Saturday, April 30, 2022

Asian Koel


A female Asian Koel dropped by for breakfast outside my window,

 

Friday, April 29, 2022

Sunrays

A beautiful sunrise with silver lining on the dark clouds in Bandra east.

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Thursday, April 28, 2022

SOS


A thoughtful message - What we save saves us!

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Wednesday, April 27, 2022

Oleander


Oleanders wave the double-decker bus goodbye in the Bandra Kurla Complex.

Tuesday, April 26, 2022

Watermelons


Watermelons on sale in Santacruz, to cool you down in the hot summer days of Mumbai.

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Monday, April 25, 2022

Stay safe


Despite the mask mandate being off since a fortnight it is advisable to stay masked to stay safe as the artist portrays in the lovely mural in Bandra east.

Linking to Monday murals

Sunday, April 24, 2022

Natural maze


The bare branches of a gulmohar tree in Mulund form a natural maze.

Linking to The weekend in Black and White


Saturday, April 23, 2022

Follow the leader


Flamingos at the Thane creek flamingo sanctuary in Mulund.

Friday, April 22, 2022

Skyscratchers


Skyscratchers which will soon be skyscrapers in Bandra east.

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Thursday, April 21, 2022

Granite


A one stop shop for Granite in Andheri. These shops are flourishing to supply the increasing demand in the construction business.

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Wednesday, April 20, 2022

Tabebuia rosea

Pink blooms line the street of the Bandra Kurla Complex in Bandra east.

Tabebuia rosea, also called pink poui, and rosy trumpet tree is a neotropical tree that grows up to 30 m and can reach a diameter at breast height of up to 100 cm. The Spanish name roble de sabana, meaning "savannah oak", is widely used in Costa Rica, probably because it often remains in heavily deforested areas and because of the resemblance of its wood to that of oak trees. It is the national tree of El Salvador, where it is called "Maquilíshuat"


Tuesday, April 19, 2022

African tulips





The African tulip tree in full bloom in the Bandra Kurla Complex in Bandra east.

Common name: African tulip tree, Fountaintree • Hindi: Rugtoora रगतूरा Tamil: Patadi • Bengali: Rudrapalash • Kannada: ಜೀರ್ಕೊೞವಿಕಾಯಿ, ಜೀರ್ಕೊಳವಿಕಾಯಿ Jeerkolavi kaayi, ನೀರುಕಾಯಿ Neeru kaayi, ಉಚ್ಚೆಕಾಯಿ Ucche kaayi

One of the world's most spectacular flowering trees, African tulip tree is a large upright tree with glossy deep green pinnate leaves and glorious orange scarlet flowers. It may grow to 80 ft on an ideal site, but most specimens are much smaller. The tree has a stout, tapering, somewhat buttressed trunk covered in warty light gray bark. The lateral branches are short and thick. The 1-2 ft long opposite leaves, which emerge a bronzy color, are massed at the ends of the branches. They are composed of 5-19 deeply veined oval leaflets. The horn shaped velvety olive buds appear in upturned whorls at the branch tips. A few at a time, the buds of the lowest tier bend outward and open into big crinkled red orange tuliplike bells with red streaked gold throats, frilly yellow edges, and four brown-anthered stamens in the center. They are followed by 5-10 in green brown fingerlike pods pointing upwards and outwards above the foliage. Each of these pods contains about 500 tissue papery seeds. The tree flowers in spurts all through the growing season, but peak bloom is usually in the spring.

Info sourced from Flowers of India

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Monday, April 18, 2022

Van Gogh


A beautiful mural of a masked Van Gogh, in Bandra east.

Linking to Monday murals


Sunday, April 17, 2022

Beautiful corner

A mini minaret adorning the Hajiani tomb in Worli.

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Saturday, April 16, 2022

Zen


Cat and the art of meditation.

Friday, April 15, 2022

Colours


Pink, green and blue with clouds and birds. A beautiful sight up above in the Bandra Kurla Complex.

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Thursday, April 14, 2022

Upgrade


Looking forward... hopefully sooner than later. The whole city is dug up for construction of the Metro making commute a nightmare.

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Wednesday, April 13, 2022

Hone your knives


The guys on the cycles are knife/blade sharpeners. You can get your knives or blades honed by them for a small price rather than buying new ones. A form of recycling. Very few of them in business today.


Tuesday, April 12, 2022

Colour of the month - Yellow

A profusion of yellow flowers on the trees and the street in the Bandra Kurla Complex, 

Peltophorum pterocarpum (commonly known as copperpod, yellow-flamboyant, yellow flametree, yellow poinciana or yellow-flame) is a species of Peltophorum, native to tropical southeastern Asia and a popular ornamental tree grown around the world. Wikipedia

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Monday, April 11, 2022

Stay masked


Don't let your mask down. The virus is scheming and plotting to get back! A mural in Bandra east.

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Sunday, April 10, 2022

Artsy cat

Cat in the dark in our parking lot.

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Saturday, April 9, 2022

Bulbul


'You talking to me?' asks the red vented bulbul perched on the banyan tree outside my window.

Friday, April 8, 2022

Cloudy sky

Sunrise on a cloudy day.

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Thursday, April 7, 2022

Working...


The Municipality is busy working for a better tomorrow.. in Bandra east.

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Wednesday, April 6, 2022

Flowering


A beautiful sight in the Bandra Kurla Complex.

Tuesday, April 5, 2022

Promises


Rosebuds in my balcony - promises of blossoms soon.

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Monday, April 4, 2022

Mona Lisa


Beautiful mural in Bandra east. Mona Lisa smiling behind her mask I presume. 

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