A Bridge Too Far (Away)

That is the River Dima, which flows close to the tea estate where we live. The bridge in the distance is a rail bridge. The bridge from where I took this shot is brand new. It was constructed to take the place of the one that was washed away in the floods of 1993!
Twenty long years to get the bridge up, three months from completion of construction to inauguration, and TWO opening ceremonies in one day. It's true. Do read on: http://in.news.yahoo.com/bridge-opening-twice-one-day-000000420.html

I took this picture on the last day of Durga Puja, the festival that marks the beginning of mellow skies and cooler weather.

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February Day in the Garden

Noon

 
Work!

 
What my husband wants me to call 'Journey to the Centre of the Earth'!

 
What, me work?

'Oh, I've Seen Fire and I've Seen Rain...'

 

 

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One Hundred Days Without Rain

...spells bad news for the tea gardens here in the Dooars. These are pictures of the sunset last Sunday, taken from our bungalow. The clouds turned out to be ornamental.
















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Cold Weather Games

Cold weather evenings here are touched with melancholy. It becomes dark so early, and the evening is so short. The day does a quick-fade, and spirits dip even as we get a thrill looking at all the play of light in the Western sky.

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