terrace – Ankahi. Unsaid.

Moon and the lapwing

April 21, 2024Posted in DelhiTagged 2024, home, lapwing, moon, summer, terraceLeave a comment

हमरी अटरिया पे आजा रे सावंरिया
देखा देखी तनिक हो जाये

with its shrill cries a lapwing is calling for his lost mate and ignoring the moon

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Love the rains

February 1, 2024Posted in DelhiTagged Rains, reflections, terrace, weatherLeave a comment

On a wet rainy morning the terrace gets a lively layer of sheen which doesn’t show even after the best of wash and the reflections appear far more enticing than the furniture. The bird-bath, these days lies upside down; who wants a bath in these cold foggy days. Sparrows, mynahs, parrots, pigeons, and crows are smarter. (1 February 2024)

Monsoons 2022 – June 30

June 30, 2022Posted in DelhiTagged home, monsoon, rain, terraceLeave a comment

It is pleasant and cool outside. The Monsoons have set in over Gurgaon and Delhi today. June the 30th is the scheduled day for rains to arrive and they did this morning about 5.30. As of now these are light showers. Cool breeze, gray skies and no sun. Wet red stone on the terrace looks awesome. The upper portion of dried amaltas looks rather sad but fresh green leaves have started sprouting from the soil level and also in the middle of the tree. Hopefully by the end of this monsoon we should get to see the green cover on this too. Madhu-Malti is loaded with pink-white and red flowers and there are other bushes of flowers too. Chandni and raat ki rani are blooming too. At 10 am, it is pouring now, no wind so it is falling down straight and sharp. At 11 there is thunder and I see denser clouds now. The rains saved me the effort of water the plants today.