Spider 20190407

Got all the work done this morning including uploading the video.  So have had a nice afternoon planning how I am going to do my creative work in the weeks ahead.

Also planned quite a few grandchildren birthdays that are coming up.

In the past I have found spiders very healing as they mend broken things inside me.  So I always pay attention when I see a spider like I did this one today.

Smile 20190406

I did most of the video today and finally decided that the collective noun for sunflowers is a ‘smile’ of sunflowers.

Went to yoga only to find that Angela had left Auroville.  Everything is closing up in Auroville so must think about doing my own yoga practice from now on.

A luminosity of sunflowers 20190405

 We randomly planted sunflowers not so long ago and now we have them all over the place.  I just love them and am trying to think of a good collective noun for them.  A luminosity of sunflowers?

There is something very energizing about them, the way they seem to absorb the sun’s essence. They are just gorgeous.

Sunset 20190404

Saw a beautiful red sun in the evening and rushed down to the (dry) ponds to capture it.  Didn’t arrive until the tail end of the sunset as shown in the picture.  Once it starts here it goes very quickly.

Had a very busy day with three official meetings and two conversations, one of which was with Vivek.  I am very glad to say that things are now less tense between us.  As a result lots of decisions have been made about Buddha Garden and the jobs we are going to do.

I still feel I need to understand a lot more about what happened and why it happened.  I think I pushed myself too hard and got more burnt out than I have ever known.

Grumpy sun 20190403

It is so hot these days that when I am outside it feels like the sun is biting me!  I tried to put that in a picture but came up with this instead, a very grumpy sun.

Maybe the sun is feeling overheated like we are.

I’ve had to try out making sprouts with cotton instead of in jars which are now too hot and don’t allow the air to circulate sufficiently.  I’ve had to throw a lot away that went bad.

Beautiful patterns 20190402

Was out doing video clips this morning when I came upon this Palmyra bark.  Which up close was really lovely.

Went to a Farm Group meeting which wasn’t too bad.  Things are definitely looking up now we have someone very good running the meeting.

Gradually I feel we are sorting out the building that needs to take place here in Buddha Garden.  Have decided that if I go to the UK then I will try and find some work.  I can hopefully earn enough to cover my costs in the UK so what I have saved can be used for building here.

HOT 20190401

The temperature got up to 40C today.  Goodness knows what it is going to be like in May…..  I don’t think I have ever know it get this hot so early in the hot season.

The picture is of Magzhiran and his cousin playing together very creatively with the nursery soil.  They built all sorts of fantastical shapes with it.