When I go on trekking I am taken in my things on large scale. We end up camping in places which are often the size of many football fields! I am so used to leading a cramped lifestyle in the city life. You practically rub shoulders with someone else all the time! So when I go on a trek I literally feast on the open spaces. But there is the beauty of small things too.
I have a theory. I share my best pictures in the first few posts that I do. I sometimes tell myself that a particular picture is a better fit for some other theme and I should hold it back. But till date I have not been successful! Whatever I like most, I share it immediately. So all my better landscape pictures can be seen in these posts.
However, I would keep going back to the folder thinking I have do one more post. I would look at the pictures and go away thinking I have shown them all! And then it dawned on me, I never show the small bundles of joy on a trek! More often than not, it would be our trekking guides who would spot such things of beauty. Rama Kant ji spotted this wild mushroom! Later the local women who looked at the picture told us that it was edible! But we left it well alone!
She also falls in the same category, small bundle of joy. But look at her face! It is her ‘I am doing the world a favor’ face, which she makes when I ask her to pose for a photograph! Let her move away from the camera and she would be smiling again!
When I saw an Iris for the first time on a trek in 2006 I went crazy with delight. That was one trek in Uttarakhand where I bent down to click every wild flower that I saw! I now almost take the Iris for granted. And yet I still click a few pictures, because there is a lot of joy in the small things too!
You will find marsh marigolds growing in abundance near water sources. And if the water source is near the campsite I go and fill my water bottle on my own. If it is far away I pinch water from the kitchen tent! It is a lot of fun to go near the water source because these yellow beauties bloom with more happiness out there.
If you pick up your trek carefully, you would hardly meet anyone on the way except the Gaddi people. They are the tough mountain people who move with their herd of animals in search of grazing pastures. They live in temporary shelters and sell their produce to the market. It is a tough life for when it rains it pours and you still have to keep moving with your herd. In the winter they come down from the heights with their livestock.
It was fun to have dandelions on our first campsite. The girls would like to blow it away and I would like to click pictures!
This is a very commonly growing wildflower in the mountain, I have seen it almost on my every trek and yet I can’t remember the name nor can I find it while searching for it. But pretty and delicate it is!
So now you see why I felt my story was still incomplete! Not only do I get to enjoy the open vistas on the trek, I get to enjoy small beauties as well!
I close this post with a Himalayan anemone which is the flower. Unfortunately I do not know the name of the insect. Now my trek story is complete! I have shared the beauty of the small things that you find on a trek!
So beautiful photos.
Thank you Rupam.
How very true – and I thought I was the only random person who keeps clicking for these small things. 🙂 Thanks for sharing.
Ami @ http://thrillingtravel.blogspot.in/
Ami you are also welcome to the club 😀
The beauty of small things comes forth nicely through your camera Mridula. The Anemone is so small and yet so full of life.
Thank you so much Somali 😀
And I thought I was the only one who stopped every few steps! 🙂 Good to know that there are others too 🙂
Welcome to the club 😀
Lovely pictures. I once clicked many pictures of mushrooms on a trek in Mukteshwar but could ever share it on the blog. Now you inspire me to do so 🙂
Hope to see your pictures soon Sangeeta.
And the beauty lies in the eyes of beholder! It is a wonderful tale of small things 🙂
Thank you so much Anupam 😀
Sometimes small things are more beautiful than their bigger counterparts and we find more peace with them.
Alok they are lovely too! But I seriously love Himalayan landscapes 😀
They are really beautiful
Thank you so much Arun.
You had me at the title! Lovely pictures
Thank you Chaitali 😀
You always come up with great ideas of inspiring blog-posts. Good one !
Thank you so much VJ.
The little joys in the wild. Well captured.
Thank yo Indrani!
splendid shots… saw some of them that you posted on fb 🙂 Cheers 🙂
Thank you Archana.
Beautiful clicks …ur little bundle of joy looks quite relaxed and happy and honestly I got to know the names of so many wild flowers today after reading your post 😉
Swati, but the trouble is that I forget the names! 🙁 And that kid is making a long face! Believe me 😀
Love the photos and the idea of blogging about the small things. Thought-provoking.
Thank you so much Kalpana.
Lovly picctures!
Thank you Akansha.
Such beautiful and stunning pictures!
Thank you Purba.
Mridula ji you always come up with great ideas of inspiring blog-posts . I do not know about The Dandelion , but now seeing it through your lenses. what a white beauty. other pictures are also very lovely .
Thank you so much Yogi!
Lovely tiny details!
Thank you Lady Fi.
Keep traveling , keep sharing
Thank you Mahesh.
Inspired by god of small things?
No I don’t think I liked the book, though I read it a long time back 😀