Day 1: Everyday Chicago

There is something very subtle about everyday life. You think it is going to be just another day, just another road you drive on, or just another hour that will pass away. But once in a while there is something that makes you stop and make you say "Hmm or Ahhh."

'Stop and Look'

This picture was one of those things. It was late Sunday evening and we were coming out of 'Shop and Save' to go home in a hurry, where this beautiful patch of plants brimming with flowers near a Stop sign felt like a sign, to just stop and look around you... there is something beautiful and Ahhh.. things around you.

When you are far away from home and you feel home sick once in a while coz you miss your family and friends, and when everything is new and hard in this new country and new home, you sometimes lose sight of things and feel wretched with the way life has turned out. But then you stand up tall, improvise, and try to adjust to the new life... and slowly the new life unfolds beautifully before you.

'Lone Bird on Wire'

And from a lonely bird, you become one in a group, small it may be. I took the pictures of the "Lone Bird on Wire" and "Same Feather" near my apartment in our community.

'Same Feather'

:) I did not think taking pictures of the everyday Chicago would be so much fun!! The pictures actually relate to my story of life. I have decided to take a picture a day to never forget how change can be good!