Thank you ma'am. On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 8:18 PM, Aarti S. Khale <aarti.kh...@gmail.com> wrote:
> A beautiful composition and wonderful write up. > Makes me want to visit such places. > Aarti > > > On Tuesday, December 30, 2014 10:52:42 PM UTC+4, Anurag Sharma 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To post to this group, send email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- Anurag N. Sharma BSc. (CBZ) 2nd Year St. Josephs College Bangalore -- 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 indiantreepix+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to indiantreepix@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/indiantreepix. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
