
Kyuyo Street. Sweet shisa.
When in pairs, the left shisa traditionally has a closed mouth, the right one an open mouth.
The open mouth wards off evil spirits, and the closed mouth keeps good spirits in.–Wikipedia
photography from the Chesapeake Bay watershed by Bill Emory

Kyuyo Street. Sweet shisa.
When in pairs, the left shisa traditionally has a closed mouth, the right one an open mouth.
The open mouth wards off evil spirits, and the closed mouth keeps good spirits in.–Wikipedia

Kyuyo Street

beech


Charlottesville

Writer, teacher, ecologist and protector of old growth forest, Joan Maloof will be one of four speakers at the Tree Symposium, Sunday, April 6, 2014

We’ve been old men for awhile now. Dawning awareness. Been something for years, oh yes.
Old. Men. Queuing up for departure.

We pause to count our many blessings…