Canon 700D

“As the station wagon pulled back onto the highway, the sun was slowly sinking below the horizon like a leaky boat. Well, except for that fact that boats are not generally round, orange and on fire. Hmm. Come to think of it, in no way whatsoever did the sun, in this instance, resemble a leaky boat. My apologies. That was a dreadful attempt at simile. Please allow me to try again. 
As the station wagon pulled back onto the highway, the sun was slowly sinking below the horizon like a self-luminous, gaseous sphere comprised mainly of of hydrogen and helium.” 
― Cuthbert Soup, A Whole Nother Story

Praying Mantis

Canon 700D

Mantises are an order (Mantodea) of insects that contains over 2,400 species in about 430 genera in 15 families. The largest family is the Mantidae ("mantids"). Mantises are distributed worldwide in temperate and tropical habitats. They have triangular heads with bulging eyes supported on flexible necks. Their elongated bodies may or may not have wings, but all Mantodea have forelegs that are greatly enlarged and adapted for catching and gripping prey; their upright posture, while remaining stationary with forearms folded, has led to the common name praying mantis.

The closest relatives of mantises are the termites and cockroaches (Blattodea), which are all within the superorder Dictyoptera. Mantises are sometimes confused with stick insects (Phasmatodea), other elongated insects such as grasshoppers (Orthoptera), or other unrelated insects with raptorial forelegs such as mantisflies (Mantispidae). Mantises are mostly ambush predators, but a few ground-dwelling species are found actively pursuing their prey. They normally live for about a year. In cooler climates, the adults lay eggs in autumn, then die. The eggs are protected by their hard capsules and hatch in the spring. Females sometimes practice sexual cannibalism, eating their mates after copulation.

Mantises were considered to have supernatural powers by early civilizations, including Ancient Greece, Ancient Egypt, and Assyria. A cultural trope popular in cartoons imagines the female mantis as a femme fatale. Mantises are among the insects most commonly kept as pets.

Shilhaandara Resort Ramnagara

Seeing flowers  gloom in morning, and capturing its prestile view is another key to a happy mind set.

Monsoon

For I am coconut / and the heart of me / is sweeter / than you know.

Kadavu

From the Ravishing Kadavu to Ravi's Kadavu, a true decoration and celebrated ornament of  nature,malabar to the Kadavu resort, Calicut.

Wings are true gift.

It's impossible to explain creativity. It's like asking a bird, 'How do you fly?' You just do.Everyone likes birds. What wild creature is more accessible to our eyes and ears, as close to us and everyone in the world, as universal as a bird?

These are the snaps of common birds, in kerala, which often comes to household areas for its food leftovers.

Nelliampathy

Nelliampathy, Palakkad

Incomparable beauty of the landscape is the feast on visit to kerala, the foggy mountains, and pristine nature of the air is heavenly.