The Greening

Blogger friend Magiceye posted this in the Saturday Photohunt series.

Blooms captured at the Mahim Nature Park in Mumbai. A park which was developed on what was previously a garbage dumping ground for the Municipal Corporation of Greater Mumbai.

Methinks ,our society is somewhere reflected in the demeanor of the leaves......

(photo by Deepak Amembal Magiceye)
An exciting,
blooming childhood,
standing up
to everything,
holding secrets close,
and rejoicing
in the opening up....

The apathetic mid-age,
been there, done that,
so what's new....
a boring routine,
of
all dressed up in red
and nowhere to go...

And then
one day,
a peaceful transition
across the hill,
into a senior life,
rich with green,
satisfying memories,
and
you hold them
all ,
red and green,
together,
smile
and say,
"How green was my valley .....!"

Life of Tea

My blogger friend Sangeeta, is the author of several wonderful blogs, having to do with sensilble organic cooking, growing your own stuff, gardening , ayurveda and so on. Check out her various blogs:

healthfood desivideshi
homealone
ayurveda on my plate
banaras ka khana

She posted this visual , and I just remembered another book I have read, by the same author she appears to be reading......Many Lives, Many Masters, by Brian Weiss.

It occurred to me that the tea too, could claim several lives and several masters ....:-)

(photo by Sangeeta Khanna)
Many lives,many masters,

Verdant green
on the bushes
on the hill,
a trip
between fingers
of a lovely
basket maiden.

A bit
of a dry life later,
wrapped
in a sophisticated
soft habit,
resting in a box.

Now a chequered life,
on a table
by a breakfast nook,
and
she loses herself
in a glass
of great warmth,
dissolving
all her doubts.

She has finally
met her friend,
Sangeeta,
and between them,
it's
a great cuppa......