That rainy day, my Appa spotted a slug and showed it to me. Ah! It is not that he thinks I haven’t seen a slug till then 😀 but, probably he had noticed me out in the garden with the camera looking to capture some interesting happenings in the nature.…
Earthern Wind Chimes – displayed for sale at a craft mela in Bengaluru Wind plays and creates melodies with hollow chimes strung together… Different the shape of the chime, unique the resulting melody is… Similarly, we all are different and unique. But why do most of the people are not…
That morning, when the earth quaked, the world shook. People from around the world prayed, directly or indirectly extended helping hands for the sufferers of earthquake in Nepal, India, Bangladesh and Tibet. What else can we do instead of praying, ‘Mother Earth, please take turns in such a way that…
Wishing All the Readers of ‘The Arts & Me’ A Very Happy Chaandra Yugadi 🙂 Let there be a healthy mixture of bitterness and sweetness throughout this Manmata samvatsara… ಯುಗಾದಿ ಮರಳಿ ಬಂದಿದೆ, ಹೊಸ ಚಿಗುರು- ಹೊಸ ಹುರುಪು ಮನ್ಮಥನ ಕರೆತಂದಿದೆ! ನವಸಂವತ್ಸರದ ಹಾರ್ದಿಕ ಶುಭಾಶಯ! ಚಾಂದ್ರ ಯುಗಾದಿಯ ಜೊತೆಗೇ ನೆನಪಾಗುವುದು ಈ ಕಲಾಪುಟದ ಹುಟ್ಟುಹಬ್ಬ. ಮೊದಲ ವರ್ಷಕ್ಕೆ…
Beautiful dew drops… Suddenly appear and disappear… But, glow like gems in between. If we think they exist, they do! If we don’t, they won’t! Dear Ajja, You are our inspiration And You will always be in our hearts… Dedicating this post to my Ajja (maternal grandfather), who completed his…
These little Durva (Bermudagrass or Cynodon dactylon), Tulasi (Holy Basil or Ocimum tenuiflorum), Veelya (Betel or Piper betle) and Hulichikka (Creeping Wood Sorrel or Oxalis corniculata) plants are found smiling in my new balcony(?) garden yesterday i.e., on 8th January 2015. Enjoy few photographs of them. Ah! Two months have…
Time has come to change the calendar! Wasn’t it yesterday we did it? Time files! Time has come to change only the calendar But, memories are to cherish! May the new year heal all the bad experiences the world had… May every living being be happy 🙂 Wish You All…
It is still difficult to digest that this was the last sunrise we witnessed in the first innings at Pune. Yes, my dear friend, now we are not in Pune. That day, our sweet home for 23 months in Pune was turning out to be a foreign place when the…
Aditi Garden is our favourite weekend destination located in Magarpatta Inner Circle, Pune. The best part of Aditi is that it is adorned with some or the other flowers throughout the year. Before I feel every type of flower in the garden is captured by our camera, there will be…
Look at what we harvested this Monsoon! First to show up was the sweet watermelon that I showed in the last post. Every cucumber seed I had sown, sprouted. But, I had to kill 🙁 many of them who would never allow others to grow. Cucumber flowered very soon, but…