A little miracle out in the labyrinth yesterday-- these easter lillies were planted in the late spring (why, after easter, of course!) and I'm told usually take a year before they bloom again. But out there, in the midst of all the dying-off cycle off Fall, there's this wonderful reminder of new life. 29 September 2006.

Today was a lovely early fall day. It was supposed to rain, but instead we mostly had bright sunshine and big, puffy white clouds. I wandered out to the reconciliation labyrinth at the Cathedral, and got to watch nature at work. Moments before this photo was taken this spider had successfully snared a grasshopper twice it's size. (As with all the photos, you can click on it to enlarge it; you can see the hairs on the spider's legs!) 28 September 2006.

Where did that ball go? Probably one of the last sunny, warm days of the season. 26 September 2006.

Mt. Hood, Oregon, from an airplane window. 24 July 2006.

A proud goose in front of one of the temples in the Angkor Thom complex. Near Siem Reap, Cambodia. 30 July 2006.

We watched "Tomb Raider" last night, so it seems only appropriate to use this photo of Ta Prohm today. A good bit of the Cambodia part of the movie is filmed here. As you stand in this courtyard with other tourists you can hear many different languages spoken, and then, the unmistable english, "Angelina Jolie," and "Tomb Raider." Ta Prohm is an amazing place when the tourists are gone-- there's a very profound mystical quality to it. 29 July 2006.

Country church. Near Saurat, Ariege, France. 15 September 2002.

Red-tailed hawk at the Cathedral of Christ the King, Kalamazoo, Michigan. 20 September 2006.

Garganta del diablo, Iguazu Falls, Argentina. 24 February 2006.

Incoming tide. York, Maine. 15 September 2006.

Pollinating the chives. Kalamazoo, Michigan. 17 September 2006.

York, Maine. 15 September 2006.

Temple of a Thousand Lights, Singapore. 27 July 2006.

Monk on the water taxi. Bangkok, Thailand. 9 August 2006.

A beautiful full moon from our backyard last night. 8 September 2006.

Another photo in a series (see the August, 2006, archives) of a musician at East Mebon Temple, near Siem Reap, Cambodia. 29 July 2006.

Halong Bay, Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam. 2 August 2006.

Sunset, Halong Bay, Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam. 2 August 2006.

A lovely Labor Day paddle on the Pidgeon River (northern Indiana) revealed this turtle foursome, sunning themselves on a log. 4 September 2006.

Early morning, Halong Bay, Gulf of Tonkin, Vietnam. 2 August 2006.

Just two of the several deer who were at the Bicentennial Park last night. 31 August 2006.