touching is my thing

When it is understood that one loses joy and happiness in the attempt to possess them, the essence of natural farming will be realized. The ultimate goal of farming is not the growing of crops, but the cultivation and perfection of human beings

—Masanobu Fukuoka (via organicandurban)

(via mattcaplin)

Spent the day picking blueberries with the kindest being I know.  I love you, mom.

Spent the day picking blueberries with the kindest being I know. I love you, mom.

Flower essence sun bath !

Flower essence sun bath !

Joshua Tree, thank you for everything.  I love you.

Joshua Tree, thank you for everything. I love you.

Burned my feet

Burned my feet

Soul mates.

Soul mates.

Holy Datura ,  thank you !  I love you !

Holy Datura , thank you ! I love you !

Pining

“A pine cut down, a dead pine, is no more a pine than a dead human carcass is a man. Can he who has discovered only some of the values of whalebone and whale oil be said to have discovered the true use of the whale? Can he who slays the elephant for his ivory be said to have “seen the elephant”? These are petty and accidental uses; just as if a stronger race were to kill us in order to make buttons and flageolets of our bones; for everything may serve a lower as well as a higher use. Every creature is better alive than dead, men and moose and pine-trees, and he who understands it aright will rather preserve its life than destroy it.” - Henry David Thoreau

“Jesus tells us to contemplate the flowers and learn from them how to live. The Buddha is said to have given a “silent sermon” once during which he held up a flower and gazed at it.”

“Jesus tells us to contemplate the flowers and learn from them how to live. The Buddha is said to have given a “silent sermon” once during which he held up a flower and gazed at it.”

With masks down, I walk, talking to the moon, to the neutral impersonal force that does not hear, but merely accepts my being.

Remember, remember, this is now & now & now. Live it, feel it, cling to it. I want to become acutely aware of all I’ve taken for granted.

I have a big car now. I’ve been trying to get the most out of it by cultivating a baby forest. This is my transplantation transportation of some transplanetary natives.

I have a big car now. I’ve been trying to get the most out of it by cultivating a baby forest. This is my transplantation transportation of some transplanetary natives.