The fish thief caught in the pond

It was a sad sight to see the desperate grey heron caught up in the net and was unable to escape. The poor creature was coming to snatch the fish on and off in the the summer months when the water dries up in the ponds and the fields... but due to the pond covered with net, would walk by the sides and see if there is any scope to enter the water. And finally it did. But since the fish was big, it was unable to catch any and was in panic to escape. So I lifted the side of the net and helped the poor bird to fly off.

Grapes Harvest 2017 in Ollur Thrissur

The grapes this season was late and small in qauntity. Blame it on the climate change. I pruned the plant as usual after the rains in August 2016 and waited for the flowers. But hardly 1 or 2 appeared and that too with less grapes. It died prematurely and some of the flowers even got perished in the sunlight. I pruned the plant again 2 times to finally get some 10-15 bunch of flowers. The final harvest is all that is seen in the plate. I however ate some before tasting it in the final days...!! Gave to some well wishers also to taste.