Urban Mango – Volume 2
Ok, so my experiment in finding photographic ways to explore how mangoes grow is perhaps a complete flop. I’m open to this possibility. I did feel my first post at least managed to show the growth of mangoes from flower to small fruit, despite the self-evident patheticness (patheticity?) of an overworked-from-home Paul finding things to focus on each day. Now I have learned that teeneaged mangoes grow the way a pot of water boils: not very much, if you’re watching them each day. Those mangoes in the photo immediately below are 24 days younger than mangoes in first photo in the rows below…but I can’t really see much difference…can you?? So I’m offering this deadly-dull series of semi-daily photos from the same angle to show you that, indeed, they’re still on the tree, still not ripe, getting rain and so hopefully growing towards ripeness. I think if there is a next Urban Mango entry, it will come once there is visible change to show you: color, size, something a bit less like watching the rain fall, the paint dry, or the pot (not) boil. 🙂 Trust me, if the time ever comes when one of these ends up in juicy orange slices against white yogurt in my breakfast bowl, you’ll see that. Then, at least for me, the patience will find some small reward. Peace, health, compassion.
Urban Garden.3
Many readers will have noticed that you can see photos’ file names either by hovering over an image with your mouse, or by tapping-clicking on the image so that the image file itself opens. I was delighted to see the comment from my fellow meditator Gretchen (hi, Gretchen!), on the bonus Nature-Therapy post https://somuchworldsolittletime.com/2020/05/06/nature-therapy-31/, which validated my sense that those were quince. I invite comments from anyone more experienced than I, telling me whether my guess about what these large and ungainly tree-grown fruit-like items are. If it’s what I think it is, I have indeed eaten it once or twice when I was visiting or living in one or more of Taiwan, mainland China or Thailand.
I’m completely delighted by how many comments you’re all writing on the blog. I hope soon to carve out a window of time for some personalized replies to all you wonderful, faithful viewers and commenters who keep me feeling it’s worth continuing to post something new each day, thus helping me balance social separation with some virtual but vital connection :-). Hugs and wishes for courage, fortitude, and evidence-based, science-and-reality-driven public policy wherever you may find yourselves 🙂
Urban Lake
…smw, slt feels that perhaps some explanations are due to our viewing public in this beautiful, organic and troubled world. I am, and have been, resident in my apartment here in Dhaka — under partial movement restrictions since late March but back in Dhaka since the beginning of March. A month ago I started my “nature therapy” series, using photos I’d taken on a lovely day of hiking and exploring the beach with dear friends back in February. I have now very nearly run through those photos, and so as to extend my sense of connection with the beauties of my home county, I am now weaving in whatever photos I can take here in Dhaka on the days I get out of the apartment, or take from one of my windows or balconies. I hope it will remain interesting enough to bring you back. I’m certainly seeing and appreciating far more birds than I saw when traffic was so much heavier!
(so much world, so little time....) 