Curvy Grey Wicker Chairs

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Today, I'm over at the<a href="http://blog.relicsofwitney.co.uk/2012/07/rattan-chairs-height-of-effortless.html" target="_blank"> Relics of Witney blog</a> </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">for an in-depth look at the new breed of wicker: </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>colonial-style greyed rattan.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i>{Swoon}</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b><br /></b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>So yummy.</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><b>I <span style="color: #cc0000;">LOVE </span>these rattan chairs from Relics....</b></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><i><br /></i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxpPWAnMsGDF1jCSilTUMYZHBfS5bUvV97guMoBOStKi44cG8i8176YBgy0CSRQbF3D-LvLLVPkLhGOcxWR3oY8AuGwJ5KGaPa-HWJ719hKvQimCC7_XMKXLF0hvGfeSKKLKuqSPHSeYs/s1600/017.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgxpPWAnMsGDF1jCSilTUMYZHBfS5bUvV97guMoBOStKi44cG8i8176YBgy0CSRQbF3D-LvLLVPkLhGOcxWR3oY8AuGwJ5KGaPa-HWJ719hKvQimCC7_XMKXLF0hvGfeSKKLKuqSPHSeYs/s640/017.JPG" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I've been enamoured with this design for a while now. </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><i>Curvalicious, baby.</i></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">They call to me every time I visit Relics.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">I decided it was time to claim one for my very own.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br />It arrived just in time for the weekend!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">And is even more lovely than I'd hoped.</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: large;">Don't you love it when that happens?!</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;"><br /></span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">Come and join me in the </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">greyed-rattan love-fest </span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-large;">over at <a href="http://blog.relicsofwitney.co.uk/2012/07/rattan-chairs-height-of-effortless.html" target="_blank">Relics</a>...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEishdyCk6ObcKba86AmGFXP8ZzlWNLaNUxY1YUf5fZgrAuub43PCTanFzHQIWZaHPxWWEyGo27f0dmV6LlJVoivf2FfJI6bW-2vZuJ37vNTL_rqXDcTQ0gCMjkXzyiu81CunQfWH1y3_ZU/s1600/911BDF1E66C2C8003D62774447FCC1C0.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Curvy Grey Wicker Chairs

Today, I'm over at the Relics of Witney blog   for an in-depth look at the new breed of wicker:  colonial-style greyed rattan. {Swoon} ...

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Melinda’s House

<br />Mesmo com tudo que há de mais moderno hoje em dia, alguns não abrem mão de uma decoração mais rústica, com estilo colonial e um ar bem despretensioso. 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Melinda’s House

Mesmo com tudo que há de mais moderno hoje em dia, alguns não abrem mão de uma decoração mais rústica, com estilo colonial e um ar bem despr...

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Moving on...

<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">I usually type directly on to my blogger template while composing a post but this post has been written on pieces of paper, crumpled, picked up, re-written, edited on Microsoft Word and finally comes to you in this final form.</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">In a state of mixed feelings I want to share some news with all the lovely readers of </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Rang Décor</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> who have supported the blog and me to grow and evolve over the last 5 years.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We are moving to the US in the end of July this year. </span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Minnesota: </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The Land of 10,000 Lakes </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">will be our new home.<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">We leave behind our home, our city, Bangalore, that we love dearly and carry with us jewel boxes filled with innumerable precious nuggets of memories of life spent here.<br /><br />This move will mean a big change for me personally, my family and also for </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Rang Décor.</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The interior ideas that I have shared on </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Rang Décor</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> have been </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">‘predominantly Indian’</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> because of that which inspires me, that which surrounds me, that which I love so deeply. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">India</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Everything </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">India</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Everything about </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">India</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">. <o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Everything about my life in </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">India</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">.</span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As I move on, </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Rang Décor</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> too will hopefully evolve into a space that will be a grand mix of Indian aesthetics along with global inspirations. An interesting combination of eclectic ideas curated with my design sensibilities!<o:p></o:p></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Glimpses of our life, our travels & home have been posted on Rang Décor many times before. Today I share with you few more frames of the home that we have nurtured as a family with great love. </span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3bfIo_y_jLBWYRfze6PWVeRfJMvEsiLEkojd_p1KbLA56YNXzNEfUMnB5XDptxiOjucHJudJAupu2fNQPqzx02OHxqNODev9CzUX_MVC8BGN_fs4it3i8Nn-pXZ4Nh3o0oVbrIXBBOGY/s1600/min6.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="420" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3bfIo_y_jLBWYRfze6PWVeRfJMvEsiLEkojd_p1KbLA56YNXzNEfUMnB5XDptxiOjucHJudJAupu2fNQPqzx02OHxqNODev9CzUX_MVC8BGN_fs4it3i8Nn-pXZ4Nh3o0oVbrIXBBOGY/s640/min6.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Eastern light bathes our terrace in a golden hue every morning...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmz2BoDrKhk5NJDsBWyifE2L7Zl33FMibmnPGzkufJ1nHRCqzVwO_ycIGsUs5tcwIEmX4vNqfjMrBgz6ASRjmGUOhVMpwC1m4aTA8y18-8Bj1pP8PPd_7kXcY32NKrsh5IQdbqIRUoY8c/s1600/min7.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="456" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjmz2BoDrKhk5NJDsBWyifE2L7Zl33FMibmnPGzkufJ1nHRCqzVwO_ycIGsUs5tcwIEmX4vNqfjMrBgz6ASRjmGUOhVMpwC1m4aTA8y18-8Bj1pP8PPd_7kXcY32NKrsh5IQdbqIRUoY8c/s640/min7.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> A wide angle of our study...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMze1R7Fs7whYl4cnQHjtRbRl3JT-U7QFp57xaMoyM74UOLaPupsuijA98o7a2lL0EjQagqpz2w14xmec13WuitkcvCbYR4kFXUdJJNU645OWj_5vHrYg9BhtpYTfupFLW7QQrD0KgDl0/s1600/min5.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMze1R7Fs7whYl4cnQHjtRbRl3JT-U7QFp57xaMoyM74UOLaPupsuijA98o7a2lL0EjQagqpz2w14xmec13WuitkcvCbYR4kFXUdJJNU645OWj_5vHrYg9BhtpYTfupFLW7QQrD0KgDl0/s640/min5.jpg" width="424" /></span></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Priya Sebastian's</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> self portrait watches over our study, a </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Pepperomia</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> plant grows wild in a bottle...</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikXRlJMFuA05SpOFNjm5uOswtCzDcgpmvthpdB3QwkYTQlJLqiceWx6S9dCN2chGwvIzIsSBXsQRe6ldtCON2_hhGo4bxIKm-FZOTiyjaCHWVacMyb4BO02qJ8rV_pWHLOL4HNoaQ0rVg/s1600/min8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikXRlJMFuA05SpOFNjm5uOswtCzDcgpmvthpdB3QwkYTQlJLqiceWx6S9dCN2chGwvIzIsSBXsQRe6ldtCON2_hhGo4bxIKm-FZOTiyjaCHWVacMyb4BO02qJ8rV_pWHLOL4HNoaQ0rVg/s640/min8.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Blogging one quiet afternoon in our study...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmJljVJCKKgsqqKLiBIVdy_r5rZO_CZqiJVJ8_BPw1yZWSiE0yMAbSIOSfuLCqdUl2c79kwRk6ZYDHBJ-1P_2J8-_DyHKyD2dpSbiETgng1IqkJyUIlEWvDZLntrzfjIoxLElSQk3kLeA/s1600/min4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmJljVJCKKgsqqKLiBIVdy_r5rZO_CZqiJVJ8_BPw1yZWSiE0yMAbSIOSfuLCqdUl2c79kwRk6ZYDHBJ-1P_2J8-_DyHKyD2dpSbiETgng1IqkJyUIlEWvDZLntrzfjIoxLElSQk3kLeA/s640/min4.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Aarohi Singh's</span></b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Goddess Saraswati Thali </span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">blesses the music corner of our home...</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHIkOO8jPI2-ddDN-TWXSTkpNH8TRAq5UgVB_Zy07AsBgdFucEc07bJzI5vUbFIkLaO543bwrIQOk9wVn-dazOnSpTXgyrTnLon4cS0RwCBNTpJ8G2qgSZ1v8i_JG9biudFa0CDXLkq58/s1600/min9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="426" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHIkOO8jPI2-ddDN-TWXSTkpNH8TRAq5UgVB_Zy07AsBgdFucEc07bJzI5vUbFIkLaO543bwrIQOk9wVn-dazOnSpTXgyrTnLon4cS0RwCBNTpJ8G2qgSZ1v8i_JG9biudFa0CDXLkq58/s640/min9.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF3Ucmsyz1d7ZCEElPy9s1GZTJgNxeDTa5lLOzk6rDSnT2-VqzwYNZv-h1ZPjXU7mGEaI6ZlRp_Kh_i96VdfBBuJDPcaVfOt_nrV4FCOZbz6VGB5Om8vcLHGKT0RovquSGL4FCgZUIExE/s1600/min10.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiF3Ucmsyz1d7ZCEElPy9s1GZTJgNxeDTa5lLOzk6rDSnT2-VqzwYNZv-h1ZPjXU7mGEaI6ZlRp_Kh_i96VdfBBuJDPcaVfOt_nrV4FCOZbz6VGB5Om8vcLHGKT0RovquSGL4FCgZUIExE/s640/min10.jpg" width="426" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> Will miss the morning sunlight the most, where I have shot so many of my photographs.</span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAwrKZTHlvm21YuIqZKfGduhgb1jw5VMLexiPrmDKp6d5hsPhyphenhyphenbYnHcD7pnd_7aT59actGoRGjK6uKMRBXFqhLZtw7bhBn5wKIMoLIV0dplCszlxPw3KwbfdRUX2Df36fwfceaNXrO4_Q/s1600/frangi4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAwrKZTHlvm21YuIqZKfGduhgb1jw5VMLexiPrmDKp6d5hsPhyphenhyphenbYnHcD7pnd_7aT59actGoRGjK6uKMRBXFqhLZtw7bhBn5wKIMoLIV0dplCszlxPw3KwbfdRUX2Df36fwfceaNXrO4_Q/s640/frangi4.jpg" width="426" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> My frangipani trees, so long!</span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">As I embark on this new journey, a new chapter of my life in a new land, I hope all of you will join me. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTDXHttxo8dDXdU5S5Oj5W3hxFAcS56aqYc0AHNvoPpfIlzUAwtPK-mGAoAbsYDZCKPbmezO0GDnIasOoptR4nYi5kTmYQhB2nWUADHo6W_ZoSvTkTuKhuSJ79oARin8_VmewQ79bShCU/s1600/min2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTDXHttxo8dDXdU5S5Oj5W3hxFAcS56aqYc0AHNvoPpfIlzUAwtPK-mGAoAbsYDZCKPbmezO0GDnIasOoptR4nYi5kTmYQhB2nWUADHo6W_ZoSvTkTuKhuSJ79oARin8_VmewQ79bShCU/s640/min2.jpg" width="424" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"> This is how the road ahead looks at this time of the year. </span><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(We just returned from a hectic week in Minnesota) </span></i><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6llRHQXY15FTu3loDFjsoZTiPQoREraYRfxaG0w43geIX-2rwdAjfcavJdLtNnJhcgkUZJjlV17y_5BR_cSXOB4GjJxN4HLW6HVkK9845Nf9cRP7mCgRagH8mmAIpnst0JUsK1LdYOk/s1600/min1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="424" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgc6llRHQXY15FTu3loDFjsoZTiPQoREraYRfxaG0w43geIX-2rwdAjfcavJdLtNnJhcgkUZJjlV17y_5BR_cSXOB4GjJxN4HLW6HVkK9845Nf9cRP7mCgRagH8mmAIpnst0JUsK1LdYOk/s640/min1.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">The sun sets  around 9 p.m. leaving behind an orange glow in the sky. </span><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ036mcuGuS0JuwTKV2Weug-5dE8MeY95EktkJqHPBTJZruYeqFeiImlTu8ry8SKlYIH99MKGxeteM3okKfUeBiInf-VbgOk4zy0Aj8O2CRNIQjA5oPZ4_px9GgTp4beAKuneM6og2C5I/s1600/min3.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><img border="0" height="478" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZ036mcuGuS0JuwTKV2Weug-5dE8MeY95EktkJqHPBTJZruYeqFeiImlTu8ry8SKlYIH99MKGxeteM3okKfUeBiInf-VbgOk4zy0Aj8O2CRNIQjA5oPZ4_px9GgTp4beAKuneM6og2C5I/s640/min3.jpg" width="640" /></span></a></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"></span><br /><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Times;"><b><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">“I don’t know where I am going from here but I promise it won’t be boring.”</span></b></span></div></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"></div><div style="text-align: center;"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">~ David Bowie.</span></i></div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br />Amen.</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span><br /><div class="MsoNormal"><br /></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">Signing off the India chapter, will see you all on the other side of the globe.</span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span></div><div class="MsoNormal"><i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;">(Would appreciate any kind of suggestions, tips and virtual hand holding that all you Rang Decor readers can offer! Thank you!)</span></i><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><br /></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Georgia, 'Times New Roman', serif;"><o:p></o:p></span></div><br /></div>

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