Thank you Dr. Gurcharan and Garg sir. On Wed, Dec 31, 2014 at 10:35 AM, J.M. Garg <[email protected]> wrote:
> Thanks, Anurag ji. > Brought back beautiful memories of my last year trip to these mountains. > Alas! I had enough time to process & post my photographs. > At efloraofindia, you are a star now with your beautiful photography & > wonderful posts of these enchanting journeys. > > On 31 December 2014 at 00:22, Anurag Sharma <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> >> <https://lh5.googleusercontent.com/-8QjGrPm6Q_Q/VKLzqHyCDPI/AAAAAAAAAqI/MGn50y9WWDc/s1600/Sholas.jpg> >> >> I had restricted to myself to clicking photographs of ornamental plants >> and botanical garden trees etc. until June this year when one of my good >> friends suggested that I start visiting the forests nearby Bangalore. Soon >> after this came a visit to Coorg where unfortunately I did not get to see >> much due to heavy rains in the area. However, a month later, while talking >> to a fellow member on India Flora (Facebook) I discovered that he was the >> deputy conservator of forests in the Chikamagalur area of Western Ghats. He >> cordially invited me to Chikamagalur and even offered to let my friends and >> me use his car to travel around. >> >> On the first day, while exploring the beautiful and scenic ghat section, >> a car pulled up and a man stepped out and asked us what we were doing. We >> told him that we were looking for plants, butterflies, amphibians and >> odonates to which he replied that he owned land in the mountains and gave >> us permission to enter the area. We visited his estate and discovered to >> our joy that his 'estate' actually consisted of grasslands and forests! We >> climbed into the mountains and found a nice spot to relax and enjoy the >> serenity of nature. It was here that the attached photo was taken, which >> perfectly describes the setting of the place where we spent the next hour >> at. Endless grasslands, slowly descending clouds and tens of thousands of >> *Strobilanthes* sp. forming the bulk of the mountain slopes, this >> overwhelming feeling that nature's beauty gave us caused such a longing to >> revisit the Western Ghats that two days later while sitting in a Chemistry >> class in college, my friend and I decided that come what may, we would >> attempt to visit some part of the Western Ghats each and every month! >> >> This place and the memory that this photo evokes is definitely one of the >> reasons that drives me to continue exploring forests as much as I can. I >> have only just started out, but hopefully will discover many other places >> that will only serve to increase my love for nature and plants! >> >> -- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "efloraofindia" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to [email protected]. >> To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. >> For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. >> > > > > -- > With regards, > J.M.Garg > > 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' > <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1> > The whole world uses my Image Resource > <http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg> of more than a > thousand species & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. > (arranged alphabetically & place-wise). You can also use them for free as > per Creative Commons license attached with each image. > > For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, > please visit/ join our Efloraofindia Google e-group > <https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/indiantreepix> (largest in the > world- more than 2400 members & 2,00,000 messages on 9.9.14) or Efloraofindia > website <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/> (with a species > database of more than 10,000 species & 2,00,000 images). Winner of > Wipro-NFS Sparrow Awards 2014 for efloraofindia > <https://sites.google.com/site/efloraofindia/award-for-efloraofindia>. > > Also author of 'A Photoguide to the Birds of Kolkata & Common Birds of > India'. > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "efloraofindia" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
