Branches Reach for the Sky शखाः आकाशं प्रप्नुवन्ति (Haiku)

 

In an earlier post, I shared pictures of blooms on a tree that is in my back yard.

 

 

I realized later that I wanted to give readers a better sense of the full majesty of the  tree.  It is much taller than my house and covers a significant area in both my yard and my neighbor’s.  I decided I would do that by taking photos of different parts of the tree.

 

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 सौन्दर्यम् उन्नतं तिष्ठति
मूलनि पृथिव्य़ां गभीरं खननमं कुर्वन्ति
शखाः आकाशं प्रप्नुवन्ति

beauty standing tall
roots in earth digging deep
branches reach for sky

 

Do you know what type of tree this is?  (I don’t.)

 

A State of Becoming

From birth to death every living being is in a state of becoming.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Lokah Samastha Sukhino Bhavantu

May all beings in the world be happy.

Weekly Photo Challenge: Early Morning Light

The birds are singing! एताः चटका: कूजन्ति

 When the sun rises then the birds sing. यदा सूर्यः उदयति तदा चटका: कूर्जन्ति

 

Written for Weekly Photo Challenge: Early Bird

Directions:  Get up early and explore the morning light

Wordless Wednesday and Weekly Photo Challenge: Blur

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Posted for Wordless Wednesday and Weekly Photo Challenge, Blur

Rainbows in Many Forms

 

 

 

Rainbow mountains in China’s Danxia Landform Geological Park.

 

Photo and lyrics are from an Onam dance in Amma‘s ashram in Amritapuri, India.

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 Though the rain may fall in the midst of a storm
The sun will lay upon the earth her blanket of warmth
This is the tempo to which nature plays her years
And through this progression a rainbow appears

 

Solidarity
In love, in faith, in honesty
Hearts beating together as One;
Amma’s vision

 

In love, in faith, in honesty
Amma’s children in unison
Seven colors uniting as One
A rainbow alliance of love
Amma’s vision

 

Article originally written for April 2015 PNW GreenFriends Newsletter

 

Photos:

Cindy Knoke

Eric Ewing

Rebeka Rhoden

MAM

Opening My Eyes

I have often said that photography is opening my eyes to a whole different world.  This tree has been inches from my upper deck for 40 years and I never noticed the blooms.

How could I miss them? They are so unusual.  (The first two pictures were taken about two weeks apart…. by two different phone cameras.)

 

 

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Weekly Photo Challenge: Ephemeral

hummingbird in bee balm