Sunday, December 26, 2010

Gulf Of Mexico


Genesis 1

4 God saw that the light was good, and he separated the light from the darkness. 5 God called the light “day,” and the darkness he called “night.” And there was evening, and there was morning—the first day. NIV Sunrise Cameron Jetty Pier, Cameron, Louisiana

Friday, December 3, 2010

Pompeii, Mount Vesuvius

I believe in a spirit far greater than my simple mind could imagine. But  having walked the streets of Pompeii, I'm not sure that my personal problems and wishes consume a responsible God's immense concern.  Naples Italy

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mount_Vesuvius

Tuesday, November 23, 2010

Newspaper Rock State Historic Park, Utah


Man is restless, like the ocean current, like the migrating geese across an ever changing sky.
His road is winding into a new place, a new time, a new chance with hopeful anticipation of a new vista, an enlightened inspiration,
another contrast in texture and form.
A spirit traveler in time and space, author of the book of life.

That's what the rock says.
 

http://www.desertusa.com/newut/du_newut_vvc.html

Thursday, October 28, 2010

Saturday, October 23, 2010

Yellowstone National Park

The Yellowstone River is one of the better trout streams in the lower 48. The average size is on the small side, but you can catch them all day. Problem is, it's hard to stop looking at the scenery. Lower Falls of The Yellowstone River

Friday, October 1, 2010

Watson Lake, Yukon, Signpost Forest

A collection of signs started in 1942, courtesy of people from around the world.

So your depressed a little huh?.. and tired of chasing a dollar. Well then don't buy that new vehicle and keep your old house for now. Now isn't the time to do those things. You don't have to be like everyone else. Now is the time to save for a small used motor home to drive the Alaska Highway..._ yep! If you want to be reborn, and see the beauty again, so long as your hemorrhoids aren't acting up, I'm your prophet.

Sunday, September 26, 2010

Lava Tree State Park, Big Island, Hi



The Road Not Taken

Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveler, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;

Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear,
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,

And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I marked the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back.

I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less traveled by,
And that has made all the difference.

Robert Frost

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

Chaco Culture National Historic Park


This is by far the largest and most well preserved Anasazi Indian Ruin in the U.S. Petroglyphs line the canyon walls. No one really knows why such an extensive site was abandoned.

There is a campground here for campers, but be aware of the twenty mile road which will be impassable should it by some slim chance rain.

There is also an observatory with official guided viewing in the dark night sky of the New Mexico desert. The Anasazi were astronomers, seeing here is often good.

Friday, September 17, 2010

White Sands National Monument, New Mexico


And while I stood there I saw more than I can tell, and I understood more than I saw; for I was seeing in a sacred manner the shapes of things in the spirit, and the shape of all shapes as they must live together like one being. Black Elk Lakota

Thursday, September 9, 2010

Waterton Lakes National Park , Alberta


If I would run in the opposite direction, beauty would follow me, change its place in the Universe. Before the big bang, while fate was all rolled up in a twinkling in the eye of the Great Creator, it was decided.

Wednesday, August 11, 2010

Wall Of Tears Kaui, Hi

In the Iao Vally, waterfalls emerge from the clouds, and the five thousand foot volcanic cliffs, graced in a sheer vertical rain forest. It is a place of cleansing and rebirth. Mega turbulence, light aircraft, and awesome beauty go well together here, where one can see how wonderfully fragile life is.

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Acoma Pueblo, New Mexico, "Sky City"


Acoma Pueblo, (Place of Readiness) 70 acres atop a 370 foot high Mesa, where first native peoples found refuge from the Apache and Navajo. A mesa is wider than it is tall. It has been continuously inhabited from 1150 AD to this day. It's a few miles southwest of Albuquerque, New Mexico off I-40.

Wednesday, August 4, 2010

Louisiana Vegetable Garden


There hasn't been a garden here in 45 years. I reclaimed this my grandfather's land grown over since his passing, and this is the 2010 planting. From rear - sweet corn, okra, peas, watermelon, and cantelope. I hope he can see it. His name was David Fuselier and he taught me how to love the land.

Saturday, July 31, 2010

Fallen Giant Redwood


Chance is a seed that grows into a tree,
that gets struck by lightening.

Coastal Redwood Forest, Northern California

Thursday, July 22, 2010

Haleakala Creator Maui, Hi


Life is a wondrous gift. The world is beautiful. And then one finds that something extra that is magic.

When I was a little boy, I believed  this extraordinary quality existed, and that I would see it.

Michelangelo painted it on the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel in the form of God reaching out to Adam.

Haleakala is that inspiration in the raw.

Monday, July 19, 2010

Yukon Territory



The beauty of the land extraordinarily out-merits sufficiency,
such a wonderful example of a physical Heaven. There is no evil in it.

Saturday, July 17, 2010

Container Vegetables in South Louisiana



My hoop house container garden (47% shade cloth) new variety experiments. I do real good with sweet corn, Dixie lee field peas, snap beans, carrots, melons, green unions, parsley, and excellent with cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers, mustard greens (no grit). Close attention must be paid to pests, especially aphids and white flies. Catch them early. Also, keep foliage elevated 18 inches off ground cover or floor keeping plants adequately spaced to allow for good ventilation, makes it hard for pests to survive where runoff dries quickly. Vegetables like moist roots but dry stems and foliage so use drip emitters or spray stakes that don't create a mist, or water by hand.

Sunday, July 11, 2010

Grandfather Tree

I think one of the first lessons we each as individuals should learn is, that a word is like a tree. The ultimate meaning of the word, like the tree can grow with time, despite our short sightedness, no matter our years of life experiences. We must keep an open mind, and never come to the conclusion that we know everything about anything, because then we will know nothing.

I once met a humbly learned individual by the name of  Mario, an indigenous person who lived most of his life in the rain forest, far from any modern convenience. He told me he left the simple life he loved because he wanted his son to go to school, and learn to read and write. The park service there offered to give he and his family good clothing, a small salary, teach them English in exchange for a job as a tour guide, as his knowledge of trees and plants was extensive. He spoke with a reverence for the plants and animals of the jungle and for life I have seen in few ministers.

He pointed to a huge tree, (kind of like this one that my grandfather planted) towering above all the rest and said to me, Ron, this is the Grandfather tree, and within its limbs and crevices, as you can see is a forest in itself, within which seeds, the hopes of all future rain forests rely. A tree is like a word that grows.

Thursday, July 1, 2010

A Longing For Oneness


In the landscape of life,
there must be a sufficient distance,
to reveal the grandest of vistas.


Seasons of suffering provide
understanding for the heart to see,
that all things long for oneness.

That's what the rocks say.

Three Rivers Petroglyph Site, New Mexico

Wednesday, June 30, 2010

Train From Durango To Silverton Colorado

The steam engine leaves early morning. It's about four hours trough the San Juan Mountains to Silverton. Nice ride, Beautiful country. The sides of passenger cars are open and benches face outward for easy viewing. You will return to Durango by bus and appreciate the difference in technology.

Sunday, June 27, 2010

Pompei Bread Market


These are paintings on the wall of the bread market, buried for 1600 years during a the eruption of Mount Vesuvius. Near Naples, Italy

Thursday, June 24, 2010

Freedom


Nothing is yours until you give it,
and then you are free.

In this precise moment, this young man is weighing the  value of ownership versus that of giving, and he is satisfied that it would only be fair to own one and give one.

I knew what he was going to do before he did it. He was born generous.

Monday, June 21, 2010

Men of Understanding



I will come to this place every now and again...When the time comes, I will make a private door for you.

 I will have many wonderful things to tell you.

First please do this for me. Seek understanding in all things, study all religions, physics, math, nature, astronomy, and love the truth more than anything or anyone. Amen

I am building a ship. It is totally wooden. Only it doesn't need an ocean to sail, or sky to fly.

I will be looking for the best horses, all of them, and men of understanding, all of them. It will be christened  Matthew 10:34-36  and will board soon.

.

Saturday, June 12, 2010

One Love, One Life

My wife of 42 years Monday. She stuck with me through a mountain of debt, an ocean of liquor, an earthquake, and a fire.


1 Kings 19:12

After the earthquake there was a fire. But the Lord wasn't in the fire. And after the fire there was a quiet, whispering voice. God's Word Translation 1995

Monday, June 7, 2010

Venice Roof Tops, Venice Italy

Do they match or what? From the tower at San Marcos Square Venice, Italy

Canyon DeChelly , AZ



I have a good friend here in a guy by the name of Adam Teller. He's a very knowledgeable and personable credit to the Navajo People and his beloved ancestral home at Antelope House in the canyon. He is a kind, gentle, and wise man I've learned more from in a couple of days than I thought possible. Please remember Adam, his Father Ben Teller, and Antelope House Tours on your trip to Canyon DeChelly. 
http://www.canyondechelly.net/

Friday, May 28, 2010

The Inside Passage


We do not want schools....
they will teach us to have churches.
We do not want churches....
they will teach us to quarrel about God.
We do not want to learn that.
We may quarrel with men sometimes
about things on this earth,
but we never quarrel about God.
We do not want to learn that.

Heinmot Tooyalaket ( Chief Joseph), Nez Perce Leader

Santa Elena Canyon

Rio Grand River, Big Bend National Park

Wednesday, May 26, 2010

Stucture of The Universe


After 32 years of working with this simplicity, today I realized to a greater degree how wonderfully beautiful basic things are. In my humble profession I use these figures to make land suitable for humans. I've always revered the great importance in their truths. Now I see plainly the astronomy in them.

I was on the witness stand 4 hours today as an expert witness concerning matters such as these. In the final moments the Judge wanted me to answer questions I thought were twisted, and I refused to answer a simple yes or no. He got unhappy, and would move on to another question I thought was similar, and on it went. I thought I might be hauled off any minute but wouldn't budge from what I thought was true. He left me no choice. In this moment of stress and uncertainty I saw for just a glimpse, the absolute pure magic in what we were doing, and what makes little numbers so special. They must be honored.