Till recently, I didn't know that there was a season called Spring - in Mysore. Thanks to DG, I learnt that in fact, there is one, albeit for a short while, sandwiched between winter and summer. Tabeubias, Jacarandas are making Mysore a lovely colourful place. This one was from a roadside scene.
Jacaranda. I love these blues. I just can't avoid stopping by whenever I see this splash of blue.
This is how the tree looks [forgot its name at the moment] as I stand at the front door of my house. It's on the street.
Thanks for a view of your 'spring'.
How tall is the tree with the blue blooms?
About 25 feet. It's not so striking in the picture, but to the eye, it was brilliant.
Dinu,
What lovely pictures. It is nice to see someone is having spring. Here is a picture of our first day of spring. Jake (our kitty) wasn't terribly impressed.
Melissa
Mel,
Does Jake's feet freeze in the snow? Spring and snow together? Have no idea about how it is there in your zone - so am asking a seemingly silly question. Here, we have clear blue skies with occasional white clouds that seem to add beauty.
Dinu
Dinu,
I suppose Spring technically starts on the vernal equinox, but it doesn't seem very "spring" like here. The area i am in is considered high desert, we are quite close to Lake Tahoe in the state of Nevada. Our elevation is very high, and we get very little rain. It sometimes snows here on and off till April. Our last (average) day of night time temps that reach freezing is May 17. We can get down to -20 degrees Fahrenheit about -28 Celsius (very rare, but has happened) in the winter and we usually have several days a year over 100 degrees Fahrenheit about 38 degrees Celsius. We have a very short spring and fall, it usually changes from very cold to very hot. LOL And Jake doesn't stay out for long in this weather. It is much nicer today, about 12.7 Celsius! We will even have some days that reach 21 celsius on and off before it stops freezing at night.
How hot does it get in Mysore? I would love to go to India some day. I have a German friend who lives there on and off, she likes it very much there. I lived in Turkey for a while and met several people from Rishikesh and the pictures from there were quite pretty.
I have seen several pictures of your garden in different threads and it looks so beautiful. Did they ever find the person who chopped down your tree?
aaaahhh a good sign.... spring is really here
Elaine,
That is a pretty show of your Azaleas. How I wish such profuse blooming happened in my garden!
Tom,
Good description about your "spring". Here in Mysore, the max. in Summer goes to 38C with a min. of 27C. Presently, it's 33 and 21. On the rise gradually till the end of May. The next two months will be hectic - gardening viewpoint - watering has to take place everyday. Humidity - no idea, but we sweat a bit. But usually it seems dry.
No, the thief that cut that tree was not caught - and we know he wont be. It's a renown network between them and the ones that are supposed to guard. But the govt. will be giving us some monetary compensation which is still in the pipeline. Rishikesh is a lovely place. Far off from Mysore which is in the south. I have visited there twice. Please do visit India and Mysore .... and my house/garden sometime. Best season would be betn. Oct-Feb.
Dinu
Dinu,
Thank you so much for the invitation. If i ever get to India i will surely look you up, and if you ever find yourself in Nevada please do the same. Nevada isn't a big tourist draw, except for gamblers and people who come to see Lake Tahoe (which is very beautiful).
Such a sad thing to loose a tree in such a way. I hope your compensation will be enough to purchase a nice new tree, of a different variety of course!
Melissa
Thanks Melissa for the invite. Will certainly keep that in mind, whenever that actually happens. Not in the near future for sure. Since gambling is not my cup of tea, my interests would be something 'greeeen'! We plan to invest that compensation money in to a Fixed Deposit. We have to save for so many things, probably so different from the American ways. Taxation is high, education is expensive, costs get dearer, medical expenses are exhorbitant [luckily so far, homeopathy has been helping us prevent this part of the expense as it is very cheap]. The children are economically dependant on parents till they get married. Wedding is another expensive affair. Savings of many years go in one or two days!
Dinu
Dinu,
It doesn't sound that different from America at all! My husband is an eighth grade teacher and we spend 35% of his pay on medical insurance, and another 20% or so on medical bills not covered by the insurance. We do have a daughter who has a severe physical disability and uses a power wheelchair, so our medical expenses are higher than the average American i think. Things are getting very expensive, a great reason to have a vegetable garden! As for weddings, we have two daughters and i would love to give them a nice wedding some day, but i suspect after we pay for college, there may be nothing left. LOL When my husband and i got married we paid for most of our wedding ourselves, (we did get some money gifts from both sides of the family that we used for the wedding) but i know in India it is customary to have a large wedding. We did have a pretty big wedding (150 people) but we did most of the stuff ourselves and had family cook etc. It still cost quite a bit, but we were in our late 20's and had some of our own money. Here most of the people i know (aren't rich! LOL) have small weddings with just a few people, and maybe a party with more people someplace not too expensive, on a beach or a park or something. Many of our friends have just eloped, and got married where they had their honeymoon etc. no guests at all. Taxes aren't horrid, but i live in a better state than some as far as that is concerned.
Oh, and here is a picture of Lake Tahoe, so you don't think Nevada is only for gambling :) I live about an hour from here. At a much lower elevation though, so we don't have all the evergreens and lushness. Lots of Juniper and sagebrush.
Here is a picture of what it looks like around here. These are mustangs, wild horses that live in the hills and mountains of Nevada.
Melissa,
That's quite a good description of the scene half way round the earth. People invited for wedding - you talk in tens and here it is by the hundreds. For ours, the number was 400 I think! Certain communities gather close to 1K. Some richer ones, even more. To cater to them under one roof, there are suitable Marriage Halls, built specifically for such gatherings, including dinner hall [there are tables and chairs for each 'eater' and about 300 will be served simultaneosly!]. Hiring of these halls is another big affair. Wedding preparations begin the previous evening itself culminating in a reception the next evening. It's quite a feast -- that pinches pockets of parents of the girl's side. It's the tradition. The boy's side do not have to spend much. To me, this is not a healthy tradition, but these go on. Eloping, parks... they are still considered taboo. But stray incidents happen. Here too, we give money gifts. This we consider most appropriate as it can be converted into things they want. It's the most preferred, esp. these days. Our marriage too was from our own savings as my father was not alive and my DW was the only earning member of their family. For that reason, we had agreed to share equally, the expenditure.
I'm sorry about your daughter's disabilty. If you believe in the law of 'karma', this is it. There's nothing much in our hands.
Lovely view of that Lake.
Dinu
Dinu, always a pleasure to get a glimpse of your world. I think the sky is special too!
Dinu,
We are very lucky, with the condition she has, things could be much worse. Physically she is extremely weak, but she is very intelligent, funny, and happy!
Billy,
Yes, the cloud formation too differs from geographical locations.
Melissa,
God compensates for the defeciencies. Blind people usually have their olfactory and hearing senses sharper than the rest. Deaf ones are gifted with powers of observation.... and so on.
Dinu
Hi Dinu.
Here are some of the crocus I was telling you about.
Finelly today I was able to take some photos, as April has been its wonderful unforeseeable self.
It goes on almost for ever, but is difficult to take a proper photo of it.
There are also more on the apposite direction. In all I would say 200-250 meters
wow zest... that is amazing..... sooo pretty.... thanks for sharing that photo....looks like i better get to work... my 20 that popped up are no comparision...
:)
Allison
The photos is by one of the museums, so your 20 is a lot, I don`t have any :o). Almost fell of the bike when I saw it some days ago. It is a bit difficult to take a proper photo. Look closer at nr. 2, to the left there is a little grass “hill”. That is a bunker disturbing the view, so it is imposible to get it all at one time. But never the less the colors are very pretty.
Monica
Monica,
Absolutely brilliant colours! What a peaceful road that. How long does a flower of the crocus last?
Dinu
Hi Dinu.
I really do not know how long crocus bloom.
It probably depens on how long a periode it is chilly.
I belive the warmer it gets the shorter blooming periode will be.
The crocus in the photos have been blooming for tree weeks or so.
Monica
