Dry

Still no rain although some has been promised for tomorrow.  New Horizon, along with any part of Buddha Garden that does not have irrigation, is extremely dry.

I feel this picture of someone watering the beds in New Horizon by hand expresses just how dry it is.

Basil

Today we cleaned 11kg of basil.  I don’t think we have ever done this much since Buddha Garden began.

My thumb is very brown but at least it didn’t make the tips of my fingers all itchy and red like it did last time.

Memory

This is a picture I received yesterday from a friend in Malaysia where we lived for four years.  It was taken at an event at a Sikh temple and as the picture shows, it was soon after Rachael was born.

It came on the anniversary of Peter’s death and was a wonderful reminder of the times we had together there.

Stabilising

During yesterday’s yoga class I had this strong image of my body stabilising.  There were parts of my body being bandaged in what felt like a non restricting elastic bandage; this including my bladder, all my blood vessels and spine.  My body was being brought together rather than being very elastic all the time.

I feel that I am doing some of the asanas in a different way that is helping this process along.  It feels like my body is rearranging itself.

New kind of bricks

Today we went to a place called Auro-creation where they are experimenting with making different kinds of bricks.  These ones are made of a mixture of ground up plastic and cement so are a way of recycling plastic.  It is simple technology so that we could make them ourselves.

The only problem I could see is that the plastic might flake off, but we were assured this would not happen.  I would like to experiment with three small beds outside where I live.

Nearly finished

We worked hard on the new cabin this morning.  Now the windows are finished we just have to put up the door. 

Then all the volunteers can come!

Youngest volunteer

I love this picture of Magzhiran that I took this morning.  He was so involved with what he was doing!

Reminded me of Emma and Rachael who were very similar.  Always wanting to explore and try and do what the adults were doing.