Wednesday, March 28, 2012
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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?
Thursday, October 27, 2011
Hang Out There
Tindharia in the Darjeeling hills is the first important railway station on the Darjeeling Himalayan Railway.
It is on National Highway 55 which connects - when it is in working order - Siliguri to Darjeeling.
We drove up to it one Sunday afternoon with some friends last July. One of them, a Darjeeling tea expert, pointed out the Tindharia Locomotive and Carriage Workshop to us. The three rooftops perched on the top of the hill made a pretty sight.
We drove past and went up to the railway station. It was also a lovely old building. I wished we could have taken a train ride there, but the train service had been suspended because landslides had snapped the road link and damaged the tracks beyond Tindharia.
We wondered whether repairs would be completed. The scene changed completely in September, when the earthquake struck. A large part of the hillside below the locomotive workshop fell away.
We drove up in the direction of Tindharia today with our younger daughter. She loves the railways, particularly the DHR. This time we couldnt even reach the station.
I did not have my camera with me. These pictures were taken on my old fashioned (four years old is old fashioned these days) phone camera.
No complaints. They pretty much convey what we saw.
The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) is a World Heritage site.
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee describes it thus:
"The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is the first, and still the most outstanding example of a hill passenger railway. Opened in 1881, it applied bold and ingenious engineering solutions to the problems of etablishing an effective rail link cross a mountainous terrain of great beauty. It is still fully operational* and retains most of its original features intact."
*see above
It is on National Highway 55 which connects - when it is in working order - Siliguri to Darjeeling.
We drove up to it one Sunday afternoon with some friends last July. One of them, a Darjeeling tea expert, pointed out the Tindharia Locomotive and Carriage Workshop to us. The three rooftops perched on the top of the hill made a pretty sight.
We drove past and went up to the railway station. It was also a lovely old building. I wished we could have taken a train ride there, but the train service had been suspended because landslides had snapped the road link and damaged the tracks beyond Tindharia.
We wondered whether repairs would be completed. The scene changed completely in September, when the earthquake struck. A large part of the hillside below the locomotive workshop fell away.
We drove up in the direction of Tindharia today with our younger daughter. She loves the railways, particularly the DHR. This time we couldnt even reach the station.
I did not have my camera with me. These pictures were taken on my old fashioned (four years old is old fashioned these days) phone camera.
No complaints. They pretty much convey what we saw.
The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway (DHR) is a World Heritage site.
The UNESCO World Heritage Committee describes it thus:
"The Darjeeling Himalayan Railway is the first, and still the most outstanding example of a hill passenger railway. Opened in 1881, it applied bold and ingenious engineering solutions to the problems of etablishing an effective rail link cross a mountainous terrain of great beauty. It is still fully operational* and retains most of its original features intact."
*see above
Monday, May 9, 2011
Box of Rain
I watch the rain from my new perch in Siliguri. What a downpour!
This one was taken two hours after the first picture.
And these two several hours later. These are the Darjeeling hills.
This one was taken two hours after the first picture.
And these two several hours later. These are the Darjeeling hills.
Tuesday, June 29, 2010
Compliments of the Season
Ixoras are in full bloom and this first picture is a pot-pourri - by Mithoo the gardener. There are several colours and sizes of flowers to be found on different bushes dotting the compound.
This bush in the picture above produces both orange and yellow flowers.
This one is a classic flower - fiery orangey red.
This is a bush of miniature blooms.
Wow, strike me pink! This is the first time we've managed to grow this colour!
I have no words for these - but Mithoo Mali has done a great job arranging them.
Another precious new entrant this year - golden yellow.
I hope these flowers have brightened your day, wherever you are!
This bush in the picture above produces both orange and yellow flowers.
This one is a classic flower - fiery orangey red.
This is a bush of miniature blooms.
Wow, strike me pink! This is the first time we've managed to grow this colour!
I have no words for these - but Mithoo Mali has done a great job arranging them.
Another precious new entrant this year - golden yellow.
I hope these flowers have brightened your day, wherever you are!
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