#ThursdayTreeLove

  • The Banyan Tree at Sanchi, My September Tree Love

    The Banyan Tree at Sanchi, My September Tree Love

    “Praise and blame, gain and loss, pleasure and sorrow come and go like the wind. To be happy, rest like a giant tree in the midst of them all” ― Buddha Sanchi Stupa My recent visit to Sanchi Stupa took me to another level of calmness. The Sanchi monuments are located…

  • The Vivid Gulmohar Tree – July Tree Love

    The Vivid Gulmohar Tree – July Tree Love

    Beneath the gulmohar tree, In flamboyant love, A tale of our desires, Coloring each other, A bright vermillion, Under his crimson spread Shaded in blissful haven.   Gulmohar Tree The Gulmohar Tree, commonly referred to as Gulmohar, symbolizes flamboyant blossoms and cultural splendor and is scientifically identified as Delonix regia.…

  • In Love with Aamaltas – May Tree Love

    In Love with Aamaltas – May Tree Love

      Amaltas Tree Amaltas, also known as the Golden shower tree, is a flowering plant native to the Indian subcontinent and Southeast Asia. It’s a popular herb in Ayurvedic medicine and is known for its many health benefits. Amaltas is also the state flower of Kerala and Delhi in India.…

  • Tree Love April 2024 – Mango Tree

    Tree Love April 2024 – Mango Tree

    I met this beautiful Mango Tree on the school premises. The first look told me about the future fruits it’s going to bear. The Full bloom Mango Tree where the flowers are fully open and the tree is covered in blossoms was a sight of delight. Mango Tree The amazing…

  • Tree Love February 2024

    Tree Love February 2024

    Life of a Rubber tree Start harvesting at 7th year Produces Latex for 25 years. Used for furniture at retirement     I have been fascinated by Rubber trees since my childhood. They are the first Love in the Tree Love series. Firstly, because of the shiny green leaves it…

  • October Tree Love

    October Tree Love

    Let us learn to appreciate there will be times when the trees will be bare, and look forward to the time when we may pick the fruit. ~ Anton Chekhov Yet another walk and yet another angle to see my daily trees. I was confused about which tree to share…

  • Night Flowering Jasmine – Parijaat Tree Love

    Night Flowering Jasmine – Parijaat Tree Love

    “From plants that wake when others sleep, from timid jasmine buds that keep their odor to themselves all day, but when the sunlight dies away let the delicious secret out to every breeze that roams about” – Thomas Moore One of my favorite flowers of this season. I freeze at…

  • Tree Love Thursday – All Around Us

    Tree Love Thursday – All Around Us

    “I FEEL A GREAT REGARD FOR TREES; THEY REPRESENT AGE AND BEAUTY AND THE MIRACLES OF LIFE AND GROWTH.” ― Louise Dickinson Rich     Recently I accompanied my kiddo to an exam center in Chennai. In the meantime, while he was taking his exam all I did was admire…

  • Tree Love – Chinese Hackberry or Derris robusta

    Tree Love – Chinese Hackberry or Derris robusta

    “Consider a tree for a moment. As beautiful as trees are to look at, we don’t see what goes on underground – as they grow roots. Trees must develop deep roots in order to grow strong and produce their beauty. But we don’t see the roots. We just see and…

  • Tree Love Countryside

    Tree Love Countryside

    I often see this tree on my daily evening walks. The Tree is very lively, green, and fully grown, a cow is constantly grazing nearby along with wild butterflies too. Some white wildflowers or maybe not-so wildflowers are carpeting it in a beautiful way that adds to its beauty. So…

  • Tree Love Cypress

    Tree Love Cypress

    “Someone is sitting in the shade today because someone planted a tree a long time ago.” – Warren Buffett Took an early evening walk on not so usual walking path of mine down Nilgiri hills. What caught my eye was how the trunk of this tree was covered in beautiful…

  • Tree Love – Ficus thonningii

    Tree Love – Ficus thonningii

    Ficus thonningii Ficus Thonningii, Common Name: Strangler Fig. Strangler fig is an evergreen tree with a rounded to spreading, dense crown. And this crown only attracted my attention while crossing a road in Chennai. It looked like a banyan from a far away, but I was amazed to see it…

  • Tree Love – Rubber Tree

    Tree Love – Rubber Tree

    Since my childhood, I had been fascinated by the rubber tree, firstly because my mom use to call it a rubber plant and I was amused why such a big tree is called a plant and secondly because its leaves were very beautiful, sturdy, big and the tree looked beautiful.…

  • Tree Love May 2021

    Tree Love May 2021

    Lockdown is back and roads are again empty,We can’t step out as they closed the entry.I miss the drives and trees on the side,Will we get back to normal, so I can enjoy the Ride…The deserted roads are not a regular sight,Will, we again walk this road breathing fresh air…