From late September to early October, the Kaas plateau nestled in the hills above Satara emerges in a new avatar as wildflowers start to color the hills and dales with a myriad hues of yellow, red, violet and white. In quest of this elusive sight, a high speed highway drive from Mumbai put us into Satara in about three hours from where a winding ghat road rose into the foggy mountains past green hills, circling birds and some simian families trying to get a sun tan. As the green turned to yellow and the brown turned to red we spotted a dirt track snaking off to the right...and entered a whole new world of lakes, water lilies, chirping birds, tricky road bends, slippery boulders, ancient shrines and the occasional shepherd who guided us on our way. After two hours, finding the road ahead blocked by a landslide, we turned around and backtracked, slithering and sliding across rocks and red mud, finally rejoining the tar road after a few exciting moments. The road back to Mumbai was interspersed with a detour to see the Thoseghar waterfalls and views of Sajjangadh fort, after which we picked up the company of torrential rains in a crazy drive which would always remind us of the day we went to see the wildflowers of Kaas...
Wonderful site. Thanks for pointing us to it. We'll link it to our pamandphil blog
Best,
Pamela
Posted by: pamela clevenger | October 22, 2009 at 10:44 PM
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Judy: Thank you so much for your kind comments! Yes, you are cecorrt, that's a music stand! HA! I don't need to spend $100 on a field easel ha ha ha. You can probably find one at a second hand store for nothing. It is vey tall when openned all the way a tiny bit wobbly though.As for the water well it is actually a plastic water bottel cut in half. Free instant water well! My palette has a thumb hole so I can hold the paint and little water well. I also rubber band a paper towel around my rist to dab my brushes.Good question! Hard to describe I will have to take a picture and make a post to describe saving space.Other that that it's just a watercolor journal in a small tote bag.Diane: Thank you! I hope it helped you with your painting and encouraged you to get out there and paint! Northern Birder: Thanks!!!! I hope to do many more! I am soooooooo blessed to live near this beautiful nature retreat. I'm glad I'm able to share it with you!
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