One of our kitchen windows faces east. The gas stove is on the ledge below the window. There are ten coconut trees in our compound. They were planted in the seventies by the previous owner. We came here in 2005. We are eating the fruits of their labour. One coconut tree is just outside the window. Beyond that are the branches of the mango tree. The sun rays stream in while I am cooking. They give a different light to whatever is cooking. Many a time I have taken photos of this play of sun rays.
Bulbuls and babblers add sound to the scene. Babblers are always busy chattering while going about their morning activities. Sunbirds dip their beaks into flowers, there are karavira ( yellow oleander) and hibiscus plants just outside. I love watching squirrels run up and down the trunk of the coconut tree.
A few days ago a family of monkeys were walking on the compound wall. They love the tender leaves of the papaya tree and buds of the hibiscus plants. My husband looked ruefully at the broken branches. A few weeks earlier, a baby monkey had been separated from the family, it was searching for them. Hopefully it was able to get back to its family. We are destroying forests, and animals have to survive.
One morning, I was looking at the tree outside and I saw something on it, of the same colour. I looked intently and it was a chameleon. It looked a part of the trunk. It remained so still that there was time for me to get my mobile 😊.
Life, in its different forms is fascinating and I get to see them from my kitchen window. 😊
Mukhamani 
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