Wings

In the grounds of Om Beach Resort, Gokarna.


I think this is a kingfisher. S/he was too far away to see clearly with the naked eye. This was at full 10x zoom.


Hugely delighted with this shot. Again, full zoom, from an armchair in my villa's porch.

From the hill between Om Beach and Kudlai Beach.


This dude was surfing the thermals coming up the hill. Missed the shot when he was overhead, and got lucky as he spiralled back. As far as I know, this is a fishing eagle. Brown body, white head.


Same dude(tte?) making a turn.


Freakishly lucky shot. Must have been about 10, 15 metres away, in a clear blue sky. I (don't tell anyone now) did the yeeha-fist-pump thing when I saw this on the camera display.

From Estuary View, Karwar.


Looked up, saw this guy overhead, swung camera to eye with smooth, swift motion, almost took eye out, clicked.


Three in the bush, erm, tree. Naah. Doesn't have a ring to it.


Close-up of the one who, in the previous shot, was sniffing his underarmswings.

Drum solo

Vendor (one assumes) of plastic drums and pots making his way from one village to the next. Picture taken from my taxi, as we passed him.

Rats with wings, a pal calls 'em

Ugly li'l sod, innit?

Behind the AC unit, its mama decided, was a good enough place to set up home. We wonder why pigeons aren't extinct.

Behind the facade

This what that very popular pub called Boat Club (in the Pali Presidency hotel, Bandra) looks like from above. (The letters you see are from the old signage, which is now being replaced.)

Wishes

Yeah, yeah, repeat from last year.

Would you?

Saw this in a BEST (that's Brihanmumbai Electricity Supply and Transport Undertaking, for the non-Bombaywallas) bus the other day.

Our question to you: would you drop off the cheque that pays your cellphone bill into such a receptacle?

Hutch, IOHO, is rapidly losing it. It's just not the same company it was when it was Orange, what with shit like this and other absurdities, like giving us a credit limit (which we didn't ask for) and simultaneoulsly sending us nag SMSes threatening to cut off services because they hadn't got our cheque in time, and other such crap.

7.2kpbs

You do not want to be doing anything on the net with that kind of connection. So, faithful reader, no pikchars for you. Heck, we can't even get on to our mail. (So, if anyone's mailed, pliss to hold equine creatures until Sunday, or if it's really urgent, call).

Go, Goa, Gokarna

Off to Gokarna this evening, with a pitstop in Goa.

Staying here.

Back soon, with pictures.

Life is good.

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Er. Sorry. We got carried away. By this thingy we saw on YouTube. Here's the, er, liner notes, to the video:

I thought wouldn't it be a good idea if there was a band that, instead of playing instruments, just repeatedly spoke the title of their instrument to the tune of the song then I thought No it'd be terrible and they'd get nowhere So I tried it
myself.

And here's the vid.

Green and Orange and Blue

Nonsense verse that will only make sense (kind of) to Gtalk and Gmail users. :)



Every little while
the dot is seen
to turn to green—
and I, I turn too,
to a brighter hue,
and type out a smile.





But then, but then,
it fades, that glow,
and as we all know,
nothing rhymes with orange.