Majakali is in the northern part of India, where my daughter and me went on a retreat. Though not actually in the Himalayas, it was exciting to know that it was near it, and one may see the peaks in the distance… …depending on the weather! The group turned out to be a group of…
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……
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…
This a tiny lake with maybe no name. Anyway in Bangalore, we just have to wish a lake by any other name, remains a lake! Around April while walking around southern part of Banashankari over a small dry lake bed, there were some sheep grazing around. The grazing sheep were at first very shy, running…
Looked like lantana but was actually different… Asclepias, Mexican Milkweedit’s called Arisina Kumkuma in Kannada, beautifully descriptive name!~ Deepa Mohan (naturalist, writer, photographer, birder, …….)
Chiguru – an initiative from Cleanup Turahalli – has completed one month today. Chiguru – a germinating shoot, and typically prominent in Mango trees during the spring season, is an interactive program with neighboring children that brings them closer to nature. More than the program itself, its the overwhelming response by the children and their…
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…
…..Could go on a nature walk in Turahalli Forest this morning after a long gap…There is so much to explore in nature…..we just wanted to know the home of different life in the forest but we could just touch the tip of the iceberg. We got lost in exploring the rocks……its amazing to go back…
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…