Holy of Holies

Early philosophers deduced that human suffering in the world was an inevitable product of ignorance, and that so long as men denied logic, did not respect the value of a continuing high education,  humanity was destined to suffer. They believed evil to be illogical and non scientific, therefore nonexistent.

It was concluded that authority was too often influenced by special interests, a government of the few by the few extracting the natural resources of the country without representing its people, and that in a future fair society, those governing should own nothing.

What man can know these things in a world changing so quickly? What will be true in my grandchildren's time?..  This will,

inside The Temple of your Heart... behind The Alter there is a veal_  behind which is the Inner Most Room/Most Holy Place_  guarded 24/7 by the Highest of Priests_ inside this room is a box_ within which is your ticket_ You'd e best know how it reads.

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

Precious Stones

I've been holding these for you. They're getting heavy. I picked them up one at a time on a walk along a river, on a cold September day in the North Country. The first snows of the season dusted the Green and Red colored Mountains over night, and the morning broke with mysterious dark clouds, mist, and flurries. One of those days when a normally big and breathtaking environment,  becomes Grand.  I truly believed the whole of Beauty and Grandeur were mine, I felt like a kid in a candy store.

Inside the east entrance to Glacier National Park, just past the Apgar Visitor Center. on the south end of McDonald Lake there is a river. If the water isn't to high in the rocky gravel washes, one can stay to the right side of the river and walk for some distance with only cold feet. A group of 6 or 8 mule deer crossed the river very close to me, and as I worked my way through some brushy washes. Farther  up a rise, I saw a herd of elk,  including a big bull,  run across a meadow and into a grove of deciduous trees at the base of the Mountains.  I wondered if I had  walked into another world ...

I thought about you heavy, and figured I'd bring a piece of it back for you. It was in this place, I found these stones, each one  painstakingly chosen for you only, complete with Beauty and Color of the snow covered Mountains ingrained.

I've kept them in a grocery bag In a closet. Dehydrated for years, dull and lusterless, I soaked them in the kitchen sink, and everything came back just as it was, after a dusting of snow and the misting rain on the day I walked along the river in this beautiful place. In this simple time I knew they were special, but could not imagine so many would see them. My humble depiction of the both diverse and relative structure of physical beauty, the sublime, the mysterious design of calling _

and the way I feel about you.


http://www.nps.gov/glac/index.htm

Took it from Wolves

Cousin,

What pleases the eye sometimes deceives the heart. If only one knew the truth, of how men lust for material things, especially this one, he 'd want no part, but a demon. The likes of things to despise, be exactly many things appealing.

 I take things from wolves, but I am not a wolf.

November Pond

Within this vista, I am sure of it, there is a letter in the name of a sovereign imaginary mind, a good spirit that lives in dangerous places, a design inscribed into every particle of creation. It is sparkling clean, as free as free gets, and it's calling you.

Canna Orange Crush

Mitten Rocks, Navajo National Monument

A great power lives in men,
a burning fire and envision of far ranging beauty
for which to build the likeness of a ship to traverse__

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

Alocasia Calidora Persian Palm

Here in Louisiana zone 8b, Calidora usually freezes to the ground every winter, resulting in a slightly smaller stature than it would attain in its natural tropical climate.

Last winter was mild and my tropical plants are beautiful. This plant is in full sun. I believe the stems would lengthen and the leaves would broaden if it were in shade, resulting in a plant height of 10 to 12 foot. It is now 8 to 9 foot.

Spring after winter low of 25° for 8 hours froze them back to the insulated lower stump.

Heliconia Garden

My lifelong companion in the most beautiful garden I have ever seen. Imagine this world.

Paradise is in part perfectly tangible, fluent in its abilitys to appear at will to hearts who can see it in any realm, hand seeded by humble souls who would suffer its blessings at great sacrifice.  Inspired by the Spirit of all things good and beautiful, it is Holy_ Greater than the sum of all its parts.

Image of Hawaii Tropical Botanical Garden near Hilo,  Hawaii ( Big Island )

http://www.htbg.com/

What do you See ?

... a gentle wind whispered,

 " So you want to know the truth do ya. What lives there, deep inside the hearts of men_  what good_ what evil... So I say to you then, from this moment on, you will be as two, one being your heart and the other your eyes. One only a witness to the deeds of the other. In this way will you know_ in one lifetime.

So you want to know in intricate detail, the design of Heaven and Earth, you don't say. What Form of Beauty_ what degree of random... So I say to you then, when you look at the world, you will be as two, one being your heart and the other your eyes. One only a witness to the action of the other... by these means, will you understand, across Seven Seas and One Hundred Mountain Ranges. "


Image of Half Dome and Yosemite Valley, Yosemite National Park    Sierra Nevada  Mountains 

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

Louisiana Tropical Greenhouse

These are some of my 2013 new experimental plants along with a few older reliables. Some are absolutely new to the Universe,  imagine that darling,  thanks to people who believe,  and really do change the world, just for you and me.

Foreground waterlily Albert Greenburg, far left  Miami Rose,  Director Moore, far corner of pond  Trailblazer,  Bull's Eye,  Tanzanite, far right almost out of the picture  Ultra Violet.  The colors are fairly accurate except Trailblazer, which is a bit more yellow,  via smartphone.

These are tropical waterlilies, and will go dormant or expire at some point during the fall and winter when the water temperature falls below 60 degrees in zone 8b environment, however, the tubers will survive the cold better in a cold frame, or heated green house  where they can be forced.

  Most tubers do survive here which will provide you and all your friends with plant-lets identical to the parent...... If your already a gardener, and you really love plants, waterlilies are like fine wine my good friend, and will escort  you inside the colors, where you will experience impossible  beauty from within.  See link below.

In the far right there is a large dark leaved elephant ear. It is Colocasia Dragon Heart, at about 5 foot tall, it's only 3 months old from a 4 inch pot tissue culture.

The three dark stemmed bananas are Musa Thia Black . I'm thinking this banana is going to be the epitome of the phrase " fabulously elegant "...


.http://iwgs.org/

Soldiers of Light

Men come to take the take the magic from you cousin. They're  gonna tell you that you need a bigger house and car than your neighbor, and a piece of paper with a big number on it. Don't listen to them. They've got no souls.

Square Tower House

Spectacles will endure in obscurity, should one live a thousand lifetimes, and countless be  wonders in the vista. Infinite in diversity of form,  arrangement of color,  correctness of distance,  they are conducted by the symphony of time, and narrated  by the wind.      Mesa Verde,  Colorado

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