Strolling through humid Village trails

It was sunset time and their display behind the trees in a village is heartwarming gaze. Working in our village is like breathe of fresh air for a month summer despite the perspiration. The humidity was soaring towards 100%, the ground is parched due to lack of sufficient pre-monsoon rains. With absconding rains, we are not seeing any dip in temperatures. The nights are intensely warm that temperature stays at 28 degree C. Even with fans running at high speeds, the perspiration never stops. People are desperately waiting for healthy rains in our region. It rained all round the region but not above us. Not sure why is nature is discrimination :-(. Hopefully the nature will turn the tables soon and blesses us with divine rains.

A well amidst field is always part of cultivation. These are source of water in case of deficient rainfall or for second crop.

I strolled through deserted paddy fields eagerly awaiting monsoon to set in a month of time. Its a unique experience walking through the trails of these fields, balancing yourselves over the narrow path without teetering. This could be challenging during monsoon season where wobbling would end you up in fully grown fields with muck. The sun was smiling and glittering without any obstruction from clouds. The color was pleasant but wasn't. The region desperately needs rain now. This year pre-monsoon has been awful which exacerbating the summer heat.

The cattle grazing field is always a delightful sight. Owners of cattle once in a day sprinkle the water over field if available to grow grass for cattle. The patches of grass seems to be grown from rains we had 3 weeks back.

The pump shed amidst the field is to water the field during break monsoons. Some use it to grow winter crops which need minimal water. The clumsy posture of palms acts as ideal foreground for descending sun.

This overhead tank is mounted over the rock formation. Quite intelligent move! The water sufficient gravity to flow down to taps. Also house owner need to make modification to existing tiled house to accommodate overhead take which would otherwise require RCC terrace or additional elevated  construction to mount overhead tank.

While I was rejoicing the evening sun, out of blue, the combination of street and domestic dogs went berserk which scared me to death. The rush of the canines seem to be due to local feud. Some of them barged towards me barking but somehow I managed to shoo them away luckily with shrilling voice. Insane dogs wouldn't bend for such voices. They would ambush at any cost.

That's how the walk concluded horrifically. On way back, saw couple of Malabar pied hornbills to strengthen my mood. My DSLR is dead and I don't have funding to buy newer one. Hence satisfied with mobile capture. My assumption was that they would be in village only during monsoon. Now it looks to be dwelling permanently in our village!