On a Silent Trail: #WordlessWednesday #WednesdayWisdom
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.”
The Hidden Life of Trees: #WordlessWednesday #WednesdayWisdom
“A tree’s most important means of staying connected to other trees is a “wood wide web” of soil fungi that connects vegetation in an intimate network that allows the sharing of an enormous amount of information and goods.” ― Tim Flannery, The Hidden Life of Trees: What They Feel, How They Communicate – Discoveries from a Secret World The Hidden Life of Trees The Hidden Life of…
10 Benefits of Taking a Nature Walk : #WordlessWednesday #WednesdayWisdom
“To walk in nature is to witness a thousand miracles.” – Mary Davis “I go to nature to be soothed and healed, and to have my senses put in order.” – John Burroughs
Save Our Environment: #WordlessWednesday #WorldEnvironmentDay2020
“Let’s take individual steps to save our environment. It’s the only one we have, and will ever have.” My Rant from 6th June, 2020: Here’s a little rant/or appeal I wrote in response to a blogger friend, Shilpa’s Facebook post, when the life of the elephant in Kerela was nipped away, along with it’s foetus. My heart goes out to all the elephants and also other species in the wild, and otherwise who are relentlessly tortured, traumatised and…
Speeches with the Skies & Trees: #WordlessWednesday #WednesdayWisdom
“Trees do not preach learning and precepts. They preach, undeterred by particulars, the ancient law of life.”― Herman Hesse “One touch of nature makes the whole world kin.” ― William Shakespeare “Where flowers bloom so does hope.” – Lady Bird Johnson “Love the trees until their leaves fall off, then encourage them to try again next year.” ― Chad Sugg “Only from the heart can you touch the sky.” – Rumi “Trees are poems that…
Be Like a Tree: #ThursdayTreeLove #MondayMotivation
“Be like a tree. Stay grounded, keep growing and know when to let go.” tinybuddha.com It’s spring in our part of the world. While there is a riot of colours bedecking the outdoors, there are innumerable trees busy shedding and letting go. The new shoots are slowly but surely sprouting. These pictures where taken about two weeks back, before the lockdown. Now going on car drives is a distant dream, for sometime at least. Though the first picture…
Jacarandas in Arusha: #WordlessWednesday #WednesdayWisdom
“Happiness is sitting under a Jacaranda tree in bloom.” – Unknown @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ #WORDLESSWEDNESDAY New to #WordlessWednesday, but would like to participate? Well, here’s how you can join Esha and me. Just follow our three easy steps: Post a picture on your blog that speaks for itself. It could be from your adventures, experiments, life’s quirky moments, travels or just plain random shots. Or absolutely anything that stoked your being. Or made you think. Add our badge to your…
Baobab Tree, Tree of Life – African Adventures: #WordlessWednesday
“Wisdom is like a Baobab tree; no one individual can embrace it.” David Lloyd George
Catch Me If You Can: #ThursdayTreeLove
“Ô, Sunlight! The most precious gold to be found on Earth.” ― Roman Payne “Catch me if you can”, says that golden orb of orange to the leaves, and twigs that behold its magic. Catch Me If You Can I had the mesmerising opportunity of taking this snap shot a few months back, specially for our Tree Lady, Parul’s #ThursdayTreeLove. But the busyness of life got the better of me, and I never got around to posting. I…
Sunshine in my Neighbourhood: #WordlessWednesday
“The common hill-flowers wither, but they blossom again. The laburnum will be as yellow next June as it is now. In a month there will be purple stars on the clematis, and year after year the green night of its leaves will hold its purple stars. But we never get back our youth.” – Oscar Wilde, The Picture of Dorian Gray Sunshine in my Neighbourhood I chance upon this stunning Laburnum (also known as Amaltas, in Hindi) every morning,…