Blue skies & Blue hills
Time is a companion that goes with us on a journey. It reminds us to cherish each moment, because it will never come again. What we leave behind is not as important as how we have lived -- Captain Jean-Luc Picard
Nothing else matters much, not wealth, nor learning, nor even health, without this gift: the spiritual capacity to keep zest in living. This is the creed of creeds, the final deposit and distillation of all important faiths: that you should be able to believe in life -- Harry Emerson Fosdick
Hope is both the earliest and the most indispensable virtue inherent in the state of being alive. If life is to be sustained hope must remain, even where confidence is wounded, trust impaired -- Erik H. Erikson
Mum's rooftop garden
April has put a spirit of youth in everything -- William Shakespeare
I will be the gladdest thing under the sun. I will touch a hundred flowers and not pick one -- Edna St. Vincent Millay
There is something infinitely healing in the repeated refrains of nature - the assurance that dawn comes after night, and spring after the winter -- Rachel Carson
All seasons are beautiful for the person who carries happiness within -- Horace Friess
Simbha's morning routine - Warming up & Cooling down
The best kind of friend is the one you could sit on a porch with, never saying a word, and walk away feeling like that was the best conversation you've had -- Anonymous
Let us be grateful to people who make us happy, they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom -- Marcel Proust
Ooty - Unlimited
My profession is to always find God in nature -- Henry David Thoreau
Nature does not hurry, yet everything is accomplished -- Lao Tzu
Because only then does one feel that all is as it should be and that God wishes to see people happy, amidst the simple beauty of nature. I firmly believe that nature brings solace in all troubles -- Anne Frank
Beautiful snaps of nature and you have lovely garden.
ReplyDeleteI loved all kinds of quotes here, and it sprinkles courage along with natures view.
ReplyDeleteYour home looks beautiful rakesh, the garden and simbha was pretty nice, resembles our pet maya! :)
Good sequence, Rak
ReplyDeleteand nice quotes,
One can always find a quote to lean on in every life situation...Great Minds have already worked it out for us :)
love,
devika
I'll say this again....Nature is unbeatable in beauty. isnt it?
ReplyDeleteNice quotes and nice pictures. How long are you going to be here???
ReplyDeleteI think the quote on hope is true. You need to be in a hopeless situation, to appreciate the truth in that quote!
ReplyDeleteDestination Infinity
I enjoy your quotesillustrating the pictures ! nice !
ReplyDeleteNice! ... and how nice to find quotes with all of the photos!
ReplyDeleteGreat clicks n capture ..... another smart compilation Bud :)
ReplyDeleteGreat pics as usual!
ReplyDeleteI love Simbha...awwww...can ya send Simbha this way Rakesh? :)
btw Marigolds r one of my fav flowers...so pretty n vibrant!
Keshi.
beautiful images to garnish wonderful quotes!
ReplyDeleteHey is that Bonsai yours? Cool one. Howz vacation going?
ReplyDeletereally nice pics and awesome quotes!!
ReplyDeleteBeautiful pictures and quotes. Is everything Ooty?
ReplyDeletea very nice set of photos accompanied by apt quotes and comments
ReplyDeleteI feel much better after reading all those quotes..
ReplyDeleteSome of them feel like they were on the tip of my tongue...
but I was unable to phrase them correctly...
Thanks for all the research and the nice illustrations.
Nice pics and quotes! The pictures show your place quite well!
ReplyDeletePhotos and phrases walk so well together, thanks to you! I wish you a nice day.
ReplyDeleteRajesh
ReplyDeleteThanks very much! Appreciate your comments!
Cheers
Rakesh
Jeevan
ReplyDeleteQuotes mean a lot to me, as they convey a very candid and appreciable message!
Thanks very much for the comments and the compliments!
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Rakesh
Devika Chechi
ReplyDeleteThanks very much! I agree with your thought that "One can always find a quote to lean on in every life situation..."
Quite true!
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Rakesh
Andy
ReplyDeleteYes dude.....nature is truly unbeatable in beauty!
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Rakesh
Vimmuuu
ReplyDeleteI was in Ooty during the week of Vishu and got back the same weekend! Quite a snap trip of 6 odd days!
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Rakesh
DI
ReplyDeleteYeah, In fact it is my most favourite quote among those of this post!
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Rakesh
Namaki
ReplyDeleteThanks very much! I'm glad yo enjoyed my post! Do visit often!
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Rakesh
Peter
ReplyDeleteThanks very much! Quotes and pictures, I've learnt, make a fabulous combination!
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Rakesh
Rahul V
ReplyDeleteThanks budd! Appreciate your comments!
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Rakesh
Keshi
ReplyDeleteThanks very much! Appreciate your comments!
Nooooooo.....Simbha will not be sent to AUS.....Mom sez, she cannot live without her ;) And thats the same with me too ;)
Presently Simbha is in Kerala!
Marigolds are my fav too! These ones are the dwarf variety......they are too good!
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Rakesh
Magiceye
ReplyDeleteThanks very much! Appreciate your comments!
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Rakesh
Ajeya
ReplyDeleteYeah, that bonsai is part of Mom's collection!
I had a wonderful time vacationing @ home! Am missing home already!
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Rakesh
Rahul
ReplyDeleteThanks very much budd!
cheers
Rakesh
Mesoliloquy
ReplyDeleteThanks very much! Yes, every picture is of some part of Ooty!
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Rakesh
Polona
ReplyDeleteThanks very much!
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Rakesh
Marie
ReplyDeleteYeah, I too felt elated picking up these quotes from the net and putting them in here!
They convey a deep meaning, simple yet so real!
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Rakesh
Vibu
ReplyDeleteThanks very much dude! How r things @ ur end?
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Rakesh
Alice
ReplyDeleteThanks for the visit! Its been long since you dropped by!
Also, thanks for the comments!
Appreciate it!
J'aime la lecture de votre blog, les photos sont magnifiques! Merci de les partager! Merci à google, je peux vous écrire en français aussi!
Cheers
Rakesh