Wednesday, August 31, 2011

Tibetan Kids playing among 108 carved Mani Stones, Kathmandu, Nepal

Casa de los Abanicos (House of Fans) building, all dressed up and no place to go, colored lights, Spanish wrought iron fence, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Rosie and Sienna share a moment, backyard, Broadview, Seattle, Washington, USA

Cherry trees next door through the grass fence, Broadview, Seattle, Washington, USA

Mike, a carpenter, sweating in the hot afternoon summer sun, screwing the deck 8' by 10' ft 3/4 inch plywood into place, shadow, hammer, power driver, backyard, Broadview, Seattle, Washington, USA

White gray horse, holding, stand of trees, desert, La Purisima / San Isidro, West Coastal, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Brown Cow, posing for a photo, desert, La Purisima / San Isidro, West Coastal, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Nectar at Tharlam Monastery, Tibetan Buddhist Empowerment, Boudha, Nepal

Red Chihuahua poses for a photo, white chest flash, male, with a pink wall, in La Purisima / San Isidro, West Coastal, Baja California Sur, Mexico

Goofing around with my friend Khenpo Gaga, Linda Lane, wearing pink sunglasses and an adi making the mudra of mandala offering, Khenpo Gaga, a Tibetan Buddhist monk in robes, malas, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal

Joy! -Tashi, wearing his adi, spinning a little Tibetan girl in the air, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal

Friends chatting, Cool funky OR2K Restaurant, low tables, futons, wide open huge windows, Kathmandu, Nepal

Those googly eyes, Sienna, making a face, outside the kitchen window, Broadview, Seattle, Washington, USA

Sienna at 11, tennies and shorts, brown, red, blue, backyard on the new deck, ladders, Broadview, Seattle, Washington, USA

Tuesday, August 30, 2011

Mike constructing the wire frame for a gazebo, standing on a ladder, above the fresh deck, backyard, back door, carpet, windows, Broadview, Seattle, Washington, USA

Two ladies talking near the Kalachakra hat, white tent market, Kalachakra for World Peace, Washington D.C., USA

Painterly Abstract, building column, grasses, Art outside, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, USA

Grasses and Reiko's reflection, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, USA

Reiko's hand holding a cup of tea, pearls, jade heart, Frye Art Museum, Seattle, Washington, USA

His Holiness Jigdal Dagchen Sakya holding a muhcha (peacock nectar wand) with dutsi (blessed nectar) bestoying empowerment on lamas monks nuns students sitiing in a wish fulfilling jewel throne, Tharlam Monastery Boudha Kathmandu Nepal

His Holiness Dagchen Sakya Rinpoche, wearing crown, Lam Dre, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal

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Monday, August 29, 2011

HE Tharig Yangsi, Tharlam Monastery, Bodha, Kathmandu, Nepal

Asanga Sakya on his throne, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal

Ghar Shyabdug Rinpoche, Tharlam Monastery, Lam Dre prayers, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal

On Bodhisattva day in front of the Tharlam Monastery shrine offerings are lit, the white ritual katags fly, and the lama begins the intiation, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal

bonafide happy

bonafide happy by Wonderlane
bonafide happy, a photo by Wonderlane on Flickr.

Painting the pink wall - just starting, the first floor, Rosie, sofa, retro chair, junk, Tibetan door cover, curtains, sofa, duplex, Broadview, Seattle, Washington, USA

When we're together it means so much ... tree, sea, bench, sailboat, people, Golden Gardens Park, Seattle, Washington, USA

Cutting a beet stains fingers red; making a salad on a cutting board in the sink, shelled almonds, celery, celantro, lemon, veggies in plastic bags, Broadview, Seattle, Washington, USA

Perfectly delightful summer salad, avacado, celery, romain lettuce, olives, feta cheese, almonds, tamari sauce, olive oil, second floor loft, Seattle, Washington, USA

Sunday, August 28, 2011

In John 12:3-8, Mary anoints Jesus with expensive perfume and wipes his feet with her own hair, to which Jesus says that it was intended "she should save this perfume for the day of my burial".

His Holiness Jigdal Dagchen Sakya, clapping, dispelling obstacles, Tharlam Monastery, Lam Dre, Bodha, Kathmandu, Nepal

A look at the ceiling of Tharlam Monastery, flower seed pod decorations, silk decorations, Buddha's life story mural, Sakya Lamdre, Bodha, Kathmandu, Nepal

Tsok Chen adds decorations with his friends, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal

Cutting a path, lawn, trees, cherry and spruce, backyard, Broadview, Seattle, Washington, USA

Healthy eating: Summer salad with a tumbler of sparkling water, blessed Buddha statue, outside in the yard, Broadview, Seattle, Washington, USA

Natural lines, water waves, clouds, sky, clouds, land, boats, sundown, Golden Gardens Park, Seattle, Washington, USA

Friday, August 26, 2011

Rosie sniffing out the golden grasses, Discovery Park, Seattle, Washington, USA

Radar tower in the form of Supermans snowball, path through the golden grass of August, Discovery Park, Seattle, Washington, USA

Happy crowd going through the Tibetan white tent market in front of the Smithsonian, near Verizon Center, Kalachakra for World Peace, Washington D.C., USA

Abandoned yellow & white military Fort Lawton gymnasium, sets of pillars, grasslands, twilight, holy land, Discovery Park, Magnolia Bluff overlooking Puget Sound, Seattle, Washington, USA

Amitabha Buddha / Gyalwa Gyamtso statue

A Tibetan woman (turquoise chuba, blue blouse) & son (traditional white & blue silk shirt), entire families marching, Tibetan national flag, Happy Birthday to His Holiness the Dalai Lama Peace Parade, Tibetans at Kalachakra, Washington D.C., USA

Rainbow outfits / shopper double image

Suzzallo Library, one of the great libraries of the world - studying here embues you with a feeling of scholarly history, Seattle, Washington, USA

Art Cafe Waitresses & Bar - Puerto Vallarta, the old section, cafe on zona romantica Puerto Vallarta, Jalisco state, Mexico

Girls reading a book in a field of daisies, one wears a daisey chain crown, Seattle, Washington, USA