Friday, April 30, 2021

Be positive, be happy, wear mask, stay safe

 Hi All

I sincerely pray for everyone's safety and good health. Please don't panic about anything, as getting panic makes things worse. As a cancer survivor and a veteran of 14 major surgeries, I can assure you, that being positive helps. Have faith in God. Remember the day we're born, our destiny is already written by God. So, why worry about it and blame it on other things.

Be happy, keep your body and mind busy doing what gives you all happiness. 

I've made a couple of very cute small mug cake key chains, 2 of owl, earlier made 3 small elephant all given away, made another one, baby octopus. Shall upload it soon.

A simple remedy for low oxygen is, take 2-3 camphor, which we use to do aarti for God, 1 tsp Ajwain/ Omam / carom seeds, make a small packet by putting in a small clean piece of cloth, keep sniffing it every few minutes, your oxygen level will raise. Best for those who have Covid, is lie down proning, i.e., keep 2 pillows near your hip bone, 1-2 under legs, 1 under chin, Lie down on your abdomen, such that your stomach isn't pressed. Lie down for 2 hours like this. As our lungs are at the back, when we lie on our back, they're compressed. Lying on stomach, helps them to breathe easily. Then for 2 hours lie on your right/ left side, then turn to the other side for 2 hours. Do pranayam/ breathing exercise, keep saying your prayers to calm you. Think of those things that give you happiness, Listen to some soothing music.

Be happy, wear mask, stay safe, away from crowd.

Try some new dishes, as cooking gives a lot of satisfaction.

Monday, April 5, 2021

African Wild Dog





 Our grandson, likes to throw challenges to my crocheting skills. The latest one was that he wanted an African wild dog. As there was no pattern for this, I totally depended on the photo and made this dog, using different colour threads, to make it look as close as to the photo. 

Once I showed him, he said, " grandma, kindly make bigger ears". So, made bigger ears and attached it today.

I started from mouth and continued the head, neck and body as one. As I finished the body, made the tail and FO.

Then made the legs, ears, eyes and joined them. Then I decided to make teeth and added it, as I know these dogs are very fearful.

For my other blogs, I'm giving the links below, feel free to view and comment too.

https://cancersupportindia.blogspot.com. for all cancer and health related topics
https://gseasyrecipes.blogspot.com. feel free to view for easy, simple and healthy recipes
https://kneereplacement-stickclub.blogspot.com. for info on knee replacement