A garden requires patient labor and attention. Plants do not grow merely to satisfy ambitions or to fulfill good intentions. They thrive because someone expended effort on them. ~ Liberty Hyde Bailey
Tea Time
Come, let us have some tea and continue to talk about happy things. ~Chaim Potok Tea time is a chance to slow down, pull back and appreciate our surroundings. ~Letitia Baldrige
Whatchu Lookin’ At?
“If a dog will not come to you after having looked you in the face, you should go home and examine your conscience.” ~Woodrow Wilson
Wag The Dog!
Happiness is a warm puppy.” ~Charles Shultz (cartoonist, Peanuts) “As wonderful as dogs can be, they are famous for missing the point.” ~Jean Ferris “A dog is the only thing on earth that loves you more than he loves himself.” “A dog teaches a boy fidelity, perseverance, and to turn around three times before lying down.”…
Hello Kitty
A kitten is in the animal world what a rosebud is in the garden. ~Robert Southey But cats are not my most favorite animals in the world. As kittens, they may be very people dependent; as they become cats, they stop caring. Dogs though get warm and friendly as they grow. As you have already…
Summer Sun
This life is like a swimming pool. You dive into the water, but you can’t see how deep it is. ~Dennis Rodman
Getting Catty
“Cats know how to obtain food without labor, shelter without confinement, and love without penalties.” ~Walter Lionel George
Basadi and Holy Shrines
The Gometeshwara statue at Shravanabelegola is not the only shrine to visit on the Chandragiri hill. The hill is full of different Basadi or Jain temples where pilgrims offer their prayers and wish for things. This is on the other side of the Odegal Basadi. More of a place to congregate and celebrate, the place…
Wild Trees
“Time has a different quality in a forest, a different kind of flow. Time moves in circles, and events are linked, even if it’s not obvious that they are linked. Events in a forest occur with precision in the flow of tree time, like the motions of an endless dance.” ~Richard Preston, The Wild Trees:…
Rama’s Dilemma
The story of Rama Killing Vali, Sugreeva’s brother is quite a famous moral dilemma. This gorgeous sculpture explains how Rama devised a plan to kill the Monkey king, who was invincible, from behind seven palm trees. Vali had a boon that he couldn’t be killed directly, and hence wrecked havoc. On a request from Vali’s…
Snapshots of my World 