This year, I have spent a significant amount of my time staring and observing trees. It is one of those therapies that I cannot quantify.
As an extension to my Instagram series, this post includes more visuals of trees from Kumaon in Uttarakhand. Also known as the fruit belt of India, I’ve been to the region in Spring and Autumn this year. Although the landscape—terraced farms, the lone Kumaoni homes and the shadowed hills—have largely remained unchanged, the trees and the colours do change seasonally.
In Spring, the green leaves flourish, the farms are ploughed and the fruit trees bear blossoms. This visit was solely about identification. I spent time studying and recognizing the flowers of the different trees.
Autumn was about admiration. The colours turned into more earthy browns or sombre yellows. The saturation did not come from the sun. The contrasts outdoor were insipid.
![Dried Rhododendrons filled my way. Near Mukteshwar.](http://www.travellingidesofmarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_4065-©-AMRITA-DAS.jpg)
![The light and shade of the robust sal trees. In Ramnagar.](http://www.travellingidesofmarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_9346-©-AMRITA-DAS.jpg)
![(Probably) A plum blossom ushering Spring. In Nathuakhan.](http://www.travellingidesofmarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_5991-©-AMRITA-DAS.jpg)
![The imperial grove of deodar. In Jageshwar.](http://www.travellingidesofmarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_9339-©-AMRITA-DAS.jpg)
![Apple blossoms in Spring. In Gangachaur.](http://www.travellingidesofmarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_4148-©-AMRITA-DAS.jpg)
![The Fall way flanked by pine trees. In Almora.](http://www.travellingidesofmarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_9328-©-AMRITA-DAS.jpg)
![The enigmatic and gorgeous persimmon tree. In Mukteshwar.](http://www.travellingidesofmarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_9322-©-AMRITA-DAS.jpg)
![Full moon rising behind a pear tree. In Bhatelia.](http://www.travellingidesofmarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_4348-©-AMRITA-DAS.jpg)
![Possibly a chir pine tree under Venus, at twilight. In Gangachaur.](http://www.travellingidesofmarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_4248-©-AMRITA-DAS.jpg)
![The ageless 1200-year old deodar. In Jageshwar.](http://www.travellingidesofmarch.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/12/IMG_9016-©-AMRITA-DAS-854x1024.jpg)
Read: People of Kumaon, Uttarakhand
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Lovely photos. That old Deodar tree is huge!!
Oh yes! I’m completely obsessed with it. Thanks much Prashanth :)
Mindblowing. Amazed. I could go on and on or try saying *speechless*
Slow claps.
:D Merci beaucoup!
nice information, keep posting.
beautiful photos