Rhododendron

Rhododendron
Originally uploaded by vajra.

Tea Time

Tea Time
Originally uploaded by vajra.

Memorial Day

“Greater love hath no man than this, that a man lay down his life for his friends (John 15:13).”

Golden May

Golden May
Originally uploaded by vajra.

Gorgeous yellow rose. No blemish. Just joy.

Cat Friday

Mystical Cat
Originally uploaded by HasuHana.

Retablos

Retablos
Originally uploaded by vajra.

What inspires you?

What do you always keep on your desk as you work?

What movie or book do you most identify with?

The biggest enemy of creativity is...

Ideas come to me at unexpected moments, like when I'm...

What accomplishments are you most proud of?

No one is better than I am when it comes to...

I still can't quite get the hang of...

On me demande

On me demande ce que je porte.
Je porte de tout.
D'habitude
De temps en temps les mains
Voici les listes

On doit,
Je pense,

Commencer par comprendre que
Voici tout ce vous ne pouvez pas mettre dans un masculin
(des fleurs, des notes claires,

White Roses II

White Roses II
Originally uploaded by vajra.

White Roses

White Roses
Originally uploaded by vajra.

Conservatism

"I never meant to say that the Conservatives are generally stupid. I meant to say that stupid people are generally Conservative. I believe that is so obviously and universally admitted a principle that I hardly think any gentleman will deny it," - John Stuart Mill, in a letter to Sir John Pakington, a Conservative MP, March, 1866.

Cat Friday

This Old Cat
Originally uploaded by vajra.

Long Day

Long Day
Originally uploaded by vajra.

Immigration

Americans who are really incensed by millions of undocumented immigrants can take action, just as those marching in the streets did. They can refuse to eat fruits and vegetables picked by those immigrants. They can refuse to buy homes on which they worked. After all, if a migrant worker like Cesar Chavez could organize a national boycott of grapes, then opponents of immigration could surely organize something similar. But they won't. We like our cheap houses and our fresh fruit. And our government likes the bait-and-switch, taking taxes from workers whose existence it will not recognize. The borders are most porous in Washington, D.C.
_____Anna Quindlen

Attar

Attar
Originally uploaded by vajra.

The fragrance of roses. Damascus.

Spring

Spring
Originally uploaded by vajra.

Cloning

It's now so much that we are convinced that it would lead to a future of dread and pain. Rather it's that we fear what it means for our idea of ourselves now.

Music For Old Hippies

That's what Tom Martin called it during his set tonight. It's still the best music in the world for groovin'. Tom said he's decided to play only one more year. In a way it's like Willy Masterson who paints amazing pieces and says that the only people getting shows are the young. Perhaps that's accurate, and sad.



WHEN I have fears that I may cease to be
Before my pen has glean'd my teeming brain,
Before high pil&grave'd books, in charact'ry,
Hold like rich garners the full-ripen'd grain;
When I behold, upon the night's starr'd face,
Huge cloudy symbols of a high romance,
And feel that I may never live to trace
Their shadows, with the magic hand of chance;
And when I feel, fair creature of an hour!
That I shall never look upon thee more,
Never have relish in the faery power
Of unreflecting love;—then on the shore
Of the wide world I stand alone, and think,
Till Love and Fame to nothingness do sink.
___John Keats

Cat Friday

Window Seat
Originally uploaded by vajra.

The King Was In the Counting House

Counting the calls made by United States citizens. With a lapdog Washington press corps and a let's play piggy Rethuglican controlled Congress nobody is concerned. It's all about the rule of law, the Rethuglicans bellowed when trying to impeach Clinton. But now the President through signing statements and behavior states that the law is whatever he says it is. Compassionate Conservatives: Fascism with a friendly face.

Springing

Wisteria

Wisteria
Originally uploaded by vajra.

My Life had stood—a Loaded Gun

754

My Life had stood—a Loaded Gun—
In Corners—till a Day
The Owner passed—identified—
And carried Me away—

And now We roam in Sovereign Woods—
And now We hunt the Doe—
And every time I speak for Him—
The Mountains straight reply—

And do I smile, such cordial light
Upon the Valley glow—
It is as a Vesuvian face
Had let its pleasure through—

And when at Night—Our good Day done—
I guard My Master's Head—
'Tis better than the Eider-Duck's
Deep Pillow—to have shared—

To foe of His—I'm deadly foe—
None stir the second time—
On whom I lay a Yellow Eye—
Or an emphatic Thumb—

Though I than He—may longer live
He longer must—than I—
For I have but the power to kill,
Without—the power to die—

Emily Dickinson

Sunday, Bloody Sunday

Spent the afternoon pruning the Buckeye and the roses. My hands are scratched, cut, and aching. However, the pruning opened up the back of the yard and I hope the roses will have more sun and, as a result, more flowers. It's always good to do some physical work after a week of work in the PD's office.

Yes, I'm back. Seven days down and 358 to go.

Cat Friday

Yes, Dahling
Originally uploaded by vajra.

Apartment Therapy: The Cure

Midas
Originally uploaded by vajra.

My first session with Tori was fantastic. Sorting is so much easier when you have someone objective to support you. Since I'm just doing one room on the Cure I don't really have stuff that needs to be purchased; I need to get rid of stuff and organize and diplay what I have.

I've taken two paintings to be framed. And I'm really looking forward to organizing one closet as an "Art" bin and using shelving to display bultos that are out of rotation.

Third Day

Feeling so tired but did the first sort with Tori. yup.

My main request is to remember the six billion human brothers and sisters on the planet.
__Dalai Lama

Mallow

First day back.
Still standing.