I realised that nowadays we have grown fond of observing and
admiring the nature from the comfort of our house. The show of colours in the
sky at the twilight, or in the morning, the Sun rays passing through the
clouds or spread over in the clear sky, the shapes of clouds, or the raindrops
falling, or the rains approaching from the distance, captivates us. The twitter
of birds, every sound of birds( other than pigeons of course!!) draws our
attention. Be it the Kingfisher or bharadwaj, bulbuls, nigtingales,
parrots , dayals- if you are lucky you might hear them sing, or some
fantails, or the cute little squirrels that are seen right in front of
our windows eating the almond fruit or the jambhool or the coconut flowers ,
their style leaves us amused and we go out of the way to observe them. The ghar or kite, circling around, with all the pigeons and crows trying hard to shoo it
away with all their combined might is sight worth seeing.
As Milind mentioned in shibir, we are now aware of the trees growing and
blossoming around us and the big difference that it has made to the quality of
our walk. We can appreciate the beauty of the blossoming laburnum, the Kanchan,
the Karanja,the gulmohur, the rain tree, or the fragrance of Kailaspati,chafa,
anant, mogra, parijatak, madhumalati or ratrani or for that matter fragrance of
mango mohur. All these trees are seen in ample around our Pandurang wadi
A few days back, Saniya came running with the news that a Red Pierrot
was sitting on our Tulsi Plant.We were all so happy and exited we clicked the
photos from diff angles. Then again one day there was another butterfly seen on
flowers in our flower bed and all of us enjoyed seeing it having a breakfast in
our house! We have constructed a flower bed and planted plants which will
attract butterflies. The rest of the people in our building have converted this
space into additional living room area. We are really happy that we did not
feel the need to do so in place like Mumbai where every inch is utilised for
living space. The pleasure of gardening, of seeing the plants grow and blossom
, the lessons from the nature are all
worth it.
Isn't this Life?
After reading this I feel reading THOREAU does not seem difficult.And to practice it in our own way is not impossible.
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Another writer from Chitnis family. Very Well-written. Agree with Gargee's point of view.
ReplyDeletesanjay
संगीता हे एकूण खूप चांगले वाटले आमच्या येथे पण अशेच अनुभव येतात , त्यामुळे सकाळी खूप आनंद घेता येतो , खास करून चहा करताना अनेक पक्षी कडू लिंबाच्या झाडावर बागडत असतात तेव्हा खूपच मजा येते
ReplyDeleteI think walden lies within us and around us ,we just have to see ,listen and observe it carefully.If we do it then we will not complain about small things around us which we generally do.
ReplyDeleteIdeas, thoughts, feelings have been expressed so well. Enjoyed reading. We are indeed very fortunate to be living in an area with so many trees and hence with different birds, squirrels, their sounds, their presence.
ReplyDeleteSandeep, Vaishali, Radha
the pleasures of life are around us.....and how good that we all are noticing it.....
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