I believe this is an Egyptian Vulture.
Before this photo, I'd never seen a bird like this. Isn't it amazing? It's so reminiscent of a griffin. Quite breathtaking.
Tuesday, July 24, 2007
Wednesday, May 16, 2007
Sunday, May 13, 2007
The Free Garden Adventure
I love flowers and other plants. I like to grow them in pots on our patio in the summer. Usually, I buy some lovely flowers in the spring for those pots.
But this year, I'd doing a Free Garden Adventure.
I have lots of pots that I got through Freecycle a year or two ago. Instead of buying plants this year, I am carefully taking wildflowers from secluded or abandoned areas and transplanting them into my pots. (Don't worry - I'm not taking ALL the wildflowers.)
So far, I have some lovely little purple flower and some yellow flowers. I don't have names for either of them.
Once my Free Garden has grown a bit more, I will post pictures.
But this year, I'd doing a Free Garden Adventure.
I have lots of pots that I got through Freecycle a year or two ago. Instead of buying plants this year, I am carefully taking wildflowers from secluded or abandoned areas and transplanting them into my pots. (Don't worry - I'm not taking ALL the wildflowers.)
So far, I have some lovely little purple flower and some yellow flowers. I don't have names for either of them.
Once my Free Garden has grown a bit more, I will post pictures.
Saturday, May 12, 2007
being the noise
There is a community of the spirit.
Join it, and feel the delight
of walking in the noisy street
and being the noise.
Drink all your passion,
and be a disgrace.
Close both eyes
to see with the other eye.
Open your hands,
if you want to be held.
Sit down in the circle.
Quit acting like a wolf, and feel
the shepherd's love filling you.
At night, your beloved wanders.
Don't accept consolations.
Close your mouth against food.
Taste the lover's mouth in yours.
You moan, "She left me." "He left me."
Twenty more will come.
Be empty of worrying.
Think of who created thought!
Why do you stay in prison
when the door is so wide open?
Move outside the tangle of fear-thinking.
Live in silence.
Flow down and down in always
widening rings of being.
~Rumi
Join it, and feel the delight
of walking in the noisy street
and being the noise.
Drink all your passion,
and be a disgrace.
Close both eyes
to see with the other eye.
Open your hands,
if you want to be held.
Sit down in the circle.
Quit acting like a wolf, and feel
the shepherd's love filling you.
At night, your beloved wanders.
Don't accept consolations.
Close your mouth against food.
Taste the lover's mouth in yours.
You moan, "She left me." "He left me."
Twenty more will come.
Be empty of worrying.
Think of who created thought!
Why do you stay in prison
when the door is so wide open?
Move outside the tangle of fear-thinking.
Live in silence.
Flow down and down in always
widening rings of being.
~Rumi
Gimme Your Stuff Project!
First project: International exchanges through Gimme Your Stuff!
I am on the East Coast of the United States of America and I would be happy to send you:
- candy
- little toys
- small crafty items
- magazines
- postcards
- a mix CD
- random tshirts from thrift shops
- stickers
- patterned/scrapbook papers
- and maybe some other stuff, too! Just ask.
In exchange, I would like:
- unusual or cute stationery (writing paper, envelopes, etc.)
- chopsticks rests
- Ai Jing CDs (My 1997, etc.)
- fashion or entertainment or craft magazines from Japan or China
- Nana manga stuff
- Moomin stuff
- Buddhist, Shinto, or other religious paraphenalia (other than Christian)
- odd candies (but only vegetarian ones, please)
- tshirts in languages other than English (size small or medium)
- mix CDs
- stickers
- or maybe something else?
Please leave me a comment if you want to do a swap!
Thank you!!
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