Basilica y Convento de Santo Domingo - Lima, Peru

Mathew 10:34-36. NIV

34 " Do not suppose that I have come to bring peace to the earth. I did not come to bring peace, but a sword. 35  For I have come to turn

      "' a man against his father,
         a daughter against her mother,
         a daughter-in-law against her mother-in-law --
36.       a man's enemies will be the members of his own household.'

https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas%C3%ADlica_y_Convento_de_Santo_Domingo 

Luke 23:30 NIV Canadian Rocky Mountains and Moraine Lake

Image of Moraine Lake  Alberta, Canada

These Greedy People have proven it. The wealth of the Earth is in their hands. They twisted The Truth, altered and rewrote The Books, They invented war and profited from financing both sides, They have Seperated and Distroyed our Families with their NAZI Fascism, misled and Poisoned us. NOW THEY GOTTA PAY!! Luke 23:30 NIV And They will say to the mountains, "Fall on us!" and to the hills "Cover us!"

The photography of stone petroglyphs/pictographs

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

This is a (medium Format film Mamiya 6 50mm lens) photograph I took many years ago. Cloud cover at mid day is the optimal light for photographing film images of petroglyph, pictograph dry rock surfaces, especially in deep/narrow canyons, because film cameras do not lie, nor can one manipulate/demand them to do so. The differing angles of the rock surfaces, make a decent image of even the most vibrant petroglyphs difficult/or impossible, even using your hat, or an umbrella to adjust the light/shade. If your plan to photograph petroglyphs, your phone is best, or a digital camera.

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Ephesians 6:12

KJV " For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."

Feild of Souls

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Nelumbo Titan / Titan Lotus

The lotus grows naturally in full sun, in fields of hundreds, even thousands of acres of fresh water marsh. Our native North American Lotus (Nelumbo lutea) is a large/yellow, and grows not far from my house in Southern Louisiana, U.S. It is an impressive sight, hard to match by any other flowering plant I've seen. It will bloom surprisingly well in shaded/filtered sun, in 5 gallon/ and larger pots//kidy pools with at least 6 inches of heavy topsoil free of organic matter upon which the tuber is planted just barely into the soil. I just add 6 inches of water over the tuber, set the tuber on top of the soil and weight it down with a small stone to keep it from floating. As it forms roots, then leaves, add water at least a foot deep for larger plants, less for smaller, although Ive seen them grow in 8' of water, or tubers may grow suspended in water vegetation, obsorbing nutrients suspended as well, in fairly clear water.

This Titan is a medium to small plant. It is called red by the retailer, but hot pink by God. I buy almost every new ''red'' one that is found in the wild or hybridized, to see if it is indeed red, but they have so far been, all pink. Humm... I grow this lotus and most others in 40 gallon no hole containers.

After the plant is established the (second summer) organic matter will be its food source, as lotus are heavy feeders/crave fertilizer, pond tabs/osmacote/8-8-8/tree tabs. I use tree tablets, although they don't contain the correct npk, it's cheap. I get them on line in 25 lb. boxes for about $45. Those little bottles of pond tabs at big box stores are just a snack for these hungry beasts/too expensive. I have lotus in small ponds the size of a house and throw what ever fertilizer I have over the pond at the first emergence of new leaves in late winter/early spring, but sometimes forget. After the plant is well established, like all other plants they feed off the previous years growth. Sometimes they will eat everything in the pond and go into a hibernation/comatost state, nature's way of waiting for better times.

If you are a whiskey man, lotus are the Crown Royal and seven up of the plant world.

Hidden conviction

Tohono O'odham Indian Nation (maze/path of life) similar to circle of life of other first nations/indigenous peoples of the Southwestern U.S. and common all over the world

  

Fringe Tree / Chionanthus virginicus

The Fringe Tree is small, a well formed/well behaved, native of North America. A really pretty tree, even when not in bloom, it assumes a self maintained mounding habit 15 to 20 foot tall and about the same or slightly wider, almost maintenance free.

It grows in full sun, but also grows as an under-story plant requiring little sun to bloom well, but it will bloom in full shade as it does in its wild state. It forms olive like fruits, propagates by seed carried and spread by birds, but is not invasive. It likes the same environment as a camellia, on the north east side of a Long Leaf Yellow Pine. When in dought, this is the ideal environment for just about any tree or shrub.

During bloom it is a very difficult to photograph because of the slender parts of the flower. I've tried to for many years to get a decent image of this one in my yard ( 45 years old ). The focus mechanism can not see/understand the individual fingers as does the trained/informed human eye, and tends to focus on the entire group.

In these days of information, far traveled men are coming forth with new and most exiting knowledge. We should open our doors of interest/understanding to new forested worlds incomprehensible.

The Fringe tree, sometimes called Grancy Grey beard Tree, looks much better in the natural, and I highly recommend it planted among azaleas, as it doesn't mind having plants growing directly under it, it may even prefer the natural protection/cooling/ mulching/ shading over its roots.

Spring is the time of renewal, and this year is very special above all springs you have known, this is a turning point in the way men will look at the world. Take account of those aesthetics/qualities/reasons of your being, the best in the spirit of all things is needed. Man can learn valuable lessons from the loyal, humble, punctual, unchanging, behavior of nature.

Knowledge is greater than riches

Knowledge is more more powerful than riches. Make a place for it. Pause for one minute in your day, and imagine a door, that you have never noticed before. Suppose behind it a way to become one with what would make you free. Leave everything you are and have beside it, except for a small and nimble prayer.

Take off all your cloths, and as you enter, say the prayer. Do this every day and soon your life will be full of doors. The correct attitude abandons the self at the entrance, and the man becomes the prayer.

One who amasses material goods is very likely to have traded what is more valuable for them.

A man can not have both material wealth, and understanding, for he will hate one and love the other. One is responsible for great suffering, and the other for far ranging, enconceivable beauty.

It would be a terrible truth to discover when the hour is late, that for all your days, you served the wrong master.

Golden Brush Ginger/ Burbidgea schizocheila

I've had this plant 3 summers from a tissue culture, left it in the greenhouse the first two and babied it with out results. Then this past June I potted it and gave it one last chance, fertilizer, and put it in the shade outside the door under some long leaf pines where I water every day, and it did this.

I just yesterday brought it in the house for the winter where my wife can see it. I've had good luck overwintering many gingers and other tropical plants in my house, where they don't seem to know it's cold out. It's a good time to start cuttings and seeds off season.

The plant is now 20 inches tall and fully mature. Next summer I'll put a division in the ground here in zone 8b Louisiana,U.S. and see if the rhizome will survive our winters, as most go dormant and return in spring. Gingers appreciate being thinned/divided in the ground and out, and potted every spring. Gingers/Hedychium/Costus/Zingiber/Curcuma are easy to grow, add contrasting form to your garden, they are voluptuous in stature and bring the generosity of the rain forest back home for you.

Individualism

Storm over the ocean.

You plan it most of your life. You keep it in private, because in your heart you know it is good. You protect it from those close to you, who would kill it if only they had the slightest chance. But now that the time has arrived, you have come to realize how difficult, is its survival, and you sometimes don't know what on earth to do, to say, for those all around you can not or will not advise you in this loneliness that only you can understand.

It is good that you feel this way. It is called individualism. It is the main ingredient in the Armies of Heaven. Don't get in a hurry. Scrutinize and refine it in these days of your uncertainty. Make it pure. Remember that a simple absence of humility, arrogance is a lie, the little bitty untruths, or those altered/twisted in the slightest fasion, prolong unspoken suffering. The white lies are a blatent disrespect of everything true. The act of questioning one's self can change the future, but then you would have to recognize yourself as a little fish in a big pond.

I have discovered many enlightening ideas that would encourage the development of your conscious oneness, in places where men can not see. This is the real value of your being. Your talent, if pursued diligently, can bring rain to a parched and deserted ground/man/seed.

Mule Palm/Butiagrus nabonnandii

The infloressence of the Mule Palm is a wonderful sight. It speaks in an advanced form all its own. A first cross of Pindo and Queen Palm that has attributes of both, however it mantains the cold hardiness of the Pindo (Butia 15°F). Its seeds are sterile, hence the tree is as the animal.

Queen Palms freeze most winters here in zone 8b South Louisiana, U.S., and have to be replanted every year making them infeasible. I've had this tree 4 to 5 years now and have had good luck with it except for having to add sul-po-mag a couple summers. It is planted next to a concrete sidewalk which causes the soil to become alkaline after a year or so. It responds to the treatment fine so far. I really like the 50% shade frond habit. It has appealing shape and fronds stay green longer than most palms requiring fewer removals. It flowers profusely all spring and summer just like this and I am growing seedlings in my greenhouse to plant more.

In 3 years the seedlings have outgrown Phoenix canariensess, sylvestris, Butia, very close to Washingtonia, however I do not believe it becomes as tall as canariensis. The plant is fairly new to these parts, and I don't know much about it other than its being cold hardy which is pretty special here. I have it outside my dining room window, love it next to the house. It's no trouble and If you like palms I think you should consider it.

Fresh opened spathe and flower.

Cusco Cathedral (side Chapel) - Cusco, Peru

Luke 23 NIV

28Jesus turned and said to them, “Daughters of Jerusalem, do not weep for me; weep for yourselves and for your children. 29For the time will come when you will say, ‘Blessed are the childless women, the wombs that never bore and the breasts that never nursed!’ 30Then

“ ‘they will say to the mountains, “Fall on us!”

and to the hills, “Cover us!” ’ # 30 Hosea 10:8

31 For if people do these things when the tree is green, what will happen when it is dry?”

Image of Cusco Cathedral side chapel -  Cusco, Peru

Washingtonia robusta, Mexican fan palm

Washingtonia robusta (about 10 years old) with enflorecence/in bloom. This tree grows to 100' here under ideal conditions, and is the tallest of palms grown in U.S./south Louisiana I am aware of. There are specimens 50 years old growing here, although typically folks replace them often after becoming too tall to maintain easily. The tree grows fast in our rainy climate and wet ground. So if your ground doesn't drain we'll, it is the only palm I know of seldom affected (spot,fungus,rot) by our high humidity and long wet spells.

They require 2 frond removals a year to look best, although once would do, so if you don't like to trim trees it's not a tree for you. Hard freezes have defoliated them a couple times here, but plants fully recover in 1 to 2 years.

I fertilize them only while becoming acclimated to change in location during planting, preferably from a 5 gallon or larger bucket. After rooting to the new location in full sun, they don't need fertilizer here. I feed every tree I have its previous years shedding/leaves/fronds/trimmings. If you take this away, the subsistence/food/exact elements the tree has learned over millenniums to make for itself to survive the coming year, evolution insists it will suffer, as well as the man who wont listen/pay attention to his most natural/humble teacher.

Washingtonia seeds are easily germinated in a Ziploc bag of damp sphagnum moss placed along with a thermometer in a folded up electric blanket set to 98 degrees in winter, and have a high germination/seedling survival rate. They look good planted in 3's.

It is warming up here in the Southern U.S. and the ideal time to plant palm trees, most of which require heat to grow their best.