Going to look at 40 acres about 75 minutes from town. $3600/acre. No improvements. No buildings.

Satellite from Goog

Robin Redbreast has triumphed.



They went from my porch light to the light over the garage to the gutter at the back corner.
She has eggs. They win.

Subhuti was Buddha's disciple.

Subhuti was able to understand the potency of emptiness; that nothing exists except in its relationship of subjectivity and objectivity. One day, in a mood of sublime emptiness, Subhuti was resting underneath a tree when flowers began to fall about him.

"We are praising you for your discourse on emptiness," the gods whispered to Subhuti.

"But I have not spoken of emptiness," replied Subhuti.

"You have not spoken of emptiness; we have not heard emptiness," responded the gods. "This is the true emptiness." The blossoms showered upon Subhuti as rain.

sugar maple tree

the view from my kitchen window:



Beautiful, wonderful sugar maple frosted with red, orange, and pink.

A flock (?) of yellow-green hummingbirds just invaded my backyard to take sustenance from the last of the red/pink rose of sharon and the purple-flowered herbs! After being frozen for some incredulous time, I ran inside to get the camera and when I came back out, they were gone!

urbpan, where are you when I need you?

Since I live in flatland (Illinois), USA, the scenery here is breathtaking.



Raw geologic power. A million year dance between fire, earth, wind and water. The adaptability of flora and fauna. The ingenuity of people.