shops

Shops are also often distinctly of that place. Here's 2 from Chungking,
2 in India, lower right is in Ladahk.

2 more in Leh, & a shiny tea stall in Malaysia

I've never yet seen anywhere as vividly coloured as
Rajasthan. These I took at the Pushkar mela in 1971,
even with the saddlemaker hand coloured, my eyes still
read those super bright colours.

Be warned: this site can take you away for hours.

how we recognise

Don't you find it interesting that we know this is english,
or at least europe, just from that green..

Here might be Spain, though in fact it's the beautiful
Posada Carmina, Mexico, where I stayed two summers,
&, right, a country house in Chiapas..

This is ranch land but it's not quite the idea you have of Mexico,
is it?

In Chiapas there are two wet seasons, it has a unique ambiance.
My computer room, now, looks onto a tropical yard.
Storm coming. A link to that foreign country: the past.

a big week

A corner of my courtyard

Mount Warning from the main beach at Byron Bay.
I've been looking at short term accommodation for overseas
visitors, extraordinary prices! Am embarrassed to add links..

This week I was at the computer a lot, getting an
ISBN number, barcode, seeing the pre press guy,
feeling nervously excited ~ because: it looks like
my book is going to happen.
Stay tuned ! I didn't have time to set up a separate
site, it will link to this one. You'll be able to buy the book,
probably not before January 2009
as the main delivery will be seamail. Some pages soon...

next step

It's an Illawarra flame tree.
Yesterday, I took the next step for Burning Questions,
& expect to be busy for several days, finalising details..

More when it's definite.
In the foreground is a grass tree, some can
grow taller than a man, & have a very sentient presence.

green light

There's a lovely wet radiance today, reminds me of
the green light in these shots, at different places.
Plus there seems to be a metaphoric green light
happening ~ shall see how it unfolds.

&, just because I love watching, here are dolphins again.

curves

These two were on top of the 'to scan' pile, today.

I went to a park in Melbourne, & laughed out loud
when I saw a large flock of black swans grazing like
sheep on the grass. At the time I was exploring whether
the road of excess really leads to the palace of wisdom.
I think that phase has passed.
In India, some palaces teeter on the edge.

mornings

Got up even earlier on Thursday morning, looking at my
little garden, then to the farmer's market, where I also
got this gorgeous orchid.
In case you're not already spending too much time on the web..