Tag: Nature
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Drum field
Drum field After last week’s Gerasa-Jerash, another example of past and present next to each other, 24 centuries apart. In the foreground, drums of pillars of the temple of Athena in the ancient Greek city of Priene, Turkey. In the background, the neatly organized agricultural fields of the plain below. Archaic Priene had a sea…
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The Red Maple
The Red Maple When desperate and tired of the society of men I find refuge with trees Living off water, air, sun their feet firmly planted in the earth their foliage in full splendour overhead and no blood on their hands Photo of the week: Daitoku-ji complex, Koto-in, Kyoto, Japan 2008
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Sento Park
Sento Park The raking together of dead leaves is not exactly an occupation that captures the imagination. Except in Japan. With their neat appearance the lady gardeners show respect and dedication to their work. It reminds me of the title of a book – which I aptly modify here for the occasion: Zen and the…
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Attractive simplicity
Attractive simplicity Happiness is hard to find when living in abject poverty. Or at the other end of the line where one bathes in abject luxury. Fortunately there is a middle ground where true happiness can be found. Running into a rudimental little terrace after a hike around a lake. Listening to a man playing…
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The colour yellow
The colour yellow She picked up some yellow flowers and in a playful act of joy stuck them in her pierced earlobe. The little flowers shine brightly against her brown skin. She notices my surprised, appreciative look and smiles. Photo of the week: Orchha, M.P., India 2009
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Bed of flowers
Bed of flowers The person for whom the bed is made is not lying on it but under it. Maybe these were his favorite flowers, maybe he was green-fingered. He would certainly be pleased to see the yellow flowerbed above his head, a little island shining between dry red earth, pebbles and dead leaves. Photo…
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Reading reeds
Reading reeds A pleasing crisscross of lines, open triangles and dense clusters: broken reed stems in sunlit water at the end of the day. A play of nature tending to abstraction. Photo of the week: Manipur, India 2014
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Life
Life Fanciful, moss-grown branches against a variegated background of light green, dancing leaflets. And we, eyed creatures, are getting smashed on the constant feast of nature. Photo of the week: Switzerland 2009
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Trees
Trees Sometimes I don’t get tired of looking at a remarkable tree. Take this one, silvery grey and without leaves. Its bifurcations go in all directions, apparently without plan. Unbridled growth into an ingenious labyrinth in which you soon lose your way. Photo of the week: Tiruvananthapuram, Kerala, India 2018
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Dal bhat
Dal bhat The staple food of Nepal used for making a map of the country. Lentils and rice. Nice idea of the children and their teacher! Photos of the week: New United School, Kathmandu, Nepal 2018
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