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Zentangle Challenge #247

Mt response to this week's UMT challenge, using the tangle " African Artist "by Tina-Akua Hunziker, CZTHope you like it !Don't forget to visit http://iamthedivaczt.blogspot.in/ to see the responses of...

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Zentangle Challenge #252

After a long time , I'm back. I came across this nice tangle"EFILYS" by Molosus, and decided to use this as a string ( drawn in red) and tangled it with Betweed , DL sunrays , Quiltz , Black pearls and...

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My Zentangle collection -1

A few zentangle tiles I have been creating for the challenges on face book . Now I am not able to find them ....they must floating some where in the cloud :-)So I thought I must collect them together...

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Tiger Temple- Thailand

Went for a long holiday in Jan 2016 to Cambodia and Thailand...here are some pictures taken at the Tiger temple in Thailand. It was a really an exciting experience seeing those magnificent creatures at...

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Wat Traimit – The Temple of the Golden Buddha

During my trip to Bangkok, Thailand in Jan 2016  , we visited the famous Golden Buddha. We were told that it is the world's largest solid gold statue, weighing about 5.5 tons (5,500 kilograms) and...

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Zentangle Challenge # 253

This week's challenge uses the new official tangle "Molygon"....though it reminds me of orange segments I had fun doing this tile and it suddenly struck me that by adding small additional line ,it can...

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Zentangle Challenge # 254

Entangled hearts! I have used the following tangles ...... Scrolled hearts , Mooka , Shattuck ,Betweed , Nzeppel . & theenhancers used are Shading and Perf,Don't forget to visit...

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22nd March 2016 World Water Day

" The difference between what we do and what we are capable of doing would suffice to solve most of the world’s problems."...

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2016 World Water Day Celebrations at RRNagar, Bengaluru

Caring residents of RRNagar came together on 27th March 2016 to celebrate the "World Water Day- 22nd March 2016 " . Our Corporator graced the occasion.Students from Dew Drops Montessori school put up...

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Zentangle Challenge # 262

My response ti UMT challenge #262 using the tangle "Fassett"by Lynn MeadDon't forget to visit http://iamthedivaczt.blogspot.in/ to see the responses of others to this week's challenge 

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World Earth Day - 22nd April 16

April 22nd  is International Mother Earth dayand this is to just remind you that ....... Your Mother is calling, don't put her on hold! Margret Mead,  American cultural anthropologist  puts the Earth...

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Zentangle Challenge # 266

I was trying to draw  this lovely tangle "Ududu" by Ina Sonnenmoser          and was wondering what tangles should I use for the background ...and up comes Diva's this week's challenge,,,, "UMT....Crux...

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Organic Gardening : Ipomoea Quamoclit and Ipomoea Purpurea

During one of my morning walks , a few years ago ,I saw a creeper with small red starred flower and feathery green leaves growing lush in the sidewalk. I was enchanted by it and wanted to try my hands...

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5th June 2016 - World Environment Day celebration at RRNagar, Bengaluru, India

5th June of every year is celebrated world over as the " World Environment Day" and the theme for us this year was “Join the race to make the world a better place”. This race is played not against...

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2017 New Year greetings

"Not all those who wander are lost."                                                                                                                                    J.R.R. TolkienThe United Nations...

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Zentangle Challenge #315

After a long time I am back on the weekly challenges.Here is my response to this week's challenge using the tangle "Molygon" . The other tangles I have used are "Jelly Roll" , "Balo" and  "Tipple "The...

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Seeme hunase mara - a not so well known fruit tree of India

 I had picked up some "pinkish-greenish sweet tamarinds" from a street vendor who didn't know the name . My friend Niveditha told me that this is called "Kadu hunase " or "ilach-hunchi kai" in Kannada....

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Creative mindfulness - The art and science of Paper folding (Origami) and...

Paper folding ( Origami)  and Paper cutting ( Kirigami)  art  have been with us for hundred of years . It is believed that Japanese origami began sometime after Buddhist monks  carried paper to Japan...

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Zentangle Challenge # 318

A "diptych" ( pronunced dip-tick) is a drawing or painting in two parts.The word diptych comes from the greek root 'dis', meaning two, and 'ptykhe', meaning 'fold', and was the name of the folding...

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Organic Gardening - Seeme Hunase Mara

Remember the picture of the tiny seedlings of "Seeme Hunuse mara " which had germinated in my compost heap ? See this post on my blog if you have forgotten...

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