Solar Sun Flower

For the gardener who has everything. A solar flower tracker! It follows the sun just like a sunflower. What a garden ornament!

With all the talk about renewable resources, we can see and hear one of the Buddha's teachings about impermanence. We need renewables because everything arises and ceases. The re-new of renewables is literally a new arising. Even though it looks the same as the thing that just died. One tree looks very much like another.

The sun is constantly re-new-ing itself. Let's use that re-new-able energy to power our home and our car.

Tea Cup and Saucer

At the church bazaar last weekend, i bought a unique garden ornament--a cute teacup-and-saucer affixed to the top of a garden stake. Supposedly, the saucer is a bird bath, and the cup can hold bird seed. 

That might happen in a tame and civilized garden. Here, however, I can too easily imagine a squirrel jumping up to devour the bird seed and bringing the whole thing crashing down. I'll just let rainwater collect in the saucer and see if any birds partake of it.

How often am i seduced by a cute idea? And it's a beautiful garden ornament. Very unique. Oh, can i rationalize my purchase.

How often am i seduced into unskillful action or unwise speech? Oh, just this little bit won't hurt, i think.

It's cute. It makes sense in the moment.

Only later do i shake my head. What was i thinking?