21st July 2007 :: My gulmohur

This is our gulmohur tree. It is not growing in my garden or our building complex. It is in the Aarey Colony in front of our home. Mira and I have been watching it since we moved to Bombay four years ago and we have got a great deal of affection for it. It turns red just before the monsoon arrives every year. We keep monitoring its change of colour every year. When it turns completely red from a leaf less tree to the time it sheds all the red flowers and turns green once again.