The yellow flowers and thirst quencher outside the window

When you look more closely at the greenery outside the windows from a design point of view, you tend to notice the unique shapes and forms. So the first thing that I slotted into my camera's frame was a curving branch.

The friendly wave outside the window

My daily friend, the squirrel, as usual came chattering up the tree trunk outside my windows. So naturally got a quick entry into my photo frame. Then, later, caught it waving its tail up and down, up and down...

The canopy of trees outside the window

Today I decided I would not focus on anything in particular so simply opened the window of my balcony and took a single picture of the greenery outside. It wasn't a bad photo! 

The beaming sun outside my window

After a day's lull when I just could not come up with something noteworthy for this blog, the bright, beaming sun came into my frame the next day. It twinkled and sprayed rays all over the tree outside my window, and blessed the crow's next as well.

Getting to know what is outside my window

It was Day 20, 13th April 2020. I didn't quite know what exactly to aim at to capture photos for this day's post. So I took a break and decided to update information on the species of birds that I have been putting up with no clue of their names! I had earlier initiated a forum thread at ISC and then directly contacted Dr Deepali, an ecology and biodiversity expert who responded to the thread.

The swift bird outside my window

The lockdown has been extended - so more photo opportunities for this project! Nowadays I switch on my mobile phone and put it on camera mode to quickly click something. Today that action paid off, with a most unusual bird hopping around in the compound of the adjacent building. I recall seeing this particular species about a year ago I think and at that time too I was fascinated by its unusual tail. I have just called it a swift bird due to its short, quick darts here and there.

The vegetables outside my window

Today I am so happy! I am up to date on this photo-project. It was also sweet music to the ears of local residents to hear the sound of weighing scales - the vegetable seller had arrived. So out came my mobile phone to frame the much-needed vegetables.

The asbestos awnings below my window

You may have seen those outcroppings in buildings, where the flats have these asbestos sheets sloping over their windows. These man-made 'roofs' are not for just for the purpose of acting as sun shades and to keep out the sheets of heavy rain during the monsoon. They also catch things which people with no civic sense throw out of their windows from above. 

The descending shoots outside my window

After those pretty designs on the window curtains, another kind of curtain was to be seen outside my balcony window. Ever swung from those long, sturdy descending shoots of a banyan tree during your childhood days? Similar ones are to be seen from this huge tree whose branches tickle the panes of my balcony windows.

The curtains inside my window

A different title, a different kind of post for lockdown Day #15. I was about to draw aside the curtains of my windows to snap something outside for this lockdown photo-project, when it occurred to me to frame the curtains themselves. After all, they do have pretty designs!

The wires outside my window

In one of my previous posts, I spoke about the tangled designs created by nature in the greenery outside my window. Now let's have a look at the man-made tangles in the midst of that same greenery. You have surely seen all those hanging cable wires here, there, everywhere! Indeed they are an eye sore but much-need to keep us connected to our television sets, our Internet services which enables us to watch movies and work online, and what-not. 

The bell alert outside my window

I had mentioned earlier about the Municipal Corporation sending around a truck to collect garbage from the local residents, with a bell on a rope to alert everyone that it has come around. After a few days, another truck came by with no bell. The guy would bang on a plate, instead. Still later, this was replaced by a hand bell. That reminded me of the role of the Town Crier in UK. By the way, I hope everyone is strictly going out only for essentials, that too once in a while only, as advised.

The crow and tangled designs outside my window

I was peering outside my window, my eyes in a downward trajectory. Into my vision appeared a crow pecking at twigs. Immediately I realized it was gathering material for building a nest. So I got something new for my blog - not just a crow but one that was setting up a home. What's more, we know that when the birds start building their nests at this time of the year, about two months away will be the onset of the monsoon season. So that crow's busy work was an exciting sign!

The balconies and sparrow outside my window

I was as usual looking out of the windows of my room and balcony, when up popped the idea - why not click some snaps of balconies? So got some pretty ones framed between the leaves of trees outside my window and while doing so a cute sparrow appeared in the frame as well!

The cars and caps outside my window

Hurrah! It's the tenth day of the lockdown. Just in case you have just popped in to my blog now and seeing the date of the post - the photos were taken from Day 1, but the blog started only a few days after that, hence the dates on the posts are later than the date stamps on the photos (I cropped some of the photos so the date stamp is not showing on those). Getting back to the tenth day - With nobody going out anywhere, I was looking at the dust-covered vehicles through my windows. So was thinking of putting cars as the theme for the tenth day of my photo project and along bobbed a bright orange cap to add a spot of colour...

The coconut trees outside my window

In a city, one will generally find coconut trees on the periphery of the beach and perhaps along a tree-lined road. I can see from my window two majestic coconut tress in the compounds of buildings located opposite to mine. One is a mid-size one, but nevertheless majestic. Every few weeks, some of the fronds will dry and drop off on the footpath below. On the occasion when a coconut falls, whosoever is passing by is likely to grab it!

The shadows outside my window

For the eighth day, I decided to focus on the theme of shadows. It is incredible to see the play of sunlight that streams through the greenery outside my window and creates beautiful dancing shadows below. It's not all that boring when you can't step out - and shouldn't!

Black and white vista outside my window

I decided to try some colourless snaps outside my window. Borrowing my sister's phone for this, this brief post has two black and white photos.

The bird and the jaguar outside my window

As I said in my previous post, there was some variety to focus on outside my window on 30th March, so I split the excitement into two parts. Here's the second part.

The services outside my window

There was a lot of excitement outside my window on Day 6! That is to say, I had lots of things to focus my camera's eye on, so much so that I decided to split this day into two different parts, one focusing on people, and the other on the bird and the jaguar outside my window.

The pink flower outside my window

On the fifth day of the lockdown, I was feeling a little uncertain about what to focus on outside my window and was generally feeling a little lethargic to bother too much about any theme for that day for this blog. So just took one single quick snap of the tree that blossoms with pink flowers. However, later in the day, I was thrilled that I actually managed to get a clear video of a bird darting in and out of the branches of a tree outside my balcony window.

The tree outside my window

Yes, there are plenty of trees outside my window. This particular one I just vaguely took a snap of to capture the gnarled aspects of it on the fourth day of the lockdown. Then, all of  a sudden, I was delighted to see a squirrel scuttle up it and try to check out whether anything interesting was in the hole at the very end of the thick branch. Cute!