Walk - Micheldever Woods

On a sunny day B and I suddenly decided to set out for a walk and Micheldever woods it was. Having read somewhere that this place is quite well-known for it's magnificent display of blue bells (Hyacinthoides non-scripta) in the Hampshire region, I was not quite sure if it was the best time to go. Equipped with just our direction senses we headed from Micheldever station. The other option was to start from Winchester. Since we wanted to avoid the city limits and spend more time within the woods we chose the former.

The walk took us through the fields, small trails and some characteristic cottages to start with. The chirping birds welcomed us as we kept our pace.

Further couple of miles into the woods we could see the presence of blue bells, but wasn't as dense as I had expected.



On the whole it was an exciting and refreshing day-out into the fresh air and to a quiet zone. After walking for about ten miles with the contention of having burnt the calories accumulated over the week, we headed back to the Micheldever through an alternate route which took us via somebody's farm!

For those who are looking forward for weekend activities in Hampshire, I would say Micheldever makes a perfect destination for a good walk. The forestry commission of England's website has more details on how to get there, the activities permiited and about the wildlife found in the region. If you are lucky to have a good sunlight and head towards the right direction you may end up seeing a spectacular display of blue bells as well!. With spring around the corner, this is one of the places higly recommended for walks/photography/cycling.

Note: It seems the best place to shoot the blue bells is the area on the farther end of the car park where not many people venture and it gets spellbinding at about hundred metres from M3, for those magical experience of photography!

Wild flowers

Bunch of three flowers - made from mangalore cucumber seeds and hand painted.

Back in my childhood days, my mom would collect cucumber seeds(mangalore cucumber) for my craft works. Once washed and dried, making these crafty bits are no big deal. I must say this is not anywhere close to the ones I used to make those days. I had dried a few seeds almost two years ago, and most of it got lost during the relocation process. These are few lucky seeds which finally took the shape of these flowers. Taking a look at these flowers now, I get hundreds of ideas how I could have done it better.

I am certainly not very happy with the outcome, but the entire process brought me some of those golden memories of my childhood and made me dwell in that for a while. Miss you mom, I have to prepare the seeds myself ;-(,)

Winter calling!

Pen drawing - 10"x12"

With the diversity that nature offers, It's one of my favourite activities to gaze at these woods and pen them down . Each one being so differenet from the other, but together they form such a beautiful symphony, something that any soul can get lost in. Here is one such pen drawing inspired by this season(winter) around me. I hope one day I will be able to capture the beauty of the woods as close to as it offers.

Though a tree grows so high, the falling leaves return to the root. - anonymous.

Bunch of tulips

'Hate leaves ugly scars, love leaves beautiful ones'. This bunch of handmade tulips is dedicated to all the hearts out there who would want to bring this change in life and live upto it.


Any guesses about what these flowers are made of? .......

Go on, it's not diffcult, perhaps you see them everyday

Winter stitches

• Black and white scarf - crocheted using mix and match Scarf kit from the Palette Collection.
• Red stole - wool crochet.
• Mix and Match crochet scarf
• Black and white stole - wool crochet.

Winter is on my head, but eternal spring is in my heart - Victor Hugo.

Crocheting is one of the activities I indulge in when I absolutely want to sit idle. In my view, once you decide on a pattern and chose the appropriate stitch to accomplish that, your mind can totally rest. To me it's as good as sleeping!, the best way to give yourself a stress free hour and yet at the end of it you have something that's handy!

from Notes to Myself...

There is a part in me that wants to write, a part that wants to theorize, a part that wants to sculpet, a part that wants to teach... To force myself into a single soul, to decide to be just one thing in life, would kill off large parts of me.