tiling the bits....

 our pre-Diwali late night sessions...collaged courtesy  Picasa 3

my sis-in-law Sweta left sometime back. after an extremely busy 3-day Diwali preparation, right now i am feeling rather laid back... yesterday evening was good. few friends came over. some helped us light the lamps and others helped with the last moment decoration touch-ups. smog from the crackers that had been burnt had filled the air outside.. so we decided to celebrate a peaceful Diwali with lamps, diyas, time-less melodies by R.D Burman-Salil Choudhury, sweets and samosas....

A very big thank you to all our friends who made the evening special for us..... 

Images, clockwise from the left:                                                     .            

1. aum Ganesha namah !. 

2. no décor can ever be complete without a touch of green

3. burning the midnight lamp preparing paper lamps, 4:00AM,4/11/10  

4. sweta working on the lamp shade at 1:30 AM, 5/11/10  

5. the golden embellishments .  

6. the first look.... 3:30 A.M, 5/11/10

[few more pictures of Diwali Preparation, 2010 are displayed in the side-bar-slide-show]