NOEL ELLIS' GOOGLE BLOG

 What a lucky day, 🖤❤️Dil💜🤎💚 Khush💝💘💖

  CHOTI ELAICHI   LT COL NOEL ELLIS   02/XII/2021   It was after a fortnight that we returned to our village in Maharashtra. By the time we got in, it was late night. The weather had been unkind as the turbulence we experienced on the plane said it all. There was a prediction of a storm and heavy rains for the next three days.   The first baby to greet us was none other than Oreo. He was mad at us and his body language said it all. We had to explain the reason for our absence. Once satisfied he let us get into the house.   Moment Oreo left the main door I rushed to the window and looked outside and I could hardly believe my eyes that all pots and plants were fine on Ellis' drive. Everything was where we had left them. The ‘in detail’ check would be done the next day.   I could not resist the temptation to caress each plant. This feeling can only be understood by a plant lover. The weather continued to be nasty. It was pitch dark even till 8 am and rained inc

  SIX MUSKETEERS   LT COL NOEL ELLIS   01/XII/2021     One had the privilege to meet half a dozen happy children recently. They were happy not because they were children of the rich but they were more than happy because they were street children living on construction sites. They were children of labourers living under the open sky. They played and frolicked on the road from dawn, till their mothers gave them a whack to get back to their make shift plastic sheet shelters.   A polythene bag would become a toy as they would tie a string and run along the road. They would fly it like a kite. Five contenders and one makeshift kite was not sufficient. Two naughty ones would break off from the group and pick up ‘Bajri’ used as construction material. All of them would gang up and bring that plastic bag down.   A competition would start and the winner would be the one who would land his stone in the ‘poly bag kite’. Then there would be a fight. Abuses, boxes, kicks would

  With great difficulty one could capture my favourite pair of green pigeons, 🧡😍💜DIL💙💚💛🧡BAHUT ❤️🤎💓💗 KHUSH💖💘💝

  Pic of the day, please do not try to clean the rear view mirror 😀😀, Sunderlal and I

  Came across this beautiful moth this morning🦋

  LESSONS FROM OUR FEATHERED FRIENDS   LT COL NOEL ELLIS   13/XI/2021   I am not sure if people have seen a papaya tree with multiple off shoots. We have one more than sixty feet tall with protrusions as big as a tree itself every 15 feet. It gets laden with fruit on each off shoot in huge numbers. It has grown tall beyond one's reach, even the longest bamboo can’t reach the first tier. Besides, there is so much vegetation that in the greediness for the fruit it could be dangerous due to venomous snakes roaming large.   Now that one has a little time at hand, one sits in the backyard observing this huge papaya tree. Each fruit is more than two kgs plus. As the papayas ripen, it becomes a hub centre of activity for many types of birds. All of them are after the fruit, nice, juicy, pulpy, healthy, tasty and filling.   The top most tier is reserved for the Hornbills. The birds here are big and heavy, as heavy as the fruit itself if not more. Papaya leaves are delic

  New additions to the Ellis' Garden and a new flower 🧡💙💛💜💝Dil Khush 💖💙 Ginger flowering for the first time Ground Orchid-Sapthoglottis Plicata Hanger-Pilea Glauca Stromanthe Sanguinea

  What a harvest from one vine💙🧡 Dil 💖🧡Khush 💖😍

  These birds and insects make my 😍 Dil💖💙 Khush 💚🧡

  TOM OREO & MITTENS   LT COL NOEL ELLIS   09/XI/2021   Second foster parents or Oreo left for a vacation. The third parents & fourth too suddenly had to leave for a couple of days suddenly. We did not realise it till Oreo suddenly won’t leave our doorstep.   The second parents have also adopted a kitten named Tom. ‘Tam-Tam’ is his nickname. He goes around the neighbourhood frolicking, chasing beetles and grasshoppers. While doing so he does catch a chameleon. Within a short span of time he has become a good hunter. He can fend for himself, unlike Oreo. In the afternoon when the sun is up, the duo gets into the green house for a nap.   There is water stored in the empty five litre oil cans. Cans are emergency water storage. Oreo loves to drink from them, sticking his tongue inside and lap the water up. We tried a dish, an old tiffin, even an ice tray to keep water for him. He refuses to touch them. One has to ensure that the cans are full for Sir Oreo.  

 IT IS RED TODAY, ELLIS GARDEN 07 NOV 21 💜💗💛💖DIL 🤍💘🖤❤️BAHUT 🧡❣️🤎💞💓💙KHUSH🌺🌸💚💝

  Some birds in the Ellis' Garden🐦