170 / buddhas

more things I didn't throw out;
I love to draw with a brush

Not sure when I did them, have drawn

many buddhas over the years

Made some boxes in the '90's about the silk road, after I read a lot

about Stein's explorations of the early 1900's. 

Didn't fire the clay, the photo looks better than they do now.

169 / Bali

Thought I'd get rid of some papers, it meant I had to go through them,

here's some from the late '60's,

above a shrine in Bali, where I stayed several months

& three from the same period,

the marvellous friezes in Borobadur

I was so sparing with film, back then!
Many negs & most slides are quite useless now -
monsoons, storage, etc.

168 / garden

So there's not much to post about..

this is not the fast lane, despite how speedily 

the days go by (I like the blur, here)

& I like to look for new compositions in the palms

in fact most every thing looks new each day, don't you agree?

167 / spring

There is a brief Spring, here in Byron Bay

sometimes I'm away for 2 weeks, & miss it

the Petrea vine blooms a few times a year

& creatures that have been away, now recharge.

166 / hibernating

Somehow I'm still hibernating; 

also it seems like only a few days since

the last full moon.

Painting is happening most days.

& my vegetable garden means I don't need to go out

so often. 

165 / locally

the palm tree trunks show how much rain we get

in Byron Bay

they are like vertical gardens

the ocean sorted this design, the white shells are lighter

these are about half an hour south, at Shelley Beach

have been mostly staying at home painting

its good to take a break & look around, isn't it?

Made a note of this line:

'the totally dependant & interrelated nature of

all phenomenal reality..'

164 / seasons

As on the previous post, its a casuarina tree, 

but in a strong wind

as is the wind surfer.

Today all the local beaches are closed:

yesterday a shark attacked a swimmer, who died.

Over winter, the vines have arranged themselves

into a buddha.