The Daily Post’s Weekly Photo Challenge this week is about our place in the world. I decided to interpret it rather literally mostly because this is the right time (although not the right weather) to showcase my world. Temperatures are soaring and yesterday it was a sizzling 43o Celsius (109 o F) and like every summer my campus is on fire. Take a look.
Miles to ogle before I walk π
“It is with the intention of losing my way that I have descended on this path” Rabindranath Tagore
A dazzling and enchanting sight one that is quite difficult to tear ones eyes away from despite the blazing Sun.
I could look at this for hours and hours – from an air conditioned room of course π
The amaltas are perhaps not everyone’s cup of tea. This man wages a losing battle against the raining petals.
Show off π
While in school I used to draw the Sun rising from between the mountain peaks – this reminds me of that π
By the way, this is the view from my porch – now I’m showing off π Just a couple of years more before we shift so may as well make the most of it!
Also linking to Becca’s Sunday Trees
Hope you enjoyed your stroll through my world – have a wonderful week π
Beautiful. The yellow blossoms are like sparking gold
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Absolutelyππ
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Wow! Like trees full of magnificent golden treasure!
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Yes! Thank you π
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Lovely gallery. Good to have some greenery with yellow flowers around.
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Yes I particularly like the green and yellow on – as if it is too shy to go completely gold π Thanks for visiting Rupali π
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I wish I get a chance to shoot Amaltas
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Even I hope you do – I would love to see you create magic with them. And I would also love to know which is more difficult to shoot in the snow or the sun π π
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π No worries until then we can as much enjoy your images Dahlia. BTW, 22C here has same effect as 40C in India π
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Oh is it – 22=40? Interesting! Inside the house or outside as well? Which do you prefer while shooting – the heat or the cold?
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I meant +22 here gives the same burning effect as +40 in india. I love to shoot in both seasons even in autumn. The landscape and the nature is totally different giving vivid frames. But then handling camera when temperature is below -10 is rather difficult.
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Brrrrr – -10! I wouldnt venture out at 10 π
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hahhaha! after -10, + 10 is like spring π
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What lovely trees! You’ve captured them beautifully, Dahlia!
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Thanks so much Sue π
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Beautiful!!!
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Thanks Becca π
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Jealous of not just the pretty trees but the warm weather too ππ
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The J vibes worked – we had a massive thunderstorm and its freezing! No really, sitting in the middle of May without AC is like freezing π Thanks! π Btw is the weather warmer over there?
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Hopefully you get more warm weather soon. We are heading into winter here in Australia. This week all of the sudden it went very cold and now I have a cold ππ
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And I have a cold because the AC is too cold and a headache because it is so hot and stuffy π¦ π
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Time to turn off the aircon AC π¦π Almost weekend so about time to enjoy burger and fries π
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π Yayy!!! π
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Wow such pretty pictures…amazing i should say
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How lucky you are to enjoy this view of golden rain βοΈ. Thereβs nothing quite so magnificent as a tree in full bloom . Right now the dew flowering trees of Mumbai are a blaze with colour too. I should go out and capture them before the blossoms fall.
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Yes indeed I am lucky and blessed. I look forward your pics of the dew flowering trees. I have been pestering my son for a few years now but no luck as yet!
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I meant few flowering trees
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Apparently there are dew flowering trees as well! Something like the gulmohar trees π
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Oh ! I didnβt know that . I once had a book on Indian flowering trees which really was fantastic
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I am sure it was – I must look for it! Thanks Sunita π
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Lovely pictures. Reminded of 2 spindly trees on the seafront(Dar es Salaam) with the spray of yellow flowers hanging. You are so lucky to have beautiful flowering trees on your campus. My campus in Mumbai used to have Gulmohar trees with flaming flowers in May. Yesterday I took a picture of British Laburnum with hanging yellow flowers near my home.
Good Afternoon Dahlia. Lovely sunny day today.
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Yes I am lucky and am constantly amazed at never really having noticed them earlier! I wonder what I was so preoccupied with that even the dazzling colors escaped me – strange but true. Your tree sounds gorgeous too (i looked it up π
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Enjoyed your show off thoroughly ππ
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πππ Trust you to latch on to the key words!
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Dahlia, I loved the βmiles to ogleβ caption β very creative! Those yellow-yellow-yellow trees are amazing. And in such heat. I canβt even imagine. π Thanks for a fun post!
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Amaltas, I mean! It’s mean, Theresa. I’m not sure why the comments aren’t posting with my name. Oh, well!
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Even I dont know why – another friend also has the same problem. Hope it will go away on its own. Thank you for letting me know but I think i would have guessed (sooner or later) from your distinctive comment π
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Thank you Theresa for your warm and generous comments always π
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When they are so beautiful, it is mandatory to do “show-off” π Ahhh, “sun rising from between the mountain peaks”…. the cliched drawing of every child… and I agree with you π
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Did you also do that drawing? π
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Hahaa, you bet!!! π
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