Ranikhet is a quaint, picturesque hill station, a mere 60 kms from the more popular, overtly crowded Nainital. An area maintained exclusively by the Indian Army, the location serves as a perfect escape from a bustling city life and offers the tourist a quiet, serene and virtually isolated holiday.
The excursion turned out to be absolutely rejuvenating; perfect to recharge life's batteries- dulled by the ennui of everyday life, sharpen the consciousness- muffled by the pollution of senses, and revitalize the imagination- subdued by the humdrum of employment.
The trip made me realize that I am not all that bad at photography- if I actually talk less and click more. But on sensible second thoughts, it really is not me; it's a good ol' camera and mother nature showering her benign blessings. Nature is far too smart to allow us mortals to mess her up. Kahlil Gibran said "Forget not that the earth delights to feel your bare feet and the winds long to play with your hair." And I allowed nature to feel my bare feet and dry hair, but in return I shot and captured her varied moods.
Ring the bells that still can ringForget your perfect offering.
There is a crack in everything,
That's how the light gets in.
Leonard Cohen
A sensitive plant in a garden grew,And the young winds fed it with silver dew,
And it opened its fan-like leaves to the light,
and closed them beneath the kisses of night.
Percy Bysshe Shelley
'Tis distance lends enchantment to the view,And robes the mountain in its azure hue.
Thomas Campbell
Earth laughs in flowers.Ralph Waldo Emerson
I cannot see what flowers are at my feet,Nor what soft incense hangs upon the boughs.
John Keats
The sky broke like an egg into full sunset and the water caught fire.Pamela Hansford Johnson
For whatever we lose (like a you or a me),It's always our self we find in the sea.
e.e. cummings
Into my heart's night,Along a narrow way.
I groped; and lo! the light,
An infinite land of day.
Rumi
To the next beautiful vacation and renewed camera batteries! Amen!
