Indian Date Palm

The Sylvester Palm Phoenix sylvestrs is found growing wild outside the city.It is also called the Toddy Palm. In this season, the trees are full of orange drupes, which are relished by birds. Ten years ago you could have seen mud pots tied to the top of the trees to collect the sap, from which a toddy was brewed. There is a proverb in Kannada, "Don't drink buttermilk under a Sylvester palm"! People would then take you for a drunk.  These days, people prefer the cheap branded liquors, and the toddy brewing has vanished.
The sap is also used to make a delicious sugar called taler gud.Making this sugar is a major cottage industry of Bangla Desh.
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Day lily for Floral Friday

The Daylily, Hemerocallis is a much coveted plant in these parts. My daylily has bloomed now, and the flowers have an unusual colour.
My thanks to Nixblog for the wonderful meme which shows flowers from different parts of the world.

Waterworld Wednesday

These pictures were taken last year, just after the monsoon season. The water was cool and delicious.
You can see more pictures of water at Kim's Waterworld Wednesday.

Our World Tuesday

Workmen are laying out new storm water drains in preparation to the coming monsoons. These drains are designed to harvest the rain water so that the water table will come up.
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Flowers from Bhutan

 Bhutan is a tiny Himalayan kingdom, which has the distinction of being rated the happiest place in the world. The people there are friendly and gentle, and the country is extremely beautiful. My daughter , who visited the happy place last week, sent me these pictures of flowers. I don't know the names of most of these flowers.

 The pink flowers below are the Rhododendrons, which are the native os the Himalayas. They make jams and drinks from these flowers, which have medicinal properties.

 The azalia is similar to the rhododendron, but is a bush.

The blue Himalayan Iris carpets the slopes of the hills in this season.
No wonder, the Bhutanese people have the highest Happiness Quotient in the world!
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Our World Tuesday

The Bangalore-Mysore highway is a busy one with all sorts of vehicles transporting humans, animals and goods.
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Today's Flowers

 The fruit of the Bird'Nest Anthurium with a Football lily.

Rain lilies are appearing in nooks and crannies after the recent tropical storm .
You can see some beautiful flowers here.