A tiny tot

I saw this tiny tot in a friends house and it was love at first sight.

Orkkaappuli

A Sunset - Yellow Evening !

An Yellow sunset evening scene from my Verandah.

It is a time when you think ..oh ! could have been on the beach with a camera.

Often you are so tied up so many things that you miss the beautiful sunsets.

What good is our life without seeing enough sunset or sunrise !

In my childhood I remember having seen beautiful green sunrise from a hill top near my native place. Now that hill is no more ... it is now swallowed up by houses.. probably there the sun never shows up that way too.

World's largest Pookkalam ( flower arrangment)

This largest 'Ona ppookkaLam' ( Flower arrangement for Onam festival in Kerala) laid in my hometown Calicut City entered into Guinness book of records during the last Onam celebrations in Aug.2010.

Kaadinte Vilaapam

Channa Koova(Ana koova) crepe ginger - A wild flower

It is a wild flower normally found after the monsoon season in Kerala.
It is a beauty in ballerina's dress code. Its white petal is smoother than silk.
I don't know the exact name. In my native place, in Malabar, people call it Channa Koova. It is a typical 'Koova' - a medicinal plat . I have n't heard anybody uses this thing. Normal koovas don't flower like this. The roots of Koova plant are used as medicine. It looks like turmeric plant. Turmeric is also a Koova family memeber, if I am not mistaken.

After posting this in June 2011 - in Oct.2011 I got a comment !

Meanwhile I also found out some new info. about this plant - it is called Crepe Ginger and it is edible. It is widespread in many countries and has varieties. Because elephants like this in Kerala it is also known as Ana ( Elephant) koova.

Anyway this 'Channa Koova' has a special place ( :) ) in the Mallu world..it is a Malayalam Spoonerist's delight !!

Deep into blue sky !

KoombaLa

Click on Pic to see it big.

Trichur - Pooram procession decorations

Trichur pooram decorations known as poorachchamayam is a feast for eyes. These decorative items displayed gets adorned on elephants taken on processions. Trichur Pooram is one of Kerala's best known temple festivals. It is conducted in month of May every year.

Nila

Silhoutte-d Grass

The morning glory played a shadow-play on my wall..

and I meditated upon the silhouette-d grass..

Dancing of Poothams

Dancing of 'Poothams' - a water color painting by Sree

(Inspired by a local festival )

When the moon came very closer..

This snap was taken from Calicut on 30 January 2010 .. Moon was closest to earth on that day..

Oru Pularkaala sandhyakku..

Kaalam