Dragonfly Delight

 I mean't to post these pics earlier. On the morning of the day I was flying from China to start my journey back home for my holiday, I was laying on the couch near my lounge room window when I looked outside to see this family of Dragonflies. I took these two photos and noticed that there were actually many dragonflies, huge dragonflies, that were flying around filling the sky. Very beautiful :-)

Breath

Today I was sitting back for what was to be either a relaxing meditation or an afternoon snooze. I was following my breath when I noticed that little space, the space between the in breath and the out breath. I like this space between the breath, I find it relaxes me. Whilst I was pondering the space, it struck me that it is very similar to the beautiful space that you can find within music. When I trained as musician, studying drum kit at University, the space (the emptiness) was what I always focused on to make the drum beat FEEL good, the space between the notes that I played around the kit was for me, my secret to making the music feel great. I was never one for filling the music with as many fancy chops as I could pull out. Both of these empty spaces (Within the breath and the music) give me an internal feeling that I can't really describe. It's like connecting with an internal life force. Interesting!

The Colours of Perth

We took a ride out to Bells rapids the other day, had a picnic lunch and enjoyed the beautiful surroundings. I have not edited these photos and they were just taken with the android phone. The colours here are always so vivid. The sky is amazing. When you spend much of the year in dull grey, haze and drizzle, it's so refreshing to breathe the fresh air and see the palette of colours. The other photos are on the Quairading road.

Playing with Picasa and Picnik

Took this photo the other day and played with the Picnik photo program , now associated with Picasa...I think it looks kinda cool.