The Sun And Snow

...Spring is when life is alive in everything. ~Christtina Rossetti~        Spring marks rebirth, regrowth and rejuvenation.It denotes a new start, gives a new life to Mother Nature. It is one of the four seasons that marks an end of winter. All the trees have started budding.  Day length is increasing as the season progresses. Mushrooms have popped out. Grasses are becoming green. New sprouts have started emerging out from the ground. And I can't wait to enjoy the beautiful spring blossoms in my own front and back yard and near by areas. Few signal of Mother Nature for the onset of Spring, I have clicked through my lens although much of it can only be experienced through inner eye.       Turkey's Tail Fungus or Turkey's Tail Mushroom are one of the mushrooms that actually resembles Turkey's Tail as its name denotes. One can easily differentiate it from other bracket mushrooms those are also very closely related species by seeing at th...

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I witnessed Wet Snow ( Otherwise known as Ice Sleets in USA and Other commonwealth countries  like Canada it is termed as Ice Pellets) for the first time in my life although snow was a common phenomenon in winter in USA during my stay and it was beautiful.  Ice pellets are form of rain forming translucent balls make noise when hits ground or any striking object. Ice Pellets In the Northern Hemisphere December, January and February is considered as winter months . In Canada, however the length of winter varies by region and severity because of the countries latitudinal range which is marked by extreme cold weather, wind chill, snow , freezing rain and blizzards. For a person who is from tropical countries like India mostly enjoy the snow but at times it is very depressing and boring for a stay-home-mom person like me. To overcome this I started developing interest in many day-to-day activities like bird watching in my backyard and near by areas, painting, photogra...

             Today is Makara Sankranti an Auspicious day in Hindu  Calendar. Since this is my first post here I am going to write some of the facts of Makar Sankranti.     Makar Sankranti (also known as Makara Sankranti in Odiya) is a festival day in the hindu Calender that  is observed each year in January. This festival is dedicated to The Sun as it marks the first day of sun's transit (uttarayan i.e towards north) into the Capricorn ( Makara) marking the end of the winter month with start of longer and warmer days which signals a change of season (i.e. from Winter to Spring in Indian context).    Maker Sankranti is one of the few Indian festivals that is observed according to solar cycles while most of the festivals being observed according to lunar cycles. It almost every year falls on the same Georgian date i.e. January 14th of every year with an exception of 13th or ...