Old Green Road

The Old Green Road. (Tomasito photo, 2010)

We have had some very good spring rain this year here in Southern California--and up north, our friend in Redding reports that the huge lake behind the Shasta Dam on the Sacramento River is up to the brim--and this us the first time is YEARS that that has happened.

The old road in the photo above is in the Daley Ranch Park--one of the nicest walks in Escondido. (It is NOT always THIS green!)

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New and Old

New and Old

Perhaps we are born with some talents, hopes and dreams--and we have a bit of time to develop these attributes using our physical body's senses and mental qualities.

With luck and enough time perhaps we make a little progress in a lifetime--probably a very little bit in even a very long lifetime--or maybe none at all and maybe even lose what we had in the beginning--but there is plenty of time--eons and ages of it--you might say an eternity of time.

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Integrity

Long Beach View. (Tomasito photo)

I have been reading about the old Maya people.

Most of the ancient civilization was thoroughly wiped out, but there are some bits and pieces coming to light due to the concentrated effort of some linguistic scholars--and there are some Maya people persisting in their old homeland of central America.

There is a practice among them which I think is admirable and can be summed up in in this notion--that "it is not good to trade integrity for money. "

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The Door

The Door.

This is the door you may have been looking for.

Walk right through--they are waiting for you there and are ready, willing and able to answer ALL your questions!

But of course the door you are looking at here on this non-existent page of non-existent images does not really exist! It's just a dance of imaginary electrons.

You just think it does, but:

It is ALL in your mind!

That's where it ALL is!

And THAT may not exist either!

Think about it...

and be happy.

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McTom

McTom. (Tanya photo)

It is a little hard to believe, but Ahimsaland is right here too--just like it is wherever you are!

You don't have to go along with the main program.

(You sure can't avoid it either, of course!)

But it doesn't have to ruffle your feathers!

Ahhhhimsaland!

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Daley Ranch Pond

Daley Ranch Pond

This pond was SO lavender when we walked by a few days ago that I had to snap this photo.

The "Coast Wild Lilacs" (Ceanothis) are in full bloom all around the pond and on the hillsides which augments the wonderful color. Even the sky seems to be lavender!

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The Inner Courtyard Garden at San Juan Capistrano Mission

It has been raining every day and all night--just like I remember from my childhood in Hillside Village near Los Angeles.

Such a wonderful, wet and hopeful spring after years of drought.

The emerald green of new grass and young plants make our part of Southern California look a bit like Ireland--and just in time for Saint Patrick's Day!

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