Hallowe'en flower arrangement of dead things

Inside the retreat cabin

Canada Jay, Gray Jay, Camp Robber, Whiskeyjack

A few of these visited regularly to scarf down food.

Floor and a leaf.

Gusts of wind pulling off flurries of leaves. This one made it inside.

Ad blocking for your mac

If you have a MacIntosh computer you can install a little thingy to block ads. I have, and it has really sped up my surfing. It's easy to do and the instructions are here: http://www.beatnikpad.com/archives/2003/03/08/adblocking/

Happy thanksgiving!

the beauty of disease.

i just set it on black velour so there's no distracting grass and such.

Lost sea urchin.

I honestly thought a sea food truck had lost this on the road, til I took a closer look and realized that it was a chestnut.

Karma is a goat.

You CAN beat Karma! Look at the training regime Yahoo! gives. It does include some meditation. And, yes, most of us do need a healthy body to meditate well, so the other exercises seem important too.

Sleeping in the sky. The light says it's not time yet.

Are you…?

To quote the venerable Sesame Street character: "Coooookie!"

things to do

Squashed

It's a life

Left: rained on. Right: dry.

Men: turn right at your peril.

Mongol prayers

Ever seen a mongolian prayer flag? Here you go…

Mongolian is written top to bottom you can see some of the script near the bottom of the flag.

THE summer flower for me

Tansy has rich, golden scent as well as colour. For me it is the quintessential summer flower. If I get a whiff of it in the middle of winter I'm instantly transported back to a dry, hot summer's day.

Crew Only

Is it a blow or a sip?