If becoming a birdwatcher1 wasn’t enough, now I find myself obsessed with documenting the flowers around me. That I’m in a new city with unfamiliar blooms is definitely a motivating factor. In Delhi, too, I would wait for semal season in spring, and for saptaparni in the winter, but this is different. Here I find myself photographing and reading up on flowers I haven’t seen before properly. It is non-stop.
Row 1 Star of Persia, Sun’s eye tulip, Grape hyacinth, Magic dogwood, Prunus “Kanzan”, Miss Kim Lilac, Common Dandelion (I realise this is the fruit of the dandelion, but it looks like a flower, doesn’t it?)
Row 2 Common lilac, Cherry blossom, Wild garlic, Apple, Horse-chestnut, Sour cherry, Magnolia
Row 3 Bridal wreath, Littleleaf Lilac, Common Dandelion, Wood anemone, Purple dead-nettle, Creeping comfrey, Crocus
Phew, feels good to have organised and labeled these photos.
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Speaking of birds, here are all the lifers I’ve added to my name in the last two months: Dunnock, Great Crested Grebe, Canada Goose, Egyptian Goose, Mute Swan, Eurasian Green Woodpecker, Eurasian Jay, Coal Tit, Eurasian Robin, Eurasian Blue Tit, Eurasian Wren, Cetti’s Warbler, Great Tit, Short-toed Treecreeper, and Eurasian Nuthatch. I’ve even bought paper napkins with water colour illustrations of birds on them. They are so pretty that I may never use them. ↩