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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Here is a tree from my travels… one that had red foliage in the month of May. I always thought that trees in the temperate climates had these glorious colours in autumn.
But this was an exception I guess.
Here is the lovely Fagus sylvatica ‘Atropunica‘ that I saw in the Luxemborg Garden in Paris.
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The Chincha or Tamarind or Imli is wearing its beautiful coat of fresh feathery green leaves. In the blazing heat, it is soothing to the eyes and its shade is cool respite to anyone out on the roads during the day.
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A wonderful tree that literally stopped me in my tracks! And as I was crossing the road . This was in London but rest assured, I had sufficient time to stay back at the traffic signal and photograph it.
The Cigar Tree – That’s what I think it is!! Catalpa speciosa.
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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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