Peace pole

Finally, the first tender shoots of grass are poking through the top soil.

The past three weeks have been arduous, yet fulfilling, and the placement and landscaping of all the guardian rocks at the entrance to the house is now complete.

This could not have been done without the help of my “unexpected guest”, Daniel, who only left two days ago after spending three weeks here. With all the moving of stones and soil, Daniel with his younger body came through okay; I needed to go into Hobart last week to have my extremely sore legs massaged in order to continue working.

And yesterday, Windgrove was gifted with a Peace Pole from The Byakko Shinko Kai, an international organisation (based in Japan) dedicated to world peace and raising the consciousness of everyone and every living being on earth. Its activities are rooted in the universal prayer for world peace: “May Peace Prevail on Earth” as seen in English and kanji on four sides of the pole.

Especially interesting to me are their Mandalas and their affirmations of gratitude to Nature where people are encouraged to express daily their deep appreciation to the earth, the oceans, the mountains, the air, rocks, animals, plants, and everything else in nature.

More can be found on their web site: http://www.byakko.or.jp/en/

Now, if I can only find some way of keeping the wallabies from eating all the new grass before it has time to establish itself.