Grandmothers garden update

While at Chennai in April I took a few pictures of my grandmothers garden.. she does not get out much these days and it has unfortunately become quite an effort for her to go downstairs and spend some time in the garden. I thought these pictures would help her see what was blooming and how things were, to supplement what she was hearing from those who passed by.

Strolling through Lalbagh

Every walk through Lalbagh leads to new discoveries. It is a veritable treasure house of nature -- there is so much to learn. This morning I noticed many many bee hives, and the interesting thing was that all of them were on the bombax trees. Amidst the silky cotton drifting around were these white-brown hives, full I'm sure, of stingy bees. Take a look at the branches closely and see if you can spot them.

Next on was this image right out of a fairy tale... a huge canonball tree, full of flowers. Ethereal!

 

Leaves turned red ..

 

And a private residence that reminded me of the ones at the Theosophical Society.

Rows of water lilies at the nursery.. such a pleasant sight in this hot weather..

 

 And finally, the addition to the succulents at home - 

Amethyst

One sunday in July was spent at the Amethyst- a restaurant cum shop in Chennai. What charmed me more than the old bungalow and the exquisite jewellery on display was the garden. There were water lillies. There were watermelons. There were brinjals. And there were ash gourds.All very fascinating.