Spring 2012 Downunder

"Behold, [my friends,] the spring has come; the earth has gladly received the embraces of the sun, and we shall soon see the results of their love!"

Sitting Bull

Olive oil & balsamic vinegar

One of those things that does not 'naturally' mix; oil & vinegar - but more than complement each other in our taste buds!

The Lotus - Bali, Dec 2011

"The lotus is born under the mud, growing through the water to achieve the surface, and therefore the air and the light of sun. This growth is identified with man's life, born in earth but desiring the elevation to the air; representing his middle stage between animals and the ultimate reality. The seeds of lotus contain (even before they germinate) perfectly formed leaves, a miniature shape of what they would become... which typifies the fact that the spiritual prototypes of all things materialised on Earth.

"The fact that the Lotus plant grows up through the water, having its root in the Ilus, or mud, and spreading its flower in the air above. The Lotus thus typifies the life of man and also that of the Kosmos; for the Secret Doctrine teaches that the elements of both are the same, and that both are developing in the same direction.

"The root of the Lotus sunk in the mud represents material life, the stalk passing up through the water typifies existence in the astral world, and the flower floating on the water and opening to the sky is emblematical of spiritual being."

(The Secret Doctrine I, 57-58.) THEOSOPHY, Vol. 89, Issue 4, May/June 2001 (Pages 165-166) (via Wiki)

Rain Song

'This is the springtime of my loving - the second season I am to know you. You are the sunlight in my growing - so little warmth I've felt before. It isn't hard to feel me glowing - I watched the fire that grew so low... '  Led Zep

"There's a space at the bottom of an exhale, a little hitch between taking in and letting out that's a perfect zero you can go into. There's a rest point between the heart muscle's close and open - an instant of keenest living when you're momentarily dead. You can rest there."  Mary Karr [The Liars' Club: A Memoir, 1995]

#rustingaway

'You don't take a photograph.  You ask, quietly, to borrow it.'  ~anon

An affair with a flower...

"...photographs themselves can be seen as tiny 'quotes' from the text of a larger, real world."  Roy Arenella

It is so easy to remember your affair with a flower... the sense of sight... the beauty of the colours beckon you to come closer and have a closer look - then traps you with its beguiling scent [if any] once you're too close. Those sensual experience makes you remember fully 'the moment'!

On regrets...

"...never dwell on anything you can't change; it's a waste of time. You are where you are."  Ken Cato