Nothing like pottering with your potted plants
I’ve shamefully neglected my roof terrace this year…all 12 days of it 😛 Guilty as charged. The roof terrace was a total lifesaver during lockdown, so it definitely deserves more …
Category: Green India
Tears and mountain memories
Yesterday we went to visit the charming Jabarkhet Nature Reserve, on the outskirts of Mussoorie. I will write a pukka review of our visit anon, but for now I wanted …
“But if your children are insisting…”
So, here’s the thing. The world is crippled and locked down because of a respiratory virus. RESPIRATORY. Much of India, and especially the north where I live, is currently reeling …
Of lammergeiers and chilly nights
We have switched Himachali valleys, from the Tirthan to the Phalachan. We have also gained about 700 or 800 metres in altitude. Our base for a whole blissful week, our …
Venturing out. How will it be?
It was mid March that we stopped going out, deciding that the rising Cornavirus rates were too worrisome. Yesterday, a little over 6 months later, we loaded up the car …
The death of a magnificent tree
Distressing scenes from my local scruffy DDA Market. A magnificent banyan tree, which has been there for as long as I can remember, fell down on the night of Thursday/Friday. …