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We've had a lot of young fantails in the garden recently, chasing each other around and chattering away excitedly.  I spent an hour or so this morning following three of them around and managed to get in a few lucky photos as they paused for a few seconds in their game of tag.  The light was pretty poor so I was really pleased these came out as well as they did. …

We had an early fall of snow on the mountain this week, heavy enough that it also covered the top of the Pouakai ranges. Despite the forecast for ongoing stormy weather, I had a hunch that the mountain might just clear up briefly in the morning of 12th April. Keen to get some sunrise photos from Pouakai tarn with the fresh snow I set off from home at 3:30am with a pack full of camera gear and several layers of warm clothing as I also had a hunch that it may be bitterly cold on top of the ranges. …

Existence is the perfect mirror of ourselves, of our own being, constantly creating the external experience of ourselves. If we are anxious and fearful it will give us more to be anxious and fearful about. If we think life is unfair, then everyday existence will dish up another dose of unfairness. There are those whose only experience is a continuous unfolding of beauty. Each moment a new revelation of the unfathomable beauty of existence bubbling up out of the mystery …

A lavander star flower.  We all need to spend more time out in the beauty of existence.     There is an opening through which    the entire beauty of existence may be seen    a doorway into the field of love    where all is forgiven    There is a place within us all    where beauty and love reside,    where joy and hap …