A breath of fresh air...

The tunes of a flute at a distance
The colorful falling leaves of Autumn in North Carolina
The spread out plumage of a peacock on a cloudy day during a Rajasthan trip
Home made chocolates in a steel tiffin box
Old greeting cards accumulated for years stored in cabinets covered with cobwebs
Moonlight on a narrow stretch of road
A real white pearl in an oyster fresh from the ocean
Color pencils and plain paper scattered on a table with a yellow mug of hot chocolate
Grandmom's hand on the forehead during high fever
A chubby little baby girl sleeping in the pram, her blonde hair tied in a pink ribbon
A book fair of used books.. books with rusty pages and personal messages
Drive through a forest with the sound of running water at a distance
Walking on dew laden grass at dawn
A sparrow family's daily activities at their nest on a branch right next to my window by my study table
An old teacher who taught me, recognizing and smiling
The tough problem solved after a struggle during a night out before board exams
The smell of wet earth
A room full of antiques in the attic
The open window of a candle lit mud hut where there is no electricity and darkness all around
A folk dance by women in the interiors of a north-east Indian state
A field of wild flowers under the open sky


--- I have been in this extreme negative mood for the past few days. Don't know why...... whatever I was thinking of was dark and claustrophobic. Needed a breath of fresh air. Since it is 90 degrees outside, even that is unobtainable. So decided to recapture random images from the past that have left a permanent impression.

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For oft, when on my couch I lie
In vacant or in pensive mood,
They flash upon that inward eye
Which is the bliss of solitude;
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- William Wordsworth