5:27 am. a glimpse of blue sky, right before the storms moved in.

a year of flickr favorites

Beauty is one of the widest bridges to your higher self. Sometimes it might even be the only one that's open. Thinking about what you find to be beautiful is a very good place to start thinking about what sort of life you really want.

Mill Creek Farm

This afternoon, I volunteered at the Mill Creek Farm. I pulled up lots of weeds, saved the okra and zucchini from overcrowding and learned several interesting things:

Mugwort, Artemisia vulgaris, is used to enhance dreaming and dream abilities. I am setting a plate of it next to my bed when I go to sleep tonight!

Succulents and cactuses are perfect for green roofs, which can be just a couple of inches deep, with a mix of porous expanded slate and compost. Reading more at greenroofs.com.

June 14th, 2009

Today's skies looked like Baroque or Renaissance paintings.

mmmmmm!

Two amazing buckwheat-centered breakfasts.


buckwheat, olive oil, carrots, an avocado


buckwheat, olive oil, carrots, figs, an apple

June 9th, 2009: a day of weather.

Stills from a time-lapse video, recorded at 1/2 frame per second between 6:45 am and just after nightfall.