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May 30, 2006

Heart, passion, intimacy...

From Nirmala's book,

From The Heart

(free download)
endlesssatsang.com

"Allow what you are seeing to be seen by your Heart instead of your head. What is it like to sense, listen, and look from your Heart? Pick an object and sense it with your Heart instead of your head. How is that?
The key is to allow awareness to flow from the Heart. Especially at first, it is not important to sense the Heart itself. It’s simpler at first if you just sense an ordinary object, like a piece of furniture, from your Heart. The important thing is where your awareness seems to be located. Because of the strongly imprinted tendency to look from the head and through your thoughts, you may find at first that you are looking into your Heart, or you may be thinking about what it would be like to look from the Heart. If you are just imagining what that would be like, your awareness would still be shaped by thoughts—in this case, a thought about this new way of looking."

"Here are some clues that awareness is flowing at least partly from the Heart: The awareness will be wider and more open. The boundaries between the awareness and the objects in awareness will seem less substantial. There will be more of a sense of oneness and connection with whatever you are sensing."


Meant to be a backpack trip, and I was looking forward to climbing out of a tent,,! Eastern Washington was having unusual rainfall, it was a torrential downpour, this is where we ended up staying, a little place along the Tietan River. This river and I became fast friends. The river spoke to my heart!




On the way back, traveling through Chinook Pass was this deep snow. Amazing. And beautiful.

May 26, 2006

Clematis blooming and Kalmia latifolia, (Mountain Laurel) Ostobo Red


Small Plant, 18" tall. One has a varigated leaf! Kalmia latifolia, Ostobo Red.. Mountain Laurel I was told.




My small clematis is in bloom, 3 years old, potted. Blooms are profuse, and 7" across! Her name is Nelly!

May 22, 2006

Wenatchee River, Icicle Creek Flooding

Flowering trees at Leavenworth.


KOMO news of Wenatchee River Flooding

CHELAN COUNTY - The recent hot weather in Eastern Washington has been melting snow at a rapid pace, and that's been putting some pressure on rivers and creeks to the point where some are overflowing their banks.

Once such place is Icicle Creek -- which is now more like Icicle River -- where waves are lapping at the door of some homes along the banks.

My Photo of Icicle Creek, Leavenworth:




A number of homes on Icicle Creek have been marked with tag suggesting they should think about evacuating, but the people have not left.

My Photos: Wenatchee River









May 05, 2006

My Flower Garden, Rhododendren, tulips, azealas, ...

Columbine















Euophorbia, tulips,rhodies, dafodill fields and tulip field north of me, spring is soo beautiful!









































May 04, 2006

Harlequin Ducks at the Elwha River


harlequin ducks
more harlequin ducks


My hike this past weekend. I had to drive back Tuesday, because I remembered I left sausages in a plastic bag in the river.
I drove at 2;30 to Edmonds for the ferry, a 30 min drive, to take a 20 min. Ferry ride, to drive over 60 miles, to hike 1.7 miles, to find an empty bag with the bottom eaten out of it. Some creature had a feast.
Then I hiked a trail for another 2 or so miles, drove over 60 miles to the ferry, took a 20 minutes ferry ride, drove 30 minutes, and I was home again . All in all a very productive day.
And I have the ducks to prove it, here at the Elwha are the harlequin ducks that made my day pro duct ive.