Yuletide

May your dreams come true this Yuletide,

May your family be well this Yuletide,

May your best self break through this Yuletide,

May your life excel this Yuletide.

The world of clouds

The world of clouds is so shaky and misty, and yet so real in its unreality. 

But the wind will blow, and the mountains and valleys of clouds will be gone forever.

Photo: Unsplash.com

Spiders

"Eyes of Jumping spider - Marpissa radiata" by Lukas Jonaitis licensed under CC BY 2.0



"Dew on a spider's web in the morning" by Luc Viatour licensed under CC BY-SA 3.0

Gracefulness

Like a graceful vase, a cat, even when motionless, seems to flow.

~ George Will

Photo: "Jack of Hearts II" by Cat Mapper (Max Ogden), licensed under CC0 1.0

Cats and fish

If a fish is the movement of water embodied, given shape,
then a cat is a diagram and pattern of subtle air.

~ Doris Lessing

Photo from Unsplash by Stainless Images

Gazing into the eyes of another living being

Magic of the winter night

The earth is wrapped in fallen snow, with silence all around.
It's not the snowflakes but my dreams keep falling on the ground.

Photos source

Kulning - Ancient Swedish herdingcall

Imbolc Offering

Out of coldness is born the warmth
Out of emptiness is born the abundance
Out of night is born a day
Out of darkness is born the light

Let there be warmth in our hearts
Let there be abundance in our homes
Let the days be longer and longer
Let the light be brighter and brighter

Jadeite Cabbage and Meat Stone

The Jadeite Cabbage

Insects - closeup

The Meat Stone

Information: 
Jadeite Cabbage in Wikipedia
Meat Stone in German Wikipedia

The deepest pit of the year

Today is 23 December - the deepest pit of the year. I'm remembering the stop it makes in the lowest point before swinging back in motion tomorrow. It's the day of death before rebirth.

Yule Offering

Father Sun, may you be strong
Father Sun, may you be bright
Father Sun, may you burn
Father Sun, may you shine

Father Sun, keep me strong
Father Sun, keep me bright
Father Sun, keep me burning
Father Sun, keep me shining

The Joy of Rain

The joy of rain as I'm walking down the cold street, with freezing droplets occasionally stinging my face, even though I'm carrying an umbrella. 

The joy of watching the myriads of neon lights reflecting in the myriads of puddles created in every tiniest hollow in the ground.

But above all, the joy of the monotonous sounds of the raindrops beating gently against everything in their way, the steady whisper accompanying just another normal evening in the life of the city.

On my way, there will be only one stop to make - the supermarket: I need to buy a few bags of strong tea. This is going to be a long evening at work.

The sweetness of the world

The sensation of the world comes to me as sweetness, the sweetness of observing the world as it is. 

Samhain Offering

Beloved ancestors, help and guide us

Beloved guides in the spirit, help and guide us

Beloved spirits of the nature, help and guide us

Beloved Earth, help and guide us

Beloved Sun, help and guide us

Beloved Universe, help and guide us

May this time be a revelation 

And a safe journey to all,

On this and the other side

Photo: Unsplash

There are nights...

There are nights when the wolves are silent and only the moon howls.

~ George Carlin

Photo: Unsplash

Super Moon 2015

Source and credits

Blue Moon - 31 July 2015

Snow meditation

Looking up in the sky, trying to see the point from which the snow is falling.

Genro's cave

A cloud rests at the mouth of the cave
Doing nothing all day.
The moonlight penetrates the waves through the night,
But leaves no trace in the water.

~ Genro's comment in The Iron Flute Koan Collection