My husband prefers to call himself an urban farmer. As you are aware from my previous post 'Time we grow our own food' that his grandfather was a farmer by profession who grew everything in his farmland. However, his uncles migrated to the cities and now they have sold most of the farmlands. Only few … Continue reading Can you Guess the Plant? #ThursdayTreeLove
Let me keep this wordless for this time. Linking this to #wordlesswednesday hosted by Esha and Natasha and also ThursdayTreeLove hosted by beautiful Parul.
In India, especially in metropolitan cities like Mumbai, we do not get to get to see colourful flowers throughout the year. It is the summer months when the city come out in full bloom. This is due to Lockdwon, there is less pollution and probably that it making the plants bloom even better. I clicked … Continue reading Summer Flowers in Mumbai
Today, early in the morning, my cousin brother sent me this picture. This is the picture of our ancestral home in the suburbs of Kolkata. This one image depicts the damage and devastation my home state West Bengal went through in one evening due to cyclone Amphan. It was hard to recognise my own home, … Continue reading Story of an Uprooted Mango Tree during Cyclone Amphan #prayforbengal
"A tree's wood is also its memoir"---- Hope Jahren, American GeoBiologist. This beautiful tree was shot by the husband (from two different angles), during our recent 'spine-chilling' trip to Bhimashankar. It is a miracle that we are still alive to share photos after that trip. Nevertheless, the positive story is that the husband has equally … Continue reading The Cloud, the Hill, and the Tree #ThursdayTreeLove
"It is the nature of the strong heart, that like the palm tree it strives ever upwards when it is most burdened". ...Philip Sidney On our recent trip to Vasai Fort, I clicked this especially keeping in mind Parul's Thursday Tree Love. This blog hop has taught me to love Trees, and I was … Continue reading The Palm Tree- #thursdaytreelove
During my recent trip to France, I was fascinated by their tree-lined roads. Later on, I came to read that there are lots of theories as to why France has so many tree-lined roads and whose idea they were in the first place. Many think that the Romans are responsible. It’s true that many of … Continue reading French Tree-Lined Road
"How beautiful the leaves grow old. How full of light and color are their last days.”- John Burroughs Last weekend I was in Ahmedabad. I spotted this tree in the premise of the Adalaj Stepwell. The tree with the autumn leaves caught my fancy and I had to click it for Parul's #ThursdayTreeLove. If you … Continue reading The Autumn Tree #ThursdayTreeLove
I clicked this tree in Paris, France. The tree is so huge that my camera was not able to capture it entirely. This lonely tree was next to a bridge and cars were parked beneath. I somehow found the tree lonely even though it was right there on a busy street. Linking with Parul for … Continue reading Parisian Tree- #ThursdayTreeLove
Trina Looks Back 