Peering over the wall on a rainy day...

The settlers in the background and the brilliant yellow Cassia Spectabilis/Golden Cassia flowers in the foreground on the wall...

Though some seem to have disappeared and a few new ones have moved in, my fav orange truck is very much there... :)

The strong scented eucalyptus leaves find a place on the wall...

A dried twig trying to mimic the wall...

The delicate filigree-like leaves of the silver oak,
with my orange truck looking on...

A yellow drying leaf from the sweet scented Champa has collected some rain water for the birds n' insects that frequent this compound...
How thoughtful...! :)

The seed pod of the Golden Cassia...

The brilliant yellow flower of the huge Golden Cassia growing beside the wall...

A handsome piece of the Silver Oak bark makes a smart holder for the Golden Cassia bloom...

Ah ! What an interesting find...

And where is our fella heading to...?

Almost there...

"Ah There...!! So this is the Giant Snail they were talking about, eh?"

Mark the lovely blue shade of the snail's body... And the burnt sienna of the shell... How Beautiful can nature get...!

And... finally the wall...! :)

This morning when I took a break from school to go buy vegetables, I had a choice of routes. I very instinctively chose the one that passes beside the "Settler Community" (The vehicles seized by the Excise Dept. that have settled there since ages...)

I walked hopefully towards the wall, that was already cloaked in a brilliant shade of emerald green, and peered... The wall did not disappoint me and boy, there was a whole world out there waiting for me to explore...

It felt nice to catch up with my old buddies, "The Settlers." After saying a quick "Hello !" I got busy with the melange of interesting stuff atop the wall. It was only when the phone rang, with Mum wondering where I'd disappeared, that I peeled my eye from the viewfinder, straightened myself and moved away from the wall.

I suddenly realized, I'd walked the full length of the wall and reached the other end of the compound...! I smiled to myself, patted my good old camera for doing a good job, n' hurried towards the vegetable shop... :)