Sunday, October 02, 2011

My pad in California, living room, 1960's Italian ceiling lamp, gold mirror, power prayer wheel, campaign table, Fender strat, Tibetan carpets, dragon, snow lions, Chinese stools, guitar, Christmas tree lights, view, San Mateo, California, USA

1444 Shafter street, one of the last houses built of redwood in 1929 before it was outlawed, this house sits on an older house site, San Mateo, California, USA

Pacific Grey Coast with a Cloud Swirl, Pillar Point from Skyline Drive, California, USA

Simple: blonde Spanish woman tourist in a large straw hat, wearing a heavy gold link chain, silk dress, straw bag, guerrilla wall art of a business man with a brief case, Historical district, Mazatlan, Mexico

Saturday, October 01, 2011

The next step to close the Hevajra Mandala is right here, dorje and dorje handled bell, Tibetan Buddhist lama's hands holding pechas, hand indicating location, orange robes, colored sand mandala, Tharlam Monastery, Boudha, Kathmandu, Nepal

Spock-Number

Spock-Number by Wonderlane
Spock-Number, a photo by Wonderlane on Flickr.

It reads "Bell System"; Details of the art deco building, Ma Bell, art deco archway, San Francisco, California, USA

Famous female Buddhist lama, Machig Labdrön's hut and memorial stupa, high in the mountains of Bhutan

Machig's retreat in Bhutan

Machig's retreat in Bhutan by Wonderlane
Machig's retreat in Bhutan, a photo by Wonderlane on Flickr.

Sakya Prince - Lama HE Avikritar Rinpoche prays holding dorje and drilbu (vajra, a ritual scepter and bell), monks, throne, shrine, Sakya Lamdre, Tharlam Monastery, Bodha, Kathmandu, Nepal

View from my back door, Catholic Church, neon blue crosses, sliver of a moon, night, Zona Centro, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Buddhas Bell Jars

Buddhas Bell Jars by Wonderlane
Buddhas Bell Jars, a photo by Wonderlane on Flickr.

Bell and Vajra, Tibetan Drilbu and Dojre, ritual instruments of religious royality on a Tiger skin mouse pad

Ornate Street lamp, bell tower, clock, stone and metal Catholic Church, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

“This sky where we live is no place to lose your wings so love, love, love.” Freedom of the bird, over the Church bell tower and gate, Zona Centro, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Praying is the most important thing we can do, impromptu Tibetan Buddhist Shrine, Wild Travellers rooftop, Zona Centro, Guadalajara, Jalisco, Mexico

Metal church designed by Gustave Eiffel, main entrance and bell tower, San Rosalia, Baja California Sur, Mexico 1925

His Holiness Jigdal Dagchen Sakya doing pujas (prayers) with a bell and drum - Seattle Sakya Lhakang 1976, Washington State, USA

Prayers for the Dead and Dedication of Merit, Tibetan Buddhist Prayer Wheels, at Parinirvana Stupa, Sakya, Seattle, Washington, USA

Laptop, home office with pink drapes, my environment, Mountlake Terrace, Seattle area, Washington State, USA