ago, I now have 20,000 tweets in Twitter & today morning that my Blog has clocked 20,000 Page-Views! Yippee!!!

Now I feel it has to be special! What’s life without happiness & celebrations? 

I found it best to celebrate it with a long pending request!

75^th Post means Diamond or Platinum Jubilee for my Blog!

As per the Wikipedia:

-  Diamond Jubilee, a celebration of a 60th or 75th anniversary

-  Platinum Jubilee, a celebration of a 70th or 75th anniversary

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Here's what I wrote:

"When I think of both the words Diamond & Platinum, I think of my FRIENDS, as even they are precious! Friends are the jewelry that we can proudly flaunt!..."

Do read the rest of my first 'Guest-Post', the whole write-up about 'Friends', in Sunakshi's Blog - My Friendly Jubilee Post For My Dost

My Friendly Jubilee Post For My Dost earned me this lovely token of THANKS from Sunakshi!

The pleasure & honor is mine! Thank you! :)

I share this with all my FRIENDS!