Tag: Trees
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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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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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Under the Banyan tree
Under the Banyan tree A Banyan tree, flower garlands hanging on its trunk, pictures of Hindu gods with little offerings in front, a food vendor preparing snacks in his stall … A sight so typically Indian, it couldn’t be anywhere else. Why does it make me feel good? Photo of the week: New Delhi, India…
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Our house
Our house So there it is, our house in Kumaon, that I mentioned in last week’s post. You’ll need good eyes to find it though. It’s on the slope of the second hill, surrounded by trees. The photo below gives you a closer view. Photos of the week: Our house at Kasardevi, Almora, Kumaon, Uttarakhand,…
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An open forest
An open forest In 2011 we were building our house on a mountain slope in Kumaon, in the Indian Himalayas. From the place where I was staying to the construction site I would always walk through this open forest. I still pass through it regularly and still like it. It must be the gentle slope…
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Sublime simplicity
Sublime simplicity The house: a floor with tatamis, sliding walls, a roof. Height of Japanese architecture. Walls slide open. The spectacle begins. Photo of the week: Katsura Villa, Kyoto, Japan 2008
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Shiva taking a break
They have put him aside under the tree, till further notice, till they need him again for some procession or festival. He looks nice, tall as he is, with all his usual attributes. If he had not been standing there I surely wouldn’t have noticed the really fine and varied foliage of the different trees,…
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Skeleton at sunrise
In last week’s post I showed you this dilapidated house from the other side. A very different picture giving a very different impression. This is the same house – and tree – lit up by the early rays of the sun. And this is the sun as it had just risen above the sea. I…
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