Nature's Fury

Cloe and Jake were walking hand in hand, with a scarf over their respective heads that bit into with their lips. Their steady steps would sometimes get an unwary cause of the sandstorm that would push and try to drift them apart.



But instead, they would halt, grip their fingers into each other's palms and continue their walk with the hope to find a roof to escape the fury of the sand storm in this merciless desert.

 Life had been burdensome and treacherous thus, making them spit out only venom at each other.

Nature's Fury united them!

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 In 99 words (no more, no less) write about a surprise from a desert.

Wordless Wednesday #120

When Mother Nature pours, even the sidewalks show their gratitude.

As I strolled around on the warm sunny streets, I was grateful for the freedom to be able to jaunt at leisure while some brethren crave for this noun as it puts them in confinement either due to political unrest or health issues.

Mantra for today: “Let us be grateful to the people who make us happy; they are the charming gardeners who make our souls blossom.” 
― Marcel Proust

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Wordless Wednesday #119

Passed by this particular plant and could not identify it.

Nature sure has many ways to keep us interested. Just as we identify a person by name...Can anyone help me give a name to this plant?

Mantra for today: “Names are the sweetest and most important sound in any language.”                                                                                              — Dale Carnegie

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Wordless Wednesday #118

When love is in the Air. Even nature starts speaking that language.

Psst...Saw this growing in some random location on the sidewalk.

Mantra for today: Positive vibes can be caught on like an infection. 

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Hangover with Nature

The skies were covered with cotton balls. Some were vulnerable and swept by the wind while some stayed stagnant, stubborn to move an inch.

Joe observed them and compared the various shapes and sizes of the trees that stood still while giving a contrast to blue skies.

Breathes deep and dived into the water that initially made him shiver, but eventually the goosebumps faded sending him into a comfort zone of enjoying nature and being one with it.

"Aha! This creation has its ways to make us feel complacent!" he whispered as he wiped excess water off his face.



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This is a 99 word flash fiction with regards to the above picture prompt.
Join in the fun at CarrotRanch.

Wordless Wednesday #84

Spring is in the Air.

Plants are blooming without any inhibitions of color, creed or dogma.

Teaching us to embrace all forms of hues, distortions, and odiousness around us, which will make everything so subtle and exquisite.

Mantra for today: Nature has so many ways to teach us to live in harmony. Awareness is the key!


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A Suitor

Darci was pacing the garden in anxiety. 

The fruit tree was bearing the crop every thirty minutes, thus making the tree lean over due to the heavy weight.

"What's happening?" she looked at it in bewilderment as she glared at its' branches and stared at the roots.

"Are you under a spell?" she asked while stroking the bark of the tree.

Just then, the earth trembled beneath her. Darci ran away from the tree and soon she could hear continuous and loud plops. Turned towards the noise, and to her dismay, she saw apples falling into the small opening of the earth one by one.

"Gosh! Now, what is this?" she murmured and twitched her hands in apprehension.

"I am going...going and soon will be gone. Rescue me, if you can," came a shriek from the tree.

Her gut reaction made her leap towards the tree and caught a falling apple.

She held it tight, and kissed it while eyeing the others as they were being dumped into the core of the planet.

Soon the drama was over. She could only see a bare tree, tears rolled out of her eyes and some fell on the apple. The apple twitched; that made her throw the apple away in fear. Soon the Apple transformed into the young male. He approached her and held her trembling hands while bowing down to get permission to tie the knot.

Darci was happy yet confused.

"There were many suitors; you picked me, my love!" he said while kissing her hand and placing a ring on her finger.

Mantra for today: Nature has its way to surprise us.


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Wordless Wednesday #58

The sun rises irrelevant to the condition of the sky.

Result?

The clouds gradually clear off, and make way for this star.

My 2 cents
We ought to learn to keep rowing our boat in a storm or calm weather; we will find the harbor.

Mantra for today: Keep those oars ready 24*7. They will help propel you out of all kinds of situations.

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Wordless Wednesday #46

The Up's and Down's of life is portrayed around us, but little do we pay attention to nature!

We are at ecstasy when we reach the top, but call it the law of gravity or karma we have to face the lows as well.

Mantra for today: Nature has so much to teach!

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An encounter with nature!

A decade ago I and my friend went for a casual hike.

Told our better halves that we will be back in no time. Just carried a bottle of water, but did not bother to get a map or the phone or wallet since we kept reassuring each other, "it will be a short one!"

Now, we all know that when two women get together time knows no limits or boundaries. We started with small steps, and casual chit-chat, but as our talk intensified our stride picked up, and we walked wherever the path took us.

We were ranting over our personal matters, mouthing our opinions, and echoing over various issues.

When two women agree on many things, the surroundings become hypnogogic, and even though our legs were doing the walking, we did not feel the pain of any muscle being cramped or asking for attention.

Our steps were just marching along with the tune of the words totally unaware of where we were going, and time was another factor that we did not pay attention to.

Just then I started to feel a chill and had to zip my jacket. I was quick to look at the watch, and my eyebrows lit up. "Sush, It is past 5pm. We gotta head home. The sun will set soon."

I guess any blow to the body makes one realize of the environment, and seeing unfriendly ambience, made both of us feel exhausted and thirsty. We took out our bottle from our jacket pocket, and it was frozen.

 We were just hiking amongst nature and with the bottle next to our body, how could that happen?

While trying to suck some water off the ice, we were trying to make sense of the scenario and feared to realize that we had reached a certain altitude.

Looked around us, and could not find anything familiar since we were busy yapping to glory. We tried our best in reviewing some landmarks, but our surroundings wore nothing but white. Ice was covering everything, and made our steps falter.

We also met some hikers and asked them the way down. They pointed us in a particular direction, and we would obediently follow that finger. Unfortunately, we were not equipped with a compass or anything high tech. Thus, we would just be going round and round without any success!

Finally, we sat down with tears falling down our eyes since we realized that we were lost and tired and nowhere to go!

We now missed our better halves, and although our walk started with several outbursts against them, we were longing to embrace them no matter what!
What a drastic change when circumstances change, huh!

As we were sitting there in desperation and trying to plan our night out in the cold.
We heard some guys in skis shouting our names loudly. Now the pronunciation was not correct, so it took us a while to understand.
We started to jump and walk towards that voice while shouting back...yes! yes! to get their attention.

These two guys were in their late 20's attractive, and well built and at first we were embarrassed to admit that we lost our way, but then we behaved like damsels in distress and allowed them to show us the way to the bottom.

We were walking slow (after all we were the lassies in pain, and had faced such hardships) while they were skiing with pace, thus making us plead them to slow them, but when they announced that a storm is on its way, and we all could get trapped. That made us gulp in fear, and we picked up our gait.

Finally, we could see two familiar faces, and boy! What a rush we got seeing them even though those two handsome hunks rescued us!

We thanked the helpers and went our way!

My 2 cents!
Nature sure can be imitating if not obeyed or followed or going out without any guide map.
Till today, I don't mind going on nature hikes but make sure I hold a map or have a compass with me cause when lost, nature tends to embrace you as its own, and honestly I still wanna enjoy the comforts of the city.

Mantra for today: Being a caveman is not easy!


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FYI...This is a true waala story!

Project 365 has an open prompt: Memorable experience of exploring time in nature. Were you in awe or not impressed? Would you rather spend time in the city?

Wordless Wednesday #6

Been almost a week since I published a blog. Coming back gave me the thrills to dig in, and what better way to celebrate than with Wordless Wednesday.

Notice how many trunks grow together to form their respective crowns?

Trunks symbolize power and portray dominance. I usually relate trunks to human beings. However, cannot think of humans sticking together like this...

Mantra for today: Nature teaches us humility.

Accolade on a Wonderful Wednesday!

Oceans, Mountains, Nature

These are a few of the wonderful creations and are considered stress busters!

Those waves allure the viewer yet silent the mind by the cool breeze it transcends. Thus, leaving the bystander in peace while melting away his tensions and giving him hope for a new day!

Mantra for today: Life is beyond one's sorrows. 

Wordless Wednesday #9

Wordless Wednesday is here. Join in the fun at
Pictimilitude.

Today's picture shows how the man made structures absorb the ray's of the sun and depict life in them.

Beauty resonates in these stones, and brings life to them.

Nature is glorious since; not only humans but even the structures made of stone get affected by its magnificence.

Mantra for today: Buildings depict life in the presence of Nature.

Wordless Wednesday #8

Wordless Wednesday is here again.

Join in the fun at Pictimilitude. 

Let your pictures speak...

My picture of today showcases Nature.

Nature--A Haiku

Nature is brilliant,
Nature is magnificent,
No one can swap with.


Mantra for today: Mother Nature is Priceless. Treasure it!

Live a Little

Inspired by the above title, as I am juggling through a list of things at home and still have a pending To-Do list at work.

The Result:

The pressure is driving me crazy and make me communicate less to my better half. Tea time is the time to sit and share a little laughter's in the morning, but instead I am juggling my cooking and getting my kid ready for the school, which I am pretty sure can wait as I used to. Time is valuable, and I want to finish my deadlines but still don't to lose control of my duties at home.

Today, I write this memoir to remind myself that this kind of life will not come again. Let the pressures around me not distract me to sit and live a little of MY life.  

Duties, Responsibilities, Work will never end. What will end is my youth and my vigor to do stuff and if I don't make memories right now. I will not have anything to live by when I am old and haggard.

I gotta step out and enjoy nature walks and maybe click a few pix to keep nature with me. I also sometimes like to go to Pictimilitude and enjoy the nature captured by Cyndi.

Appreciate nature, appreciate people, appreciate time. Time will also appreciate your presence and help you get productive.

Mantra for today: Appreciation

Is Nature talking to you?

Look around and what do you see?

Shades of green and yellow that spring up around everywhere and give us gentle breeze and shade us from the sun. This nature speaks to us in many ways. But, man does not pause from his daily schedule to observe the wonders around us.

This nature is dynamic and assertive 'cause it sustains life. Humans ought to be aware and be gracious of its presence. Acknowledging someone's presence can help us enjoy the present and that is a wonderful gift to all of us since we are so used to be living in the past or the future.

Mantra for today: Appreciation

The below link tells us how radiant nature is and how we can get that bug by just hugging it.


http://voices.yahoo.com/tree-hugger-11800833.html?cat=47