curious

We were probably the last batch that performed dissection on toads as part of the high-school zoology curriculum. Years down the line, I do not remember much of the amphibian internal physiology, but this I do - the scene at the end of the class could well be described by Toad News as another despicable terrorist attack. Bits and pieces strewn everywhere, with no way of knowing which was whose. It was a yucky business. Curiosity had most comprehensively killed the toad.

This frog looks curious, but is very safe though. It stays in a specially made pond in the Schoering-Hoffman wildlife preserve.

a fresh start

I found a light, and it was perfect, but it was just a flame being at its brightest before going out.

Now to investigate some of those bokeh blobs on the the horizon.
And some beyond.
Its all glow-worms and stars, and no perspective to tell apart .Wonder which of them is true ?

admiring central park

A thing that can be done in all seasons !

on more awesome places to take a snooze in ..

Granted, I was reading a book there, and reading about Ironman finishers is as anti-snooze as can be, but it was all the same thing. This is certainly how Sundays were made to be - a perfect combination of warm sun and cool breeze !

on more awesome places to take a snooze in

This place: the Mall, Washington DC.

.. and the b-fish

A blowfish is actually a very puffed up creature, full of air, and sometimes, deadly poisonous. That's starting to sound like someone from office.

Quite unlike the one above in the picture. I just named it so because I didn't know its real name, and it appeared to be blowing something all the time, and google goggles works on only mobile phones yet, of the non-apple type.

Blowing kisses, I believe.
For all the thousands of visitors that come to see him and his fellow mates, every day.

For, as Harte said,
"Never a lip is curved with pain
That can't be kissed into smile again."

Actually, I had never heard of Bret Harte before, came to know of him through his quote.

that canal park again

What a gorgeous day its been !

Explored a few more miles of the Delaware & Raritan canal state park .. did you see ever see such an inviting route ?



Spring has wielded its magic on the very ground beneath the feet, and all sorts of flowers are out to greet the sun which had been playing truant most of winter.


A nice cool breeze sets them a-dance, and the joy of being free from all that snow is quite palpable. Really, you must know winter to properly enjoy the spring !


Met some turtles (in the natural habitat this time), and some very fiercely protective canadian geese. Found out that while all nature is beaming the goose I met was pretty cross about something. Must be a she-goose :P

I also found out that I can record the exact walk I took and tweet it from my phone, even before I reach home... talk about instant gratification !!