Thanks, Prashant ji. You & your son has really got an exceptional talent. It was such a thrill to go through the poem as well as your posted picture. I feel you, Dinesh ji, Singh ji, Pankaj ji, Ritesh ji etc. among the greatest flower hunters on the group.
On 2 January 2011 14:19, Prashant awale <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Friends, > > 31st July, early Morning 02:00 AM, Dinesh (Valke) called me on my mobile to > inform me that he will be picking me from my residence. We had made a plan > to visit Purandar Fort. This is for the first time we were to come face to > face. I had been interacting with him for so many years but never- ever got > an opportunity to go on a Flower-hunt together. Ceropegia's were in our mind > but more than this, it was the exitement to meet. Within no time we reached > Pune where we were joined by Ushaprabha Pagey Madam and Ajinkya. > > Almost by morning 8:00AM, we were on top of Purandar. It was raining and > not a good weather for photography. Nevertless, we had a wonderfull > experince interacting as well as capturing some flora from Purandar. > > Beautiful flowers of *Thalictrum dalzellii ( *श्वेतांबर) were literally > dancing along with the cool breeze and rain showers*. *Looking very > pretty. We could not resist capturing this. > It was a memorable trip. > > *Thalictrum dalzellii is the Flower Picture of the Year 2010 from my side. > > *I take this opportunity to share a small poem written by my Son (Master > Shantanu) on the* Rain*..* > > " Water droplets every where, > now it is time to cheer; > Rain has brought along a lot of Joy, > Note book paper has become a paper boat toy; > Paper boat is travelling along with the Stream, > Riding on the real boat is one of my dream. > Clouds are playing Hide & seek, > Nature is full of many such tricks. > Green fields and Wild Flowers, > All enjoying pleasant Showers. > Lets join them and go on a Trek, > It is good to have one such break. " > > > > Thanks, > > regards > Prashant > * -- With regards, J.M.Garg ([email protected]) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/User:Jmgarg1 'Creating awareness of Indian Flora & Fauna' The whole world uses my Image Resource of more than a *thousand species* & eight thousand images of Birds, Butterflies, Plants etc. (arranged alphabetically & place-wise): http://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:J.M.Garg. You can also use them for free as per liberal licensing conditions attached with each image. For identification, learning, discussion & documentation of Indian Flora, please visit/ join our Google e-group- Efloraofindia: http://groups.google.co.in/group/indiantreepix (more than 1475 members & 57,000 messages on 16/12/10 & with a database of around 4400 species on 30/11/10)
