“Nature doesn’t promise you anything – an afterlife, rewards for good behaviour, protection from enemies, wealth, happiness, progeny, all things human desire and pray for. No, nature does not promise these things. Nature is a reward in itself.” – The Book of Nature, Ruskin Bond
“With mirth and laughter let old wrinkles come.” – William Shakespeare, The Merchant of Venice A Birthday to Remember Birthdays are usually special, for all of us. But then, some birthdays turn out to be so unique, that we tend to hold them close to our hearts. Like my birthday last month. The birthday began with surprises galore from mi familia. Some highlights being, the exclusive meals whipped up by them painstakingly. And their…
“A world without leopards, well, who would want to live in it?” Diana Veerland Leopard, the Beauty with the Spots Did you know what the spots on a leopard are called? Rosettes, because these distinctive black spots resemble roses. If you have read my last post, Adventures in the Wild, you’ll know I just returned for a 12 day jaunt in the forests of Central India. I was there to learn more about wildlife, as part of a…
“I felt my lungs inflate with the onrush of scenery—air, mountains, trees, people. I thought, “This is what it is to be happy.” — Sylvia Plath
“Now this is the Law of the Jungle – as old as true as the sky; and the wolf that shall keep it may prosper, but the wolf that shall break it must die. As the creeper that girdles the tree-trunk that law runneth forward and back — for the strength of the pack is the wolf, and the strength of the wolf is the pack.” – Rudyard Kipling