Adieu Autumn Flowers: #WordlessWednesday #WednesdayWisdom
“Autumn shows us how beautiful it is to let go of things.” – Unknown
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“Autumn shows us how beautiful it is to let go of things.” – Unknown
On a Silent Trail: The Sanctuary Kenneth & Dorothy Stiffle “Non fatuum huc persecutus ignem” Latin translation : “it is no will-o’-the-wisp that I have followed here.”
“Flowers are the music of the ground… From Earth’s lips spoken without sound.” – Anonymous The Night Jasmines or Shiuli/ Harsingar/Parijat as they are called in India, have once again made an unfettered come back. Night Jasmines herald the arrival of autumn, as they lie casually strewn across the ground beneath their modest tree. A… Read More The Autumn Visitors – Night Jasmines (Shiuli): #MondayMusings #MicroMonday
Spring Vignettes Here are a few beautiful lines from my all time favourite writer, Khalil Gibran (1883-1931), whose writings have given me solace even as a youngster. I have recently been reading a compilation of his verses called “The Little Book of Life” by Neil Douglas Klotz. You may want to… Read More Spring Vignettes : #WordlessWednesday
“Adversity causes some men to break; others to break records”. William Arthur Ward
#FridayFotoFiction: #Week8 BARREN A vacuous air of silence had enveloped Deerwood drive. The benches were lying barren. Not a bird in sight, let alone people. A disaster had befallen upon this lovely clearing. A bunch of cold hearted miscreants had ruthlessly massacred the visitors of this park-octogenarians, children, lovers, joggers, dogs and their walkers and… Read More #FridayFotoFiction: #Week8 -“Barren”
#FridayFotoFiction Arrive The Winter chills were yet to arrive, as Autumn had long extended it’s stay. Long walks with Layika, as the weather romanticised with all and sundry, formed an integral part of her morning ritual. Today the alarm didn’t go off. She had scrambled out of bed, quickly changed and rushed out with Lyaika on the leash,… Read More #FridayFotoFiction: Arrive
This morning as I walked back from pilate class I was greeted by my favourite flowers- Shiuli/Harsingaar/Night Jasmine. Each year they arrive precisely around the time autumn begins to set in and disappear with the onset of winters. So they are our fleeting guests for a month and a half. But it goes without saying… Read More A Lesson from Nature