Likhati » photos http://www.likhati.com Wed, 09 Nov 2011 21:41:31 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.likhati.com http://www.likhati.com/wp-content/cbnet-favicon/182.JPG Likhati More Happiness http://www.likhati.com/2011/04/26/and-more-happiness/ http://www.likhati.com/2011/04/26/and-more-happiness/#comments Tue, 26 Apr 2011 14:53:36 +0000 u http://www.likhati.com/?p=7197 The pictures from this lot are much sharper, as they were taken by A on his camera, rather than by me on my blackberry!

A bee enjoying the bluebells

Pansies

Geranium sanguineum or Bloody Cranesbill

Siberian Bugloss and Tiarella Cordifolia, really good for shady corners

The neighbour’s evil cat is on the prowl. He likes breaking my pots, pooing in the garden and generally acting like he owns the place. If you click the image to see the larger picture you can see his yellow eyes glowering malevolently at us…

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Camellias

Front Garden

Bluebells in front garden

Lily of the Valley Buds. They have a delicious scent.

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]]> http://www.likhati.com/2011/04/20/feeling-warm-and-happy/feed/ 2 Misc Nothings vi http://www.likhati.com/2011/02/25/misc-nothings-vi/ http://www.likhati.com/2011/02/25/misc-nothings-vi/#comments Fri, 25 Feb 2011 18:08:55 +0000 u http://www.likhati.com/?p=6949 -Just got back from a hectic four day trip to India where we went to attend a wedding and to satisfy A’s penchant for sudden long distance trips that last only a few days. Developed a raging cold. So much goo came out (of one nostril) that I think I’ve dehydrated to a withered old prune. A developed Delhi belly. But we got to see old school friends, our classmates from boarding school. I really miss seeing some of them more often.

-Chhattarpur Mandir Road, in Mehrauli, Delhi, appears to be devoted solely to farmhouses and hotels that specialise in hosting weddings and related events. As you drive down, you see signs on lamp-posts directing you to “Sachin and Meeta’s Shagun,” “Ankit and Puja’s Sangeet” etc.

-I hate competitions and want everyone to win something, so I usually can’t bear watching them. However, I have obsessively been watching Carnatic Music Idol 2011 on youtube, despite not understanding any Tamil. Nonetheless tried to pick up what the judges were saying. I am a bit disturbed by certain aspects of it, but am really impressed by how much coverage classical music gets on TV in the South unlike the North.

-I had a facial last week. The beautician said, “You have remarkably supple skin for your age.” Didn’t know whether to take that as a compliment, be outraged or to revise my own self-perception of my age as not being that old. Settled for taking it as a compliment and another indication that we needed to get on with the baby making programme soon.

-Watched a couple of episodes of Wife Bina Life on Star Plus, after not having watched that channel for ages. It’s been shot in some gated community in Pune (forget which) and every house has the same sort of nameplate. The last name of the family is displayed on the houses thus: Parekh’s, Kadam’s, Shinde’s etc. Aargh.

-My snowdrops have finished blooming, the gentle primroses are peeking out with their little egg yolk centres on display, the hellebores are blooming, the yellow forsythia is adding sunshine to the gray light and the almond tree has little pink buds. Love the build-up to spring though it’s still freezing.

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]]> http://www.likhati.com/2011/02/25/misc-nothings-vi/feed/ 25 Xi’an http://www.likhati.com/2010/06/05/xian/ http://www.likhati.com/2010/06/05/xian/#comments Sat, 05 Jun 2010 20:28:44 +0000 u http://www.likhati.com/?p=5369 The first stop was inauspicious in terms of weather-gray and rainy. But still completely worth it. Xi’an is one of the oldest cities in the world.
Like hundreds of others, we went mainly to see the Terracotta Army that protects the mausoleum of Qin Shi Huang, who had declared himself the First Emperor of China. Photos by A.

According to historian Sima Qian (145-90 BC), construction of this mausoleum began in 246 BC and involved 700,000 workers. Qin Shi Huang was 13 when construction began. He specifically stated that no two soldiers were to be made alike, which is most likely why he had construction started at that young age. Sima Qian, in his most famous work, Shiji, completed a century after the mausoleum completion, wrote that the First Emperor was buried with palaces, scenic towers, officials, valuable utensils and “wonderful objects,” with 100 rivers fashioned in mercury and above this heavenly bodies below which he wrote were “the features of the earth.” Some translations of this passage refer to “models” or “imitations,” but he does not use those words.[3]

Recent scientific work at the site has shown high levels of mercury in the soil on and around Mount Lishan, appearing to add credence to Sima Qian’s writings. The tomb of Shi Huang Di is under an earthen pyramid 76 meters tall and nearly 350 square meters. The tomb remains unopened, in the hope that it will remain intact. Archeologists are afraid that if they do excavate the tomb, they might damage some of the valuables buried with emperor Qin Shi Huang. Only a portion of the site is presently excavated, and photos and video recordings are prohibited in some areas of the viewing. link.

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]]> http://www.likhati.com/2010/06/05/xian/feed/ 4 Despite the wind and the rain http://www.likhati.com/2010/05/04/despite-the-wind-and-the-rain/ http://www.likhati.com/2010/05/04/despite-the-wind-and-the-rain/#comments Tue, 04 May 2010 21:21:39 +0000 u http://www.likhati.com/?p=5131 Apple Blossom

Bluebells

A sunlit tree. I hang a little ceramic bell on this tree with a bird seed ball. The other day there was a robin pecking at it. He flew off too fast for us to take a picture.

In the secret garden

clematis climbs on ivy and lights up a dark corner,

and a sunlit cat lurks.

Meanwhile deep in the jungle…

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