Brunch at the Garden Court

Garden Court, Palace Hotel, San Francisco

There was a violinist and cellist playing in the little alcove above the middle door as we dined.




I sketched this from our table.

She was in pink and I was wearing  a white double-breasted linen suit.


It was a lifetime ago, and yet I remember the Key Lime Pie.

A Good Day

I had a Chickadee eat out of my hand today.  It looked a lot like this one.  Any day a wild bird eats out of your hand is a good day.

Business is Business

My father told me that he once produced a television commercial for a furniture chain, and the owner was so pleased with it that he said: "Sam, pick out a sofa and you can have your choice of colors."

Jupiter

Jupiter

The Greatest Holy Leaf

Link

The Greatest Honor of an Individual

Vali'u'llah Samadani

And the honour and distinction of the individual consist in this, that he among all the world's multitudes should become a source of social good. Is any larger bounty conceivable than this, that an individual, looking within himself, should find that by the confirming grace of God he has become the cause of peace and well-being, of happiness and advantage to his fellow men? No, by the one true God, there is no greater bliss, no more complete delight'.

--Abdu'l-Baha-- Secrets of Divine Civilization

The Bay of Akka and Monterey Bay

The Bay of Akka and Monterey Bay

We Work and Pray

Mansion at Bahji, Near Akka, Israel

“Greetings and salutations rest upon this mansion which increaseth in splendour through the passage of time. Manifold wonders and marvels are found therein, and pens are baffled in attempting to describe them."

(The dedicatory statement of ‘Údí Khammár placed over the lintel upon completion of the mansion in 1870)

Invitation