Indeed sir. Thank you. On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 10:45 AM, Dinesh Valke <[email protected]> wrote:
> Apt flora pic from your point of view, Anurag. Tempting piece of land. > Spend time sitting / walking / exploring / ... > Regards. > Dinesh > > On Sat, Jan 3, 2015 at 10:14 AM, Balkar Singh <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Nice Scene Anurag Ji >> >> On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 9:41 PM, Anurag Sharma <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Thank you sir and yes, the place is indeed enchanting. >>> >>> On Fri, Jan 2, 2015 at 8:54 PM, Prashant Awale <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Beautiful Landscape. Nice composition. >>>> >>>> Last year i trekked in same region for a week and i feel like visiting >>>> this Chikmagalur region again and again. Thanks Anurag ji... >>>> Regards >>>> Prashant >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 11:56 AM, Satish Phadke <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Agreeing to all the comments posted earlier. >>>>> Very nice Landscape picture. >>>>> >>>>> Dr Satish Phadke >>>>> >>>>> On 31 December 2014 at 13:08, Anurag Sharma <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> 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). 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