Dear friends, When I set out on a walk, I usually have my head in the clouds… and trees. There are so many things to see---beautiful things, interesting things. Different types of greens. Leaves that vary from tree to tree. From the saw-like neem leaves to the umbrella-like shade of the rain trees. And birds, so many, many, birds. In fact, it was Gerald Durrell’s My Family and Other Animals that partly set me off on this wandering journey. Besides being a hilarious adventure, the book got me interested in all things small and wonderful. The worms and insects that once had me leaping mile-high, now held me fascinated. The way their tiny legs pumped up and down pebbles, the way their wings fluttered and the wonderful colours they showed off… I was hooked. If I could not spend hours like a young Durrell observing these tiny creatures, I could be amused by the way an earthworm went on and on, till it hit a wall and then decided to let its tail take the head