tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433906806220848808.post7625169327973790866..comments2024-03-28T17:21:58.027+05:30Comments on The Urban Gardener: Welcoming the MonsoonSunita Mohan http://www.blogger.com/profile/16395671437601246093noreply@blogger.comBlogger29125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433906806220848808.post-10017839275491300512009-08-01T12:38:30.964+05:302009-08-01T12:38:30.964+05:30Hi Vasudha! Thanks, I'm so glad you liked my b...Hi Vasudha! Thanks, I'm so glad you liked my blog :)Sunita Mohan https://www.blogger.com/profile/16395671437601246093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433906806220848808.post-6257095511541807802009-07-31T07:29:13.171+05:302009-07-31T07:29:13.171+05:30hi there.....beautiful pictures....
loved your blo...hi there.....beautiful pictures....<br />loved your blog...Vasudha Narasimhanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00883244362876698517noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433906806220848808.post-39843786149915981012009-07-14T20:14:14.223+05:302009-07-14T20:14:14.223+05:30Hey, thanks Arch! It's great seeing you here :...Hey, thanks Arch! It's great seeing you here :)<br /><br />But I'm so sorry you had trouble getting to post here. I wonder why...<br />Anyway, now that you seem to have broken the jinx, I hope I'll see you here more often .Sunita Mohan https://www.blogger.com/profile/16395671437601246093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433906806220848808.post-27089338279209920582009-07-14T20:14:09.537+05:302009-07-14T20:14:09.537+05:30Hey, thanks Arch! It's great seeing you here :...Hey, thanks Arch! It's great seeing you here :)<br /><br />But I'm so sorry you had trouble getting to post here. I wonder why...<br />Anyway, now that you seem to have broken the jinx, I hope I'll see you here more often .Sunita Mohan https://www.blogger.com/profile/16395671437601246093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433906806220848808.post-91397747454610029162009-07-14T18:07:28.677+05:302009-07-14T18:07:28.677+05:30Gorgeous post.
Thank God I was able to post.
Twi...Gorgeous post.<br /><br />Thank God I was able to post.<br /><br />Twice I was here and wasn't able to post:-(<br /><br />ArchArchana Srinivas Potteryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00424900915043883827noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433906806220848808.post-4026563535319813302009-07-02T18:52:01.799+05:302009-07-02T18:52:01.799+05:30Jessica, has it stopped raining for you? I dont mi...Jessica, has it stopped raining for you? I dont mind ... send it all this way :D<br />I think the weather system has gone all off-kilter, hasn't it?<br /><br />Thanks, Carol. I love the misty effect that the rains give to plants and trees.Sunita Mohan https://www.blogger.com/profile/16395671437601246093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433906806220848808.post-36718175481749118362009-07-02T10:13:15.950+05:302009-07-02T10:13:15.950+05:30Wonderful photos! I especially love the first ... ...Wonderful photos! I especially love the first ... looks like a detail of a beautiful painting.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01067132532095325169noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433906806220848808.post-52641164310401201672009-07-01T10:41:36.206+05:302009-07-01T10:41:36.206+05:30I am glad the rain is with you now. It seems here ...I am glad the rain is with you now. It seems here in Michigan, USA it has rained non stop since spring came in. We have a swamp in our backyard because just as it starts to dry up it rains again.Jessica - Magical Mundanehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16904593852245820885noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433906806220848808.post-25622424279754879252009-06-30T08:35:19.240+05:302009-06-30T08:35:19.240+05:30Thanks Rajesh. I hope you get to enjoy the monsoon...Thanks Rajesh. I hope you get to enjoy the monsoons soon.<br /><br />Lzyjo, you're right, there have been all kinds of rituals ... religious rituals and poojas praying for rain. It may seem like desperate measures but in India the non-arrival of the monsoon calls for it. In any case, it seems to have worked :DSunita Mohan https://www.blogger.com/profile/16395671437601246093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433906806220848808.post-91894809287539918012009-06-30T02:15:22.021+05:302009-06-30T02:15:22.021+05:30I'm so glad it's raining for you! I see th...I'm so glad it's raining for you! I see the rituals have worked! I was getting worried with all the bad news about seeding the clouds etc. Rain is good.Lzyjohttp://wormandflowers.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433906806220848808.post-7977305463313762972009-06-29T11:56:51.269+05:302009-06-29T11:56:51.269+05:30We are still waiting for it. Good shots.We are still waiting for it. Good shots.Rajeshhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10325697671806865458noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433906806220848808.post-10309056594954517122009-06-29T09:30:32.124+05:302009-06-29T09:30:32.124+05:30Helen, I really, really sympathise. I was saying t...Helen, I really, really sympathise. I was saying the exact same words a few days ago and now its a whole new world! <br />Sorry, I didnt mean to make you envious but ...Sunita Mohan https://www.blogger.com/profile/16395671437601246093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433906806220848808.post-22133251722809711182009-06-28T23:29:43.300+05:302009-06-28T23:29:43.300+05:30Sunita am here wilting along with my plants. It is...Sunita am here wilting along with my plants. It is very hot today and there is very little breeze. Our rainy season is due but it is taking its time. Wilting in Barbadosislandgal246https://www.blogger.com/profile/09139072456332225087noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433906806220848808.post-50705885572649810162009-06-28T19:08:28.563+05:302009-06-28T19:08:28.563+05:30Charlotte, you lucky lady... you're going to s...Charlotte, you lucky lady... you're going to see India at its greenest. <br />But if you're going to be in Mumbai around the 24th, be careful. There have been some forecasts of extremely high tides (the highest in 100 years) coinciding with heavy rains. <br /><br />S.C., don't you just love it when the weather changes like that!Yeah, I know what you mean about getting grouchy and snappish. I really can't stand the heat and when it starts raining, it's like I'm being reborn. <br />I can see the land waking up from its stupor. Little wildflowers spring up everywhere and everything is so green. And the scent of wet earth ... love it!Sunita Mohan https://www.blogger.com/profile/16395671437601246093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433906806220848808.post-80579483403958635112009-06-28T17:26:31.487+05:302009-06-28T17:26:31.487+05:30I can so relate to relishing a dramatic change in ...I can so relate to relishing a dramatic change in the weather. Our heat wave here finally broke last night and now it's cool and breezy and comfortable at last. People were really getting grouchy, including myself. I suppose it will be back but for the moment I'm enjoying a return of spring. Have fun playing in the rain! I presume this will make your world green up and bloom?Shady Characterhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17522626839086685428noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433906806220848808.post-62556065660300279222009-06-28T16:06:51.854+05:302009-06-28T16:06:51.854+05:30Know that feeling - I arrive in India at the end o...Know that feeling - I arrive in India at the end of July so am looking forward to seeing the green!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01132389688299815526noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433906806220848808.post-76800664017438603512009-06-28T12:37:43.095+05:302009-06-28T12:37:43.095+05:30Thank you so much, Bangchik and Kakdah.
Patricia,...Thank you so much, Bangchik and Kakdah.<br /><br />Patricia, it's all just so deliciously rainy and misty and wonderful right now. From my window next to my computer table I can see the sea roaring outside. Its a beautiful fusion of the elements and I love it!<br /><br />TLI, was that you holding up our monsoons then? ;)<br />In any case, if it made your garden lovely it must've been worth it.Sunita Mohan https://www.blogger.com/profile/16395671437601246093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433906806220848808.post-40059377209399764912009-06-28T12:28:23.239+05:302009-06-28T12:28:23.239+05:30I know, GT... I'm feeling so smug about it as ...I know, GT... I'm feeling so smug about it as if I personally did something to get the rains here :D<br />I dont envy you one little bit now. I just hope the monsoon speeds up a bit and gets to you soon. Hang on!<br /><br />And you too, Victoria. A heatwave in London? What happened to the famed British weather? Isn't it supposed to be perpetually drizzling over there? I can't really wrap my mind around a heatwave in London of all places.Sunita Mohan https://www.blogger.com/profile/16395671437601246093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433906806220848808.post-81160838045990532312009-06-28T12:23:58.198+05:302009-06-28T12:23:58.198+05:30Dorte,it is a funny world, isnt it? I know I would...Dorte,it is a funny world, isnt it? I know I would miss the sunshine if I didnt see it for more than a month but right now I've had more than enough of it. And I love the monsoon. Especially because the earth is so fertile then. Everything grows, everything looks beautiful. <br />Vietnam? I've heard it is really beautiful. I would love to go there myself some day.Sunita Mohan https://www.blogger.com/profile/16395671437601246093noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433906806220848808.post-22011109705165553182009-06-28T02:38:29.159+05:302009-06-28T02:38:29.159+05:30Glad all our rain finally made it to your side of ...Glad all our rain finally made it to your side of the world. It made my flowers beautiful - enjoy!Pollyannahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06489328345319644933noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433906806220848808.post-58009513890411315042009-06-27T22:24:55.086+05:302009-06-27T22:24:55.086+05:30oh wow!! lovely pictures!! drag your chair closer ...oh wow!! lovely pictures!! drag your chair closer to the window with a nice hot cup of tea... wow!! I envy you!!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433906806220848808.post-31421039348160163732009-06-27T21:13:46.603+05:302009-06-27T21:13:46.603+05:30Beautiful shots...Beautiful shots...Bangchik and Kakdahhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12539360678677230463noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433906806220848808.post-36740526924720845662009-06-27T19:39:33.490+05:302009-06-27T19:39:33.490+05:30You can wish for rain for me too, Sunita, I won...You can wish for rain for me too, Sunita, I won't mind - just so long as it doesn't go on all summer. We're having a heatwave here in London.Victoria Summerleyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05055381807236106596noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433906806220848808.post-65214461440755774462009-06-27T19:35:56.266+05:302009-06-27T19:35:56.266+05:30CONGRATS! I am so so jealous of you. We are roasti...CONGRATS! I am so so jealous of you. We are roasting here, and the humidity is making things even worse, add to it the weatherman's prediction of a delayed and subnormal monsoon; it is going to be tough times ahead.Green thumbhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02985557905470748245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7433906806220848808.post-88964818617691923132009-06-27T18:33:47.671+05:302009-06-27T18:33:47.671+05:30Hallo Sunita
Ihr seid so glücklich über den Monsoo...Hallo Sunita<br />Ihr seid so glücklich über den Monsoon! Wir wären glücklich über Sonne und Wärme, hier ist es immer noch kalt, 22 Grad. Ist doch eigentlich Sommer hier.<br />Schöne Fotos. Im Februar fliege ich nach Vietnam, dann ist der Monsoon sicher schon vorbei.<br />liebe Grüße DörteDörtehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07499493801667373182noreply@blogger.com