Kanheri

Its a just like that shot. saw this one morning in the nearby ground. Liked the crane going behind the buffalo for insects.

Are you able to spot the tiny creature

Kanheri caves

Kanheri

Kanheri cave no.3

Kanheri cave

Kanheri Caves, People enjoying the beauty of monsoon

the caves where the old buddhist monks slept

Monsoon's beauty

Views from my view

Evening sky

Bushy Dam

A gril happily playing in water - liked it, so captured in my camera

a water fall in Bhaje Caves after the first monsoon showers

Bhaje village - a view from Bhaje caves

Lohegad fort of Shivaji Raje

though no leaves, still looks beautiful

a loner

Ploughed field in Bhaje village - after the first showers of monsoon

Sunset in the west - taken from Expressway

Shore Temple (Mamallapuram)

Shore temple

Gingi Fort (Rani malai)

The Ranganadhaswamy temple in Gingi Fort

An old tree welcomes you in Ramanashram, Thiruvannamalai

Nandhi Mukh Darshan, Thiruvannamalai - during girivalam

A view of the Thiruvannamalai temple from the way to Skandashram

My New Fusion Thoran / Door Hanging

I am sharing with you my new craft work which was crocheted by me and decorated with beads, mirrors, and bells. It involves lot of my hardwork, creativity and strain to my eyes. But the end result was fruitful when i was so happy to see it waving merrily by the breeze. the jingling sounds they make is really very soothing.



Thoran / Door Hanging



My Winged visitors

Every Morning I have winged visitors on my kitchen window sill. Sharp 7 a.m. a pair of sparrow make their appearance, chirping happily announcing their arrival. I liked the way the wish me in the morning hours. I too have the same happy feeling when i hear them.  I feed rice grains to them.  Then slowly my other visitors will arrive.

My winged friends are : Two pairs of sparrows, 2 crows, pair of pigeon & a pair of mynah .There is a small protruding platform near window on which I feed them grains.

The Pigeon

Myna

Pair of Sparrow

The Crow

If I delay by few minutes, the sparrows will keep calling me putting their head inside the window like a child & catch my attention during the busy morning hours.

Its very nice to hear their chirping sounds in the morning. Each having  a different note. The mynah plays wonderful varying notes.

Pigeons are messy & greedy birds. They never let others have their share. Infact the pigeon is acting smart by allowing the sparrows to call for me for the grains, once I put the grains, immediately, it starts driving away the sparrows by making itself looking bigger & approach& them like a bully, overfeeds itself coming out with a big belly. Oversmart selfish pigeons some times makes me shoo it away.

When i start feeding them, initially i noticed the crow coming & taking some grains in its mouth & flying away with it. Later on it striked my mind that it is nesting. two months went like this, & one afternoon i had a surprise hearing a strange caller. Peeped through the window & saw a small crow. I casually put some grains, the mother crow came took the grains & fed the young one. How they care for their youngs. A mother is a mother whether its human or animal/bird. I am rejoiced to see the new member & now i have 3 crows visiting me.

Three days back, I saw a dead mynah in the pathway & was wondering whether it is one of my winged visitor of the morning as I did not see it after that. But today I am overwhelmed with joy to see my visitor back. But I feel sad for the dead mynah. But that’s how life in this world is. Survival of the fittest.

While talking to my mother, she told that the small sparrow’s population in our hometown has decreased very much which has become a rare sighting now-a-days & that she heard in the radio that it is because of the technology developments in communication like the dish for DTH & communications and the destruction of its home like small bushes & trees.

When these winged friends come to say goodmorning, I wonder what their future might be? One fine day, they may be seen only in books. such a day should never come..