Sky

We have not had much beauty recently on this site - so here goes. Two pictures taken recently.

The first is the evening sky from our terrace here in Thane (note the strategic TV cable wire that was impossible to avoid when taking the shot). We had come home from work. Mum and Dad were waiting for us at home. The kids came back from school. Then we saw the sky and we had to go out - and what a view we had. Awesome.


We don't often get up to the terrace - even though we live on the 7th floor of our appartment building - and have the terrace directly above us. But what a lovely evening we had gazing at the sky.

Mum and Dad have been with us for a week. They are just about to get onto the train at Borivali station for the long trip up North and back to Mussoorie.

The view from their terrace? Well, suffice it to say it is nothing less than fantastic.

Most of North India is covered with an almost permanent haze cloud in winter - a mixture of moisture - dust particles (thermal inversion) - smoke - and various other noxious things. The result is a pea-soup from hell - except that it is bone-chillingly cold.

The view from Mum and Dad's home - a South-facing cottage sticking out of a rock cliff at 7,500 ft altitude is quite different.

Feast your eyes on this:

Photo courtesy: Christa Eicher (taken Jan 2010)

Now you know why it is so hard for us to leave Mussoorie when we go there on our annual pilgrimage in May!