Growing clouds

How to Grow Clouds

It takes a lot of work:  it is necessary to weed very carefully, to toss out muck and small stones by hand, to kneel on the earth, bend over, dig about in the soil, water profusely, collect caterpillars, exterminate aphids, loosen the ground and serve the earth; when your back hurts from all this and you straighten up and look at the sky, you will have the prettiest clouds.

~ Karel Capek

Learning to wake up

Every moment is enormous, and it is all we have…  Our life is a path of learning to wake up…

~ Natalie Goldberg

Individuality

The more we let each voice sing out with its own true tone, the richer will be the diversity of the chant in unison.

~ Angelus Silesius

Pause

(Floating on the colorful reflections.)

Learn to pause …  or nothing worthwhile will catch up to you.

~ Doug King

We are one

Whatever we do to any other thing in the great web of life, we do to ourselves, for we are one.

~ Brooke Medicine Eagle

Not too difficult

(Path at the back of the pond.  November 2008.)

Always will I take another step.  If that is of no avail I will take another, and yet another.  In truth, one step at a time is not too difficult…

~ Og Mandino

You can find the music here.

The photo above was taken a couple of weeks ago.  It looks nothing like that outside now.

(Today’s view of the pond and visitors.)

The ducks are back, and the pond is starting to freeze.  I guess that means we won’t be avoiding winter this year.

I think the wooly bear may have been wrong.

Life by the pond

(Green frog by the pond. Photo by Robin. 2006)

An old pond
a frog jumps in
Sound of water

– Matsuo Basho

Another old post revisited.