Fishing at Chachraha, Madhubani.

A guy trying to net some catch at our pond in Chachraha, my native village.

 

Purple Heart twins !

 

Fox spider or brown recluse ?

I dont know for sure what type of spider it is, but its got to be venomous..it ate a baby lizard..just look at its fangs. wooh !

 

Another tiny purple flower

Well, this guy is just about half an inch wide. And the bees are crazy about its tiny crown .

 

Purple Hearts

A couple of purple hearts bloom together. Some say its a good sign for togetherness. Amen

 

Sunset-Boring road Patna

Nature never ceases to amaze me. Sunset from my roof after a really hot and humid day.

 

"mUs"."mU`sa; Steal . Thief.

"Mouse", the word, is associated with the
Sanskrit word "musa," derived from the root word, "mus," meaning
"to steal."

And that's what this guy was doing, stealing
watermelon cubes.

Caught red handed ?

Grasshoppers / locust

Locust 4
Originally uploaded by scorius.

Funny defination this .. "Grasshoppers that can migrate are also known as locusts". Funny critter too, has two small eyes on its face( ocelli) to avoid mid air collision with others travelling together, and two compound eyes to use when its on ground.
Maybe Lalu should take a clue from them while designing anti-collision mechanism for railways.

Patna and neighbouring districts.

Satellite image of Patna district, Bihar

 

Redheaded Merlin

Redheaded Merlin
Originally uploaded by scorius.

A rare and beautiful species of Falcon.
Locally known as "Turumti", these guys hunt in pairs.
©chandan 2006

Red vented bulbul(Pycnonotus cafer)

Red vented bulbul(Pycnonotus cafer)
Originally uploaded by scorius.

Red vented bulbul (Pycnonotus cafer)chiks, two days old!

©chandan 2006

Earth: 2206 A.D

Earth: 2206 A.D
Originally uploaded by scorius.

Earth.

Getting too hot ?

Pollution? Industrilization?Population?

Greed? Comfort? Selfishness?

Big divide? Fossil fuel? SUV's?


Wake up--there is no other place to go !

WATER

                                W  A  T  E  R

Worming in 

Radial Lights 

Camera Toss...Dynamic lights 

Tossing your camera....are you crazy !!

Spiral toss...focused on TV
Horizontal spiral...focused on TV
Horizontal and spiral....focused on multiple lights
Multiple axis radial movement..focused on multiple lights

 

Keep your mouth shut !

A Little Bit of Humor...

Once upon a time there was a non-conforming sparrow who decided to fly south for the winter. However, soon the weather turned so cold that he reluctantly started to fly south.

In a short time ice began to form on his wings and he fell to earth in a barnyard, almost frozen. A cow passed by and crapped on the little sparrow. The sparrow thought it was the end.

But, the manure warmed him and defrosted his wings. Warm and happy, able to breathe, he started to sing.
Just then a large cat came by and hearing the chirping, investigated the sounds. The cat cleared away the manure, found the chirping bird and promptly ate him.

The moral of the story:

1. Everyone who craps on you is not necessarily your enemy.
2. Everyone who gets you out of the crap, is not necessarily your friend.
3. And, if you are warm and happy in a pile of crap, keep your mouth shut.

 

Random thoughts at 30,000 feet.

We convince ourselves that life will be better after we get married, have a baby, then another.
Then we are frustrated that the kids aren't old enough and we'll be more content when they are.
After that, we're frustrated that we will have teenagers to deal with. We will certainly be happy when they are out of that stage. We tell ourselves that our life will be complete when our spouse gets his or her act together, when we get a nicer job, are able to go on a nice vacation, when we retire.

The truth is, there's no better time to be happy than right now.

If not now, when? Your life will always be filled with challenges. It's best to admit this to yourself and decide to be happy anyway. One of my favorite quotes comes from Alfred D Souza.

He said, "For a long time it had seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. But there was always some obstacle in the way, Something to be gotten through first, some unfinished business, time still to be served, or a debt to be paid. Then life would begin. At last it dawned on me that these obstacles were my "life".

This perspective has helped me to see that there is no way to happiness. Happiness is the way. So, treasure every moment that you have and treasure it more because you shared it with someone special, special enough to spend your time...and remember that time waits for no one.

So, stop waiting until you finish school, until you go back to school, until you lose five kilos, until you gain three kilos, until you have kids, until your kids leave the house, until you start work, until you retire, until you get married, until you get divorced, until Friday night, until Sunday morning, until you get a new car or home, until spring, until summer, until fall, until winter, until the first or fifteenth, until your song comes on, until you've had a break, until you've scored, until you die, until you are born again to decide that there is no better time than right now to be happy.

Happiness is a journey, not a destination. 

Its just been a year..

Hard to believe....Kuhu Jan'2k5...............how we grow accustomed to growth !

 

The year that was...2005

Seems like yesterday...feels like eternity. Everyone is missing everybody. Family is such a blessed condition. Wish all of you a really great New year !!!!

 

The Year that was...2005

Brotherhood rocks !! of course with a bit of fatherhood "tucked in" Amen !

 

Merry Christmas..

May Peace Hope and Love be with you Today Tomorrow and Always Merry Christmas! .

Happiness

Fifty years from now,
It will not matter,
What kind of car I drove,
What kind of house I lived in,
How much I had in my bank,
Nor what my clothes looked like.
Fifty years from now,
It will not matter,
What kind of school I attended,
What kind of computer I used,
How large or small my social circle was,
But the world may be ...
a little better because...
I was important in the life of my child.
I was there to see her happiness.

A childs happiness !

Your children are not your children.
They are the sons and daughters of Life's longing for itself.
They come through you but not from you,
And though they are with you, yet they belong not to you.
You may give them your love but not your thoughts.
For they have their own thoughts.
You may house their bodies but not their souls, For their souls dwell in the house of tomorrow, which you cannot visit, not even in your dreams.

You may strive to be like them,
but seek not to make them like you,
For life goes not backward nor tarries with yesterday.

You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth.
The archer sees the mark upon the path of the infinite,
and
He bends with you ,his might that his arrows might go swift and far.

Let your bending in the archer's hand be for gladness;
For even as He loves the arrow that flies,
so he loves also the bow that is stable.

"Kahlil Gibran " 

Its almost Christmas !

Hey, thanks fuffa !
Its for me..I love it..I love the feeling..and its not christmas yet !
A merry merry christmas to alll...
esp.. Sannu Bhaiya, Neha didi, Uppu Bhaiya and Aarushi didi..! 

Tribal motif

A simple motif made from mud plaster and powdered rice paste. It depicts the godess of wealth( Laxmi) walking in the household, staying there, blessing them, and moving on..