A khatta-meetha take on life around me through my presbiopic eyes!
Here are spectacular doorways from Arles in France. Spectacular due to the wonderful floral vines grown along the door.
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Here is a beautiful Banyan tree that lives in Bangalore.
I know the city must have many grand old Banyans, but this especially interested me as it grows inside a hotel.
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Today I have yet another tree from my Travels.
A beautiful tree that .. hold your breath… more than 400 years old!
Its the Robinia pseudoacacia that has its home in Paris at the Square Rene Viviani.
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Just like us humans, I think plants too have relatives as in ‘Cousins’ .. I always refer to plants that belong to the same Genus but different specific epithets as being related as ‘Cousins’!
Lets meet the Albizia amara today.. this one lives on the Vetal Tekdi in Pune.
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Our first tree spotting car drive of the year. We did not have to go very far of Pune, and the destination was the lovely Yellow Palash or Yellow Flame of the Forest.
An elusive, very uncommon tree endemic to our region. We all know the Red Flame of the Forest or Butea monosperma. This is Butea monosperma var lutea .. both of the Fabaceae family.
As it turns out, I was late and blooming was past its full glory. I did manage to see few flowers.
Here they are
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Recently i had to drive on the Expressway near Chandani Chowk …the area alongside the road is now a jungle of steel, concrete and glass. Hardly any greenery …and just as I was bemoaning this fact…
This glorious Bombax ceiba (aka Seemal or Shalmali) stood tall and proud and in full bloom against all odds. It’s called Sawar in Marathi and belongs to the Malvaceae family.
It was such a heartening sight.
Here is the tree from my window…
(I was a passenger in the car)
As the mindless so called development continues, Nature finds a way to survive.
Here is a link to a video of this tree on blogger.
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Here is another tree from my travels.
The graceful beautiful delicate Lagerstroemia microcarpa of Lythraceae that lives at the Kasauli Club.
Here it is from up close..
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This is a magnificent Camphor tree that has its home at the Company Baug in Amritsar.
Obviously very old, the trunk was in 6 parts but 3 of them seemed to have dried out. The others were healthy and I seemed to be the only one wanting to photograph the tree!
Here is the Cinnamomum camphora of Lauraceae family.
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Here is the beautiful driveway as one enters the Chateau Chenonceau in France.
These are the so-called Plane trees or Sycamore trees.
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