How do you know when you love a book? I know when I resist finishing it. It’s a habit I picked up for Lord of the Rings. Today, I did finish reading the Bird Business, by Rohan Chakravarty: the illustrated peek into the daily… Continue Reading “Happy Anniversary: Bird BUsiness”
Category: Books, Entertainment, Environment, Evolution, I think.., Philosophy, Science, tropical birds, World CultureTags: Art book, Bird behavior, Bird Business, bird courtship, bird dance, birding, BNHS, Book on Indian Birds, Book review, bushchat, cartoonist, courtship, dancing, Ecology, flamingoes, flashmob, florican, greater racquet-tailed drongo, Green Humour, Green humour cartoonist, Illustrated book, indian roller, Jacana, Mating, murmuration, sarus cranes, shimmy, shimmying, starlings, Wildlife art, wildlife illustrations
A little on art this year, as a post even if I am cataloging most of my art work under projects in my art portfolio on this blog as well. This year I visited India and made new contacts with nature enthusiasts, some professional… Continue Reading “Art 2020”
Category: Evolution, I think.., Philosophy, Photography, Politics, Travelogue, tropical birds, World CultureTags: barbet, biodiversity, birdart, birds, black paper, Butterflies, conservation, environment protection, Frogs, inspiration, MOEFCC, Oilpastel, pastels, prakash javadekar, Sattal, sennelieroilpastels, tree frog, wildlife conservation
Posted on August 22, 2019
by nootropicphilosopher
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The magpie’s cult When a playful magpie takes a bath Seeing that magic, makes wine of wrath It takes the wondrous joy of a child Adds carefree zest of a teen gone wild Shakes them together into a cult That of a free, inventive… Continue Reading “The magpie’s cult- a poem and art”
Category: Entertainment, I think.., Philosophy, Phlog, Photography, Poetry, Travelogue, tropical birds, World CultureTags: Acrylic painting, artist, Artwork, bird bath, bird bathing, bird painitng, birding, frolicking, India, inspiration, inspiration for art, inspiration for drawing, inspirational, Magpie, nature art, original art, poet, Poetry, Sattal, transformation, Travel, Wildlife art, Wildlife photography, Writer
On my trip to Whitehorse, Yukon territory, I found my likely spirit animal: the raven.. Actually ravens are hard to miss there, no wonder the first nations have them in many tales, they are symbolic of creativity and tricks. Bald eagles are symbolic of… Continue Reading “Raven and the sun”
Category: Books, Entertainment, I think.., Philosophy, Phlog, Photography, Poetry, Travelogue, tropical birds, World CultureTags: Bald eagle, canada, canadian, Chrestomanci, creator, Diana Wynne Jone, Diana Wynne Jones, First nation stories, friendship, inspiration, mythology, peace, poem, poet, Poetry, Raven, spirit animal, trickster, Whitehorse, Yukon territory
How to see/spot/ get the double-striped thick-knee in Trinidad? (ok, to end the suspense: it is a rare bird in TT, so please continue reading for content, and sorry the photo is down below, thanks much, kisses…) Well, of course you don’t go looking… Continue Reading “How to ‘get’ a double-striped thick-knee in Trinidad”
Category: Environment, Philosophy, Photography, Science, Travelogue, tropical birds, World CultureTags: Asa wright Nature center, Bearded bell-bird, birding, Blue-headed parrots, Caroni Swamp, endangered species, Grand Riviere, Honeycreeper, Hummingbirds, Indian diaspora, Leather-back turtles, Mt. Plaisir, Nannan tours, nature, Nature photography, Owls, Pawi, Purple honeycreeper, Rare birds, Scarlet Ibis, Travel, Trinidad and Tobago, wildlife, Winston Nannan
