GREEN TREAT -LALBAGH

It's a pity that we were hard pressed for time and so we just rushed through this green stretch, clicking snaps. We did not sit and relish the beauty and serenity here.

WHERE THE CYCLONE JUST KISSED AND PASSED BY

Today's drive down the Constable Road at Perambur, was my third after the Vardah cyclone had battered Chennai. I got a pulse of the damage, when I drove down this road the very next day after the cyclone and I wanted to see it again, after the dry parts of the battered trees had fallen off. The green canopy is still more or less intact here and the loss was just a few trees. It could be because the Integral Coach Factory is on one side and the Railway Quarters is there lined up on the other side. This had broken down the wind speed in a big way.

I have a big sentimental connection with this road as it is this route I took to school, by walk and by cycle, for twelve sweet years. My mother took off on her heavenly abode from the Railway Headquarters hospital that is down this road. This was also the place where both my father and mother had worked for several years. The convoy that followed the mortuary van that took her on her final journey, took this road first. l dabbled with cycling and learnt my motorbike and car driving on this road.

Today, am on this road again, to get medicines from the same hospital for my sick father. I hope this greenery stays for long and that my romance with this road continues.

THE BEAUTY OF TREES - WHEN WINTER WORKS OUT MAGIC

These pictures were shot around Renton, Washington State, U.S.A. Winter weaved magic all over the place.

THE BEAUTY OF TREES - WONDERFUL FORMATIONS

These snaps were shot around Renton, Washington State, U.S.A. Autumn had just set in. 

MILKY WHITE SNOW SPOTTED WITH CONIFERS

THE BEAUTY OF TREES - A SPLASH OF COLOUR

In 2007 while at Renton, Washington, USA, I was returning home pretty late and after sunset, for the whole week from work.

When I stepped out to play with my friends on the following Saturday, the colour of the trees close to our apartment really left me standing. Lavender is a colour I love, and a few trees were full of that colour.

With the lush green ground and few colourful flowers close by, you can see these trees in the distance.

THE BEAUTY OF TREES - A DELIGHT FOR THE EYES

THE BEAUTY OF TREES - A RANGE OF COLOURS

I took these shots while I was at Renton, Washington State, USA. I love the blend of colours.

This picture below was taken while I was travelling in a train from Renton, Washington State, USA to its neighbouring state Portland. I like the mix of green, the blue sky and the gray clouds.

A STUNNING GRACE IN ABSOLUTE DEFEAT

These were shot during a fall in Renton, Washington State, USA. These are one of the many things I look at when I am down in spirit. Nature gives us so many subtle lessons to observe and learn. Even when these trees stand all stripped and bare, they emanate a certain beauty, a stunning grace. I feel it is a show of their indomitable spirit, conveying the message that they will soon be back in full bloom and glory.