A very happy news dominated this morning. Since it is a social media product, tough to know how far true or valid or authentic it might be. If true, even if just by a little fraction, during the Navratri, happy happy times seem to be here again. Oh, no, I am NOT talking of the grand Garba get-together's.
It seems, soon there gonna be a sabbatical of someone! As this special someone is, it seems, in the annual vacy mood, hopefully the hullabaloo over hawaa-hawai issues, in other words, the quite airy(but not exactly)fairy fights, heating up intolerably our public sphere in this already hot October, might cool down a little.
As such happy, happy days are here again, it is but obvious that I would remember my favourite most flower. Ah, a deep inhale of its fragrance n for weeks on end, my nostrils themselves are fragrance incarnate.
Yes, indeed, no other flower is as unique as the bakuli flower. It is small, unlike the flashy sunflower. It is pale yellow, unlike the multi-coloured rose. In fact, when it dries, it is rusty brown, like a mix of copper tapered with bronze.
Known in English as the Spanish Cherry/ medlar/bullet wood flower, this delicate existence hidden behind lush green leaves is the essence of eternity itself, as its gentle fragrance is forever. Yes, even when it dries, my dear little 'bakuli' continues to stay, and fragrant
A symbol for me of all that is permanent, pure, simple but genuine, the beatific bakuli flowers stand for an eternity that neither time nor its state, fresh or dried, can stale. Sitting under the bakuli tree and getting a shower of its beautiful bloom spread on n around you is heavenly. In brief, its gentle but permanent aroma therapy is simply soulful!
Pratima@ It seems, the fruits as well as wood of this forever lush green tree are very useful. Hence in Malaysia, and in the South-east Asia, it is the 'regional' tree. Sustainability signified, simply but surely, in brief!
Quote of the day: "Flowers…are a proud assertion that a ray of beauty out values all the utilities in the world.” Ralph Waldo Emerson puts its so succinctly.
Word of the day: mimosa The bakuli flower is a type of mimosa, a generic term for very many beautiful blooms. The word is derived from the Greek word μῖμος (mimos), 'actor' or 'mime', and the feminine suffix -osa, 'resembling', suggesting its 'sensitive leaves' which seem to 'mimic conscious life'!
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