A khatta-meetha take on life around me through my presbiopic eyes!
The glorious magnificent trees at Ta Phrom or Tree Temple in Siem Reap Cambodia.
Specifically the Spung tree or the Tetrameles nudiflora.
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Here is the Ganer or the Buttercup tree. Its among the first to bloom as winter ends. Our Pune tekdis are home to many of these and last week I was lucky to see these golden flowers.
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After a prolonged Monsoon in Pune, rains are just about retreating. Morning walks call for a light jacket as the weather is chilly. The Tekdi offers wonderful views.. well worth the effort of waking up early.
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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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A stately tree that grows on Pune hills and the plains around the city as well.
I saw many trees in full bloom in the Maval area all buzzing with lots of bees.
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A post on the usual red flowered Seemal to follow the yellow bombax!!
Here is the Silk Cotton Tree/Shyamali aka Bombax ceiba of the Malvaceae family.
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