Vishi's Views

To all my readers, Merry Christmas! 🎄🎅 May your holidays be filled with beautiful and happy moments with family, friends and loved ones.  I am sending virtual hugs, good vibes and love to each and everyone of you! Also sending out extra special love to anyone who is missing a loved one this year. 🙏💓 Wishing each and everyone of you a happy new year. All the best for 2021! 

 Hello everyone, Artist, musician and actor D.B.L. has delivered an early Christmas present to his fans in the form of a brand new song! 'Your Riddim' was released on December 17 and it is one that you all should definitely add to your playlists, this holiday season and beyond. All of his previous songs are amazing so I had high expectations for this one and he did not disappoint. I love it so much! I'm wondering if the 'Riddim' in the title is a play on the word rhythm? The song has a very interesting groove to it and the beats and sounds remind me of the islands of the Caribbean, where DBL is from. I get good and happy vibes from it and it is sure to make everyone ant to dance along. In fact, as I'm sitting at my desk writing this, I am trying to resist the urge to move!  We have to give a shout out to the team that worked on this song with him - It was produced by Jeri Nova (Instagram @jeri_nova), mixed by Gmnii Riich (Instagram @gmniiriichual) and the cover ...

 In today's post, I am sharing a recipe for delicious Christmas cupcakes. Ingredients  125 g butter, softened 200 g caster sugar 4-6 drops almond exract 4 eggs, lightly beaten 150 g self-raising flour 175 ground almonds For the topping 450 g white ready-to-roll fondant icing 55 g green ready-to-roll fondant icing 25 g red ready-to-roll fondant icing Icing sugar for dusting Method Preheat the oven to 180 degrees and put 16 paper muffin cases in muffin tins. Put the butter, sugar and almond extract in a bowl and beat together until light and fluffy. Gradually add the eggs, beating well after each addition. Add the flour and fold it into the mixture, then fold in the ground almonds.  Spoon the mixture into the paper muffin cases to half-fill them. Bake the cupcakes in the oven for 20 minutes,or until they have risen well, are golden brown and firm to touch. Transfer them to a wire rack and leave to cool.  When the cupcakes are cool, knead the white icing until pliable, ...

When it comes to Christmas, the British royal family are just like the rest of us. They get together with the whole family, have meals, exchange gifts and enjoy relaxing and spending time together. In this post, I am sharing a few of the Royal family's Christmas traditions.  1. One week before Christmas, the Queen hosts a luncheon for extended family at Buckingham Palace. 2. The royals serve as patrons of many charities and they continue to support their respective causes throughout the holiday season by throwing Christmas parties for them. In 2018, William and Kate attended celebrations for military personnel deployed in Cyprus and their families in London. 3. Just like many other families, they send out annual Christmas cards to  well-wishers around the world. These cards always feature a portrait of the family. The royals official website says that the Queen and Prince Philip send out around 750 Christmas cards. She likes to get a head start on signing the cards while she i...

  It's December which means we have all started making plans for Christmas and shopping for gifts. Here, I am sharing some suggestions for gifts you can give to your loved ones if you are not sure what to get them or they haven't asked for anything,  Bath and beauty gift sets - You can get nice bath and beauty products such as hand towels, body washes, body butters and soap, make up brushes and cosmetics in gift sets from The Body Shop, Priceline and Kmart. They are useful things.  This bath pamper set is from Kmart  Candles - Everyone likes their homes to have beautiful scents in them, right? Candles are perfect for that and are sold in so many stores. Bath and Body Works has lovely scented candles and products and right now they have a mix and match deal where you save $20 when you spend $100 or save $10 hen you spend $50. Definitely check out their Christmas range!  A 3 wick candle from Bath & Body works Headphones: With most of us working from home, noi...

Christmas is a time for giving and with that in mind, I am sharing some ideas for things you could to help out your family, friends and even strangers to brighten up their day, make their life a little easier and put a smile on their face.  1. Send Christmas cards. Some people may think this is old-fashioned but I think it's nice to receive a hand-written Christmas message. You can give them to family, friends and neighbors and even hand them out to people in your local area.  2. Remember a friend or loved one's birthday by baking a cake and delivering it to their house or posting a card or gift. 3. Support small businesses, purchase something from someone's online shop or use their service.  4. If your roommates or family members are busy working, serve their meals and bring it to their area so they could eat at their desk. Make or buy them a coffee. 5. Offer to help elderly neighbors with shopping and chores. 6. Call a friend to see how they are doing. It's very easy ...

Christmas is just around the corner and I'm sure you have all started thinking about what gifts to get for your loved ones. As a book lover, I think books make great gifts and here I am going to tell you about some books which I highly recommend that you purchase. Athena Phillips is a children's author has written three great books including Carnie Vore Helps With Chores which tells the story of Carnie, a cute little dinosaur who helps her grandma with chores around the house and has fun doing it.  Donte Jackson's second book is called Herbie's Colorful World.  In this book, Herbie the dinosaur goes on an adventure with his friend Cameron the chameleon and they learns all about colors.  Donte and Athena wrote the first book of this series, Herbie's Happy Birthday, together. You can read my reviews of all three books by clicking on these links -  http://thevrk.blogspot.com/2019/02/book-review-herbies-happy-birthday.html   http://thevrk.blogspot.com/2019/08/r...