Om Mani Padme Hum

Evening With Skylight

Good Morning

Mothering Arms

Evening

daylilies glow and sparkle with
bee-scattered pollen

Summer

more light more shadow
butterfly wings warm breezes
the taste of melon

Gary continues his shadow study ...from the archives

Shadows

Last week, Gary at Hobby Number 42 shared his fascination with shadows. This morning I caught some of my own: a window, a ceiling, light, and a moment of shadows.

Wanders

Small Places

in the middle of a life
whispers and laughter

Blue Line

All The Things

that come to mind
when seeing shape
and color

There's Always Something

to smile to sing to watch to hope

Lovely Day

virgin mary sky
sound the gong and wave prayer flags
lovely summer day

Heart As Mystery

All Dressed Up

no where to go

These Days Wondering

Playing For Change: Stand By Me

Playing For Change: Song Around the World "Stand By Me" from Playing For Change on Vimeo.

Taking Time

Meeting Places

And Waltzed Above

Two butterflies went out at noon
And waltzed above a stream,
Then stepped straight through the firmament
And rested on a beam ... (Emily Dickinson)

All Smiles

spending the day with
friends old dear far and near

Beseka

with twigs in her fur
naps on the sun-heated stones
and purrs

There Will Be

wonder and wandering past
full stops of startling glimpses
stars in pools of rain

Last & First

last of the herbaceous peonies
she sits quietly with the roses and sedum
waiting to be noticed

the first daylily
stella d'oro blooms
reliably year-after-year

Way Home

In The Details

the smallest flower
resembles the sky from which
it tumbled

The Eye Wherein

A Little This

a little that
at the end of a day

Form & Function

After The Fall

This Bright Chorus Line

dances along the border
mocking the gray fence

Over The Fence

and across the road
she welcomes each evening's
lowering sun

Zazen

"Listen to the tongueless teaching."

— Shunryu Suzuki in
"Branching Streams
Flow in the Darkness"

From Last Night

more aimless roaming

Aimlessly Roaming

white nigella in last light
invites attention

It's Fair To Say

This is a "shoutout" to Gayle in Dover.

It's fair to say that I don't actually keep gardens anymore. I have a little bit of green space and in that space are some things that bloom. I like this. It gives me a time and place for focus and meditation.

Now the Siberian Iris called "Paris Lights" is blooming. The Smokebush is at the height of its color and bloom. Following the tree peony, the herbaceous peonies seem calm and lady-like.

And Pretty Girl (whose real name is Minnie) spends more and more time at my front door.

Remembering ...

Finding Peace

wabi-sabi rose

miniature rosebud geranium
from Mrs. Graye, planted in front
of a royal purple smokebush

hardy geranium
makes a mound of lovely
leaves and flowers

prayer plant in a large blue
pot at the front door

allium unfolding

A Bridge Of Sky

More Garden Watch

small but exciting this allium

First Rose

oh you surprised me
thick green leaves and sturdy canes
light brush of pollen

Where The Garden

waits the pot to be filled
the weed to be pulled

waits the bloom