Lost World

Marine Flora- India

Found on a backwater island off ECR, (Chennai - Pondicherry), Tamilnadu, India.

Fungus

Let not Fungus grow inside our minds and clog our vision

Life is sometimes Flowery

Indian Pond Lily

Happy Christmas to All !!

This photo of mine of a real tree taken from distance -zooming in on it.. reminds me of a Greeting Card front page !! So here is wishing you all to a Merry Merry Christmas and Happy New Year

Love in the Sand

Love can bloom at the most unsuspected places...........

.............. when least expected....

............. And when it does , it blooms flowers even in the Sand..........Sand that has filled up space over time.........

But when love does bloom even sand forgets that it is sand.....and smiles again...even though it cannot go anywhere since it is still physically sand .... though changed inside...

..........And so says "Thank You" to the seeds that made this happen....

White for Purity

White is for Purity.

God Gave us Flowers, Man named them

God gave us flowers, man named them. What's in a name?
Just enjoy! These are flowers on proper trees found in Tamilnadu. I took a telephoto close up. Nothing artistic just simple shots.

[Taken 1st Oct 2008]

Pitchavaram Mangrove Swamps, Tamilnadu

When you take the boat ride in the backwaters of Pitchavaram you will see mangroves like this.. and the sceney is like this around you. The water ride will be some 3 kms.. but the depth of the water is only 5 feet or so.. so you will see fishermen standing in the water and fishing.


Fantastic Ride!! The boat ride will take you to the beach at one end and drop you there and wait for you. When you walk across the beach to the sea side you will feel your feet feeling soft sand underneath. This beach is actually an Island I think.. On one side the sea water is coming into the backwater and the other side seems to be disconnected from the mainland.. since we came from mainland and this side of the beach seemed to join the piece of land across the water when we stood on the mainland while boarding the boat. Another thing I feel. It is that there is water deep under this sand beach.. or else why is it soft to walk? In fact this is evident from the impressions left behind on the sand by animal or man walking as you can see. No other beaches are like this.. During Tsunami this beach was under water but the mainland was protected by the mangroves swamps. There are fishermen living on this beach at one corner.. do not know what they do when Tsunami comes!!

We are reaching the beach (island). Here the waterway narrows and becomes very shallow.. the boatman has to push his way with the help of the oar.

The photo at above right is the beach showing the sea on the far side front.

A hole made by a Crab. Unfortunately could not see one! The greenery at the end is the tiny village where th fishermen live. The photo below on the left side shows some manmade canal to get water (for what? Growing plants? Some plants are seen- Succulents rather that you probably have in your flower pots in your houses. Here they are growing naturally.)

A Flower a Day for my Blog friends: Day 7 of 7

For my Blog Readers--> A flower for everybody. Last Chance... till I shoot flowers again...........

A Flower a day for my Blog Friends: Day 6 of 7

For my Blog Readers--> A flower for everybody. Just one more day remaining if you do not take this one and have not taken so far.

A flower a day for my Blog Friends:Day 5 of 7

For my Blog Readers--> A flower for everybody. If you did not like the flowers here is a plant for you. Take your Pick from next three days then. If you can state the name then it is certainly yours as I do not know the name.

A Flower a Day for my Blog Friends: Day 4 of 7

For my Blog Readers--> A flower for everybody. Take your pick from next 4 days if you have not taken already. This is from a flower in case you like this better.

A Flower a Day for my Blog Friends: Day 3 of 7

For my Blog Readers--> A flower for everybody. Take your Pick from next five days if you have not taken yet. If you can state the name then it is certainly yours as I do not know the name.

A flower a Day for my Blog Friends: Day 2 of 7

For my Blog Readers--> A flower for everybody. Take your Pick from next six days if you have not taken already. If you can state the name then it is certainly yours as I do not know the name.

A flower a Day for my Blog friends:Day 1 of 7

For my Blog Readers--> A flower for everybody. Take your Pick from next seven days. If you can state the name then it is certainly yours as I do not know the name.

Green Coconut- Tropical Favourite

Eucalyptus Tree

I thought I will host this photo of the Eucalyptus Tree .. it was so tall as they usually are and the bark is so very white and very Smooth. A really wonderful, useful, medicinal tree growing aplenty in the Nilgiris.. .. You can take Eucalyptus Oil for cold and cough (a few drops with sugar)!!

Fruits of Labour