eyes skyward in anticipation ....
the mercury just keeps climbing. localites, who were not so local a few years back, are teasing us for bringing AZ temperatures to cool Bangalore! yesterday afternoon, sitting in a room putting up my colorful new curtains, i felt a bead of perspiration form and then another and another... awfully uncomfortable. 37 degrees and humid. all across india, this summer is being hailed as the worst in years.
but they say, the hotter it gets heralds an impending downpour that much sooner. and so we squint up at the sunny sky and pray and wait.
have you ever traversed from one place to another looking up?
it is interesting, you notice layers of evidence of life you haven't before.
from koramangala to lavelle road (20 minute drive) i only looked up. at first i saw the high flying circling pariah and brahminy kites... way above ground. then came the enormous canopies of rain trees -- adenanthera pavonina, for those botanically inclined -- beautiful, sheltering still more kites, crows and all sorts of other birds under it. the occasional lamp post whizzed by -- occasional, yes, because nocturnal lighting is mighty poor on these roads. and then lower layers were coconut trees, some buildings and yes -- cables. at times you could see only criss-crossing cables! all cables of all kinds run above ground here and make for the first layer of the canopy ;) happily though, at least on this journey, the trees outnumbered the buildings and cables.
out of my window here i see a myriad trees -- colorful shades of verde -- home to brilliant butterflies, barbets, parrots, kites, swifts, sunbirds, shrikes, etc. some sport loud red flowers, some yellow ones... others just wear their green garb in quiet anticipation... of the promised wash... monsoon!
but they say, the hotter it gets heralds an impending downpour that much sooner. and so we squint up at the sunny sky and pray and wait.
have you ever traversed from one place to another looking up?
it is interesting, you notice layers of evidence of life you haven't before.
from koramangala to lavelle road (20 minute drive) i only looked up. at first i saw the high flying circling pariah and brahminy kites... way above ground. then came the enormous canopies of rain trees -- adenanthera pavonina, for those botanically inclined -- beautiful, sheltering still more kites, crows and all sorts of other birds under it. the occasional lamp post whizzed by -- occasional, yes, because nocturnal lighting is mighty poor on these roads. and then lower layers were coconut trees, some buildings and yes -- cables. at times you could see only criss-crossing cables! all cables of all kinds run above ground here and make for the first layer of the canopy ;) happily though, at least on this journey, the trees outnumbered the buildings and cables.
out of my window here i see a myriad trees -- colorful shades of verde -- home to brilliant butterflies, barbets, parrots, kites, swifts, sunbirds, shrikes, etc. some sport loud red flowers, some yellow ones... others just wear their green garb in quiet anticipation... of the promised wash... monsoon!
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