Development!

The Mango tree in front of my house!

It stands tall and arrogant ….Have seen it erect ..all by itself .. challenging the others in the lane with its swagger and with the circumference of its chest.. Always happy and fresh .. I have seen it for the last five years… It has nurtured my feelings and emotions all these years .. I have only taken from it…. Never given back anything…

He ..and not it… is unique… He has fruits all the year round!!

Any point of time…it has small green sour mangoes hanging on the fresh branches.. i love them in my pickle bottle..

It always has some mature green ones which are untouchables for me and who I leave to enjoy the transition from puberty to ripe youth…

There are a few orange, few semi red, few semi yellow.. some half green and half yellow.. and some with plethora of shades making it the fruit royal!

I taught my son colours couple of years back…green .. orange , what red is and of course yellow ... The mango tree aided me in the same..

The tree has been with US for years now… He is part of our daily chores.. When he wants to shed some leaves. it adds to the chores of our gardener ..

He gives us the most delicious mangoes ….

My Mango tree is the best .. sturdiest, longest, greenest hunk of the lane!

A sad Thursday.. viral fever afflicting of us and then this un-green scene in the lane..

I have counted 72 chopped trunks in the lane -today!!!
All in the name of infrastructural development..

My tree still sways with its usual swagger… I dread the coming weeks..

Just saw a Chinese mark vehicle with a Chinese gentleman talking to my security guard!

God bless the week ahead