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| Fence Pueblo |
Monday, April 28, 2014
4/23/14
I have been painting the inside of our brick fence this spring. On the left-hand wall is a rough approximation of Pusch Ridge, modeled after the real ridge we can see from our front courtyard. In the left corner I painted a stylized version of the Taos Pueblo, with our Mexican Chiminea in the foreground. --Maitri Sojourner
Tuesday, April 22, 2014
4/22/2014
Today is Earth Day. The irony is not lost--yesterday we had an old palo verde tree cut down in our back yard in Tucson. She was a large tree, and had been home to many birds over the years, and gave nice shade to the house. It was her time to go. We discovered a colony of ants living in the deadwood of the tree when she was cut down. Her limbs were chipped and will go back to the earth. Today, we saw a pair of doves in the early morning, and they seemed to be looking for the tree. At various times throughout the day other birds--finches, mostly--hopped up on the fence, and then down into the back yard. Were they looking for the tree? No way to know. It took the crew just 3 1/2 hours to completely cut the tree down to the ground, chip it up, sweep, and be gone. I tried to count the tree rings, and estimate the tree was between 25 and 40 years old. It cleaned a lot of air in its life. The back yard looks quite bare, and I feel sadness.
Today is Earth Day. The irony is not lost--yesterday we had an old palo verde tree cut down in our back yard in Tucson. She was a large tree, and had been home to many birds over the years, and gave nice shade to the house. It was her time to go. We discovered a colony of ants living in the deadwood of the tree when she was cut down. Her limbs were chipped and will go back to the earth. Today, we saw a pair of doves in the early morning, and they seemed to be looking for the tree. At various times throughout the day other birds--finches, mostly--hopped up on the fence, and then down into the back yard. Were they looking for the tree? No way to know. It took the crew just 3 1/2 hours to completely cut the tree down to the ground, chip it up, sweep, and be gone. I tried to count the tree rings, and estimate the tree was between 25 and 40 years old. It cleaned a lot of air in its life. The back yard looks quite bare, and I feel sadness.
Sunday, April 20, 2014
Saturday, April 19, 2014
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| Chapel, St. Anthony's Greek Orthodox Monastery, near Florence, Arizona |
4/19/14 Six monks established St. Anthony's Monastery in 1995, a direct link with the Holy Mountain in Athos, Greece. The monastery now consists of a Gatehouse and store, the main church and courtyard, four separate chapels (named after St. Nicholas, Byzantine architecture; St. George, Romanian architecture; St. Demetrios, rural Russian-style; and St.Seraphim and Spanish fountain, Russian style outdoor chapel), and a Fountain of the Cross (with a traditional Orthodox three-bar cross. The grounds have beautiful gardens, a small vineyard, citrus orchards, and an olive grove.
The resident monks (about 50 now) follow the cenobitic rule of monastic life, with a daily schedule of prayer and work. Nuns also live and work at the monastery.
Tuesday, April 8, 2014
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