All Things Wild and Beautiful on a Coffee Farm

Living with elephants, peacocks, and giant squirrels

Gauri Sirur
Weeds & Wildflowers
6 min readFeb 26, 2024

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Pre-dawn shot of two monkeys sitting on a branch.
Pre-dawn shot of two early risers — Gauri Sirur

Daybreak on a coffee estate (farm) in India

The scent of woodsmoke teases me into wakefulness. Peacocks miaow; roosters crow. I check my phone. It is 4:45 a.m. Day has broken on my uncle’s coffee estate in southern India.

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Gauri Sirur
Weeds & Wildflowers

Reader, Writer, Dreamer. Mostly whimsical, sometimes serious.