In praise of Nature…

Nothing gives one more enthusiasm in the process of writing or researching than true appreciation… Over the last few years I have documented researched and presented data about the flora and fauna of the ‘Kalatope Wildlife Sanctuary’ located in Chamba district of Himachal. As a mark of blog appreciation, I was nominated for ‘The Versatile Blogger’ award by a fellow blogger….. Now it is not exactly the ‘Booker Prize‘ but in blogger’s terms it is a mark of appreciation and I gratefully appreciate this token of praise… though I know that I am not really a blogger… at best a documentator and enthusiast…. and that the beauty of this collection is not really a credit to me but to the vast amount of bio-diversity present in this small area… Soooo… the award of …

goes to…… KALATOPE WILDLIFE SANCTUARY….

But in order to accept this praise (even in proxy) I have to fulfil four conditions….

A) Thank the person who nominated you and link back to them in your post…

So…….

Thank you very much Averil Gomes of  The Cook, The Baker and The Clay Boy Maker for honouring me… 🙂

B) Share 7 things about yourself…

I love…

1. Fungi
2. Flowers
3. Butterflies
4. Moths
5. Beetles
6. Birds
7. and the forests with all it’s bounties of nature… (and hope they will all be added to this blog…)

C) Pass the award on to 15 bloggers…

Now this is the difficult one… However there is no rule that I have to do it all in one day and I will take my time filling up these fifteen names… Meanwhile the first four of these are…

Space Coast Wildflowers – Wayne Matchett

Hort Log

Butterflyindia – Ashok Sengupta

nature blah blah – Rivu Ghorai

D) Contact the bloggers I have chosen to let them know that they have been selected!…

Thanks to all those who have contributed in collecting the data presented in this blog and I hope I will be able to provide a useful guide for those who visit this sanctuary…