Blooms and Perfumes

 #DailyFlowers

Life is strange! Connections are made, sometimes they grow, sometimes they break; sometimes they are paused and then pick up as if they were never left off. Something similar happened to the blogger when she made a trip to Kolkata in May this year and reconnected with her Class X ICSE batch (Schooling till 10th was in the beautiful NE state of Tripura, although most classmates are now Kol-based). It was if the intervening years just vanished and connections were strong, maybe at times stronger than before. Apart from the benefit to the blogger personally, the blog benefited too: new contributors, mostly Beacon & Bhaskar, sometimes Soumitra and the rare appearance by KD are seen. But this is not to say that the older contributors are any less important. They are the mainstays of the blog. Oh, yes, the blogger added one more year to her physical age and was greeted by gorgeous blooms on that day! 

Bold or shy, big or small
Flowers bloom equally for all
Bring forth smiles time after time
Causing the blogger to scramble for appropriate rimes
So many blooms gathered in one place
So much color, love and grace
Nature's bounty does loudly sing
Much gladness to our hearts it brings

Dogwood, magnolia and unexpected flowers
Their hues do us empower
We gaze on them in utter delight
Framed together, a picturesque sight

Pinks in many varied hues
Their generosity across regions diffused
A more generous palette has yet to be seen
Preening like a queen across the greens
Other colors did join the parade
They designed their own serenade
Songs and laughter rang out true
The chorus mightily grew

In the midst of this, came the day
When warm,  generous wishes flew my way
Alongside came a plethora of blooms
Filled each and every corner with their perfumes

 Captured on neighborhood strolls
That have incandescent flowers as the goals
Shantha & Shashi started the trend
Others joined in, stories did blend
From near and far were pix shared
Our contributors were ever prepared
From travels, workshops, welcomes, stores did the collect
Myriad blooms did they select

That adorned their timelines and this page
Beauty, grace, color did themselves upstage

My Co-Contributors:

June, Bhaskar & Ranjona; Shantha, Shalini, Shashi, June & Anshu; June, Beacon, Bhaskar, Vivek, Shantha & Shalini; June, Shashi & Beacon; Bhaskar, Beacon, Anshu & Anjali; Nimmy, Vivek, Shantha, Shashi; Shashi, Shantha & Shalini; Shantha, Shalini, Shashi & Beacon; Shalini, Shashi, & Bhaskar; @Oneirology11, Shinjini, Bhaskar, Beacon, Monica, Yash; Vivek & Kirti; Shalini & Shantha; Shantha, Vivek, Shashi & Soumitra; Shashi, Shantha, & Aparna; Beacon, Shashi & Shantha.