197 / pelican

At the beach one day, very few people around

this pelican & I met

we looked in each other's eyes for what seemed a long time

then he shook his head in a wonderfully funny way

& flew away

196 / sand

I used to live closer to a long beach that's open to the Pacific,

& nearly every day when I walked there

it would be quite different, according to tides,

wind etc

as with every other subject, I've many photos

probably a metaphor there somewhere...

Best wishes for 2015

~ may all beings be happy ~

195 / thinking of Mexico

a few more from Mexico - 

a stream in Chiapas

the front door (maybe the original?) 

of the Posada Carmina, in San Miguel

& a church window, probably in Morelia 

194 / walls

Some walls in San Cristobal de las Casas

gave me such pleasure ~ live paintings

I hope everything hasn't been 'fixed up'

193 / faces

My theory: the faces in landscapes

are a kind of residue of the people who have passed by

in rock terms that could mean a whole human lifetime

passed in one spot

as nothing is separate, what's before you is noticing you too

so.. when one loves a certain area, it thrives on our attention... 

that theory doesn't quite work in these places, there was 

apparently a 500 year drought 

in what is now known as the usa southwest - 

too bad that humans don't seem able to think

in extended time frames.. 

192 / travels

from my hotel in Darjeeling, a great old raj-era building 

in fairly serious need of renovation

through a doorway in Mexico, which has some wonderful

old stone architecture. (as does India, of course)

a thatched roof in Japan

& one of the superb temples in Kyoto

191 / usa

From a road trip with a friend, from New Mexico

to Canyon de Chelly 

in Arizona

though it might be Chaco Canyon,

both have such spectacular country.

Memory is becoming nomadic..