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| Tree laden with fruits |
Can you identify the tree from its leaves or fruits? Even if you can not, it does not matter to hundreds of birds, a few squirrels and numerous other insects for whom the tree is their home and food source.
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| Identify the fruits (June 2020) |
Once a lady had put a seed in a planter on the balcony. With her care, sprinkle of water laced with love, occasional sunshine, the seed germinated and took shape of a little sapling, bringing a patch of green in a concrete balcony. She was my mom-in-law.
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| Fruits in June 2023 |
One day in 2011, she left for heavenly abode, leaving everything behind. Subsequently, we planted the tender plant on a tiny piece of land within our housing society complex.
A picture was taken after a few years and the latest one when it has bore fruits.
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A few years back (2020)
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| Mangal (meaning Auspicious), the caregiver gardener |
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Growing taller
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| Grandmother and grandson |
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| As on 10 July 2022 (Monsoon) |
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| At centre. Find the trunk! (June 2023) |
In the rainy season, I stood silently beneath the tree and heard the whisper of air through its deep foliage - “Mira Sen’, ‘Mira Sen’….
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| Late Mrs. Mira Sen (11 Feb, 1937 - 27 Mar, 2011) |
Touching and effective.
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