Watching the Sunrise and Holy Basil...

Watching sunrise is something I love. However, do not always get the chance due to my laziness.  Earlier when I was in Whitefield I was able to watch it daily since the balcony was east facing and there were no construction in front. There was a farm house and the Sun rise from behind the trees always appears great. I was able to photograph it very well then. But then we moved to Murgeshpalya and watching a Sun rise became a dream as there were concrete all around. Now, I am in Panathur and it’s just like staying in a village and enjoying the beauty of nature. The chirping and hooting of birds break the sleep and watching the pigeons fly in flock feels like a blessing to me. I hope I get to see such beauty at our own house at Sarjapur. For now only D is staying there setting up the house. I even recorded the sounds of the birds once at 5 AM and even when I listen to those sounds those moments become alive in my memory.

I have taken so many sunrise pictures, but I had become so lazy to blog or share it in FB. I will upload those pictures some other time. 

In this busy life sometime we become so busy that we overlook many beautiful things of the nature. There are certain people, certain things that we interact daily. However, we ignore those subtle things because we are so busy with our life that our mind doesn’t take notice of those. And one day when we feel like spending some time noticing those people or the beauty of the nature, we became amazed by so many things that were there but we never took notice of it.

And when someday we take some moments to watch the nature and notice a thing that has been near us for a long time, it surprises us.

Something of this sort happened with me day before yesterday. I had been watching Tulsi (Holy Basil) plant for a long time and also its buds that become the seeds and that are offered to God/Goddess. However, I never took notice of its flowers and was always wondering how come it turns into seeds without any flower blooming in it. I was wrong the flowers bloom and stay for around a day or two and then they fall. When I saw it day before yesterday I was surprised and asked my mom to have a look at it too. She said she had seen it already. I gazed at those tiny lavender color flowers for a long time. Took notice of every detail and felt great that I saw that flower that day. Yesterday my father plucked those along with its seed form and offered it to God during prayer. I took some photographs of the flowers. Today morning I was watching the plant again while watching the sunrise and taking every beauty deep into my breath. And I saw some buds blooming from another one. I took the photograph of it too along with the sunrise photographs.

The more I see these pics the more fascinated I feel.

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Gestures can make your day

Gestures mean a lot in this world where every second is so costly.

` A comforting hug

` A loving kiss

` A cute smile

` An interesting handshake

` An encouraging pat - can make your day sometime.

Gesture doesn't necessarily mean that of we humans, even the gestures made by animals, birds, insects can give immense pleasure, provided we are ready to spend those few minutes cherishing those moments.

` A small bird chirping, moving its tail here and there, and so is its neck, jumping from one branch to other.

` A butterfly flapping its tiny wings up and down in a fast forward motion, flying from one flower to another.

` A squirrel, walking fast, picking up nuts and chocolate pieces, holding it in its two front legs and eating it with its two upper long tooth and tiny lower tooth, when senses someones presence, running away in a glimpse of time.

` A dog jumping on the sand, scampering it with its front legs, sitting there quietly, looking around, taking nap keeping its eyes almost closed but not completely and sitting like a statue.

` A cat walking slowly, not trying to look at you, keeping its foot carefully, jumping from garden to window, yawning and making 'meeew' sound.

If these are cherished carefully can make your day.

Even the non-living stuff give immense happiness.

` The sun rising from behind the huge trees.

` The sky changing its colors.

` The clouds moving around as if they are dancing.

` The wind making soft slow music in your ears.

` Trees dancing with their leaves.

Ah.. there are so many things to enjoy. Yet we rarely find time to walk in the woods and enjoy the nature and its gifts.

I am so fortunate that I am in a place where I cherish all these gifts.

Thank you God! Thank you D.

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Patterns of Sky with Cloud and Sun - Part 3

The first one is in normal mode. The second one in Sunset mode. Just a mode change and you can capture the sun.. :)

The patterns of the sky due to sunlight and cloud (part 3)

Untill I write / click again... Keep smiling...
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Patterns of Sky with Cloud and Sun - Part 2

I have become a fan of the Friends (sun and cloud). They both appear beautiful together... And while they play games, they do the make over of the sky beautifully

Take a look at the pics clicked today at 8:00 A.M.

The patterns of the sky due to sunlight and cloud (part 2)

Untill I write / click again... Keep smiling...
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Patterns of Sky with Cloud and Sun - Part 1

These are the pics I clicked today morning.. The sharp orange lines caught my eyes and I could not resist myself from capturing those in my camera..

The last but one is when Sun was behind clouds. It was hard to look at the Sun, so assuming its there I clicked it. And it came so nice... Hope you all like it.

The patterns of the sky due to sunlight and cloud (part 1)

Until I write/click again... Keep smiling...

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The new makeup of nature @ Bangalore

Winter is over... and the nature is simply amazing in Bangalore now. Just few days back the nature appeared a bit sad and grumpy with its dark shades of color. Just a week has passed and the nature has colored itself so beautifully with bright colors that I can't make you feel this with these words. I have to show you the nature. The beautiful trees and their colors... its makes you feel the smell of lemon and that wakes you up completely...

On 2nd March, 2010 I posted a blog with the pics of nature. There was a tree in the first collage of the pic. Here's that tree then:

Here is the same tree with its new bright and vibrant color with its new leaves (taken on 10th March 2010):

This is just a small example... The nature is so beautiful that it appears as if we are in a new world with so much beauty and freshness around us. The leaves dance with such enthusiasm.. that it reminds me of the fast flying fairies of tinker bell animation movie. I just love watching them dance. While going to office when you see them I feel as if they are encouraging me, as if they are wishing me.... "Yeah GG! You can do it! Good Morning!! Make a great day ahead! Hooray!" Wow... it feels so good... I can't explain that any more.. You must feel that when you see them dancing around you, welcoming you.

Until I write again... Keep smiling...
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Watching a Sunrise

Good Morning!! Wow... It's a wonderful morning today. I see birds flying from the east towards me. Small, big, tiny all sizes of birds are flying in the subtle blue sky. The sky is so pure for there are no clouds to take away its beauty in its purest form.

My house's balconies face east. Early morning when we sit on our sofa in the hall or on the stair case of our balcony we see the sunrise. I had a chance today to get up before the sunrise. That's the reason I met the beautiful bride dressed in a light blue color garment.

The cool breeze coming along with the birds feels so fresh that it's tickling all the cells in my body. The smooth touch of the wind on my hair... umm... I can again go back to sleep. The lovely and fresh smell of the nature is making me hungry now. Not only me, it seems the roses and other flowers seem to be enjoying the weather and the most beautiful moment of the day. The way dance and wave their little petals... oooww... it's making me behave like a little child and play with them, stare them like I have seen some wonder I have never seen before.

I sit down on my stair case now and watch on those few tall trees in front of me, at around 70 meters away. That house is also beautiful... a very nice bungalow. Looks like a farm house. Well, the trees in their garden are tall and beautiful, with different variety of leaves. The sun is rising now slowly and the saffron color of it appears awesome. The sun rays among those trees appear to me as the focus light of the stages where actors/actresses perform. The grass must be feeling like VIPs with the spot light on them.

The sun is rising fast... hmm... as its summer here in Bengaluru now. Well, as the sun is moving up in the sky it's changing its garments. Now, it is dressed up in Orange color. Wow it's moving even faster up and up and up to the high sky, wearing a yellow color garment. Well, the clouds have finally come. May be they were waiting to the Sun to play hide and seek with it. It looks as if they are playing "catch me if you can". Some time it appears as if the Cloud is over the Sun, some time the Sun is over the Cloud. The hawk is swinging here and there, some time towards the Sun, some time away from it. Looks as if it's jealous of the Cloud and doesn't want it to play with the Sun. The sun is busy with the clouds and the hawk finally disappointed and has moved away towards the west along with the other chirping birds.

The sun is higher up in the sky now and the yellow garment is so bright that it's hard for me to look at it. And that's when I realised it's already 7:30 now and I better go get ready for my office. I take a last view at the scene from the corner of my eyes and get back to work. I feel so nice that my intuition tells me it's going to be a great day ahead. 

Here's a collage of my shots taken while savoring the beauty of nature...

Will catch you in my next blog...

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