LAND OF MEDICINE BUDDHA

This is the Land of Medicine Buddha up in the mountains a few minutes from where I live.  It's the sweetest little drive through the forest in a small neighborhood, with prayer flags hanging across the street on the way up.  I took Ray there on Saturday to check it out, he had never been there before.  I can't believe I forgot to get a photo of the giant prayer wheel that is outside...they actually have two, but one is huge.  So we added our prayer to the good of all sentient beings, as they are collecting a specific prayer of peace and are in the six digit numbers of prayers given so far.  The retreat is a center for learning.  The Dahli Lama has been here.  You can come take class's and hear lectures, it's a very serene setting as you can imagine.  This room in particular is so breath  taking when you first walk in and the wall of Buddha's hit's your senses.  The big sand mandala is encased in glass right now and is truly spectacular to see in person. All the intricate, tiny detail with the colored sand....it's really something to behold.  Then the little Buddha that greats you as you pull into the drive with his prayer of 

Om Mani Padme Hung...

Shanti Shanti Shanti.....love June

THANK YOU ABIGAIL AND OWOH!

I'm getting a lot of emails with questions about my new man Ray...it's been amazing the response this has generated...seriously, you people are making me cry with your kind and loving words.  My friends and family haven't seen me with some one in a very long time and its' blowing minds to say the least because not many knew.  Lisa opened up a whole piece of my life for everyone and its' a bit overwhelming to share with so many people I don't even know.  But this OWOH family of friends is like none I have ever experienced in my life...so here goes.


As Lisa mentioned I had a tough time of it at first, letting down some of my very strong reinforced walls...an old love was  still situated very deeply in my heart, even though we had not been together in a very long time.   Then Abigail from Montana, and Rusted  Wind Gallery, whom I had struck up an initial friendship with through OWOH wrote to me about her friend in Santa Cruz, Ray, and thought we should meet.  And the rest is now OUR history.


This is the first photo I saw of Ray on his daughters web site, www.worldsoundproductions.com, back in February when we were  first introduced... by the way his daughter Mekenzie is without a doubt one of the most amazing artst around, she teaches art at Otis in LA...go check her out, you won't be disappointed.
...So I thought, this works just fine for me..ha ha....I wanted  to share this with you because I felt the photo Lisa had was not a very sincere rendition of this cutie!  (thx Lisa for the really bad close up angle..not a good idea with a digital)  And might I add...Not bad for  58!  He's sporting gray/white facial hair now and I like it lot's! and he has more gray on his head but still the same exact face....lucky me!


I just can't thank everyone enough for all your well wishes..it's been an avalanche of reply to Lisa  and  myself..it brought tears to my eyes and my heart that so many  people care.


Thx again for all your love..I'll keep you posted on mine...wouldn't want to let anyone down...we are definitely in the market for a happy ending...luv, juner

A LOVE STORY FROM LISA OCEANDREAMER

One World One Heart - A LOVE CONNECTION???

 

LISA OCEANDREAMER WROTE A LOVELY STORY ABOUT THE RELATIONSHIP THAT HAS TRANSPIRED BETWEEN MYSELF AND A MAN I MET THROUGH OWOH...IF YOU'RE A SAP LIKE I AM...THEN GO READ HER TALE OF LOVE...IT'S VERY SWEET...AND MAY GIVE YOU A SMILE.  LOVE IS OUT THERE IN THE MOST  UNUSUAL OF PLACES, IF YOU KEEP YOUR MIND  AND YOUR HEART OPEN IT JUST MAY FIND YOU...

LUV JUNER

SPRINGTIME...!!

I realized I have not been very attentive to my blog and keeping up with everyone.  I feel bad that I  still haven't gotten to any new bloggers from the list of OWOH...let alone check on everyone that I am following. Although I did get to a few last week...and boy did I see some amazing things!  You people are seriously talented out there!
It's been a whirl wind of work this past month.  I'm really putting all my efforts in to the storybook project at the moment.  Been writing almost everyday.  I have tee shirts and posters now. And the last two new characters, Dunston ? the keeper of the books, (still don't know his last name), and Mathilda's older sister, Annabel, are just about ready to share with you.

But the best thing about the past couple of  weeks has been the heralding of Spring....I just love this time of year...Autumn is  my favorite, so I must love the transition time of the planet.  My garden is coming to bloom, the trees and their leaves.  This is my first Spring in this home and it's really been lovely so far...sitting on the Veranda Bench with the White Tunisian design umbrella...I'm just loving it!

Hope everyone is well and enjoying the sun and flowers, and the cool sweet air....I promise  I won't stay away so long anymore and definitely keep up better with all my new friends...luv, Juner