“The answers you seek never come when the mind is busy, they come when the mind is still.” — Leon Brown On the first day of October, I went alone on a long walk. Usually I am with friends but that day I was on my own. So I walked for around two hours and … More #ThursdayTreeLove – 193
“One of the most beneficial and valuable gifts we can give to ourselves in this life: is allowing ourselves to be surprised! It is okay if life surprises you. Its a good thing!”― C. JoyBell C. On my way back to home this week, I spotted a rainbow. And if you didn’t know this about me … More #ThursdayTreeLove – 192
“After all,” Anne had said to Marilla once, “I believe the nicest and sweetest days are not those on which anything very splendid or wonderful or exciting happens but just those that bring simple little pleasures, following one another softly, like pearls slipping off a string.” ― L.M. Montgomery You all have seen this tree before. … More #ThursdayTreeLove – 191
“Every exit is an entry somewhere else.” — Tom Stoppard One afternoon post lunch, my peer and friend MH and I went for a quick walk after lunch. He took me around the Oak Grove Park that had many trees but the park was dominated by Oaks. MH showed me the acorns and as we walked … More #ThursdayTreeLove – 190
“Perspectives are like batteries. You can see the positive or the negative, and they’ll keep you charged up, if you replace them often enough.”― Curtis Tyrone Jones This is a picture from today morning. My Thursday morning. I stepped out for a walk and spotted this. The Sun was rising and away from home, I felt … More #ThursdayTreeLove – 189
My mission in life is not merely to survive, but to thrive; and to do so with some passion, some compassion, some humor, and some style. ~Maya Angelou I was at the Bangalore airport a few days back and the not so-new-Terminal (T2) has an amazing line up on trees inside the airport. I always … More #ThursdayTreeLove – 187
“When you’ve learned to both see and not see the resemblance, then you see the uniqueness.”― Barbara Katz Rothman, Early in the month, my friend UM couldn’t join me for a walk. She had to step out and then she made the most of her day by walking in one of the most green patches of … More #ThursdayTreeLove – 180
No matter how hard the past is, you can always begin again. – Buddha Happy 2025 you all! I hope the first week of the year has been decent for you all so far. Like they say, it is just another Sun rise but the change of calendar year makes us all cling to hope, … More #ThursdayTreeLove – 179
“Greater even than the greatest discovery is to keep open the way to future discovery.” ~ John Jacob Abel Say hello to this Norway Maple tree. I spotted this one in Minneapolis, the United States this July when I was out for dinner. The leaves had a lovely maroon kind of color and the tree … More #ThursdayTreeLove – 172
“What good is the warmth of summer, without the cold of winter to give it sweetness.”― John Steinbeck Talks of summers in India will be incomplete without a mention of the blooming Flame of the Forest tree (commonly known as Palash). When I was visiting my parents last month, I spotted this tree in full bloom … More #ThursdayTreeLove – 167
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