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Tuesday, April 26, 2022

rocket launch !

 Ever seen a rocket launch from close quarters ?

 


This one was bang on target – Akshay Rangarajan  @ Thiruvallikkeni divyadesam  Battar maryathai 25.4.2022 @ night 12.30 !! 

Sunday, April 24, 2022

Sales - perspective

 Perspective of a Seller @  7:59 pm – time to close down and take stock of day’s sale !!

Nikon D7500 F6.3; S1/100- ISO 2000 – no flash !!



Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Kingfisher !

  

Amidst city’s cacophony, concrete structures, airconditioners, hangling clothes – one could easily miss such beauties !! – grouped as  *Coraciiformes*  -   colourful birds including the kingfishers, the bee-eaters, and more.


 

Storks ! நாரை விடு தூது

Storks are large, long-legged, long-necked wading birds with long, stout bills.

பழம்படு பனையின் கிழங்கு பிளந்தன்ன

பவளக் கூர்வாய்ச் செங்கால் நாராய்

- நாரை விடு தூது - சத்திமுத்தப் புலவர்.



Sunday, April 10, 2022

beau calf !!

  

I love this beauty !  .. .. and .. .. her ‘sangu’ dollar.




devotion

 எம்பிரானையே கை கூப்பித் தொழாய் மட நெஞ்சமே !!




Saturday, April 9, 2022

Oh Butterfly !!

 Thikku Theriyatha kattil’ (in a forest lost in directions) was also the name of a hit movie released in 1972 starring Muthuraman and Lakshmi … a song 

‘பூப்பூவா பறந்து போகும் பட்டுப்பூச்சி அக்கா - நீ

பளபளன்னு போட்டிருப்பது யாரு கொடுத்த சொக்கா’  

– a child asking the butterfuly as to who gave it such a beautiful shirt ! – was a grand hit of yesteryears.



Friday, April 8, 2022

Nature's palette !!

 பொன்மாலைப்பொழுது !  .. வான மகள் நாணும் போது .. ..



City life is all about !! - somersault !!

 City life is all about !!

நகரத்து வாழ்க்கை என்ன என்றால் :  -  குரங்கு அவதாரம் எடுத்து, தெருக்களில் ட்ராபிக்கில்  குட்டிக்கரணம் போட்டு, வேடிக்கை காட்டி - எப்படியாவது சிரித்து - தம் சேர்ந்தோருடன் மகிழ்ச்சியாக இருப்பதே !!



Thursday, April 7, 2022

bottle brush !

 Callistemon species have commonly been referred to as bottlebrushes because of their cylindrical, brush like flowers resembling a traditional bottle brush.



flycatcher !!

 Muscicapa – possibly one of the old flycatchers !!



insect on a flower !

 Nature has its wonders !  .. .. there are so many species – all surviving with some green cover.  Here is one found on a sangu pushpam (Clitoria Ternatea) 

Hymenoptera is a large order of insects, comprising the sawflies, wasps, bees, and ants.



Cat on the wall n staring!

 Everybody wants to be a cat

Because a cat's the only cat

Who knows where it's at  .. ..  Walt disney records



Sunday, April 3, 2022

Semparuthi Poovu

Hibiscus (semparuthi) - flowers are large, conspicuous, trumpet-shaped, with five or more petals, mostly seen in pink, magenta ….. .. here is a white one !


 

Saturday, April 2, 2022

HIndu High School staff

 Pre-script .. a photo taken during Sree Ramanavami 1 purappadu this evening at Thiruvallikkeni. 

Triplicanites would know the person with shirt – Sri Govindan, too well, for his enthusiastic flag-waving during thiruther.  He worked in Hindu High School as Office assistant, and seeing this might bring lot of memories of Hindu High school students. 



Vintage Car on rails

  Vintage stuff – Car on rails !! @ Mysore Rail Museum