small stone jan '13 - day 30

The long whistle of the afternoon train
turns into a breeze, parting the tall meadow grass.
I stretch my toes, take the clutch off my hair.

small stone jan '13 - day 20

Three red apples in the fruit bowl on the table

by the window. A finger of sunbeam creeping towards it 

stealthily.

small stone jan '13 - day 19

Gleaming brass water pots...one on top of the other...are balanced perfectly on her head. Another one nestled at her waist. Yet she walks so gracefully on the  uneven pebbled path. Not a drop spills over.  As we drive past, I catch a glimpse of her callused hands and grey hair.

small stone jan '13 - day 18

The sparrow has been at it since morning...pecking continuously at the window pane , trying to find a way in.Or maybe, it thinks that's the way out.

The bulbuls are smarter though.Throwing caution to the wind, they sit on the vine-covered wall,feasting on the small pink berries, totally regardless of the fact that they are being watched by three pairs of eyes from the other side of the glass.They know this sheet of glass binds us, not them.

small stone jan '13 - day 17

Wind shimmer. Miles and miles of sugarcane fields...

the fluffy swaying plumes silvered by sun.

small stone jan '13 - day 15

Before sunrise, the dewy-eyed, luminous, lime-green grass

waiting for the first bare feet.A sleepy bug

crawls under the chickweed.

small stone jan '13 - day 14

Inside, the loud ticking of the old clock.

Outside, the woodpecker trying to nail down

the afternoon shadows on the tree bark.

small stone jan '13 - day 7

Mid-morning quiet-

suddenly I am alone

with the green butterflies

small stone jan '13 - Day 3

In the early hours of dawn, when the street lamps go off, the Eucalyptuses stretch out their drowsy branches across each other before snuggling even deeper under the blanket of mist.The retiring owls shiver and say, whooo, whooo! A pale star keeps on blinking.

small stone, Jan '13 - Day 1

Ochre-grey clouds shrouding the sunset

and only one gerbera as witness