Parched ....

Water water everywhere, not a drop to drink .... !! This was the title of the first graduate seminar I ever attended. It was by Prof. Pablo Debenedetti from Princeton, dealt primarily with statistical thermodynamics (of which I knew nothing at that time not that I know much more now, but slightly better off since then!!), and focused on some of the unique properties of liquid water. I never really cared much for it - except that I was rather amused by the title and never forgot it.

And when I saw this parched plant completely dried up, right at the edge of Lady Ann Lake, the first that came to mind was 'water water everywhere, but not a drop to drink!' Its been a very dry summer, and the past week saw some scorching heat, this poor plant could not survive it looks like! I will try to go and water it .... see if that will help it pull through!! although I have half a mind of letting fate take its natural course, or is that just plain laziness?

Sunset over Rainbow Mountain

I had noted this spot for several weeks now ... on the way to work - perfect place to catch the sunset behind Rainbow Mountain, but never got the chance. But it was a matter of time .... not the best sunset I have seen from here, but sunsets are sunsets ... always pretty ... and this one will do just fine!

Return to the trees

I returned to the same place i had clicked this one - had to catch the sun this time, setting behind Rainbow Mountain

Senior citizens fishing pier - backwaters of the river Tennessee

The light of the setting sun reflects in the river Tennessee

Sunset at Lady Ann Lake

Bridge on the river Tennessee

Early pictures

Some pictures from early 2004 - when I had just bought my camera, and didn't really know how to use it!


Sunrise at Edgewater over Lady Ann Lake


Twilight hues ....




Twilight visitors to Lady Ann Lake. In the first few months, I had only 16Mb of memory on the camera - so had to click on low resolution so as to get in the maximum number of pictures. This one was clicked at 640 x 480

The fascination of photographing sunrise, sunset and twilight colors is still strong .....

Lokmanya

स्वराज्य हा माझा जन्मसिद्ध अधिकार आहे, आणी तो मी मिळवणारच!

A bust of Lokmanya Bal Gangadhar Tilak in Mahim, Mumbai.

Brace for Dennis

Twilight at Mobile Bay


Mobile Bay, with the WWII battleship USS Alabama in the background.

Hurricane Dennis is expected to make landfall in Mobile tomorrow afternoon. Evacuations are already underway, and hopefully, folks down there will be able to weather out the storm safely.

Mumbai - meri jaan!

Sunsets and sunrises dont seem to be complete these days without a cellular service tower in the view ....

Visitors to Lady Ann Lake on a gray cloudy morning ....

Early morning walk ...

Summer visitors at Edgewater

Gray ...

Beyond Lady Ann Lake is the swamp ... desolate, gray and creepy - always!

The other side of Lady Ann Lake

Edgewater ... a different view!

Lost?

ये कहाँ आ गये हम? EBO lost and wondering where he is ....

Reflecting ...

AG, EBO and KJ in deep philosophical discussions, ala Dil Chahta Hai ...

कैसा अजब ये सफ़र है, सोचो तो हर इक ही बेखबर है
उसको जाना कीधर है
जो वक्त आये, जाने क्या दिखाए!

Sunrise at Edgewater

Another older photo dug up - this was more than a year ago. Have a fun time this long weekend!