peacock flowers

During our Sunday morning bicycle rides towards Navaluru we pass through a locality where a part of the main street has bright and lively flowers swaying gently. It's a pretty sight.. green, red, pink.. colors of life. Once it occurred to Pushpa that it was the same flower she had worn in her hair at Medak fort. Another time, she plucked a bunch and planted them on her ear. A minute later as we sped on our bikes the flowers got blown away. Last Sunday, I stopped and plucked a couple of branches and brought them home and kept them in a vase filled with water. Here are the pretty little Peacock flowers, also called Pride of Barbados. This picture was on my Whatsapp status and a friend had mistaken them for Gulmohar. Indeed, Peacock flowers are somewhat like Gulmohar but not exactly the same. Also, peacock flower plant is a shrub and Gulhohar is a tree.

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first bloom button rose

Pushpa brought a half a dozen rose cuttings from her workplace garden. That's where her involvement ends. I planted them two or three days later, think it was mid June 2026. Of those cuttings, half of them sprouted leaves, and the rest dried away. Then of the ones which sprouted leaves, only one survived and flowered last week i.e. third week October. It was elating moment for me.

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bird bathing in rain

Oct 5th afternoon I was looking down at rain water on the trees below. I happened to notice a little bird bathing in water drops in papaya leaves. Then it took a short flight and perched on branches of Singapore cherry tree. The air was laden with light mist. Here are a few shots of the little bird enjoy its bath.

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Postal Day

This picture of the postbox in Malmaddi, Dharwad was shot on March 17th morning. For the first time I noticed the tag line: Dak Seva Jan Seva. The tag line in Hindi डाक सेवा जान सेवा translates to "postal service is people's service." That's a befitting line for Indian Post.

The reason for the delayed posting of this picture is to time it with World Post Day and National Postal Day which are Oct 9th and Oct 10th respectively.

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graffiti on a cab

In primary school I remember a classmate saying "no life without wife." Looks like that guy was in rush to get married. Here we have a car owner saying "no wife, happy life." Then I remember the English song "no woman, no cry."

Lastly, this needs to be told. A few years ago, I remember seeing a line on an autorickshaw "love is slow poison." Assuming the owner of that rickshaw was a young guy ditched by his girl.

So much ga ga over girl, woman and wife.

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