Simla visit November 2011 A view of Kasumpti from Knollswood ~ A view of “New Shimla” from Sudden Death [the jumble of a concrete jungle used to be where we used to play as children - what is now New Shimla used to be called Buffalo Pond and White Temple] ~ Evening view ~ “Chotta” Simla [...]
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‘Simbly’ wonderful being back.
Simla, another morning walk
Posted in Shimla on Jun 12th, 2011
Heavy rain all night, the sound of the rain on the sloping roof was music to my ears with the small shifts in the sound as the intensity and direction changed. Slept well, though I could hear the rain through the night. Woke at 5. It was still raining too hard to go out for [...]
Simla, morning walk
Posted in Shimla on Jun 10th, 2011
More rain during the night, cloudy morning. Went out walking down the steep “sudden death” slope, a neighbor’s dog was at first suspicious of my intentions while I was photographing flowers below their house but later befriended me and accompanied me for a while. Found a lovely wood doorway set in a stone wall, a [...]
Simla – October 08
Posted in Barbet, Bulbul, Flycatcher, forest, India, Indian Institute Of Advanced Study, Laughingthrush, Mashobra, nature, Shimla, Sidhora, Treecreeper, Vice Regal Lodge, White-eye, Whitethroat on Oct 5th, 2008
A quick trip to get some long overdue work done at our cottage in Simla. The view of the Himalayan Range from the air [Dhaka to Delhi] was spectacular, though I could not capture the “spactularness” due to the dirty aircraft windows… Little time to photograph the surrounds and birds. That meant I had to be [...]
Mashobra view
Posted in forest, India, Jyoti, Landscape, Mannat, Mashobra, mist, Naldehra, rain, Shimla, sunset on Jun 20th, 2008
A couple of photos – the view from our cottage in Mashobra [near Naldehra] Â in the Shimla Hills. The mist rolling up the pine forested hills and a nice sunset later that evening. Â The cottage on a misty and rainy day ~ Mannat & Jyoti at Mashobra ~ Mannat sketching flowers in the garden [...]