Weekly Photo Challenge

JOY 🙂 We wish you all a very happy New year:)

Perseverance

It is the nesting season once more and all around us we birds very busy . They carry dry grass and leaves to wherever they have chosen as the special place to build their home. There is a dwarf variety of areca plant in our garden and its leaves grow in such a way that…

Memories of Childhood ; building of a dam

My grandfather had been the Headmaster of the Government school in the town of Hospet, in the northern part of our state, Karnataka. My father grew up there, his elder sister and family lived there until recently. Going there  for vacations had been a part of our childhood. Going to  and walking across the Tungabhadra…

WEEKLY PHOTO CHALLENGE – ONE

ONE – In Sept 2012, we had been to Sofia, Bulgaria. While walking along the streets, we saw this old lady selling flowers. There was this expression of calm acceptance on her face. I asked permission to take her photo, she agreed with a smile.

Try, try,try again…

We were watching our grandson trying to turn over on his stomach and as he tried and tried I was reminded of these lines- try,try, try again…. But I had forgotten the rest of the poem. I searched it on the Google and was happy to read it. Try Try Again by T. H. Palmer…

Weekly Photo Challenge- GRAND

The Kailasa temple Complex of Ellora Caves, Aurangabad The Ellora cave complex consists of Bauddha, Hindu and Jaina caves. Like the Ajanta caves, they are a marvel.Only when we are there, standing inside each cave, can we experience their beauty and majesty. Unlike the Ajanta caves, here there are only sculptures and no paintings. Each…

Memories of Childhood, growing up near sugarcane fields

My father is 82  and we have been asking him to share with us his childhood memories. Those days  were very different  and it is really nice to listen to him. He has been sending us some of his special moments. He grew up in a town called Hospet in the northern part of our…

Weekly Photo Challenge

Let there be light

Living

Every day we hear the sounds of ‘living’ all around us. From early morning we hear birds calling out to each other. The whistling bird  (Malabar whistling thrush) is back again. For the past one week we have been hearing its beautiful whistling. Long back people must have heard it and tried to imitate it…