I spoke of the clouds that had been lifted from our hearts, with a cardiac infection having been ruled out…but there are clouds which are wonderful presences in nature….yesterday, at Chik Yelchetti and Lokkere villages, in Bandipur, we watched the changing forms of the clouds in the monsoon sky….

On the distant Nilgiris ("Blue Mountain"...how aptly named!) range, I could spot a waterfall... ...or two.... Slowly, the light faded....

I loved the sight of this windmill, placed, perhaps as a kind of scarecrow, in the fields: