Lal Zumber or Brownea Coccinea

An exciting activity of watching Lal Zumbar or Brownea Coccinea or Scarlet Flame Bean (Caesalpiniaceae Family) flower clusters in orange red colour.   I had been watching a group of small evergreen trees in Aditi garden, Pune, India.   It looked interesting because of their dwarf structure. It was during…

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Celebrating Life…

I was celebrating life being a part of this wonderful world, where the sun shines and the earth is alive… Where seeds sprout and hence new lives, new hopes and new promises begin… Where flowers bloom, each with its unique beauty, fragrance and life… Where birds sing, each with its…

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Tender Coconut, Summer and Beaches…

Monsoon is expected to hit Kerala by June 5th and as a hint, summer is becoming unbearable in India, off course, in Pune too. I am a great lover of tender coconut and because of which, I love summer too 🙂 When we are on Pune-Mangaluru road, we try to…

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Basant Raani or Tabebuia Rosea

Tabebuia Rosea or Basanth Raani is another flower that I found attractive at Aditi garden, Pune. Those icy pink flowers looked like innocent faces 🙂 More details found in Flowers of India: Common name: Pink trumpet tree, Pink poui, Pink tecoma, Rosy trumpet tree, Basant rani बसंतरानी (Hindi) Botanical name:…

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Sunrise & Cloud Show!

A beautiful sunrise and cloud show witnessed at Pune. Feel it. My words will seem fake in front of nature. ಅದ್ಭುತ ಸೂರ್ಯೋದಯಕ್ಕೆ ಮೋಡಗಳ ನರ್ತನದ ಸಾಥ್!  ಈ ಚೆಂದದ ಮುಂದೆ ನಾವೆಲ್ಲಿಯವರೆಂದು ಹೆದರಿದ ಮಾತುಗಳು ಹುಟ್ಟುವ ಮೊದಲೇ ಸುಟ್ಟು ಹೋದವು! Merry Christmas!

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