Mandwa in the morning

March 29, 2021

Today I woke up at Mandwa. It’s not as if I was adrift and just found myself on the beach but it felt like that after a night with the Little People .

Since it was Wow Dinga’s birthday Anna Shetty has organised a weekend getaway. Last night we I was up most of the night taking one kid or the other for a visit to the loo . Besides, Wow Dinga woke me up on the hour every hour till sunrise .

Finally when it was day break, we did go for a walk on the beach

And what a lovely walk it was.Sunlight danced on the wet sand creating glinting ripples

Peaceful, serene and timeless .

Ciao

High noon at Mandwa

March 27, 2021

High noon at Mandwa

Stumped !

March 24, 2021

I am more than convinced that you can find beauty in the most unexpected places .

Last month I made a day trip to Bhor , a sleepy rural town near Pune .

Bhor was once princely state during the Maratha Empire and I was sadly disappointed with the Palace which is a mere shadow of its former self .

I was equally disappointed with the old temples which were restored to modern garishness rather than to its original charm .

Hence I was most surprised when I saw this magnificent tree lurking behind an equally dilapidated building off the main town square .

What was most amazing however was the thick trunk with folds of wood embracing the main trunk which has obviously sprouted from the stump

And as I gazed upward , admiring this proud old tree , I saw three beehives hanging down

I’m not too sure what this tree was but I think from the leaf , it was a Ficus religiosa.

And below it all was a tiny niche waiting patiently to be home to a new idol .

What a magnificent that was !

With this post , I will be joining Parul for her #ThursdayTreeLove-105 , a bi-monthly blog hop for tree lovers .

So if you’d like to see some more lovely trees from round the world , do pop in at #ThursdayTreeLove-105 .

Hope you had a good Thursday

Ciao