A Few Early Mornings at Hebbal Lake
We are two very different personalities – the husband and I. He comes up with ideas at the drop of a hat while I like to plan things way ahead in advance. Good that we realised this ourselves! Hence, we have split our responsibilities as per situational requirements. We have decided that I shall follow my husband whenever he proposes a birding trip in the city and I shall be the leader in case of out-of-the-town overnight journeys. This arrangement seems to be suiting us well so far. So, the husband announced, over dinner on a late Friday evening, an early Saturday morning trip to Hebbal Lake. I had a strong desire to throw the dinner plate at him at that moment, but was deterred by the ‘contract’ we had between us. To his credit, I must mention that he did everything the following morning, right from making the morning tea to packing the baby’s breakfast and changing his clothes. We reached the gate of the park adjoining the lake sharp at 7.00 am. The ticket counter...