Taken November 2, 2013 at Hampi.
The Hampi area is painted from a different palette than most of Karnataka. Instead of uniform green, the brownish-red of the boulders dominates, and, while green lines the spaces between the rock, the vivid yellow of these flowers decorate the base of many hills. Of course, there remain islands of green, in the form of corn fields, banana plantations, and palm groves.
Taken Sept 7, 2013 at Gandhi Bazaar
The background in this photo is the Hindu temple that is on the site of Tipu Sultan’s Palace, but which predates the Sultan’s Indo-Islamic teak structure. There is a simple but beautiful garden in between the palace and the temple that displays various flowering plants.
Taken on Caye Caulker in Belize
Taken in 2011 near Machu Picchu
Taken June 2, 2013 at Emory University in Atlanta, Georgia
This flower is the source of a common heart medicine.
April 2012; Yellow River, Georgia
stalwart Beech tree
still gathering sunlight
on last year’s leaf
dandelion
arrives to party first
eager flower
a bud breaks open
its tiny leaf waves hello
welcoming the spring
spring’s urgent leisure
flowers drop a fine pollen
to ride listless winds
Taken on the road between Szentendre and Visegrad
