Thursday 17 April 2014

Last Friday Morning

Every day I get up to a lovely morning, not yet hot, slightly cool. It's been long time I wanted to take some snaps of my morning walk to the bus pick up point. And there are reasons for doing so. I didn't take photos of all possible interesting things, however tried to give you and impression of what the city we live in like. 
First as the path from our house leads me among the houses I can view how people manage their homes. I must say that in India those who have their own houses take really good care of them, and adorn their little front gardens with various beautiful flowers and gorgeous blooming trees and bushes. 
Like this bright orange ones which make a bright fence "cover".
Dahlias are very popular in our city. Mostly they are of a red color.
I couldn't miss this delicate lilly in one of the gardens.
Another dalhia - this kind are huge and have multilayered petals.
A nearly wild  rose bush with little roses of this dark pink color. 
Now as I filled my mind with color I continue strolling along the road, towards the market you can see afar. I will walk till those one storied buildings and to the left. It got really hot here, around +35 in the afternoon, though morning is still bearable. 
On the approach to the bus stop I take time to click a picture of these. (Please educate me again which flower it is). This wild bush can have flowers of different colors - red, pink, yellow, orange!
Here I reach the trees under which I usually wait for my bus and meet my co-workers leaving from the same spot. New translucent leaves appeared just two-three weeks ago, it was unusually "cold" the whole March. 
I am sporting my special maternity salwars - such a comfortable thing!
The bus picks me. I continue my morning riding along the city roads. At some point I realise that I need to include  my baby into this short photo shoot too. Here we are, 26 complete weeks. It looks big from the top, and round - I love it! 
                            
The 44 sector market - still closed, people lazily preparing for the day. All the markets in Chandigarh city look quite the same, so it is a problem sometimes for a new person to remember the way. I still cannot give you directions if you ask me (so ask somebody else :))
The city roads include round abouts which join them into a web around sectors. Sector 35 cross road and a round about.  
The same round about - notice how pretty it looks like! Every such has its own landscape design and plants growing in it. My parents liked these very much when they saw them and took many photos.
Just a glimpse of how the morning traffic can be - all possible vehicles in one place! It is crazy at times! You can see an auto rickshaw -  a small three wheeler, which makes loads of noise with its engine, and is one of the essential types of  transport in Indian cities.
Sector 26 vegetable market "mandi". It is always chaotic and crowded, and noizy, be it morning or evening. From here vegetable sellers purchase their lot, and then sell on the carts in the city.
Oh well, this is an IT park where I work. It is a huge territory with different offices, including mine. No, that one is not my office :) I go back along this road which takes me about 45 minutes.
Just before I get in the bus again and start that routine itinarery - a Jerusalem Thorn tree covered with yellow flowers which give away the sweetest fragrance I've ever felt!
Bye bye for now! See you next time with a bit of crochet in my blog finally. I am also sorry for not replying your comments, I read them all, but this week my office work is so hectic that I am too tired to switch on my home laptop in the evening. I look forward to the coming up weekend and hope the next week gets better. Hugs!

14 comments:

  1. Thanks for the insight into your life. The flowers you asked about are called 'Lantana". I love them also. Enjoy that baby bump while you can.

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    1. No problem, I am glad you found it interesting :)
      I am enjoying, thanks Charlotte!

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  2. Thanks for bringing us along on your walk and bus ride -- felt like being right beside you! But too hot -- +35 heat would wipe me out!

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    1. Oh yea, it is too hot for me too. But I have no option. Come over here around March or October - the temperature is good then.

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  3. A beautiful sight seeing! The pinky- yellow flower is Lantana camara. Keep healthy and happy with your baby

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    1. Thanks Endahh too for giving the flower\s name. I want to plant near our house, I found hindi equivalent, hopefully they would understand what I want :)Thanks for your wishes!

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  4. Oh, I loved seeing the city, on your morning out...and ADORE that you included your baby in the photo! The flowers you ask about are called Lantana, here...we have them in all sorts of different colors. Happy rest of the week, Anna - hope you continue to feel like getting out and about! XOXOXO

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    1. These flowers are very beautiful, thanks for telling its name, now I probably can plant them aroudn our house too.
      I try to be active all the time though it gets tough at times, I really like being pregnant :) Hope your recovery going on well! Hugs!

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  5. That colorful flower is a lantana. I love them! You showed lots of fun things.. I'm excited for you to have the baby! ((hugs)), Teresa :-)

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    1. Thanks Teresa! I felt it would be good to brighten up my blog with flowers :)

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  6. Great photos and an insight to your journey to work. The lantana is a super easy plant. My brother even drives his lawnmower over his in the late fall when it looks dead. It always comes back in the spring. Enjoy your "preggy" days. Linda@Wetcreek Blog

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  7. I love this post so much! Thank you for showing us where you live ;o) I love seeing baby too ;o) Big Hugs ;o)

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  8. Thanks for sharing all these lovely pics! And what a sweet baby belly ♥

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  9. How lovely to see your commute to work. It's nice to see that people take care of their space, no matter how small it may be. And everything looks very clean, at least from the pictures you have shown. Best wishes, Tammy

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