DAILY PHOTO: Miniature Paintings of Udaipur

Taken on November 23, 2018 in Udaipur

This post requires some explanation. First, miniature paintings, as a style of Indian art, aren’t necessarily small (though they can be.) Rather, the “miniature” refers to use of fine detail and the use very fine brushwork. (Sometimes involving one hair-width brushwork.)

The historical basis of all these paintings in Udaipur was that they used to be used to adorn houses involved with weddings. Not only did they lend festive decor, but they also made it easier to find the right house.

DAILY PHOTO: Jagdish Mandir by Night, Udaipur

Taken on November 23, 2018 in Udaipur

DAILY PHOTO: Marching Penguins

Taken in August of 2018 at Lincoln Park Zoo

DAILY PHOTO: Ek Balam Ruins Under Cloudy Skies

Taken in the Summer of 2010 at Ek Balam in the Yucatan

DAILY PHOTO: A Peek at the Falls

Taken in May of 2017 at Victoria Falls

DAILY PHOTO: Park & Skyline, Houston

Taken in August of 2018 in Houston

DAILY PHOTO: Kodaikanal Lake

Taken in November of 2018 in Kodaikanal

DAILY PHOTO: Tridevi Temple, Kathmandu

Taken in May of 2015 in Kathmandu

Nepal Haiku

birthing Buddha,
distant looming mountains
breed wisdom

 

glassy lake,
mirroring boat hulls,
a world below?

 

standing aside
as beam-totting porters
pass us on the trail

 

tea-house quarters
cozy and quaint lodging,
’til snoring starts

 

cool air in face,
trudging up — oblivious
to cloud-freed snowcap

 

glacier gone,
scoured trench, gouged in earth —
maybe next year

 

monkey overlook,
from sacred stupa to
the human warren

 

DAILY PHOTO: Volcano Cones in the Andes

Taken in the summer of 2011 in the Peruvian Andes