AROUND SEATTLE: Skagit Valley Tulip Festival

Photos from our recent visit to the Roozengaarde at the Skagit Valley Tulip Festival. Officially inaugurated in 1984 the Skagit Valley Tulip festival grew from humble beginnings and is now one of the destination events for the Pacific Northwest for Spring. It runs through the month of April in Mt Vernon, WA and thousands of…

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IN PICTURES: Road Trip to the Bay area

Glimpses from our road trip to the bay area back in February. My husband had some time off before his new job started and we decided to finally make this trip. Here is a glimpse. The journey began through some stormy rains. to sunbreaks near Portland, OR And driving underneath the starriest of skies on…

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AROUND Pakistan: Cholistan Desert near Bahawalpur

Hello lovelies, continuing with some photo stories of places from our recent trip to see our families and here is one from our time in Bahawalpur1. We drove down to where we could see the Cholistan desert, with my sister-in-law and brother-in-law, and absolutely enjoyed watching the sun go down as Anya had fun digging…

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Around Islamabad: SOS Village

On our last visit, we finally made a little visit to SOS Children’s Village in Islamabad. Many of the children here are those that were left with no home and no family after the devastating earthquake in 2005. The children attend school on the premises as well as attend after-school educational and recreational activities. It…

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AROUND PAKISTAN: Central Library Bahawalpur

The Central Library of Bahawalpur is a historical library in the city of Bahawalpur1. I had been dying to visit this beautiful library ever since I heard of it. When they were growing up, my husband and his sister were regular members and I’m so glad Anya got to visit the library of her dad’s…

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