more mandala dissolution

Sectioning

Sweeping up

Invocation

Hats off

Mandala dissolution

Packing up after completion



Fait accompli

Beginning the dissolution, ground level

Calling the divinity down into the mandala

Monks making a mandala

in honor of Green Tara...



Cool guys, very focused, happy/joyful?

Materials:

Inspiration

Hummingbirds in the back yard

This is the view I have most frequently -- hummingbird butt.

Here's the ferocious little rufous glaring at others who would dare approach his feeder.

Himself again.

A dragonfly who expired in situ.

Little Orange Cat

Harem style

which is what he prefers

At the movies this afternoon

I really enjoyed it.

Underwhelmed by Kadomatsu

Jean and I went to the Rio Grande Botanical Garden to view the Kadomatsu exhibit.

These ducks seemed unaware of the koi lurking below them.

Couldn't identify these, but they added color to the afternoon.

Behold the amazing Kadomatsu arrangement!
(This represents half of the exhibit.)

Ice on the falls in the Japanese garden was more impressive.