Halloween Hoot

 

Happy Halloween

 



The Passing of Color

"It is said an Eastern monarch once charged his wise men to invent a sentence, to be ever in view, and which should be true and appropriate in all times and situations. They presented him these words: "And this, too, shall pass away." How much it expresses! How chastening in the hour of pride! How consoling in the depths of affliction!

Fall Crabapple

   There is so much beauty in the world. But we need to open our eyes, stay alert, notice...  For some reason this makes me think of another, less edifying but still memorable prayer from the Episcopal Compline Service:  "Be sober, be watchful.  Your adversary the devil prowls around like a roaring lion, seeking someone to devour."

    I think I'd prefer an alternate admonition: "Be alert, be attentive: beauty glows everywhere like the dawn, seeking hearts to enlighten..."

The Hunter Has Risen

       On October 18th and 19th the moon entered its penumbral  phase. The Hunter's moon is the first full moon after the Harvest Moon which occurred on September 19th 2013. In addition, an eclipse also fell on October 19th, but, it might be so slight to see, if one is not paying close attention one could miss it. In the image above this eclipse is ever so slight.

 

    This northern movement of the moon occurs along the eastern skyline during moonrise for several days in a row, which helps give the Hunter’s Moon a kind of magical autumn glow. And, with both a Hunter’s moon and an eclipse in one evening, there might be real magic in the air. This image was taken from our deck. What a privilege and joy it is to be able to look to the night sky and see the beauty and stillness that is ever present for all of us to appreciate. The second image was taken as the moon was rising above the trees in the backyard. I love the dark outlining of the branches and leaves against the light of the moon. God gives us so many wonderful experiences in our daily lives.

 

Trust

"Come to the edge," he said.

They said, "we are afraid."

"Come to the edge," he said.

They came.

He pushed them....And they flew.

 

~Guillaume Apollinaire~







Divinity in the Sky

"I think a future flight should include a poet, a priest and a philosopher . . . we might get a much better idea of what we saw."

~ Michael Collins, Apollo 11~
"My view of the moon was a glimpse of divinity."
~ Edgar Mitchell, USA~
"Houston, Tranquillity Base here. The Eagle has landed."
    ~Neil Armstrong~

 The moon often seems like an ancient relic of space exploration, that dusty, dry, airless ball of rock and soil that we visited decades ago and have since left alone—possibly because we found nothing there but dust, rock, and soil. But for me there is still a fascination as I look to the night sky and see countless beautiful ways the moon presents is magical pull. It always seems to spark the imagination; what beauty and wonder the early astronauts must of experienced.
 

 

The Wisdom of Granite

                              If you come to a fork in the road take it. Mark Nepo
in his Book of Awaking says not to stall too long at the crossroads of life, not to hesitate our way out of living. We can't experience everything, and taking one road will always preclude another, but agonizing over which to take can eventually prevent us from knowing any road.

Eternal Fruit

A Study in Character

 

 

 

             A builder of dreams.