Sigh. This is so pleasant.

2011 resolution: camp more

for lau

Saturated Succulent

Potrero Hill Community Garden, San Francisco

echo sunset, pasadena ca

"There are two ways of spreading light: to be the candle or the mirror that reflects it."

-Edith Wharton

stop and smell them, rose parade 2010

"Be at war with your vices, at peace with your neighbors, and let every New Year find you a better man"

-Benjamin Franklin

cleansing by fire

“The feelings right now are difficult to describe. One of the hazards of monasticism throughout the centuries is we become attached to what we have or where we are. This is simply a reminder that what we are called to is not our stuff. This is a cleansing by fire.”

-Brother Brown, Mount Calvary Monastery

Monks Turn to Reflection With Monastery in Ruins from NYTimes.com

urban gardening

line in the sand

introducing www.sempersucculent.blogspot.com

A Lithops (Living Stone) fruit capsule opens after being sprayed with water (time-lapse). In the wild, rain will open the Lithops capsule and then splash out the seeds. From www.youtube.com/user/CooleyBufo

mojave

Desert Life in Tough Times
NPR Commentary by Mary Sojourner

happy 100th to an LA original

quite the to do list