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Tuesday, April 7, 2020

Fastest and Flowers #atozchallenge #inthelockdown

In The Lockdown - Survival of the Fastest and some Flowers to cheer us up.

I've been doing my grocery shopping online but trying to get a slot for delivery is like looking for a needle in a haystack. It seems like survival of the fastest!

Because both my mother and I are a high risk category we have now been approved for priority shopping. Hopefully that will make it easier to find a slot next time.

I'm not really complaining, the supermarkets are doing a great job and I'm grateful that we can shop online with delivery otherwise it would've made shopping a little difficult for me. Also very appreciative of the delivery people and the supermarket staff who provide this service with a smile. Putting their lives on the line to help us can't be an easy thing to do. Their kindness is not unnoticed.

And now onto the flowers in my garden ...

It's Autumn here but yet some flowers are blooming. Just cheers me up when I take my daily stroll around my garden. The flowers make me feel hopeful that soon this pandemic will come under control and then end.

Today's song is from Glen Campbell, a reminder to be kind in difficult times.

You've got to try a little kindness

Show a little kindness

Just shine your light

For everyone to see

#BeKind

Try A Little Kindness - on youtube

My AtoZ 2020 posts

#Besafe

#Bestrong

#Stayhome

#Weshallovercome

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Tuesday, October 23, 2018

Spring Is Such A Pretty Season #vlog #chaiwithsuzy #SuzysIlation

When I lived in Mumbai India, we had 2 very distinct seasons - Summer and Monsoon. I guess one could add Winter, but it wasn't really Winter - just a bit cooler than the rest of the year. It rained like crazy during the Monsoon and the rest of the year was sunny and dry.

The climate here in New Zealand is temperate so we don't have extremes of temperature, but we do have 4 distinct seasons. And it rains pretty much all year round.

Right now we are in the midst of Spring. Each season has its own charm and Spring for me is the pretty and colourful season.

But this is also the season of pollen and that can be quite annoying for those who suffer from hayfever.

Today I thought I would take you on a tour of my Spring Garden. So grab a cuppa and stroll through my garden with me.

On my youtube channel https://youtu.be/NDBC5HY_ZP8

Hope you enjoyed my vlog and the blooms. I'm loving them and enjoying them as long as they last.

What's your favourite time of year? Share in the comments below

Written for:
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Sunday, June 17, 2018

Experimenting and Life Lessons #vlog #chaiwithsuzy #FridayReflections

“All life is an experiment. The more experiments you make the better.”

—Ralph Waldo Emerson

I thought a lot about this and tried to link it to my vlog today.

And in doing that, I learned a few things ...

Today's vlog took a long time to edit. I had to experiment a lot with the filming, editing footage and the order of things, transitions, audio, captions, narrations etc.

Through filming I learned that you can't get everything right the first time. The parts that got missed or were badly filmed had to be redone. Then the weather changed a lot during the day so not all filming had the same amount of light and I had to make many adjustments. Life is like that. Often we have to redo things and in redoing we face other challenges.

Editing the footage and the order of things taught me that often we have to drop a lot so we can be effective. Less is often more or enough. And sometimes we have to backtrack in order to reset our path.

Adjusting the audio was a little tricky. I had comments on my earlier vlogs that the sound was too soft. And yet it sounded pretty loud on my computer. So how do you strike a balance? In life we need to know when to turn up the audio, that is, our voice, or lower it. And through feedback and experience we learn how to control our volume. But we can't always get it right and in my view that's okay. I hope the adjustments to the audio on my vlog has made it better for those who thought it was too soft.

But I learned the most from the transitions. I had to review footage many times, add footage, delete footage so that the transition to a new clip was smooth and easy on the eyes. Not all transitions occurred nicely blended but there wasn't much I could do with that. Life too is often like that. At times, change is smooth and easy and at other times a bit choppy, The choppy parts need to be adjusted so that eventually the transition to a new phase or situation is smoother and sometimes one just has to accept and ride the choppy seas.

But now for some easy viewing, so grab a cuppa and join me in my garden ...

on my youtube channel: https://youtu.be/s5thnK0hh7A

Hope you enjoyed today's vlog. Whenever I'm in my garden, life just seems good. And camellias are one of my favourite flowers.

What life lessons have you learned from experimenting with things? Share with us in the comments.