Saw this insect on one of our
brinjal flowers this morning. I love how
it has so much detail. Apparently it is
some sort of bug although I can’t find out which kind – could be stink bug, leaf
bug etc.
We were cutting diseased leaves
off these brinjal plants this morning but I don’t think this insect was the
cause of the disease. It looked more
like some sort of fungus.
We have some wonderfully coloured
lettuce coming at the moment as this picture shows. I think it looks as good as a bouquet of
flowers.
These two volunteers decided they
wanted to put a picture on the kitchen and started today. They seemed to think they will get it finished
but I think they are being very optimistic as it is a picture with a lot of detail.
Rather pleased that at last I
have managed to get a reasonable sunset picture.
In fact I think the camera has
augmented the picture because I don’t remember the colours being quite so
dramatic and intense.
I took these pictures of brand
new pongamia leaves this morning along with similar leaves coming on the neem
trees. Not sure whether it’s these that
are making me sneeze every time I go outside or not. Neem blossom makes me sneeze so I wouldn’t be
surprised if new leaves did it as well.
Its wonderful to see this new
life and it does give me new hope.
I am amazed by this picture of
lemon blossom that I took this morning.
Mainly because I didn’t see all the insect activity going on until I saw
the picture.
All the different insects seem to
me to be having a really good time in and around the flowers!
I love this picture of an insect which was
sitting just inside the store room.
Maybe the cooler weather made him keep still for long enough to take
this picture.
I thought at first it might be some kind of stag
beetle, but its known as a mango tree borer.
The sunrise
this time of year can be very beautiful.
I heard someone yesterday call the hour after sunrise ‘the golden hour’. And this time of year this is what it is.
Since I
thinned the radish I am keeping a very close eye on how they are growing. I am thrilled they seem to be growing well –
much better than if I hadn’t thinned them.
I was walking around the nature
garden and came across this recently planted tree. I loved the shiny green leaves and the deep
almost purple colour of the new leaves.
These are radishes which I
painstakingly thinned last week. Looking
at them today I saw how well they are growing and thought it was worth the
effort.
I hope they produce more growing
further apart.
I was walking around the garden
today and was very struck by the beautiful colours of the lettuces. Some have a variety of colours like this one
and others are just one colour. When
there are lots of colours on a bed it looks wonderful although I wasn’t able to
do it justice in a photograph. I think I
need to wait until the lettuces grow and spread more.
Have had a lovely birthday and
these are the flowers that were put around my cake. First time I have had a cake for years and
years. Later two volunteers cooked me a
lovely supper of chapatis and vegetables.
Very lovely quiet day.
This is a picture of where
Magzhiran had been playing forts with his cousin. I thought it was rather good especially when
they started filling up the holes with water.
Once again I went out to try and
catch the sunset and once again I was not very successful.
There often seems to be misty
cloud around at that timewhich I presume is why the sunsets are not very
colourful right now.
