Christmas Morning

Spirits in the Forest

Back Paths of Home

Open Space, Open Mind

God is in the Details

Fiery Gradation

Evening Fuzzy Mountain

Start of Winter Colours

South Omoshiroiyama, Yamgata, Japan

Gandam in Class

One of the boys made a Gandam mask from A4 paper, pretty impressive.

North Omoshiroyama - The way down

North Omoshiroyama

Spring Water Run

This three wheeler really is useful, run up the mountain to collect my spring water, fresh.

Never tire of Mountain walking

Walking in Red Mountains

Mountain Pool

Freezing cold swim, nothing like it to wake you up on every level!

Three Wheeler Rambling

Took a long cut home over the mountains on my three wheeler scooter.  Always a joy to find new roads.

Omoshiroyama

River running through a gorge, the best place to clear my mind.

Ura Yamadera

Taken from the caves behind the Mountain Temple sight, Yamadera, in Yamagata Prefecture, good meditation spots.

Kasano

Summer fun.

Before Shoulder Operation

Wanted to take interesting picture of a yoga pose.....before she had surgery on her shoulder.  A shrine near the yoga practice room.

Mt Fudo

From valley to ridge, a long walk along a ridge, spectacular.

Green Valley

The green was just so green!  Spring is here with a will! Lovely morning spent walking up a river in a valley, immersed in green.

Mt. Ryuzan

Fern Crown

Idyllic Spot for Farming

Okama

The crater lake at the top of Mount Zao, an active volcano, the lake was formed after an erruption 300 years ago.

Spring Forests

On Mt Zao, Yamagata.

Fluffy Flowers in the Temple Garden

NightStreetsCalcutta

Disc World

Walking the streets of Calcutta by night, thoughts of Ankh Morpork surfaced vividly.

Warm Streets

In Kolkata, walking around the city again.  So much to see.

Darjeeling

Being people watched..

Dog Watching

So enjoy dog watching in India. This may look a bit depressing, but it was actually a very nice cool spot for this dog to take a rest in.  So many dogs, some stray some pets, but they are so much freer, and have a social life, as dogs should.

Enchey Monastery, Gangtok - Sikkim

Back Lanes

Walk to my room, always past this fluffy dog with auspicious markings on his forehead.

Morning Meditation

Assi Ghat.  Varanasi.  Serenity

Sunrise Ceremony at Assi Ghat, Varanasi

Nights by the Ganges

Varanasi Alley

Morning Bathing

In the Ganges River flowing through Varanasi.

Varanasi at Sunrise

Kolkata Streets

Kolkata

Landed in Kolkata.  So enjoyed walking around this green city, bursting at the seams with life.

Broken Camera

Finally got my camera repaired and so will be able to update again.