Sheer cliffs of tuff and basalt cut through by Crooked River make this area of Smith Rocks a mountain climbers paradise.
We walked.
Category / Creation
Mount Hood
We saw snow capped Mount Hood (11,235 feet) in the distance as we crossed the High Desert on the way to Warm Springs Indian Reserve.
The Molala Indian name for Mount Hood meaning Great Mountain is nífti yáηint.
Plein Air Painter
It was a joy to watch Brooks Hinkerson paint at the Farmer’s Market and then share this afternoon with him painting in the garden.
To the land
…which asks only that we walk gently.
Jonathan Nicholas from On the Oregon Trail
The great build
A good afternoon’s work!
Elk
Just up from the beach a herd of Elk were grazing on the dunes.
After the pounding of the ocean the stillness of their presence was good to be with for a while.
An ocean, a kite and a labyrinth
Gearhart on the Pacific Coast of Oregon.
A kaleidoscope of activity – building sand castles, photographing, paddling, walking a labyrinth, kite flying…and just watching the ocean.
Everything you see
Everything you see has its roots in the unseen world.
The forms may change yet the source remains the same.
Every wonderful sight will vanish,
every sweet word will fade,
but do not be disheartened,
the source they come from is eternal, growing,
branching out, giving new life and joy.
Why do you weep?
The source is within you,
and this whole world is springing from it.
from the Gathering Place, Canberra
Amongst beauty
Di’s sister’s house is a gallery of glass pieces of beauty, created by her over the last couple of years. It has been a delight discovering them in each room we have been in. This coloured glass door is based on the idea of a mathematical fractal showing the form in which trees and rivers are made.
I hope the remembering of this lovely mosaic will awaken a deeper appreciation of creation’s forms, and an attention to the wonder of beauty wherever we find ourselves on this journey.
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