Tag: Nature
-
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…
-
The colour yellow
The colour yellow She picked a few little yellow flowers and, in a playful burst of joy, stuck them in her pierced earlobe.The little flowers glisten brightly against her tanned skin. She notices my surprised, admiring gaze and smiles. Photo of the week: Orchha, M.P., India 2009
-
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…
-
Reading reeds
Reading reeds A delightful tangle of lines, open triangles and dense clusters: broken reeds in the sunlit water at the end of the day. Nature’s playfulness verging on abstraction. Photo of the week: Manipur, India 2014
-
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
-
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
-
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
-
Invisible water
Invisible water At this spot, the River Aiguillon has carved out a basin in which water collects. You can’t see it, but the photo proves it’s there: I can make out certain features and shadows with their reflections beneath them. But I can’t tell how far the water reaches up the wall of the basin.…
-
The lonely bather
The lonely bather The old French landscape shows many deep tracks drawn by rivers during millions of years. It’s nice descending into them for a cool bath, or to follow the riverbed for a while between the steep walls of the worn out gorges. These are “Les Concluses de Lussan”, with deep gorges carved out…
-
Our view
Our view From our house on the mountain slope we see other green hills with distant houses and villages here and there. Further north are the high Himalayas of which we can see the part with the Trishul (7120 m) and the Nanda Devi (7816 m). This photo was taken in May last year on…
