💌🍀🥰hbd sweet man. (most if not all holidays I enjoy the day by having peace and quiet. Eating with my now adult teen, then havin fav dessert all while napping on and off thru out the day doin all things i consider "chill" xojodia, NE Boston ⛱️ beach lady
Rajiv - a humble suggestion/ request for a future video: please do a reading of your favorite poems by lantern light, so we can hear your evocative voice alongside the beautiful lamps you have collected over the years. Now that would be a treat indeed!
I used to despise the day I was born. Ignored it. When my beloved brother passed away at 49, almost he’s last words to me were “celebrate your birthday Rosi, tomorrow is not promised”. Now I do and I celebrate by going to my favorite flower shops, buy huge bouquets, go to my favorite coffee shop, sometimes I got to Italy. It’s been so wonderful.
My mom once said to me that not everyone gets to life an older life so live as long as you can. My dad died at 31,my mom's dad died around same age and my mom's first baby died at 2 1/2 yrs old. So it just wasn't a philosophy lesson but rather some truth of her life. All 3 had an untimely and sudden death and none of them knew death was coming. One army, one road accident and one renal failure (it was sudden, side effect of medicine and since she was still a baby, body couldn't handle it for long and in just few days everything happened). That's why when ppl say we are adult, now what's the point, I say exactly that's the point. We are adults. I am 29 rn. One day I'll be older than my dad and grandpa and I am already older than my older sister.
@@Phoenix.219This is a sad story and it takes courage to move onwards with the grief as your mom advised. I am still finding my courage. Thank you for sharing.
That sounds wonderful! I felt the same way and am now making an effort to do something special that day. If I’m not traveling, I spend the day at my favorite art museum and have a lovely walk in nature. Happy Birthday! PS - It is always a good idea to visit Italy!
I find it easy to watch you talk for 20-30 mins about things you enjoy. Very few people I can say that about on the internets here. You are a rarity in a world where people want quick, connivence, artificial technology. Its simplicity you find joy in. And that sir is so refreshing to see.
I really like this format. I like how it's informal, like we've stopped by for a cup of coffee, and you're doing whatever you're doing in that moment. Like old friends stopping by to chat, before going on to do whatever else they have going on that day. 🙂
Happy Birthday Rajiv!!! If you consider yourself weird, then I adore your weirdness. Those who watch your videos are all the same, we love your personality, creativity, and passion and have the same interests whether we’re good at it or not. You know how to enjoy yourself and life with no need for masking the fact that you are a man who loves…bed linens, soap dishes, etc, and all the little details no one else may notice because they don’t take the time to stop and smell the flowers. I am a Rhode Islander so if you are around and see a white/silver hair approaching you to say hello, it’s just me. 😊🥰
You are a breath of fresh air Rajiv. How fortunate are the few who know you personally! Happy birthday- you’re a blessing to all whose lives you grace! ❤❤❤
I always love your videos. But was amused that when you started swimming "a la mode" the subtitles read "applause". It made me laugh because it seemed like the subtitles were applauding you when the app was simply reading the noise of the swim as applause. Happy Birthday!
Forgive me for correcting your pronunciation, but since you know nearly half the poem by heart, and you seem to be a precise and thoughtful person, I thought you would prefer to know, it is pronounced Innishfree, not Innissfree. This poem is very meaningful to my family, and some of us believe that when we die, we see one another again in Innisfree. I'm adding the rest of the lines for anyone who is curious about it. It is very beautiful. "And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow, Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings; There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow, And evening full of the linnet’s wings. I will arise and go now, for always night and day I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore; While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey, I hear it in the deep heart’s core." WBY Enjoy your holidays.
A favourite of mine too. The Scottish Highlands are my heart's calling. Having hiked the West Highland Way this summer, I so resonate with that last line.
Happy birthday. There’s a Bible verse, Philippians 1:3, that comes to mind. “I thank my God upon every remembrance of you”. You bring so much joy and I’m thankful you were created for this world. I hope you had a wonderful day. God bless and keep you.
Happy birthday Rajiv. One of my favorite poems is "The House with nobody in it" by Joyce Kilmer. I saved my first abandoned house when I was twenty years old. Now I am going on my fourteenth.
Ooh! I can just imagine all these oil lamps burning in your barn in the fall. Total magic! Berry picking and throwing pottery. And swimming! What a perfect birthday. Hope this year brings so many magical adventures.
Happy birthday, Rajiv! 🎉❤ So glad you are in this world, sharing your wonderful universe which is full of beauty, craftmanship, arts, music, etc. We are so lucky. I felt kind of lonely for so many years because of my hobbies, but your channel and people commenting on your videos made me realize that we are quite a lot to appreciate things that many consider outdated or useless(because time consuming). Thank you for being born and thank you to all of you Rajiv’s subscribers, as we all share this love for beautiful arts and works. ❤
Happy belated birthday🎉🎉. The new old lamp looks kinda like Lalique. I found my creative talents later in life. I paint, carve, design and build furniture. There are many more artistic interests I’m looking to explore. You are blessed to have started following your creativity as a kid. I’m 58 this year, yet I frequently think while watching your videos that I want to be like you when I grow up. Thanks for all the inspiration.
Happy birthday dear angel on earth, I hope your birthday was filled with peace and love. Thank you for being part of this world and making it a beautiful place with your sole presence. ❤
I too light my home with ambience. I then just sit in the middle of the living room and let it envelop me in a cozy hug. We also do Selfish Sundays (which is today!) where my husband and I do whatever we choose without any guilt and alone since we are retired and spend every day together. It’s refreshing and necessary. I’m choosing to share my tea tea tea with you today. I enjoy your authenticity and kindness. May you and Ms Eve have a glorious day not just on July 19, but every day, doing what you can in this life to find joy and be joy. Blessings.
Hi Rajiv, i have enjoyed your videos often but never said much. You have the charisma of days gone by and I know how important family, tradition and history are to you. You truly are one a kind and I hope you had a blessed birthday, continue to explore your interests and share them with all who want to sing your praises. God bless you with a long life and success! Take care.
Happy Birthday! Yes, I think I know what you're feeling. I'm a native New Yorker, but spent summers in the Catskills, growing up. Whenever possible, I'd take myself Upstate in late October and give myself the gift of the mountains, woods and fields. To walk alone in the autumn woods was each time, a renewal. I'm now nearly 85 and recently moved to L.A. to be near children, grandchildren. But, always the memory, the feeling of 'back East'. Enjoy.
It’s lovely to see how you celebrated your birthday. Thank you. Mine is July 4th. This year my husband and I spent the day in Amsterdam exploring the narrow cobblestone streets and canals. I found a beautiful little shop called Posthumous which sold things related to writing. I selected items for sealing envelopes with wax including a bee press, some wax and a tiny burner and spoon with a pour spout for my birthday gift. I thought of you when I looked at the calligraphy pens and inks-maybe my gift to myself next year? Happy birthday Rajiv.
Watching Rajeev live his best life with such intention & reverence makes my heart feel fuller! Long may he enjoy his birth-days and give us a peak into how wonderful a no kids life choice can be🤣 We love you Rajeev you’re such a ray of sunshine what a beautiful soul ❤
OMG...I'm much older then you and I remember my grandmother had no electricity in her home - oil lamps and wood stove. Omg what a better time of my life - smelling baked apple pie in the oven and hearing stories by lamp lighting! That comfort level is out of this world today!!! Thank you so much Rajiv for bringing the so long ago world (emotions) back in my heart. Your absolutely the best!!!!💝
Happy Birthday darling. Just saw your present. Youre not weird. In order to sleep well, i started reading in candle light at night. Big fat candles, big fat books. They walk among us!
Peace and quiet…so luxurious even if I am just in the home I have created for myself. You seem to be a very special person, Rajiv. I love watching your channel and I wish you a Happy Birthday.🎂
That green oil lamp is a whale oil lamp. Im not sure if it’s uranium glass. You’d have to use a black light to see. It might be made by Westmoreland. I’ve been collecting oil lamps for YEARS! I have all shapes, sizes and colors and I use them periodically. Buy yourself a reference book on vintage/antique oil lamps. I just found a fantastic one in my local thrift shop for 2 bucks. Knowledge is power.
Happy Birthday, Rajiv! I can imagine how beautifully your oil lamps will reflect on the wooden barn walls tonight. That green one especially - yum, yum, yum. What a great friend and what a great story about your friendship. It was cool to see you at the wheel (and without your bracelets!) And that pool! I can't imagine being so free. Please tell your mom thank you from us for bringing such a beautiful person into the world.XO
My heart grows so big, patience long and creativity wide when I watch your videos. Thank you for sharing your passions with this corner of the internet. You fill our cup!
Joining in the chorus of people cheering you on...wishing you the most happy birthday, Rajiv! May your year ahead be filled with wonder and magic akin to the glorious hydrangeas surrounding you! You are a prince and a gem. Thank you for sharing your passion and interests with us. I'm always inspired by your content.
July 19 is my birthday too. Your idea of a lovely birthday is just the same as mine. Editing to add now I've watched all of your lovely video... we have exactly the same love of old utilitarian beauty, handmade everything and simple surroundings. It feels quite uncanny for me 💕 I'm a LOT older than you however I could happily move into your apartment or Summer loft! Many of my collected pieces are along the same lines as yours 'below stairs' items; my first was a Bentwood chair and a box of old glass preserving jars. 57 years ago and still meaningful and best of all - still in use in my home! Thank you for the lovely birthday present you gave me with your video.
A few minutes before I saw this video, I'd been thinking about Carl Jung's beliefs about synchronicity. If your meeting Eve, with whom you share a birthday - and with whom you've wound up sharing a dear, long friendship - wasn't synchronicity, then I don't know what is. Happy Birthday, Rajiv, and many, many more lovely ones. Thanks for sharing part of your special day with us.
Happy birthday Rajiv! When I was a child in the 60’s we lived in a Welsh cottage that had no electricity, so our lights were beautiful old oil lamps. They provided a lovely soft light!
Dear Rajiv, I hope that "peace came dropping slow" all day--at least until the lively joint birthday celebration this evening. Rhode Island is one of my favorite places too. Ancestors on both sides of my family settled there, in and near Newport, and my parents met as students at RISD, so I have all kinds of RI memories. Hydrangeas seem to thrive in the acid soil and salt air. What a bouquet you had! Happy Birthday!
Wow! I loved your kids how to show idea! You should start one channel for kids here in TH-cam! You totally have the knack of it. I’d totally recommend that to all the kids I know!
inspirational video. As a teen I was fascinated with pioneers too. I tried to convince my parents to let me go on a wagon train trip....well that didn't happen but the love of early history hasn't faded.
My B-day was yesterday. I'm many moons older than you we share many of the same philosophies, likes and habits. Probably because we share the same astrological sign. 😊I am a free spirit and like being alone. I also like people but like to choose when to be with the maddening crowd. (which I worked in for many yrs..) I don't follow trends in anything and I make choices, do things and decorate the way that pleases me and makes me content and glad I made them. I also bought a beautiful blue hydrangea a couple wks. ago that stopped me in my tracks at the plant store. For now it's in a pot where I can admire it more. Later I will put it in the ground. There's something peaceful about the color blue. All shades of it including aqua blue. I digress... lol Hope the rest of your day was great for you.
Happy Birthday Rajiv, a special someone who knows how to uplift others and be the best authentic self ever! I'm so glad you exist in this troubled world of ours.
I’m a lover of early primitive times, colonial time and oil lamps are my passion too! Where there is light, there is hope. I use mine every evening and love them❤. I am so glad that you gifted yourself such a beautiful gift
Happy Birthday Rajiv! I love RI, swimming, hydrangeas, and your videos. I feel the same way when I'm in RI. It's peaceful. Enjoy your day and thank you for being you and sharing your life.
Happy happy happy Birthday, RAJIV!🎉 We received the "present" of this relaxing video on your birthday! I have the same interests as you. Peace. Hugs from Texas on your birthday!
Happy birthday Rajiv. I hope the sun continues to shine your way. Have a sublime year, lovely! And thank you for sharing your slice of peace with us. ✨💖
We had oil lamps when I was growing up. So pretty. I really love all your lamps, but especially the last one. Gorgeous. That pool looks so refreshing! Wishing you a most happy birthday and here's to many, many more!
Ooo 00:30 seconds in and im feeling this already. My birthday is on the 31st and my plan is to get lunch alone, maybe even take out and eat it at a park or something. Not sure what else but its definitely going to be alone by design.
More Gilmore Girls quoting!!! Hahaah that alone made me love you more. I immediately knew where “Coffee coffee coffee!” was from 🥰 Love that you love the show too
Happy Birthday Rajiv. I'm a Kentucky girl who now lives here in RI and I love it too. Beavertail is amazing, more so when you could climb on the rocks. When my daughter was young, we'd have a "Jocelyn" day and it was HER day. Very special. I do take days for myself and it feels so luxurious! One of my favorite antique stores in Wickford closed, but it's still a sweet little town to walk and shop in. My husband and I drove through there tonight. I loved your video on Brimfield. It'd been a dream of mine to go there since the 80's and since living here in RI, I've been 3 times. The things I purchased there feel extra special. Thank you for sharing your birthday with us! And thank you for your philosophizing!
I also love peace & quiet & celebrating the simple things, like carrot cake on my bday! A hurricane lamp is such a beautiful thing; I have a few from my grandparents in FL.
You are just so precious, Rajiv! Love the Gilmore Girls quoting haha. Thank you for sharing the importance of friendships and daily simple joys. Happy Birthday!
🎉Birthday blessings, Rajiv!🎉 May you have a joyous day and year! You give so much joy and knowledge to so many, and we thank you. Elton sings it so well; "how wonderful life is while you're in the world." ❤
Happy Birthday Rajiv! Glad you exist in the world ❤
I whole heartedly agree!😊
We certainly are!!!!❤❤❤
This was so sweet to comment 🥹✨
💌🍀🥰hbd sweet man. (most if not all holidays I enjoy the day by having peace and quiet. Eating with my now adult teen, then havin fav dessert all while napping on and off thru out the day doin all things i consider "chill" xojodia, NE Boston ⛱️ beach lady
Rajiv - a humble suggestion/ request for a future video: please do a reading of your favorite poems by lantern light, so we can hear your evocative voice alongside the beautiful lamps you have collected over the years. Now that would be a treat indeed!
What a lovely idea. Has he seen your comment I wonder?
July 19th is MY birthday, too, and I turned a young 79 years old. This year was low-key, but next year I’m going to have a P-A-R-T-Y for my 80th 🎊
Happy Birthday!!!❤🎉❤
HAPPY BELATED BIRTHDAY!
Happy Birthday!!! 🎉🎉🎉
Belated birthday wishes from an 80 yr old in Canada.
You GO, girl!
I used to despise the day I was born. Ignored it. When my beloved brother passed away at 49, almost he’s last words to me were “celebrate your birthday Rosi, tomorrow is not promised”. Now I do and I celebrate by going to my favorite flower shops, buy huge bouquets, go to my favorite coffee shop, sometimes I got to Italy. It’s been so wonderful.
Happy Birthday! May the year ahead be your happiest.
My mom once said to me that not everyone gets to life an older life so live as long as you can. My dad died at 31,my mom's dad died around same age and my mom's first baby died at 2 1/2 yrs old. So it just wasn't a philosophy lesson but rather some truth of her life. All 3 had an untimely and sudden death and none of them knew death was coming. One army, one road accident and one renal failure (it was sudden, side effect of medicine and since she was still a baby, body couldn't handle it for long and in just few days everything happened). That's why when ppl say we are adult, now what's the point, I say exactly that's the point. We are adults. I am 29 rn. One day I'll be older than my dad and grandpa and I am already older than my older sister.
@@Phoenix.219This is a sad story and it takes courage to move onwards with the grief as your mom advised. I am still finding my courage. Thank you for sharing.
I love that!! Treating yourself, instead of waiting for someone else to treat you!! ❤❤❤
That sounds wonderful! I felt the same way and am now making an effort to do something special that day. If I’m not traveling, I spend the day at my favorite art museum and have a lovely walk in nature. Happy Birthday! PS - It is always a good idea to visit Italy!
I find it easy to watch you talk for 20-30 mins about things you enjoy. Very few people I can say that about on the internets here. You are a rarity in a world where people want quick, connivence, artificial technology. Its simplicity you find joy in. And that sir is so refreshing to see.
Rajiv, why do I feel like I know you?😂 belated happy birthday to you. I’m sure it was everything you wished for and more!
I am so glad you were born!!! You add so much to my life! And to many many others. Blessings
Well said! I feel the same!
I want someone to look at me the way Rajiv looks at that oil lamp. 😅
Happy Birthday, thank you for sharing!
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Oh My Universe! You are perfect like the beautiful hydrangea behind you! I hope your birthday is peaceful and joyful.
Happy Birthday Rajiv. You are one creative person!
Thank you 💚💙
I really like this format. I like how it's informal, like we've stopped by for a cup of coffee, and you're doing whatever you're doing in that moment. Like old friends stopping by to chat, before going on to do whatever else they have going on that day. 🙂
I LOVED hearing the birdsong in this video!
The older I get the more I enjoy the peace I have. It’s a great feeling.
Your existence makes the world more beautiful
Delightfully
Happy Birthday Rajiv!!! If you consider yourself weird, then I adore your weirdness. Those who watch your videos are all the same, we love your personality, creativity, and passion and have the same interests whether we’re good at it or not. You know how to enjoy yourself and life with no need for masking the fact that you are a man who loves…bed linens, soap dishes, etc, and all the little details no one else may notice because they don’t take the time to stop and smell the flowers. I am a Rhode Islander so if you are around and see a white/silver hair approaching you to say hello, it’s just me. 😊🥰
Same here 😊
You’re an exceptional human being with so many talents.
Today is special and you are a gift! We are blessed❤Happy Birthday
Happy Birthday to you, Rajiv. You are one of the most admirable people I have EVER come across in my 62 years of life. ❤❤❤
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You are a breath of fresh air Rajiv. How fortunate are the few who know you personally! Happy birthday- you’re a blessing to all whose lives you grace! ❤❤❤
cancer edging towards the leo cusp makes so much sense for you. happy birthday from a fellow cancerian ❤
Happy Birthday to one of my most favorite artist!! So blessed to be able to learn from you through here. Thank you :)
I always love your videos. But was amused that when you started swimming "a la mode" the subtitles read "applause". It made me laugh because it seemed like the subtitles were applauding you when the app was simply reading the noise of the swim as applause. Happy Birthday!
Happy Birthday Rajiv! Enjoy your special day and hope it’s filled with love.
Forgive me for correcting your pronunciation, but since you know nearly half the poem by heart, and you seem to be a precise and thoughtful person, I thought you would prefer to know, it is pronounced Innishfree, not Innissfree. This poem is very meaningful to my family, and some of us believe that when we die, we see one another again in Innisfree. I'm adding the rest of the lines for anyone who is curious about it. It is very beautiful.
"And I shall have some peace there, for peace comes dropping slow,
Dropping from the veils of the morning to where the cricket sings;
There midnight’s all a glimmer, and noon a purple glow,
And evening full of the linnet’s wings.
I will arise and go now, for always night and day
I hear lake water lapping with low sounds by the shore;
While I stand on the roadway, or on the pavements grey,
I hear it in the deep heart’s core." WBY
Enjoy your holidays.
Thank you for this. Beautiful.
A favourite of mine too. The Scottish Highlands are my heart's calling. Having hiked the West Highland Way this summer, I so resonate with that last line.
I feel happy that someone as special as you is part of this journey on earth. Happy Birthday.
Happy birthday. There’s a Bible verse, Philippians 1:3, that comes to mind. “I thank my God upon every remembrance of you”. You bring so much joy and I’m thankful you were created for this world. I hope you had a wonderful day. God bless and keep you.
Happy Birthday, Rajiv! You are a light in this world! May you continue to shine!!!!
I can see the joy in your face as you are opening your lamp. That place looks so serene.
Happy birthday! Today is my husband’s and my 44th wedding anniversary.
Happy birthday Rajiv. One of my favorite poems is "The House with nobody in it" by Joyce Kilmer. I saved my first abandoned house when I was twenty years old. Now I am going on my fourteenth.
HAPPY BIRTHDAY RAJIV! Love everything you bring to the world. Have your best year ever.
Ooh! I can just imagine all these oil lamps burning in your barn in the fall. Total magic! Berry picking and throwing pottery. And swimming! What a perfect birthday. Hope this year brings so many magical adventures.
Happy Birthday 🎁 Rajiv, you are a wonderful soul.
You are literally the perfect friend. Thank you for sharing your love of beautiful, simple, peaceful things with me. It moves me so deeply. ❤
Happy birthday, Rajiv! 🎉❤ So glad you are in this world, sharing your wonderful universe which is full of beauty, craftmanship, arts, music, etc. We are so lucky. I felt kind of lonely for so many years because of my hobbies, but your channel and people commenting on your videos made me realize that we are quite a lot to appreciate things that many consider outdated or useless(because time consuming). Thank you for being born and thank you to all of you Rajiv’s subscribers, as we all share this love for beautiful arts and works. ❤
Happy belated birthday🎉🎉. The new old lamp looks kinda like Lalique. I found my creative talents later in life. I paint, carve, design and build furniture. There are many more artistic interests I’m looking to explore. You are blessed to have started following your creativity as a kid. I’m 58 this year, yet I frequently think while watching your videos that I want to be like you when I grow up. Thanks for all the inspiration.
Rajiv you are an old soul like me. We feel comfortable surrounding ourselves with old comfort things. Happy Birthday.
Happy birthday dear angel on earth, I hope your birthday was filled with peace and love. Thank you for being part of this world and making it a beautiful place with your sole presence. ❤
Happy Birthday Rajiv! You are a gift to this world. Thank you for continually shining your light. You embody PEACE and LOVE.
I too light my home with ambience. I then just sit in the middle of the living room and let it envelop me in a cozy hug.
We also do Selfish Sundays (which is today!) where my husband and I do whatever we choose without any guilt and alone since we are retired and spend every day together. It’s refreshing and necessary. I’m choosing to share my tea tea tea with you today. I enjoy your authenticity and kindness. May you and Ms Eve have a glorious day not just on July 19, but every day, doing what you can in this life to find joy and be joy. Blessings.
Happy Birthday! Thank you for letting us have a window into your amazing world ❤❤❤
Hi Rajiv, i have enjoyed your videos often but never said much. You have the charisma of days gone by and I know how important family, tradition and history are to you. You truly are one a kind and I hope you had a blessed birthday, continue to explore your interests and share them with all who want to sing your praises. God bless you with a long life and success! Take care.
Happy Birthday! Yes, I think I know what you're feeling. I'm a native New Yorker, but spent summers in the Catskills, growing up. Whenever possible, I'd take myself Upstate in late October and give myself the gift of the mountains, woods and fields. To walk
alone in the autumn woods was each time, a renewal.
I'm now nearly 85 and recently moved to L.A. to be near children, grandchildren. But, always the memory, the feeling of 'back East'. Enjoy.
You have some nearby top quality wildernesses around there too, you know. Maybe your family will accompany you on your next bday!
It’s lovely to see how you celebrated your birthday. Thank you. Mine is July 4th. This year my husband and I spent the day in Amsterdam exploring the narrow cobblestone streets and canals. I found a beautiful little shop called Posthumous which sold things related to writing. I selected items for sealing envelopes with wax including a bee press, some wax and a tiny burner and spoon with a pour spout for my birthday gift. I thought of you when I looked at the calligraphy pens and inks-maybe my gift to myself next year? Happy birthday Rajiv.
Happy birthday Rajiv! Wishing you many many more! Thanks for sharing it with us and inspiring us!
Watching Rajeev live his best life with such intention & reverence makes my heart feel fuller! Long may he enjoy his birth-days and give us a peak into how wonderful a no kids life choice can be🤣
We love you Rajeev you’re such a ray of sunshine what a beautiful soul ❤
Happy birthday Rajiv, you're the best! ❤🎉
What a beautiful and amazing friendship! Im not surprised that Eve became your mentor and friend for life.
Love "you gotta live your life bro "😂
Happy birthday!!! Best wishes for the best elegant gentelman on youtube!!!
OMG...I'm much older then you and I remember my grandmother had no electricity in her home - oil lamps and wood stove. Omg what a better time of my life - smelling baked apple pie in the oven and hearing stories by lamp lighting! That comfort level is out of this world today!!! Thank you so much Rajiv for bringing the so long ago world (emotions) back in my heart. Your absolutely the best!!!!💝
Happy belated birthday to you dear and I'm happy to see you living your life the way you want!!!
Loved hearing the Northern Flicker and American Robin birds in the background. Happy Birthday and thanks for sharing your day with us!
My birthday too! Happy birthday Rajeev, the best vacation is doing litter, reading, and being peaceful
HAPPY BIRTHDAY. Thank you for truly being yourself. You shine a bright light in this world. 🎉❤
These lamps bring back memories. We had a few of them at home in Batticaloa - Sri Lanka Thank you Rajiv
Ofc you're a GG fan haha I super appreciate the reference and oh boy do I love the aesthetic of that show.
Happy Birthday darling. Just saw your present. Youre not weird. In order to sleep well, i started reading in candle light at night. Big fat candles, big fat books.
They walk among us!
Peace and quiet…so luxurious even if I am just in the home I have created for myself. You seem to be a very special person, Rajiv. I love watching your channel and I wish you a Happy Birthday.🎂
Happy Birthday Rajiv! I'm also glad you have developed such an enduring friendship with Eve!
Happy birthday to one of the most creative people I have ever seen
That green oil lamp is a whale oil lamp. Im not sure if it’s uranium glass. You’d have to use a black light to see. It might be made by Westmoreland. I’ve been collecting oil lamps for YEARS! I have all shapes, sizes and colors and I use them periodically. Buy yourself a reference book on vintage/antique oil lamps. I just found a fantastic one in my local thrift shop for 2 bucks. Knowledge is power.
Rajiv, Happy Birthday! Its mine tomorrow and I too LOVE being by myself. 😊
Happy Birthday, Rajiv! I can imagine how beautifully your oil lamps will reflect on the wooden barn walls tonight. That green one especially - yum, yum, yum. What a great friend and what a great story about your friendship. It was cool to see you at the wheel (and without your bracelets!) And that pool! I can't imagine being so free. Please tell your mom thank you from us for bringing such a beautiful person into the world.XO
Happy birthday, Rajiv! Thank you for sharing your special day with us! 🥳🎂❤️ May you get all wonderful blessings that you truly deserve!🙏✨
My heart grows so big, patience long and creativity wide when I watch your videos. Thank you for sharing your passions with this corner of the internet. You fill our cup!
Joining in the chorus of people cheering you on...wishing you the most happy birthday, Rajiv! May your year ahead be filled with wonder and magic akin to the glorious hydrangeas surrounding you! You are a prince and a gem. Thank you for sharing your passion and interests with us. I'm always inspired by your content.
July 19 is my birthday too. Your idea of a lovely birthday is just the same as mine. Editing to add now I've watched all of your lovely video... we have exactly the same love of old utilitarian beauty, handmade everything and simple surroundings. It feels quite uncanny for me 💕 I'm a LOT older than you however I could happily move into your apartment or Summer loft! Many of my collected pieces are along the same lines as yours 'below stairs' items; my first was a Bentwood chair and a box of old glass preserving jars. 57 years ago and still meaningful and best of all - still in use in my home! Thank you for the lovely birthday present you gave me with your video.
The green lamp is a real beauty 💚
A few minutes before I saw this video, I'd been thinking about Carl Jung's beliefs about synchronicity. If your meeting Eve, with whom you share a birthday - and with whom you've wound up sharing a dear, long friendship - wasn't synchronicity, then I don't know what is. Happy Birthday, Rajiv, and many, many more lovely ones. Thanks for sharing part of your special day with us.
Happy birthday Rajiv! When I was a child in the 60’s we lived in a Welsh cottage that had no electricity, so our lights were beautiful old oil lamps. They provided a lovely soft light!
your joy is always 'a la mode' - thank you for sharing your peace, quiet & creativity.
He keeps getting better. I love seeing his joy!
Dear Rajiv, I hope that "peace came dropping slow" all day--at least until the lively joint birthday celebration this evening. Rhode Island is one of my favorite places too. Ancestors on both sides of my family settled there, in and near Newport, and my parents met as students at RISD, so I have all kinds of RI memories. Hydrangeas seem to thrive in the acid soil and salt air. What a bouquet you had! Happy Birthday!
Wow! I loved your kids how to show idea! You should start one channel for kids here in TH-cam! You totally have the knack of it. I’d totally recommend that to all the kids I know!
inspirational video. As a teen I was fascinated with pioneers too. I tried to convince my parents to let me go on a wagon train trip....well that didn't happen but the love of early history hasn't faded.
YOU ARE THE GIFT! 💝 Thank you for sharing your amazingly creative beingness! I am so inspired by you!
Happy Birthday Rajiv ☀️ We had an old camp, no electricity , just the oil lamps at night. So peaceful.
My B-day was yesterday. I'm many moons older than you we share many of the same philosophies, likes and habits. Probably because we share the same astrological sign. 😊I am a free spirit and like being alone. I also like people but like to choose when to be with the maddening crowd. (which I worked in for many yrs..) I don't follow trends in anything and I make choices, do things and decorate the way that pleases me and makes me content and glad I made them. I also bought a beautiful blue hydrangea a couple wks. ago that stopped me in my tracks at the plant store. For now it's in a pot where I can admire it more. Later I will put it in the ground. There's something peaceful about the color blue. All shades of it including aqua blue. I digress... lol Hope the rest of your day was great for you.
This is definitely a day to celebrate! You bring peace and joy, it was a great day when you arrived in the world ❤
Happy Birthday Rajiv, a special someone who knows how to uplift others and be the best authentic self ever! I'm so glad you exist in this troubled world of ours.
Happy Birthday Rajiv. I understand you liking to be alone and quiet. I am like that too. I love being by myself in harmony with my peaceful energy.
so enjoy your program and channel - wish you the happiest birthday ever!
I’m a lover of early primitive times, colonial time and oil lamps are my passion too! Where there is light, there is hope. I use mine every evening and love them❤. I am so glad that you gifted yourself such a beautiful gift
Happy Birthday Rajiv! I love RI, swimming, hydrangeas, and your videos. I feel the same way when I'm in RI. It's peaceful. Enjoy your day and thank you for being you and sharing your life.
Happy happy happy Birthday, RAJIV!🎉 We received the "present" of this relaxing video on your birthday! I have the same interests as you. Peace. Hugs from Texas on your birthday!
Happy birthday Rajiv. I hope the sun continues to shine your way. Have a sublime year, lovely! And thank you for sharing your slice of peace with us. ✨💖
So glad you invited me to your birthday celebration., I had a fabulous time relishing in your Joy! Thank you!
🎉 Happiest of Birthdays 2 U Sweetheart! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ You're magnificent ✨️
We had oil lamps when I was growing up. So pretty. I really love all your lamps, but especially the last one. Gorgeous. That pool looks so refreshing! Wishing you a most happy birthday and here's to many, many more!
Happy Birthday, Rajiv!! You rock!! 🎉🥳 Every best wish to you always!! 🥰
Ooo 00:30 seconds in and im feeling this already. My birthday is on the 31st and my plan is to get lunch alone, maybe even take out and eat it at a park or something. Not sure what else but its definitely going to be alone by design.
Next video you have to show us how to bake the perfect Birthday cake ! Happy birthday !!! 🎉🎉
More Gilmore Girls quoting!!! Hahaah that alone made me love you more.
I immediately knew where “Coffee coffee coffee!” was from 🥰
Love that you love the show too
Happy Birthday Dear! You are my twin! I love being still for my birthday as well!
Happy Birthday Rajiv. I'm a Kentucky girl who now lives here in RI and I love it too. Beavertail is amazing, more so when you could climb on the rocks. When my daughter was young, we'd have a "Jocelyn" day and it was HER day. Very special. I do take days for myself and it feels so luxurious! One of my favorite antique stores in Wickford closed, but it's still a sweet little town to walk and shop in. My husband and I drove through there tonight. I loved your video on Brimfield. It'd been a dream of mine to go there since the 80's and since living here in RI, I've been 3 times. The things I purchased there feel extra special. Thank you for sharing your birthday with us! And thank you for your philosophizing!
Happy birthday Rajiv, wishing you many happy returns of the day!
I also love peace & quiet & celebrating the simple things, like carrot cake on my bday! A hurricane lamp is such a beautiful thing; I have a few from my grandparents in FL.
A perfect birthday in every way! Happy birthday , and much love from Singapore .☺💌
You are just so precious, Rajiv! Love the Gilmore Girls quoting haha. Thank you for sharing the importance of friendships and daily simple joys. Happy Birthday!
🎉Birthday blessings, Rajiv!🎉
May you have a joyous day and year! You give so much joy and knowledge to so many, and we thank you. Elton sings it so well; "how wonderful life is while you're in the world." ❤
As a parent - I would be thrilled to have a program like you described to show my children.
Happy Birthday to one of my most fave peeps in the whole world! Lots of love, peace and joy to you today and always!!!❤ 🕊️ 🤩 🥰
Happy Birthday!! You are living my dream. Thank you for showing me that it can be done.❤