Saturday, July 28, 2012

Waiting seating, table reflection, wall art, lamp, sofa, arched window, Hyatt Hotel, Schaumburg, Illinois, USA

Salad bar, flower arrangement, interior decor, food lighting, Texas De Brazil, restaurant, Schaumburg, Illinois, USA

Coatroom, photo, private upstairs dining rooms, hallway, Maggiano's Little Italy, Italian restaurant, Woodfield Road, Schaumburg, Illinois, USA

Chandelier and staircase handrail to the private dining rooms upstairs, Maggiano's Little Italy, Italian restaurant, Woodfield Road, Schaumburg, Illinois, USA

Blue Marlin mural, tiles, inside the ladies bathroom, restroom door reads: Women, Babes, Ladies, Girls, Joe's Crab Shack, Schaumburg, Illinois, USA

Logs loaded up in transport, truck, road, forest, logging country, Breightenbush, Oregon, USA

Reflection of the snow and blue sky in the black glass, modern architecture, Consortium Library Exterior, architect Roland H. Lane, University of Alaska, campus, Anchorage, Alaska, USA

Thursday, July 26, 2012

Friday, July 20, 2012

Tibetan Buddhist initiates stream out of Tharlam Monastery, having received a blessing from His Holiness Jigdal Dagchen Sakya, on the throne below the central statue of Lord Buddha, drums, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal

Stained glass window, 4th of July, night, Elgin, Illinois, USA

The Promised Land, Holy Bible etching

Faces and shapes, teapot, mirror, brass lamp, yellow tones, Seattle, Washington, USA

Redwest campus, Microsoft Building Red West D, view from Red West A, trees, clouds, Redmond, Washington, USA

Children playing under a white umbrella, Tharlam Monastery Courtyard, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal

Sangha crowd departing on a rainy day from under the tent, newly installed prayer flags, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery of Tibetan Buddhism, courtyard, as seen from the Tharlam Guesthouse, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal

Sunday, July 15, 2012

La Vette and Adam on the path over the wet, shining, beautiful edge of America, Pacific Coast, west coastal, California, USA

Belly-up, fins exposed, tail of the surf board, wet suit, Santa Cruz, California, USA

White elvish cat at the traditional Mexican leather kitchen table and chairs, in red, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Lucky STONE, samples, turquoise wall, Zona Centro, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Pillars of stone, rocky islets, Sea of Cortez, boat cruise, near La Paz, Mexico

Oriental cross, arabesque pattern, glass tiles, ceiling of Macy's Department Store, from the top floor, Chicago, Illinois, USA

Thursday, July 05, 2012

Arya Tara with two Bodhisattvas, on lotus flowers, holding flowers, touched so many times her face has worn down, bronze, jewels, right foot on a lotus bud, Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA

You are forever in our hearts - Happy Birthday to His Holiness the Great 14th Dalai Lama, best wishes for a long life, Kalachakra for World Peace, Parade, Washington D.C., USA

The Buddha spends a rainy season retreat at the palilaya forest, with an elephant and a monkey as attendants, gilt covered metal, statue of Lord Buddha, an elephant and monkey, monkey holding honey comb, Art Institute of Chicago, Illinois, USA

All Saints Episcopal Church with skyscaper, Anchorage, Alaska, USA