Friday, May 18, 2012

Summer green is made more special by 'Green on green"

Mangoe trees--Watch the trees bear spring blossoms to summer fruits below



The dense blooming greens happen to be the summer habitat for the visiting birds.....


"Green on green"










Green is very special in the summer. Washed by the rains even in the full heat of peak summer, there's a whole varitety of green around. And more so 'green on green', just take a look. The big trees are in full bloom and not forgetting the most favourite tropical fruit the mangoe trees with their fruits are ready too. Compare with the mangoe blossoms in spring and now take a look at the green-fruit-filled trees. You are not visitng a mangoe orchard but these are just roof-top-snapshots. Mangoes have been native of south Asia, including Burma and the Indian subcontinent, historically dating back more than 2000 BC as the olives have been natives of the Mediterranean region, Greece, south of Italy and France. As with the olives in that region, we kind of have a 'Mangoe culture' too.  Green mangoes in cooking, drinks, salads, lentil soups, then mangoes making the summer a season for pickling. Finally, arrive the ripe mangoes in the peak of summer heat, in all sizes, shapes and shades of yellow-oranges, with fresh mangoe fragrances. We live the summer heat indulging in ripe mangoes from breakfast to desserts including sometimes even whole meals !! Mangoes, excluding the extra-sugar part are healthy fruits too, containing multiple vitamins A, C, and E, with antioxidant properties and minerals. It's not only us that are aware of that, I guess, watch the summer flocks, the beautiful summer birds watching over the mangoes, they heavily nest the mangoe and blossomed summer trees as these provide both their food and shelter. Some of them were secretly caught in the camera.


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