Appu and Dessie, two of our cats, love to sleep under the two mango trees in front of our house these days. During the daytime, that is, when the temperature threatens to brush 40 degrees Celsius. The shade beneath the mango trees remains a cool 28 degrees or so. Mango trees have this tremendous cooling effect. When I constructed the house, the area in front had no touch of greenery as you can see in the pic below. Now the same area, which was totally arid then, looks like what's below: Appu and Dessie find their bower in that coolness. I wanted to have a lot of colours around my house. I tried growing all sorts of flower plants and failed rather miserably. The climate changes are beyond the plants’ tolerance levels. Moreover, all sorts of insects and pests come from nowhere and damage the plants. Crotons survive and even thrive. I haven’t given up hope with the others yet. There are a few adeniums, rhoeos, ixoras, zinnias and so on growing in the pots. They are trying their
It is not true that Delhi does not have spring! January and early February are the days of spring and flowers. March is already hot :)
ReplyDeleteI was being metaphorical, Sunil ji. thanks.
DeleteDivine intervention, luck are all terms that we can use but the point is that not everybody gets to be in such great surroundings. Sir you are lucky.
ReplyDeleteIndeed, Athena, I'm grateful to my stars.
Deletei liked fresh vs stale... maybe the word "stale" is a little out of place... how about new vs old ...
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DeleteSome deep observations there
ReplyDeleteSometimes life demands depth :
DeleteWhat comparisons!
ReplyDeleteGood read with pics. :)
Thanks, Indrani.
DeleteThese captures are great indeed. However, I would really wanna know someday, does the environment affect people's character?
ReplyDeleteOf course, Namrata, the environment certainly influences one's character. Living in a place with a lot of space around you would be entirely different from living in a crowded place, for example.
DeleteVery nice observation. Nice to read. Yes environment do affects one's behaviour/character.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Gargi.
Deleteall the pictures really are revealing the contrast...our life is full of that..
ReplyDeletePolarity is a human creation... contrasts belong to nature.
DeleteI couldn't help but notice that in every pic, you had old dying tree and fresh green trees togehter :)
ReplyDeleteThat's the contrast, Pankti. Nature is constantly dying and being reborn...
Delete"without an intervening spring" - same story out here in Bangalore, and I was reminded of the blog I posted last year: http://navy-blue-jeans.blogspot.in/2013/02/spring.html
ReplyDeleteSpring has to disappear from cities. Destiny. Of the planet. The planet belongs to ...
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