Beauty

Mes Trois Amour

I fell in love with three women in Paris. I know, some of you might think, “Just three????” 😀 But I couldn’t help it. I knew two of them from before I met them; the third had only recently become an acquaintance. I could have spent days just gazing at them, like some love-sick poet … Continue reading →

Titisee – 6

Petals floating above the shallow lake-shore…

The blades will get sharper….

Couplet – Safi Lakhnawi 

ग़ज़ल उसने छेड़ी मुझे साज़ देना ज़रा उम्र-ए-रफ्ता को आवाज़ देना Ghazal usne chhedi, mujhe saaz dena Zara umr-e-rafta ko awaaz dena She sings, someone hand me my lute Someone call back my departed youth! 

“…I stood and said no more”

Originally posted on The World Is A Book…:
It was a bright noon day The ocean smoothed to blue Reflecting azure hue The sky mirrored the bay And on the sparkling shore I stood and said no more. ~ Dr. Hb (hbhatnagar) Thank you, Dr. Hb for letting me borrow your beautiful poem! I enjoy…

Taarey zameen par (stars on the ground)

I was clicking for jewels, got stars instead…

“Days of Our Lives”

Originally posted on The World Is A Book…:
“As children we fret over how long the day will last ? As youths we worry about how long the night will last  As old people we wonder how long the twilight will last……” ~Dr. Hb ‘s Days Of Our Lives (No, not a series) Thanks to Dr. Hb…

7-day Nature challenge – Day 7

Thanks to Amy (do click the link!) for nominating me for this challenge. She’s a terrific photographer; her macro work and her shots of Texan parades are a treat to behold, not to mention her Grand Canyon vistas! Another macro shot, a riot of stamens on a flower on the Bottle-brush tree.

7-day Nature challenge – Day 4

Thanks to Amy (do click the link!) for nominating me for this challenge. She’s a terrific photographer; her macro work and her shots of Texan parades are a treat to behold, not to mention her Grand Canyon vistas! A few weeks between winter and summer, that’s spring in Northern India. Flowers are all abloom around the … Continue reading →

Another evening, another part of town

I came across this little gem in another part of Basel, somewhere near the German border. The warm lights, the darkening day and the faint smell of baking bread……I wonder if heaven ought to have been this way?