Enveloped In Green!

As Dallas says..Like an old guitar worn out and left behind i have stories still to tell and they are of the healing kind!

I think of all of you in varieties of the colour green. Green is what is enveloped me at this very moment. Being green and thinking green is a process and not status. "We need to think of green as a verb and  not as an adjective"..Daniel Golman

Childhood, farming and agriculture went hand in hand for us..the farming practices at my fathers home were always looked at with generosity and eagerness. The early morning walks into the paddy fields were always loved. Loved the songs that were sung at the time of threshing the grains, sowing the grains and harvesting them. Alas only if i had a camera with me at that time..But they are all captured in the inner mind!

I always thought that might have paved the way for me to enter an agriculture field with no difficulties. Eventually work forced my parents to migrate in to the urban land leaving the country side..But within the limited spaces there also we as a family tried to incorporate plants at various levels in our life, for comfort and for study. My Amma had been an inspiration all throughout for the undying love towards her plants in her profession too.

Here i live miles away from my family..in Delhi,where the vagaries of the climate plays a major role, where some flowering plants were the only solace in the balconies and the terrace areas..But last autumn, i tried to reduce the flowering plants and started growing some vegetables. Trying something in a foreign environment had  its own failures. But at present we have some little greens to enjoy in the balcony and i am wrapped in a green envelope..Still my farming mind wants me back to get back to soil and cultivate and go back to my roots, which i think i will eventually do.

Get inspired, grow your own food, Vote for sustainability and Organic gardening and Living life the Sustainable way.

I am now Trying, Teaching and Encouraging all kinds of initiatives that will create a green eco-friendly environment at home :)-for the betterment of us and our children!

Let it be good for you and good for the Planet! —

beauty of the bittergourd flowers

dhaniya's in a corner of the room

its all green!

a daily dose of greens..little is joy 

on the centre table..what a joy

its a joy to find these this morning:)-

the organic way..the face scrub from Krya

All images ideas Lakshmi Arvind

please do not copy images..

Follow your Dreams............they know your way!

Its been a while here.The first post of the year 2014...

Life did take its turns and turns last  2013.its all in nostalgia.The year that gave  me all high and lows and ups and downs,made my dreams come true.. 

It made me realize that life is beautiful and indeed i needed to celebrate the beauty of life everyday..

Then finally my images that got translated into a beautiful calendar.I thought all these years and  waited for a perfect moment then i realized  one need to take the moment and make it perfect..There's a turn in everybody's life where dreams go and wait their turn ..dreams are reality in waiting.Surround yourself with people who believe in you and your dreams then reach for the stars to change the world.

I chose December or December chose me No idea...a month of snow and feasts;time to make amends and tie loose ends;finish off what you started and hope your wishes come true.

The month of nostalgic memories...of hopes and dreams of losing and winning.But in a way I love December.I got married in December. While words can never fully express how much someone means to us,but it can still provide comfort, solace, hope and even inspiration. "More and more, when i single out the person who inspired me the most I go back to my grandfather.You know how it is when you lose one of your senses..it was just like that..It was in the month of December that i lost him and then December makes my wishes come true!Yes it did finally!

The images in the calendar are that gave me a life full of beauty and love,the images that sums up all my memories and that gave me happiness beyond definition everytime I look into..

Follow your dreams..they know the way...Kobi Yamada

before it went for spiralling

the calendar

december page from the calendar

the december light

winter is here to stay:)-

Limited ones for sale too.Anybody who wants the calendar please write to me at dr.lakshmi@live.in

all images copyrighted to lakshmi arvind.please dont copy without permission..

Moments

SOME MOMENTS IN LIFE

MOMENTS IN LIFE

There are moments in life when you miss them 

so much that you just want to pick them from 

your dreams and hug them for real!(quote)

So pick your moments and hug them!

Image courtesy:Lakshmi Arvind

it rained in Fort Kochi...

Every year at Fort Kochi,the monsoon season

I loved the rains of Fort Kochi...my kind of rain..

sometimes it just rained on and on...without a stop

it drizzled too

i sat here,looking down..

the many mornings that i enjoyed...

and those walk along those narrow lanes

The rainy blues and the rains of kochi that haunts me in my sleep,the rain that makes me dream.

The chai on the wet window sill,the chai and plumerias on the walks,i saw the moments that swelled before the rains and their after moments..the coral  vines  and the wet walls

Images and Ideas copyright::Lakshmi Arvind

a Wistful Desire

I still have not got over completely the fact that i am miles away from the southern most tip of India,away from the monsoons.A wistful desire to return back in thoughts..

Thoughts always binds me to the land where i belong to.Steamed up memories or tied up memories.
I remember reading this that "Memories and emotions are all tied up. The more strongly you feel about a situation influences how you remember it" .Keep the wonderful memories and keep moving on..

The richness of life lies in the memories that we have forgotten..Cesare Pavese

All images LAkshmi Arvind.subject to copyright

The monsoons that followed me .....

A drizzle and then a heavy down pour for minutes as i sat to write this..That's me and monsoons!

The Monsoons never lost their way this time..and no wind could change its direction this time.It rained and rained and rained,till our heart and minds were full..how soothing was the nonstop rain and the nonstop rain songs in FM.

I always stepped out with my umbrella ..and in between a little prayer goes out to the people where severe erosion and floods happened!

how wonderful was it if we could travel back in time...childhood memories

dipping in nostalgia

the grace of the violets

always with an umbrella

some morning tea

to eat 

books ,the place,the wetness still remains

all images lakshmi arvind
do not copy

the Summer that i left..

it was Summer time,
what a time it was...

School's over, 
the  months of may and june.
 Its lovely to have the sun shining ..
Thank god, for the  time of flowers,blooming heads of krishnachuras,the summer festivals,salads and the light summer kurtas..
in love with my summer whites and floral kurtas..i bought some new ones too..
we  left the summers in the north halfway and travelled to the south..
See the summer we left behind:)-
wasn't it wonderful?

the grace of the krishnachuras 

curtains,shadows prints and patterns

summer flower power..

the summer peace

a corner of the dining room

reds together

and the jobas too..

all images Lakshmi Arvind