Today was the birthday of my father. In the morning, I explained in my own way, the journeys from Garhwal, to Shimla to Delhi,which one of our forefathers-Rama Bhatt undertook in later part of the 19^th century. His son Brahmi Dutt Bhatt , had three sons and a daughter. The middle son, Bhawani, was my grandfather.

SEE BLOG-FAMILY PHOTOGRAPHS
https://prashantbhatt.com/family-photographs/

CULTURAL ALBUM

Yesterday, after taking some pictures of the West Caucasian Tur, Bactrian camels and exploring the Frank Schofield Memorial Confucian park, we went through a cultural album I have been building. Toronto Zoo is a sister zoo of Seoul Zoo

WE SHARE OUR EARTH WITH THEM

Frank Schofield Memorial Park-Toronto Zoo. A park modeled on Confucian parks, with symmetry of lines and rectangles, it is a peaceful reading place, in the Eurasian section of the zoo

Toronto zoo-2016-June

SNOWY OWL- TORONTO ZOO..The Zoo is a nice Reading place, where we made friends with many with whom we share our Planet

CULTURAL WALKS..

Then we went through some Albums of Yesteryears..walks in Ghadames-on the ancient caravan routes of Sahara, Egypt- Masr-the mother of civilizations, Chicago,Turkey-walks on Bosphorus, Istanbul and Konya.

EGYPT-2004

Earlier perspectives

Evening walk in Rome-2011

https://prashantbhatt.com/2011/11/26/evening-walk-in-rome/

Walks in Turkey-2014

https://prashantbhatt.com/2014/11/26/summary-of-walks-turkey/

Ganga Aarti-Rishikesh-2014

UNDERSTANDING JOURNEYS.

My father instilled in me a love of gardens, museums and culture (see blog- Museums with the children..https://prashantbhatt.com/museums-with-the-children/)

While Meditating on the Ontario Waterfront, remembered some of those journeys together and felt his spiritual presence.