Gardens and Flowers

GARDENS & FLOWERS

Garden delights, lovely sights . . .
Seattle Arboretum, Japanese Garden, Skagit Valley Tulips
Balcony and Backyard Beauty

DEBT OF GRATITUDE TO LIVING BEINGS
In times of adversity, kindness, no matter how small, is keenly felt and appreciated.
The teachings of Lord Buddha impart a sense of gratitude towards the whole of creation.
This is known as debt of gratitude.

— Tranquil is this Realm of Mine
Dharma Talks and Writings of The Most Venerable Nichidatsu Fujii

SUNFLOWER

Standing tall
Stormy sky
Wind ruffled
Seeds to plant
Soon starting over

Sun flower
Sunshine

Seeds to plant
Seeds in the wind
Storms to pass
—Kathryn Keve

POLLEN
For seven April days
golden maple pollen,
an offering of this exuberant spring,
has drifted
and dusted all
like a blessing

Say the word
pollen
images take wing
something good
fertilization
pollination
fairy dust
flowers
winged seeds
maple syrup
hardwood

Japanese red maples
Dressed in bronzed filagree
Sugar maple, Paper bark
Bigleaf, Vine maple
roots run wide
holding the soil
holding the tree
brushing the sky
golden clusters sway
fairly glowing
amid cedars
and douglas fir
on river banks, road sides
on the south side
the sunny side
stretching for light

lux desiratium
universitatis

Light
is the desire of the universe

—Keve, April 2007

Judie's Garden-Nasturtium	Judie's Garden-Foxglove Variant	Judie's Garden-Goosenecks
Judie's Peony	Sue's Fence & Iris	Joan's Garden
Fried Egg Dahlia	Danish Flag Poppy	Slipperwort
Wild Geranium on Hosta: Little & Lewis Garden	Iris "For Ruth"	Water Lily Little & Lewis Garden
Wisteria and Custom Gate	Toby's Iris	Clematis and Mossy Log
Buddha: Nipponzan Myohoji Temple	Pink Dogwood	Cranes: Nipponzan Myohoji Temple
JG Azaleas	Danish Flag Poppy	JG Magnolia seaboldii
(JG Late Wisteria	JG Under the Wisteria	JG Wisteria & Azaleas
JG Into the Garden	JG ChTrees	JG MidStream
JG Heron & Iris	JG Ducks	JG Iris & Koi
Tulips & Sunbreak	W. Himalayan Birch	Tulip Town Tulips
Bowl of Beauty 83	Monet Window	Bowl of Beauty 15
Stargazer	Delphinium and Mustard	Canna Leaf
Lavender	Columbine Closeup	Hawaiian Ti Plant
Backyard Iris	Sunflower	Donna's Gate

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