change of season
The porch outside the gym is bare and stark. What has happened to the tree which used to spread its branches which gently sway in the breeze, i wondered.Has it been chopped off?Thank god it is not so, the tree has shed its leaves.Nature responds to season as if there is an unseen clock directing its operations.How did it happen so suddenly?Tress shedding their leaves and appearing barren all of a sudden always reminds me of study holidays in school and college. Along with the remembrance of those days i also remember the quickening of the pulse for the impending exams;adrenalin rushing in, expectation of giving one's best in the exams and the anxiety churning in the stomach.In the college campus at Tambaram, tress used to be everywhere and human beings used to be a rarity.Hence when the tress shed their leaves it brings a surreal feeling to the entire campus.I also remember the long walks me and my sister used to take to go to west tambaram in the evenings during those study holidays.We used to pester amma to give us an excuse to venture to the market; so that we can buy 'uppu kadalai' and 'udacha kadalai' each and keep munching it on the way back home. Also used to revel in commenting about every passerby and feeling very clever and intellectual!
This period used to be quickly followed by brown shoots and buds in the avenue tress just as you enter the college gate.Very soon yellow flowers will bloom and soon thereafter they will decorate the entire walkway with yellow blanket as far as the eyes can see. Used to keep darting away as to not to stamp on those soft flowers but it will be quite an effort.Principal's driveway also used to have good avenue trees and they will also shed their light pink flowers all along the path.Never used to see so many movies then, otherwise we would have felt we are in an exotic locale!
Chennai has a reputation of having only one season throught the year; but there are subtle seasonal changes and i revel in it
posted by vasukumar @ 9:20 PM
2 Comments:
I have never observed the seasonal changes in the trees back home. I remember only the summer and winter in b'lore and the rains in summer, continuing till diwali off and on.
The seasonal changes I oberserved in kerala consisted of rainy seasons when it used to pour from june onwards. One more thing I noticed was the rains in june till october had no lightning and thunder but just rains on and on. But october rains used to be with heavy thunder and lightning.
The actual seasonal change in trees which I was forced to observe was in the US. People simply flock to the mountain regions in the East to see the 'colors' in the trees when the leaves turn into different shades of orange during the autumn in october. I also witnessed the same. When winter started the trees 'really' shred their leaves and stand like just sticks.
The seasons there is very pronounced while we have subtle changes which need keen observation I suppose.
yes ramamanikr, now you have set off a train of thought in me.In the campus we used to have a new building called Post graduate block.the road leading to this building used to have avenue trees which had flowers closely resembling yellow chandeliers!Now i see the same tree and the flowers lining our house and it is extremely soothing to the eye.
bluejagger;having grown up in the 'shrub forest' i do closely align myself with trees and the various 'dresses' they sport!
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