travels, reflections, poems….
Lappet-faced Vultures, Botswana, Africa Turkey Vulture, CA We were driving on a California country road this week surrounded by sweetly fragrant ceanothus wildflowers, when we came upon two lethargic turkey vultures standing in the road. Turns out they were doing us a big favor. Because they were not moving for us, we slowly drove toward […]
Vultures are Cool — Jet Eliot
Ramana Maharshi /rəˈmʌnə məˈhʌrʃi/ (30 December 1879 – 14 April 1950) was an Indian Hindu sage and jivanmukta (liberated being). He was born Venkataraman Iyer, but is mostly known by the name Bhagavan Sri Ramana Maharshi.
Notes {1675} ~ MYSTICS {29} ~ Ramana Maharshi — DiosRaw
Western Tiger Swallowtail, CA Butterflies are the brightness and lightness of spring that we often long for in the dark and heavy days of winter. And then one day it IS spring and we see our first butterfly. They are a gentle reminder that life on earth is all about change. Pipevine Swallowtail, Longwood Gardens, […]
Swallowtail Butterflies — Jet Eliot
Photo by Seth Inman taken in Kenya’s Samburu Game Reserve … Show me a photo. When atrocities dominate the news, and threaten to overwhelm, I lean on old photographs taken by family members that offer a meditative opportunity. Recently I have found myself leaning on those that transport me to some natural phenomenon I have […]
Sometimes, You Just Have To Say… — Organikos
Richard J. WellerRichard J. Weller, ASLA, is the Meyerson Chair of Urbanism and Professor and Chair of landscape architecture and Executive Director of the McHarg Center at The University of Pennsylvania. He is author of seven books, including the forthcoming The Landscape Project, a collection of essays by the faculty at the Weitzman School of…
Earth Day Interview with Richard Weller: A Hopeful Vision for Global Conservation — THE DIRT
are back, at The Holler! The golden girls are too. This guy is a Bullocks Oriole. All the rest are Hooded Orioles. They are amazingly fun birds to have around, because they have such comical personalities. They head-bob, bicker, play and people watch. Cheers to you from the handsome Holler orioles~
The Golden Boys~ —
Magdalena, Colombia
Bird of the Day: Pied Water-tyrant — Organikos
Monet, could have traveled, from Giverny, to paint Arizona’s Superstition Mountains. The place is an impressionistic, dream. Cheers to you from The Superstitions~
Superstitions~ —
