The air-conditioner does not work when we want it to.
Mom, I don’t care if we are out of salt. Its 3pm and I am not going out in the heat.
Mom, can I go out to play?
In this heat? You must be mad.
Couldn’t sleep a wink last night, it was hot and there was no electricity
Summer is the season for angst. Any situation that can be even remotely connected to the heat qualifies for a complaint or an excuse for inactivity.
But summer is also the season for colours.
Colours that brighten
Colors that soothe
Colors that enliven
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| Gulmohurs dominate the summer landscape. It is impossible to miss this huge treaa near Dehu Road on National Highway-4 |
The flowering trees are at their brightest best. So, stop that whining and feast you’re your eyes on a palette that is full with very color that you can think of-red, orange, purple, pink, yellow, and more. You don’t have to travel far, too; they are right there in your neighbourhood.
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Summer Colors: Gulmohurs, Bougainvillae, Acacia, Jacaranda and more... I love the festival of colours and , these days, it takes a lot more than the heat to keep me indoors! |
Enjoy the colours while you can. In about six weeks the the first showers of the monsoon will wash that palette. Then, green will dominate the landscape, but that is another season and another story
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| Beauty in Starkness. Monotony and preoccupation with our daily routine blinds us to some compelling sights. If only we could stop and stare more often... |
9 comments:
The article is actually an eye opener in the age of commercials.
Thank you for dropping in. In a way I was suggesting that we try to slow down try to appreciate the obvious.
For me your post brings back the line " we have no time to stand and stare" which I read 75 years ago;I think in a class book lesson"Eyes and No Eyes"
The contemplation of the colours, sitting and leaning against a support as an aid to the contemplation are luxuries in todays hurry-burry.
Yippee ! I can finally comment. Summer is the time to slow down, summer is the time to appreciate things around us, summer is the time to wait for the rains. And summer is for mangoes. Why haven't you mentioned them?
Thanks for all the inspiring comments. Mangoes were left out of the blog for a couple of valid reason. One, I am not particularly fond of them. Two,they are not a compelling reason to venture out.Rather,they are an excuse for exactly the opposite. Thanks, again, every one.
Thanks for all the inspiring comments. Mangoes were left out of the blog for a couple of valid reason. One, I am not particularly fond of them. Two,they are not a compelling reason to venture out.Rather,they are an excuse for exactly the opposite. Thanks, again, every one.
Thanks for all the inspiring comments. Mangoes were left out of the blog for a couple of valid reason. One, I am not particularly fond of them. Two,they are not a compelling reason to venture out.Rather,they are an excuse for exactly the opposite. Thanks, again, every one.
My favourite. I have nothing more to say.
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