What if You Fly? Colouring the Words

Some words are so delicate and yet so powerful, and if they come to you in the perfect time, when you most need it – that there, is a pure serendipity! I think, it’s only when they have come to me in the right time, like a sign, is when I have truly understood them, even though I may have come across them in the past.

Friday Travel Pic, Scavenger Birds in Landfill

Greater adjutant storks resting in the landfills they call home. Having never seen scavenger birds up and close, I was stunned by the sheer size of the greater adjutant stork. I know most birds of prey are large but everything about this bird was unexpected and unimaginable.

Where Rain Lilies Bloom

I was fascinated by this beautiful pink flower I had seen first in a nondescript Himalayan hamlet in Uttarakhand. But, it was only recently that I learned it’s called Rain Lily. I instantly loved the name, because the name consists of both – rains and lilies, that makes me smile.

People & Places, Sagar Village

About 5 km from Gopeshwar in Uttarakhand, there’s a nondescript village – Sagar. Everyone told me there’s isn’t anything interesting to see or do in this village, however, and since the weather was good, I thought of hiking and exploring the place leisurely.

Tangled Hearts Plant, Tiny Plants Tuesday

Here’s my favourite plant and planter for this week’s garden stories. The plant is called Tangled Hearts and is also known by more common names such Pillow plant and Swedish Ivy.