“What I like about photographs is that they capture a moment that’s gone forever, impossible to reproduce.” ― Karl Lagerfeld
This picture is tagged ‘Same time, last year’ on my archives. It was a hot April day and VT and I were off to meet our friends. Right around this patch, we spoke of how hot Bangalore had turned. And then I spotted this tree. I smiled, VT slowed and I clicked this tree. The Gulmohar is an evergreen tree in India and which ever city I go, I spot one. Do you?
Thursday Tree love is a photo feature hosted on this blog on every 2nd and 4th Thursday of a month. The next edition will go live on May 14 2020. If you would like to play along, post a picture of a tree on your blog and link it back to this post.
If you don’t see the pingback, please leave a link to your post in my comments section. Please make sure that your post’s link is showing up on this latest edition. I will link your posts on my blog in the next edition and spread some love. Let’s come together to appreciate the beautiful nature around us.
Before you go, don’t forget to check the lovely trees shared on #ThursdayTreeLove – 85:
- Shalini shares the Star Fruit tree from Gurgaon, India
- Sunita shares the Palm trees from Mumbai, India
- Mali shares New Zealand Rata tree and its blooms from her neighborhood in New Zealand
- Archana shares a coconut palm from Pune, India
- Shilpa shares Areca Nut trees from her family plantation in Karnataka, India
- Soumya shares a tree from her apartment complex in Bangalore, India and calls it Phoebe
- Angela shares a tree from Hyderabad, India
- Priya joins with a Gulmohar tree from Bangalore, India
- Alana joins with trees from a park in her neighborhood
- Lin joins with trees and a tangled mesh of branches
- Joanna shares Cherry Blossom tree and its blooms from her neighborhood
- Chandra shares Redbud tree and its blooms from her neighborhood in Alabama, US
- Wren talks about forest bathing and shares some trees from Bangkok
- Ken shares a tree from Cranac, France
- Rita shares a tree from a terrace in Mumbai, India
Those blooms are amazing. I’d smile every time I saw one.
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Ooops – almost forgot – here’s my one for today – https://aseparatelife.wordpress.com/2020/04/23/is-it-a-strawberry-tree/
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Same here. Thank you, Mali!
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Yes, its seen all over India.. May sees the Gulmohor in full glory! Always a pleasure to see them! Here is my tree https://yenforblue.blogspot.com/2020/04/wispy-thursdaytreelove.html
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Thanks, Archana!
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Beautiful click Parul:) we have two huge trees at the University Campus and its like forest on fire, i did click a couple of times. Here’s my link:https://livealifeofgratitude.blogspot.com/2020/04/t-salt-doll.html
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Thank you, Angela. I like the analogy – forest on fire!
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I love Gulmohar trees, they are so vibrant and makes one feel alive! Bangalore has quite a lot of them.
My post for this week: http://www.lifeofleo.in/2020/04/queenie-thursdaytreelove-16.html
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I feel the same, Soumya. Thank you!
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Ah, another tree not hardy where I live in a cold clime. But, as we expect some snow flurries today, it’s so nice to look at. Here’s mine:
https://ramblinwitham.blogspot.com/2020/04/tree-thursdaytreelove-atozchallenge.html
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Good to know, Alana! Thank you!
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Those red blooms are amazing! We used to call it as Benki (Fire) flower during childhood days.
Here is my entry for this week https://shilpanairy.wordpress.com/2020/04/23/greenwich-park-thursdaytreelove/
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I remember your post with these flowers, Shilpa. Thank you!
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This Flamboyant is beautiful! That’s its name in French 😉
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Wow! I wasn’t aware. so glad you shared!
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The colors are beautiful! The road looks like it could be quiet and cozy, at least at the moment this photo was taken. Here’s my tree love offering for today: https://joannaoftheforest.wordpress.com/2020/04/23/thursday-tree-love-southern-live-oak/
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Thanks JoAnna. This was a detour and no traffic this side so yes it was quiet.
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Evergreen indeed !! Lovely pic Parul 🙂
Here’s my entry – https://softypinkngloriousred.wordpress.com/2020/04/23/the-night-flowering-jasmine-thursdaytreelove/
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Thanks, Priya!
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That is a lovely tree. You don’t see them here in the UK.
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Thank you Lin. This tree is very common in India. It could be about the climate.
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Pretty tree! Here’s my offering: https://iamchandralynn.com/2020/04/23/thursdaytreelove-thank-you-tree/
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Thanks Chandra!
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I sure do. I love how vibrant your picture is – the red and the blue are just beautiful together.
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Thanks Tulika! Glad you liked it 🙂
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Gulmohars, always vibrant! Here’s mine from Ontario, Canada where spring is still on the way…https://myheart2heart.blog/2020/04/29/enticing-sun-n-sky/
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True! They are so vibrant. Thank you, Rita!
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Beautiful share, and in bloom its more beautiful, the greens and reds ka combo.
sharing yet another gulmohar from my side too – https://praguntatwa.com/tree-love-gulmohar-royal-poinciana/
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Loved your tree, Pragun. Thanks for joining!
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Dear Parul,
So sorry could not link up with my earth day pictures as I had intended to. I’m smiling looking at this post of yours, as it’s synchronously similar, in some ways to the post idea I was toying with this morning, for #WW and #TTL.
🙂
Hope you are well dearest and keeping your spirits high.
Love and light!
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No problem at all, Natasha! 🙂
You take care !
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Nice photo of Gulmohar tree. I remember we used to call them as May flowers as they were seen blooming especially during the April-May months in Bengaluru. As children, we used to stick the clayx part of the flowers which were green outside and red inside on our finger tips and play ghost, showing the claw-like red sharp fingers to other kids.
My tree love can be seen here – https://anjus.home.blog/2020/05/11/together-we-grow-strong/
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I loved that personal story you shared. Beautiful! And May flower sounds like a logical name. We used to call it Gulmohar and hence that’s the name I know. Thank you Anajna for joining and sharing this!
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