Wednesday 29 October 2014

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Early morning is a wonderful time, when the first rays of sunlight breaks through the leaves, then I sit on my morning tea verandah and watch the beauty of the new day as some birds do in front of me on the branches of our cashew nut tree and the mango tree beside the small pond … 


Thanks to some of our guests, being very interested in birds and all kinds of wildlife in our garden and then patiently taking photographs, we are gifted with new discoveries of animals and some more beautiful pictures … 
Here are some Silvia Fouani took recently …



… and some, which I took in the last months from the East and West verandahs of our Sylviander House … 


… everywhere is life, in tree beside the big pond and in the cashew nut tree at the West side … 


… a wood pecker always hardly to catch far away … 


… and this young guy, a rare visitor of our garden, seemed to be lost, for hours sitting or walking on the branch of a coconut tree, probably waiting for the mother … 




Saturday 11 October 2014

Tree Goddesses in our Garden


When we were searching for a place for us many years ago, my argument for not liking a place was, there was nothing to see for me. Our search took many years. 


When we had a rush look at Sylvianderland 10 years ago, my and our YES came sponaneously. Why? It was the pond with the natural grown wilderness behind and beside 2 old trees, nearly extincted. I haven‘t seen them anywhere. 


These kind of trees – malayalam: Kashampuli – once belonged to the typical Kerala landscape. They always grow beside a pond, grow very slow and have berries for the birds. 


In our garden these are a bigger and a smaller one. From the first moment I felt the presence of a tree goddess mother with her daughter. Whenever I am sad or disappointed or desperate about some situations in this country they give me silently consolation. 
And every morning they are my first view, then I feel blessed. They always look different, depending on the light. With them there is never boredom or loneliness. 


Once when some workers cleaned the pond, these 2 trees were a bit disturbing for them to take out the water. A man watching said: »Why don‘t you cut these trees!?« We were shocked. Unfortunately this is an attitude of many. These 2 trees with the scenery around were the reason we bought this land. 


Major changes happened since then in our surroundings. Only 10 years and so many wilderness and natural corner disappeared for new buildings. During this process, our Kavu – this sacred nature realm – becomes more and more rare and precious. 


Our guests, some friends and the neighborhood children appreciate this beauty of nature, stand silently and watch and say: »How beautiful …« 


As long as I live, I will protect these 2 tree goddesses. 
Thanks to Mother Nature …