274 / beach rocks

Both of these are not often seen, the tides cover them with sand

especially these..they look sort of surprised, as if they'd

like to roll on their backs & watch the sky.

273 / remembering cold

In Colorado

& near Galisteo, NM

Its not really memory, when one is sitting in a 

still hot summer..

271 / hot rock

Trying a friends camera today at the beach, to help decide 

what I really need. This with my Panasonic: in the sun,

a viewfinder is essential.

259 / high

last morning on Tibet trip

cannot imagine going up there

again, the extraordinary upheavals to make them

theres a small monastery behind me,

where monks & nuns stay all winter

to be there is truly mind-blowing

there's a number of small low buildings,

perfect for the terrain

We stayed at a hotel (back some way behind here)
& walked up..very slowly, in my case.
I think the road from here back to Kathmandu will
be closed for a long time.

258 / vast

Sometimes was reminded of parts of Australia

though not for long

couldn't do much about reflections 

too cold to open windows

it would be magnificent to ride through

 wonder whether nomads talk much?

I felt very quiet there

232 / perfect days

a few more from Boulder Beach 

we've had a series of beautiful clear days, cool evenings
How come we are so lucky to be here?

hope its good where you are too.
Send love & donations to Nepal!

230 / messages

Part of one headland at Boulder Beach looks

& feels like pumice stone

maybe all of it is part of the gigantic volcano of 

a very long time ago  (before people & other beings)

now there are small details brought by the tides 

or dropped by trees

the leaf section at right is from a Pandanus, 

must have dreamt of tigers

my friend found a tiny mask..

all kinds of subtle messages, wherever one looks:

our world is infinitely interesting, isn't it?

229 / great day

With a friend to my favourite beach, lovely clear day,

big seas probably part of the severe weather system

thats been hitting Sydney

at Boulder Beach it hits the rocks 

sometimes looks as if the rocks rise from the deeps,

the air so clear & energising 

the stones make a wonderful sound, as they tumble back down 

& I want to stay there all day.

Got help adding another device, but the password situation is

not much fun, as I'm not methodical about it.

228 / the Pass

Went to the beach without a camera, it was fantastic -

so had to try again next morning, light completely different 

though also lovely. Those are the hills to the west of Byron Bay

the attraction was the rocks at one end, near the Pass, rocks which are

usually buried in sand. The evening before, at low tide, was a different story,

this is all I can show

more sculptural than other rocky cliffs around here, I guess because that

corner of the bay has more curling tides

 many photos anyway, & maybe will carry a camera

more often. I always do when travelling, 

forgot there is always something new, even in

places we know well.

 early in the morning on the radio.

226 / moods

The rock pillars at Fingal

touched by sunset light

stormy sea

& quiet

thecuriousbrain

225 / the coast

Making some effort to organise my 5 XHD, even though 

I've a low tolerance of such tasks

these are at beaches around Byron Bay

it still amazes me how different they are each time,

not least because of passing moods,

but also wind, tides, light etc

& time

geotripper

214 / Cappadocia

The captivating landscape of Cappadocia -

I'd have liked to linger

it would take many years to know it well

& while its easy sometimes to see the signs of 

past habitation

other sites reveal themselves so slowly

these days the old rooms, I was told, are used more for storage;

for sure the farmers & country people know of all the old places

yet these cliffs excite the imagination, & make one dream of 

finding some lost cache from the landscapes long history.