Octopus tree Berries – These are the favourite berries of many birds and animals! Common Names: Octopus Tree, Queensland Umbrella Tree, Brassaia and amate Botanical name: Schefflera actinophylla Family: Araliaceae (Aralia family) Native to northern Australia and south-eastern New Guinea More about Octopus Tree: Tropical evergreen shrub with multiple trunks.…
Squirrels are one of the most adorable creatures in the world! I enjoy watching them for hours together…
Already people are enjoying the monsoon in many parts of India.. But, we are still watching the dark clouds at Pune that are not yet showing mercy on us… My first Pune monsoon experience was superb as Pune had one of the heaviest monsoons ever in past 20 years,…
Oh! Yes!!! It is a red hibiscus flower smiling in my small hibiscus plant 🙂 This is the second flower that bloomed in my plant. Notice the stigma… For the first time I thought it is mutated… But, this flower is also with three conjoined stigmas (unlike the usual five)…
I was celebrating life being a part of this wonderful world, where the sun shines and the earth is alive… Where seeds sprout and hence new lives, new hopes and new promises begin… Where flowers bloom, each with its unique beauty, fragrance and life… Where birds sing, each with its…
Monsoon is expected to hit Kerala by June 5th and as a hint, summer is becoming unbearable in India, off course, in Pune too. I am a great lover of tender coconut and because of which, I love summer too 🙂 When we are on Pune-Mangaluru road, we try to…
Are you asking me if they are Siamese? Look at the following photo for the answer…. How cute! Isn’t it? I sighted this lovely pair of kittens at my husband’s childhood friend’s house…
Democracy wins! Bharatiya Janatha Janardhan has finally elected a Prime Minister with the magic figure (272, the simple majority) after long 30 years! This is the victory of the Indians, for finally choosing vision and development over all the other unwanted issues that were hyped and imposed on them. Of…
This is my first post after we are back from native. We had started our journey late night on 4th of April as we had to avoid the traffic of Pune city. We were chatting for a long time. I didn’t even know when I fell asleep. Venu and my…
If everything happens as we have planned, I would be dancing in nature when this post goes online! Venu has promised to stop the car at every beautiful place in between Mangaluru and Pune for me to enjoy and capture the awesome moments 🙂 By the end of the day…