Posts Tagged ‘ summer ’

Summer at the door

May 20, 2011
Rakcham

Summer is finally here with the sun knocking our door every morning with a pleasant spread of warmth and shine. The barren fields and hills are also fast turning green with the nourishing rain they receive very evening. Villagers are busy planting seeds and tilling their lands – most of them are back from...
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Tiny Green Saplings

April 27, 2011
Apricots in bloom

Finally the sun is out in full strength. And the villagers are happy. I went down to Sangla the other day and had the real taste of sweat after a span of six months. Two weeks back we planted flower seeds in a small patch of land in our resort covering them with a...
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Two Swallows

March 15, 2011
Glacier melting

Yesterday morning two swallows came chirping loud and told meĀ  that summer is not far off. The sun stays for much longer period now and sends out strong signals to the snow to move over and make room for the greens sleeping below the soil. The pines have managed to shake off much of...
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