fragrances of life

NaBloPoMo October- 3rd at blogher
Which smell lets you know that it is autumn?
 

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Sometimes just a smell can give us memories and reminders. A few of us might have really felt this too. Autumn spread out from late September, October and early November months, we Indians have our festive time; Mahanavami, Bakrid and Diwali.

The season is mixed up with lot of fragrances. Muddy lands have dried up and no more smell of wet soil. The fallen red leaves have a kind of odor that diffuses in autumnal breeze. Thus the season is in our breath. Just take one whiff and relax...

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Perfumed festivals: Air of prayers and sacred scents are there around. The main source of those good smells, irrespective of festive, is from the great corner of our houses- the Kitchen.!!! From roasted and fried veggies during pooja holidays; spicy and flavored non- vegan dishes during Id to sweet scents of laddoos and jalebis of Diwali, mouth watering indeed. I could start shipping in the mouth.!!!  

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When you smell crackles or burnt wicks, Diwali is on your doorstep, which is more a festival of lights. Incredible...
To my surprise, I haven’t noticed yet that autumn has got these much fragrances. I was wondering, where I was during these days. I haven’t enjoyed the days like this, knowing its essence and aromas.

the Song of Fall

NaBloPoMo October - 2nd  at blogher
Winter and summer are two seasons that have songs clearly associated with the time period. But are there any songs that remind you of fall?

"Autumn is the hardest season. The leaves are all falling, and they are falling like they are falling in love with the ground"
 -Andrea Gibson

After the long heavy rains, it comes the autumn, swiping off its footprints. All the land and air dried up. It’s heading towards the end of the year or to a cold shivery winter. Above we see dry floating clouds often shedding few drops during nights. Days being hot and dry but nights are chilling. Trees are bare, shedding all the leaves, making a pavement for the new season. It apparently looks like melancholy everywhere, but they know there is a spring in the ebb and flow of life. Though it can’t escape out of this, they make golden savings for a wonderful time ahead.

There are many songs that remind me about a fall, fall in the sense of autumn of our lives. The one that first comes in mind is Coldplay's Paradise because autumn is just like a girl who dreams of spring and always like to fly away. She does not recognize that  it is the heaven on earth,where the land is covered with gold and magenta as if nature has laid a red carpet. So just remove the preoccupations and lets move on...

 

Adding some Amber ☺

Another Christmas week is here. I am much more relieved or better say, relaxed for now because its holiday for a couple of days. Sitting in the courtyard I feel much love with everything I can see ; this chills in the morning , the critters playing hide and seek deep in the lovely yellow ☺ , shivers of greens out there...and everything looks pretty...☺

Feeling blessed. Wishing you all a wonderful time of celebrations. Stay happy ☺

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a Verse SpongeD

 

Like those memories

memories were pretty

pretty were the days

days have passed

passed in the history

history of our lives

lives as we lived

lived as it is heaven

heaven is here

here there are taxonomies

taxonomies of green and non green

non green are sponges

  

sponges are polyporuses

polyporuses have scaly caps

caps fanned out

out in the dead woods

  woods smell not fresh

fresh but like very green

green as it is green old

 old painting on the planet

 On getting my camera back after repair works, I was waiting for something to shoot on. Thus the day arrived...!!! Today, I was in a good mood to click on anything and then I got this interesting fungus (Polyporus squamosus).I got to know about this from my mother who is a botanist!!!
 Taxonamical information of this fungi is given below, have a quick look at it.

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Scientific classification 

Kingdom:  Fungi

Phylum:    Basidiomycete

Class:       Agaricomycetes

Order:      Polyporales

Family:    Polyporaceae

Genus:     Polyporus

Species:   P.squamosus

Synonyms : 

Dryad's saddle, Polypore ecailleux, Schuppiger porling, Pheasant's mushroom, Hawk's wing

(In Greek mythology, dryad is a tree dwelling nymph, also known as a tree spirit. As Polyporus squamosus looked like a saddle that one of these tree spirits would sit on, it is named so.!!!)

Finally, it's just from a few clicks that I could learn about this parasitic fungi species which plays a key role in decomposing dead trees in woodland, thus maintaining the ecosystem. So every single creature have their own role in Earth and so you also. Play your role and have a great day...

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