waving

I can spend a very long time gazing at the sea,

& love how the camera can see faster. & you?

buddhist cave temples

floating

In Australia, we more often than not

live near the ocean, or at least have holidays nearby.

Coming from the outback, as kids, we would wait for

that first salty breeze to know we were nearly there.

butdoesitfloat

a favourite site

figure

A tiny figure in the sea.

john martin

whale

Click to enlarge, there's a whale spouting centre top,

that's as close as I've seen them this year. I'll be away

for a while soon, & busy now

so over next days there's just some waves.

the intelligence of crows

here too

This was twin heaven ~ we both love stones & rocks,

these are worn smooth from rolling against each other ~

it's Boulder Beach.

Tao Dance Theatre

idyllic

Had a lovely weekend: my sister visited, the weather was

perfect, we went to a area called Broken Head, &

walked on the headland which looks down to a small beach

& over rocks. The aboriginal story attached is probably

to warn children against swimming there.

drawings into dance

the Aware

Busy on other things; this is in the folder of files I keep

for this blog, I don't recall if I've posted it before.

I used some plug ins for the effects on the lettering

which is one of the names of God.

calligraphy in motion

wings

Found the dragonfly wings above, & recalled saving one

in a journal I kept while travelling top,

where I'd written out haiku I liked.

That one was by Ho-o:

The rice fields spread their flooded terracing

Of mirrors: segments in a beetles wing.

a nice idea, & video via the Guardian,

lost photos restored & returned after the tsunami

surfing

Walked at the Pass in Byron, hoping to see some good

surf from above. Saw whales too, though they appear

only as a distant smudge in photos.

Summer is on it's way, with, some days,

a chill overtone from the south.

Jean Michel Jarre ~ Oxygene

a flower

A flower for a dear friend, who died yesterday.

We worked together long ago: he was the best boss,

as well as being an understanding & funny friend.

A big, generous heart, he had difficult times

of late. I salute your brave spirit, Z.

Decasia

walk

The best place to walk here is at a beach.

The main beach has a long thin lagoon along the land side,

at present, with a kind of grass growing left.

Was thinking today about Brother David Steindl Rast,

who spent time with us on one of Stan Grof's wonderful

month long intensives. This youtube video has Rick Tarnis

speaking about Stan's chart. Rick gave me a really

in depth & useful reading while I was at Esalen.

So grateful for the memorable people we met there

& the ideas we were exposed to !

fruit

Top is the fruit of a pandanus,

& that's a Drongo almost hiding in the tree below.

cute

Cute !!

sophie blackall

byron bay

Two more from the other day, looking

east, then south from the lighthouse.

cricket choir

virtual choir

lighthouse

Went to the lighthouse: it's the most easterly point

in Australia, great views from there,

& a perfect day to visit.

The whales, dolphins & turtles thought so too.

michael pajon

pastoral

Last week I went to Murwillumbah

to see the travelling exhibition of the Archibald

(portrait) prize. From strategically placed windows

were lush pastoral scenes of hills & farms.

The winning painting was wonderfully confident !

With all the rain, there has been lots of cloud

- of course -

I always like this kind, regular & smudgy.

Tweed River Art Gallery