Vine Maple

 

Among the Blissful

 

from Haideh Azarbakhsch

Frances Lanier

 

Nursing school graduation photo, (circa 1919) of Frances Lanier. See served during World War II in the Philippines, England and France as a member of the United States Army Nurse Corps, earning the rank of Major. 

Seaside

 

Seaside

Nevada Theater Murals

"The murals feature California poppies, the Humbolt Lily, oaks, acorns, pines, and many other native elements, including a Niesenan basket."      --Allyn Kate

The Mother Temple of South America

 

The House of Worship in Santiago, Chile, was the final Continental Baha'i House of Worship to be constructed. It was dedicated in 2016 and is a place where everyone may worship God.

"O people of the world! Build ye houses of worship throughout the lands in the name of Him Who is the Lord of all religions. Make them as perfect as is possible in the world of being, and adorn them with that which befitteth them, not with images and effigies. Then, with radiance and joy, celebrate therein the praise of your Lord, the Most Compassionate. Verily, by His remembrance the eye is cheered and the heart is filled with light."

--Bahá’u’lláh, The Kitab-i-Aqdas

Machinists Mate First Class

 

From the Puget Sound Naval Museum

  

The Car matches the House

   

thanks diz thomas

Pat Cooney

 

My dad (on right) with his long-time friend and colleague, Pat Cooney, who's pretending he's on the phone.

Pat

Coos Bay Surfing

This reminds me of fun times.

The Most Pleasing Thing in the Sight of God

 

"The most pleasing thing in the sight of God is service.  As the opposite poles of the magnet are attracted to each other, humility and servitude are the only attributes Man can achieve which are the opposite of the attributes of Majesty and Sovereignty of God. All the other attributes which Man can strive for are possessed by God in absolute perfection. "  

Dr. Darius Shahrokh, M.D.; 

"Abdul-Baha, The Mystery of God "

Yakut Girl with Flower

YAKUT GIRL WITH FLOWER

It is the first day of school, and our young girl brings a flower to her teacher.

Art Garfunkel - I Only Have Eyes For You

Frozen Birds over Kamchatka

FROZEN BIRDS

by Sam Ewing

 Frozen birds

Over Kamchatka

Freezing wings

Frozen tails

Cold cold feet.

Pity those birds

Up in Alaska

Pity those birds

Those poor, poor birds

They have no heat.

Girl on a Pony Day

 

AUGUST 2ND IS GIRL ON A PONY DAY.

Gila Bend Arizona

 

Gila Bend,  Arizona 

Wim Wenders

One Heavenly Source

 

California Bay Tree

 

Umbellularia californica , or California Bay

(California Native Plant Society)

Súrih of Sorrows

 

“Would that the universe had never been called into existence! Would that the world had never been brought into being! 

Would that no Prophet had ever been raised up, no Messenger sent forth, and no Cause established amongst men! 

Would that the Name of God had never been manifested betwixt earth and heaven, and that no Books, Tablets, or Scriptures had ever been revealed! 

Would that the Ancient Beauty had never been made to dwell among these workers of iniquity, nor to suffer at the hands of those who openly disbelieved in God and who committed against Him that which none on earth had ever dared commit! 

By the one true God! Wert thou, O ‘Alí, to examine My limbs and members, My heart and vitals, thou wouldst discover the traces of those same bullets that struck that Temple of God. 

Alas, alas! Thus was the Revealer of verses prevented from revealing them, and this Ocean from surging, and this Tree from bearing fruit, and this Cloud from pouring down its rain, and this Sun from giving its light, and this Heaven from ascending on high. 

Yet, so hath it been irrevocably decreed in this Day.”

~ Baha'u'llah,

 (Súrih of Sorrows)

July 5th Cleanup

They're probably picking up litter today, eleven years later.

Beach Cottage

 

Beach Cottage

The Alhambra

 

The Alhambra,, Grenada, Spain.  (Gianni LaRosa)

TOP OF THE STAIRS

 

TOP OF THE STAIRS

It was a new place in a new town, and we were 13.  We lived with our father in an apartment in a house at the top of a public stairway. 

We'd watch the Coho ferry arrive and depart for Victoria, British Columbia, sometimes while fishing from a pier.  It was a new chapter, but a short one.

Eight months after arriving in Port Angeles we were on a Greyhound bus to Burbank to live with our mother. The summer after that, we were back in Port Angeles in an apartment over Mel's Street Shop, which was the social center of town. We'd open the windows and watch the people below come and go all day. Good times! 

This drawing is from a photograph I took from the top of the stairs in 1961. Mel's Street Shop is the white building, second from left.

Looking across the Straight of Juan de Fuca to Victoria, British Columbia, from the top of the stairs. 

River

 

Master! How Do You Like these Rooms?

 

Baha'i Magazine "Star of the West" Vol. 19, No. 5