Savory Green

“Just as the great ocean has one taste, the taste of salt, so also this teaching and discipline has one taste, the taste of liberation.”

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Yoinks! It's a Zombie Freja!

Freja went to a birthday party at the new local special effects makeup shop here in town. Glitter to Gore transformed a cute group of little kids into really creepy, awesome zombies! I was just getting ready to work on my roof when the undead kid can home. I just had to stop everything and take a photo! Yoinks!

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Taking Names

Honestly, the only thing I learned about during today's field trip to Olbrich Botanical Gardens was which boys I'm going to have to watch out for. I memorized names and faces...

Setting My Motivation

"The quality of everything we do: our physical actions, our verbal actions, and even our mental actions, depends on our motivation. That’s why it’s important for us to examine our motivation in our day to day life. If we cultivate respect for others and our motivation is sincere, if we develop a genuine concern for others’ well-being, then all our actions will be positive." ~ Dalai Lama

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Why did the Sandhill Cross the Road?

Sandhill Crane

I Took a Walk Through the Pines This Morning After Turning Compost

I just found this poem as I was processing this photo.

That the self advances and confirms the ten thousand things

is called delusion;

That the ten thousand things advance and confirm the self

is called enlightenment.

- Zen Master Dogen Zenji, 1200 - 1253
Moon in a Dewdrop
Translated by Kazuaki Tanahashi

Murder at the Temple

As went to leave I felt very relaxed having just walked the forest path. Having ended the walk at the Stupa I did a bit of focused thinking, and as I walked away the birds seemed to want me to take photos of them. I notice crows everywhere as they're a very prevalent species and do well living around humans. I'd never seen a more perfectly arraigned murder. I wish I was a musician so I could turn them into notes to see what played.

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