red and yellow flower
Looked like lantana but was actually different…

Asclepias, Mexican Milkweed
it’s called Arisina Kumkuma in Kannada, beautifully descriptive name!
~ Deepa Mohan (naturalist, writer, photographer, birder, …….)
Looked like lantana but was actually different…

Asclepias, Mexican Milkweed
it’s called Arisina Kumkuma in Kannada, beautifully descriptive name!
~ Deepa Mohan (naturalist, writer, photographer, birder, …….)
“Now and again, it is necessary to seclude yourself among deep mountains and hidden valleys to restore your link to the source of life.” – Art of Peace, Morihei Ueshiba Well I didn’t actually seclude myself; was with around 15 other people… when I had gone on an approximately 20km walk over two days, in the…
Took a night stroll yesterday after a gap… its a nice thing to do every night. The frog-orchestra for which no sophisticated Bose speaker or Dolby Surround System was any match… faded off after a while once they realized we were there. But after a while, they started again… Came across these reflections… what is…
After the main Turahalli Forest is closed for public, we took this opportunity to explore the Tree Park opposite to it. Kudos to the Karnataka Forest Dept (KFD) who took a great initiative in rejuvenating this park planting thousands (looks like an exaggeration, but yeah, thousands of new saplings. They welcome any friends free who…
Usually we look forward to a good reason to have a nice time… why not look for a good reason for an outing as well? So for a recent birthday of we thought of going outdoors especially as the birthday girl likes adventure. The idea was to climb a hill and venture into a cave……
Mandya’s usually considered as an intermediary milestone along the way to Mysore or any other place… we never imagined we’d actually go to this place for a visit. But when we did go to a homestay over here, the surroundings were quite unexpected. We’d probably gone at the perfect time, just after the monsoon, and…