"My Dog: The Paradox"

A great comic from The Oatmeal, and you can also buy the poster.

Peak Week for Fall Foliage at the Lake

Mount Baker Sunset From Ferndale Washington On 09/29/12

Every Still Moment Is a Self Portrait.

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It’s Almost There!

The moon is almost full; the sky was so clear I couldn’t wait for Sunday night. God’s creations are so astounding!

Pine Siskin Spa Retreat

Health Naturally Flows Until We Damn Ourselves.

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Western Tanager Female Checking On The Chokecherry Harvest

One loses track of the calendar when they themselves become seasoned.

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Red Squirrel With Pine Cone Getting Ready For A Change In The Seasons

Seek the Prophet Within,

Instead of to Profit from Others.

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Male Sheep Checking Female Sheeps Urine To See If She Is In Heat

Move from Culturally Derived Collective Non-Sense

To Opening Up Your Individualized and Intimately Personal Uncommon Sense.



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A Chinese Invader in American Agriculture

As bugs, stink bugs suck. They suck the juices out of plants. And then they stink — sort of like rotting apples but more repulsive.



We have our native brown stink bug — and I think it is going to be a good (in other words, bad) winter for them invading the house.



Now a Chinese stink bug is working its way across the country, as shown in this website devoted to the brown marmorated stink bug. Read all about 'em.



There is even a section for organic farmers.

Dragonflies Flying Back and Forth Chasing Other Dragonflies

Dragons Can Fly

When They Stop Torching Their Dreams.

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White Doves Flying In Sync

Unite Together With Those Who Share Your Passions

To Birth A New Generation Of Aerial Perspective.

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Honeybee Pollinating Matchbrush In Late Summer In North Central Washington's Sagebrush Country

One becomes a Sage when they have no Stage left to stand upon.

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Smoke Filled Sunset From Four Fires Near Winthrop In The Methow Valley of Washington State

Gaze Upon All Light Without Fixing It Into Place.

This Allows For True Absorption Of That Which Inherently Shines,

Where The Sun Can Never Really Set.

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"Diario de un bombero"

Pine trees . . . yellow-clad firefighters . . . helicopter with buckets— it looks like the Southern Rockies, but it's Spain.



Bill Gabbart links to a short video on Spanish wildfire-fighting.



The use of flappers (batefuegos) in woody brush seems odd to me too, but maybe they make it work when backed up by water drops.

Northern Flicker Eating Chokecherries

A Person Bears Fruit In Any Given Moment,

When They Themselves Become Fully Seasoned.

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Male and Female Cardinal Meadowhawks In The Process Of Mating- Sympetrum illotum

One becomes Fully Connected and Aware

When Duality Transforms Its Self Into Singularity.



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Coopers Hawk At The Front Door Of A Homing Pigeon Aviary

One Sees Beauty Through An Eye That Knows No Blinking.

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On the Road: The Kudzu of the Coast

Of the invasive plants in my country, I think that tamarisk and cheatgrass are the worst.



On the recent train trip to California, I saw stands of tamarisk that looked mostly defoliated along the Colorado River downstream from Dotsero. Maybe the beetles are starting to have an effect.



California has its own problems with invasive species — Scotch broom was one that I knew about.



The Monterey Peninsula, where M. and I were staying, offers every kind of succulent from everywhere (particularly southern Africa). It reminded me of places that I have visited in southern England, where the horticultural spoils of empire adorn thousands of suburban gardens.

Ice plant on coastal dune, Pacific Grove, California

There ice plant is the villain. Like kudzu in the South, it was introduced partly for erosion control on highway cut banks and such — and it controlled and controlled until it had driven everything else away and formed big solid monocultural mats.

Death to ice plant!

At least it comes up easier than kudzu.

Hiking Jackita Ridge On The Devils Dome Loop Trail With Awesome Views of Jack Mountain and North Cascades National Park

Climb High Within Your Self To Forgive Any Need To Gain Elevation Outside Your Self.

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