#ThursdayTreeLove14: Boulevard of Dreams
We drove down these boulevard of beautiful trees, last month. These trees have been my travel companions ever since I was a child, as I have crossed them multiple times
#ThursdayTreeLove 13: Home is Where the Heart Is
When the country roads took me home, Ms. Amaltas came calling into my heart.
#ThursdayTreeLove 12: Different Strokes
“Trees are the poems that the earth writes upon the sky.” – Khalil Gibran
Morning Mysticism – Komorebi : #ThursdayTreeLove
It’s our last morning at Dhanachuli, a quiet little hamlet in the Himalayas. It’s a Thursday morning too. A day when we share our Tree Love. As I walk past the apple, pear and walnut trees, I look at them quizzically and wonder whether to feature them in my today’s post. I take some random shots, but they aren’t as appealing as I would like them to be. We are bidding this lovely hamlet a final goodbye, walking past the…
A Tryst With the Clouds and the Rolling Hills
Te Aroha, Dhanachuli, Uttarakhand, India Dhanachuli is a tiny little hamlet tucked in the Uttrakhand mountains and an hour and half drive away from Bhimtal. This is where we are currently cooling out heels and toasting ourselves in the morning sun. This little paradise amidst a bountiful of nature that includes towering pine trees; their needles carpeting the ground beneath, wild apple, pear and walnut trees, an abundance of rose brambles in varied hues of pink, yellow, purple, rose orange;…
{W} is for Walk of Wisdom: #AtoZChallenge
W is for Walk of Wisdom August 2016, Gurugram, India Sometimes it’s uncanny how your little ones will dispense pearls of wisdom your way, at the most unexpected moments. Wisdom that you probably didn’t give a fleeting thought to and that never really crossed the so-called deep recesses of your mind. I have had many such experiences with both my girls. I continue to learn from them each day. I feel, we as parents learn from our children as much…
{V} is for Valiant & Victorious Ride: #AtoZChallenge
Post Alert: Slightly long post, but honest to God, you won’t regret it. V is for Valiant & Victorious Ride 12 February, 2017, Bhuvaneshwari Devi, Gurugram, New Delhi Capital Region, India I’m an avid cyclist. A passion that I engage in it with as much ardor as writing. Though I wish I would ride more often, and have a time set aside each day to cycle, just like the way I have for writing. Well, hopefully someday soon that thought…
{U} is for Upstream & Upbeat : #AtoZChallenge
U is for Upstream & Upbeat 15 April 2017, Bah, Chambal, District Agra, India By the rivers of Chambal where we sat down, Yeah, yeah we wept, when we remembered downtown When the wicked Carried us away in captivity Requiring of us a song Now how shall we sing the lord’s song in a strange land Let the words of our mouth and the meditation of our hearts Be accepted in thy sight here tonight By the rivers of Chambal…
{R} is for Reflections by Resplendent Kali: #AtoZChallenge
R is for Reflections By Resplendent Kali 20 September 2016, Dandeli, Karnataka, India The DH and I took a memorable sojourn to the Western Ghats, in Karnataka last year. It was monsoons and the weather was wet; and nature was at its lush best. (This is before we drove down to Goa through the wondrous Western Ghats. You could read about our Goa adventures at Gobsmacked in Goa.) Dandeli has a fascinating forest cover in the midst of which lies the River Kali….
{O} is for Opal Sunsets & Ochre Sunrise: #AtoZChallenge
O is for Opal Sunsets and Ochre Sunrise Timeless Classics, Around the Earth till infinity I LOVE sunsets and sunrises. Well who doesn’t? They leave me spell-bound, contemplative and grateful. Opal sunsets and Ochre sunrises transport me to a world beyond the scheduled grind of life. Though they come and go each day, yes that too as per routine; but each sunset and sunrise is distinctively different from the other. Every time I lay my eyes on the transiting colours of…