A Drongo perched on a tall tree in our garden at day break was in its chorus of bird calls. The long bird calls, unusual in their tone drew my attention! I found out that anything other than the usual bird calls can be due to some perception of danger around or resonance of its mood.
I was visiting all the flowers in our garden when I was drawn by the bird calls of this Drongo. The sky was looking bright and the sun rays gave adorable look to the foliage and flower trees. The Drongo was perched in a taller tree than the Teak tree next to it, that was in full bloom.
Each tree or plant brings out in season what it is endowed with.
Yesterday at the end of the walk with the collection of flowers above, it dawned on me that each flower with its distinct features of shape, size, colour, aroma and appearance makes the garden colourful and a home for the featured hosts who come for nectar or fruit or seed!
It was when I spotted the flowering of the dragon fruit plant in our garden yesterday, it dawned on to me, how a flower of that size, colour and appearance springs from a slender stem of the plant! What each plant gives as its flower or its fruit ,is the best it can offer!
The garden which surrounds our cottage gives us this message: we live to give!
Whether it is the bird call of a Drongo, or the flowers above, they are giving plentifully and liberally!
I felt fascinated by the shades of green in the foliage and the spectrum of colours in the flower!
Today as we remember our daughter Anita, who moved on from our midst on 24 April, 1981 at the age of three months, many memories flash into our mind. It was her presence with us for three months, which led us to find our vocation professionally and created within us a longing for an integrated living. Hers was a sudden departure following a short illness. She survived a stormy illness as a newborn. As we look back, Anita came to be with us to bring a flavour of fullness to our lives. Her graceful presence blessed us in many ways.
The flowers above from our garden become gifts of love as we still feel the loss of Anita from our lives!
The brilliance and the radiance of the flower in the Dragon fruit plant reminds me of the richness of the gift that Anita was to us and remains to be so now! The bird call of the Drongo was to remind Anna and me of the prophetic mission Anita brought to us during her short presence with us!
Anita is present with us even in her absence!
M.C.Mathew(text and photo)
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