A peek into the terrace garden

I dont know what clicked, whether it was the climate or the fresh homemade compost we added or the quality of the new plants we bought from shop or a combo of all three.The plants flourished into life with the onset of winter and then there was no stopping them.They really made up plenty for the barren state of the garden during the summer months.

I have been meaning to do a detailed post on the garden produce but couldn't do it any soon.. so I will resort to just showing some pictures for now.. 

Some of the herb harvest...

Fenugreek/Methi

Mint

Pirandai

snake gourd

French beans

Add to that the flat runner beans and the guavas from the ground garden, we were very much in content with the result we got for our work in the garden. I am ever grateful. Will end the post with a bit of color. This is just a teeny sample of what our orange rose bush was producing in a day in this winter.

Pretty cute..aren't they?

Triple Bonanza

An extraordinary thing happened recently in the lives of wannabe amateur stargazers. Yes, I am talking about the occurrence of Super blood blue moon along with a lunar eclipse on January 31st.I was eyeing to witness this once in a lifetime phenomena for over a month then but on the d day to my dismay the horizon was full of clouds.The last time such a combo of events occurred with respect to the moon was a little over 150 years ago..then you can imagine how much disappointed I was.

There was no sight of the moon until 6.40 pm as the clouds completely obscured the moon and until 7pm we were able to see only a glimpse of the blood moon now and then.The news papers and the sites mentioned the Blood moon would arise by 6.35pm and the lunar eclipse will be occurring until 7.40 pm. Luckily for us our waiting in the terrace did not go waste.A little after 7pm the moon rose above the clouds into the clear sky giving a glorious view of the super blood moon. Then what followed was a fantastic moon viewing session and we watched the rest of the lunar eclipse in awe and admiration.

I took a series of pictures.. here is a few of the pictures that came out okay as the shadow of the earth started moving away.

Almost half way...

and the brightness of the moon was increasing too..

almost going to be over..

anytime now..

Its just sheer luck that we had a clear sky atleast for the later half of the eclipse and I recall there has not been this clear a view of the eclipse happen in the recent years. I felt very privileged to witness this phenomena to tell the truth. It is indeed a once in a lifetime opportunity,one which I enjoyed immensely.