Rex

Town of Knysana in South Africa is situated at the confluence of Knysana Lagoon, also a river, and Indian Ocean. Tucked away among designers shops and seafood restaurants of the quaint town is a small hotel named Rex. It was so non-descript one could not find its marquee or the entrance from the street. We were surprised to see its interior. 

Here is a negative photograph of its hallway. 

K of Knysana is silent;  'Nice, na!'?

Rex

Woman

Woman

Refraction

Refraction

BirdHieroglyph

Photograph on its manipulation.

BirdHieroglyph

Stairway to Saturn

A friend gave me the name of the application I am using for the first time.

Stairway to Saturn

Sparkling Leaf

Sparkling Leaf

This morning when I looked out, my deck was strewn with withered leaves. A sign of coming fall season. Among all leaves only one shone. At closer look I found only that leaf was covered with morning dew.  

I am still scratching my head. 

No matter!

I took the picture. 

With some software modifications, here is the result.

Sailboat

Sailboat

A Bengali song by Rabindranath Tagore sung in beautiful voice of Nilofer Yasmin.

Roughly translated it speaks of lover anchoring his/her boat, a metaphor for life, at beloved's shores whom he/she needs in the face of sudden storms which the boat by itself is unable to weather.

আমি বাঁধিনু তোমার তীরে তরণী আমার

একাকী বাহিতে তাদে পারিনা যে আর তরণী আমার

আমি বাঁধিলো তোমার তীরে তরণী আমার

প্রভাতেনু  হিল্লোলে ভুলে দিয়েছিনু পাল তুলে

ভাবিনি সহসা হবে এমন আঁধার

আমি বাঁধিলো তোমার তীরে তরণী আমার

ঝড়েতে বাঁধন টুটে দিশাহারা এনুছুটে

তাই তোরী তব তটে লাগিল এবার

এখনো জাগেছে আজে তুলনা হয়  তব কাছে

রাখো এ ভাঙানায়ে চরণ  তোমার

আমি বাঁধিলো তোমার তীরে তরণী আমার

শব্দ এবং সংগীত: রবীন্দ্রনাথ ঠাকুর 

স্বর : নীলফর য়াস্মিন 

Ballerinas

Ballerinas

We are no

Isadora of

Duncan name

Nor Agnes of 

de Mille fame

Just the stems with buds

Of garden greens

We bob we sway

Head above the rest

We play mime 

In gentle breeze

We put on airs with

Third Arabesques

Or spins of Pirouette

We fancy to make 

The perfect cuts

To stage The Nutcracker 

Among our peerage

Of garden foliage

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Resort Hotel-Aruba

Resort Hotel-Aruba

Framed

Framed