Some old Things! (Electronics and others)

Table clock. Made by Westclox, Scotland. 50 years old. This clock
has double back cover, soft and loud alarm sound, and plastic glass
cover. This clock is still in working condition.

Old film camera. 25 years old. Click this link to see some photos taken with this camera.

Radio valve (vacuum tube). 45 years old.  About radio valve- Wikipedia.

PDA - Personal digital assistant. 25 years old. Display is corrupted.

Soft stone carving. 55 years old. Painted.

Face powder box(metal). 55 years old.

Floppy Disk. Computer storage medium. 12 years old. It's capacity is just 1.44 MB.

Video cassette. 20 years old.

Casio scientific calculator. 30 years old. Still in working condition. Recently used to write an Exam.

Trees - water color painting

Trees - water color painting.
Enhanced with software.
 

The Resting Lizard (House Gecko)

The same lizard is present in all the photos. It takes rest in the window net.
Note the different positions of the tail and legs. Click the images for a bigger view.

External  Link :  Wikipedia -  Gecko

Rain Scenes - Part - 2

Here it is rainy season. Have a look at some of the rain
scenes.
(Click the images for a larger view.)


The rain giving dark clouds hanging in the sky, before the
rain.




White clouds.




It is raining now.




Ring waves caused by the rain drops.




After the rain. Rain water in the field.




Stones under the rain water.




Rain water.

For More Rain Scenes
Rain Scenes - Part-1

Perfect Camouflage - Mantis Insects

This Mantis insect is difficult to see, because of it's
perfectly matching texture. See the image below to see this
insect clearly.




Grey color mantis on a succulent plant.




Green color mantis. Because of it's green color, it blends
well with the background. Because of it's posture, they
are also called as Praying Mantis.




Brown color mantis.

Related Posts.
Strange looking insects.

Small And Very Small Flowers!

There are a large number of photos about big and mediun sized flowers in the internet.
So I decided to present some small and less photographed flowers!

Small Caltrops flower.



A small blue color flower.



Holy basil flowers.



White color flowers. These flowers are very small.



Some white colored flowers. We use this plant during the festival.





Violet color flower.

Related posts.
Some small flowers....

Blown by the wind - Seeds.

Some plants have the seed structure that are useful
for the dispersion by the wind action. Below are two of
them.


The tightly packed seeds of Pergularia daemia.



Pergularia daemia.





The seed of Pergularia daemia. The children play with
these seeds.




The gyrocarpus seeds. They are also called as Whirling Nuts
and Helicopter Tree. They are used by the children as play
things.

Links (External)
1. Whirling nuts.

Flowers - Pomegranate, Onion And Zinnia

Pomegranate flowers and buds.


Onion flower buds.


Onion flowers.


Zinnia flower.


Zinnia flowers.


Related Posts.
1. Pomegranate Flowers.
2. Pomegranate Flowers.

Black And Red Butterflies

Black and red colored Butterfly on ixora flower. (Swallow Tail)

Two butterflies

Butterfly in flight.

Butterfly on Ixora flower.

Black and white Butterfly

Black and red colored Butterfly on ixora flower. (Swallow Tail)

Butterfly on cubes

Links (External)
1. Butterflies - India - Wikipedia
2. Swallow tail Butterflies - Wikipedia

The Plant With a Strange Name - Elephant foot Yam

The Elephant foot Yam comes out of the ground.
It seems to be someone planted a dragon tooth in the soil!




Two Elephant foot Yam plants come out of the ground.




The plant comes out of it's protective covering.




Elephant foot Yam plants.




Two Elephant foot Yam plants. The cooked tubers are
used as food.




Elephant foot Yam plants.




The stem of the Elephant foot Yam plant, has different
shades of green.
Other names of Elephant foot Yam plant
(Amorphophallus paeoniifolius):
Stink lily, Senai Kilangu, Suran.

Elephant foot Yam. (Upside down view)

Links (External)
1. Elephant foot Yam plants - davesgarden.com
2. Elephant foot yam - Wikipedia
2. Tuber - Wikipedia
3. Elephant foot Yam tuber fry - sulekha.com