curious seals ~

flight patterns ~

shorebirds ~

take your space ~

to my great teacher ~

whose dying taught me that:

Just
to be
is a
blessing.

Just
to
live
is
holy.

~Abraham Joshua Heschel

This morning I am reading a book by Natalie Goldberg titled, Long Quiet Highway, in which she writes of the death of her beloved teacher, Dainin Katagiri Roshi, and I remember that today would have been my dad's 70th birthday. This morning in my quiet house, in my particular cosmos, the rain falling outside, this coincidence comes as a gift.

hummingbirds love these ~

getting ready for market ~

seaglass bracelet ~

beloved child ~

My beloved child, break your heart no longer.
Each time you judge yourself, you break your own heart.

~ Swami Kripalu

julia butterfly hill ~

owl on a wire ~

grateful for this life ~

home to avalon and the boat that takes us there ~

heading down to smuggler's cove ~

calm abiding ~

follow the yellow brick road ~

last night ~

the lovely eiders ~

I went out a little earlier for my walk this morning. What a beautiful morning it was. The waters were so still, the sun already warm. The eider ducks drew me in with their peaceful morning floating. The group below has two little chicks which they surround and protect.

Further on I came across these two groups who swam towards one another

and then joined together.

Some males got into the mix. I think they are all young ones as you can see their feathers are still coming through.

transforming ~

prince? ~