Majestic Mountains...

The mountain Ranges clicked on the way to Ooty...

Roadside Tomatoes...

These are a bunch of tomato plants right outside our house,almost, near my neighbors house actually. One fine day we[neighbor and me] found a lot of tiny  tomato plants growing outside and we just let them be. She waters them everyday and now there are a lot of tomatoes on the plant...

Sunny Yellow Blossoms...

The mustard greens in the backyard has begun to bloom.I wanted to make the famous sarson ka saag with the mustard greens but somehow kept putting it off.Now that they have bloomed, I will enjoy the flowers...

Watering The Plants...

Under the coconut trees, I usually grow some plants like chilies ,bittergourd, tomato etc.We have made a provision for the excess water from the over head tank to flow into the pit in which the coconut tree and the plants grow. So it takes care of watering the plants daily...

Standing Tall...

This week  I am planning to click stuffs in my backyard / garden.These are the coconut trees in my backyard,almost 25 years old, yet majestically making their presence felt.
 

Now for the technical stuffs..

 

A New Book To Start Kick Start The Reading Challenges...

This book was sent across by the author for review. This is extra special since it is a signed copy and it also comes with wishes and blessings for the year ahead. Thanks Shubha Vilasji..


Ramayana is narrated in a beautiful way with a lot of side notes and footnotes,in this book, to make the reading all the more pleasurable.

This book too shall be a part of the reading challenges that I have signed up for...

EXIF....

A Fresh Start..

The new year has arrived and I am surely looking forward to see what this year holds for me. We went to the temple in the evening and paid our salutations to my favorite God - Ganeshji. This idol is placed opposite to the main temple under the Arasamaram [Peepal Tree]. The small pit in front of the idol is the place where coconuts are broken as offering to the Lord...

Prayed that He bless us and be with us in happiness and guide us through the difficult times..

A little technical details of the pic that I clicked with my mobile

New Year Wishes to all my readers..

Project 365 Photography - 2016

It's almost a year since I posted something here! I feel really bad for giving a step motherly treatment to this photo blog. So, to make up for the negligence,I have decided to do a photo project all through 2016.

Call it photo journal or Project 365 / Project 52, I am planning to document each day of my life with the people and things that I see and move with every day.

I am not joining a group to do this but am going to do it on my own at my own pace and theme.The clicks will be mainly from my Digi cam or DSLR and some times with my cell phone.

A small note / a detailed account of what happened around that pic will also be posted to make things interesting.

I have made a list of 52 themes/ideas that I want to follow .It is also a way to draw inspiration / be inspired.

So starting from Jan 2016 , I plan to embark on this journey both to capture the moments of my life and also to improve my photographic skills...

I am thoroughly excited to take up this challenge and hoping to finish it as planned. Fingers crossed...

Raindrops

A few weeks back it rained heavily. The raindrops cling to the leaves on the Yam plant....

Fresh Produce

The Gooseberry tree in the backyard...

Sparkles

My dear friend Priya Srinivas tagged me with a five day Black and White Photography Challenge...

This was taken on the karthigai Deepam day[5/12/2014] with Lil Angel enjoying the sparklers...

White Magic

I know I disappeared from this space long back. But its never too late to start again, right?! Here is a beautiful blossom from my garden...

Did you know that you could make a beatiful and healthy drink from the blue variety of the same flower? Check it out here...

For the past so many years, we have been growing this creeper plant and most of the times, it grows and 'over flows' into our neighbor's garden and we are forced to trim it down.

Around here,this plant is grown for aesthetic purpose. Until I saw read about this beverage, I never even imagined it could be used in a recipe!!

This flower is know by the following names...

Botanical name - Clitoria ternatea and belong to the Fabaceae family.
English names - Butterfly pea, Cordon pea, blue pea,mussel shell climber, pigeon wings, etc
Tamil - Sangi pu / Asngu pushpam
Malayalam - Shanku Pushpam
Hinid- Aparajit
Bengali - Aparajita
Kannada- Nagar Hedi
Sanskrit - Vishadoshagni

This is said to be used in Ayurvedic medicine! It is also used a coloring agent - a natural food color / dye in Thailand and other Asian countries.

This flower got the name -  Clitoria ternatea, as it resembles the female body part and is hence used to treat infertility, sexual ailments, menstrual problems, gonorrhea etc.

Raindrops....

Taken after yesterdays shower....

Sprouts...

Will be preparing some dish with these beautiful sprouts tomorrow....

Concrete Jungle

View of the section of the Ooty Town from the Famous Rose Garden

Highway Bandits

Spotted this family on our trip to Ooty....

Best Friend....

One of Lil Angel's Favorite Doll...

Snow White

Our Cactus plant that flowers once in a while....

Multi color

Trees with various shades of leaves at the park

Busy Bee...

Clicked in the park behind our home