Amritapuri, India Flowers #3

Vedavati sent more photos taken with her new phone. I decided to post the flowers first. I think the colors are so vivid

She wrote: After a pre dawn rain. Love the colors and all the various stages of flowering and fruiting.

Amritapuri, India Flowers #2

Vedavati bought a new phone. That means she also has a new phone camera! She said: I am loving the new camera. Not so sure about loving the different style of spell wrecker.

This rose was just a little smaller than this.

Photos from Amritapuri, India Window

Vedavati sent this photo of Thursday’s sunset.

She went on to say: “This is the 1st sunset in a while that we had any clouds.” and “I was watching the sunset and all of a sudden these birds started flying and I thought wouldnt it be fun if I got a shot of a bird. Didn’t expect this!”

I decided to surprise her by cropping the bird photo. It didn’t come out clear but looks ethereal to me. Other worldly!

Amritapuri, India Flowers #1

Vedavati has been sending me flower photos from Amritapuri. The last one she sent, she mentioned wishing that she could crop the photo so the flower filled the page. I figured it out although I’m not sure I could repeat it. Enjoy.

From Amritapuri, India Window #3

Vedavati sent me another evening sun photo with these comments: The evening sun- beams on the water. See close to shore how pink it is? I’ve never seen the sunlight reflecting similar to moonlight before.

From Amritapuri, India Window #2

During my night, Vedavati sent me a sunset photo from a few days back.

She sent this comment along with the photo:

Sometimes my jaw simply drops at the beauty.

(Both the photo and the comment were used with permission.)

Winter Village and Other Christmas Decorations

One day soon after Christmas, my friend Kavita asked me if I would like to see her Winter Village decorations using What’s App. Within a day or two, her husband Prakash sent me a video of the village and other Christmas decorations as well as photos that were closer up.

Their home is in Redmond, Washington. Normally people would come to their home to see the display but Covid has certainly changed our ways of celebrating holidays.

As you watch the video and look at the photos keep in mind the ski slope scene is new this year

From Amritapuri, India Window

My friend Vedavati captured this beautiful scene Saturday night in India. (They are 13 1/2 hours ahead of Seattle.)

Watching the Creek from My Window- Part 5

There was so much snow in the Northwest last week. Many people in the Seattle-Bellevue-Woodinville areas were snowed in until yesterday. It was supposed to snow here all through the night last night but this morning the snow was mostly gone. It had rained instead.

I took a video of the creek this morning. Balancing myself, my walker and the camera was tough. So it is not the best video but it shows what I wanted to show you.

Watching the Creek (and more) from My Window- Part 4

The first predictions of snow were really off. However the one for the day after Christmas was quite accurate.

When it was light enough to look outside, it was a beautiful sight to behold. From inside my room I could look out the window and see the snow. (I am appreciating how often they clean the windows here. It makes it possible for me to take clear pictures.)

After I got dressed, I walked, using my walker, down to the lobby to get my morning pastry and to fill out and turn in my dinner menu. I looked out the front window of the facility and saw so much snow. There was someone in the parking lot using a snow shovel to clear the sidewalks. That would certainly be a huge and time consuming job.

The first time I looked at the creek I thought I saw the water moving.

When I looked at it a couple hours later it looked frozen. I thought it was a possibility considering by then it was 27 or 28° degrees outside. I imagine there was water still running under the ice.