Lama Dance North Fife Photographry

The stage is set, beneath an applique banner of the Karma Kagyu Lineage monks emerge from the confines of Rumtek Monastery Gompa, Sikkim North India to perform a ritual dance associated with the end of the year, Mahakala and Kalachackra. to the left an edifice, a torma in the shape of Mahakala's head two to three times the mass of a person supporting an elaborate structure of which every part, colour, proportion, juxtaposition and number has a significance. To pulsating rhythms of the music, radungs, jowlings, drums, cymbals etc led by Umze-la directs the dancers. The rich brocade costumes adorn, many of the masks are mythical and animal, embraced and incorporated have origins in Shamanism.




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North Fife Photographs Mahakala

Tomorrow is the last day of the Tibetan Buddhist Year, the year of the Earth Mouse gives way to the Female Earth Ox. The last day of the lunar month is Mahakala Day, a wrathful and protector deity that is invoked to neutralise the accumulated negativity of the preceding month. At Rumtek Monastery Sikkim where these photos were taken the last 14 days of the year non stop ritual and Puja takes place for good measure.

The turning of the year accords with Cosmology and cycles of time depicted in the Kalachackra Lama Dances, The Wheel of time. A teaching embedded in Tibetan Buddhist practice.

Zen North Fife

Zen North Fife. I have created a link to a site that explains well, requires concentration and patience and in itself is a very useful tool in understanding the nature of mind.



"Written by a lay teacher with 60 years of experience in zazan, this book provides everyone from absolute beginner to experienced student with detailed, progressive information and discussion on breathing, posture, distraction, actions of mind, physiology, mood, laughter, kensho, and samadhi."—Library Journal

"An extraordinarily important book. It should be on the shelves of all libraries."—Choice

"[Sekida's] approach is radical in its attempt to define Zen practice in terms of Western physiology and phenomenology."—New Age Journal

"This book is a valuable work. Though physiologically technical, it remains personal and practical, focusing on the actual experience of zazen practice. Ultimately, however, it is the concentrated and serious spirit of the book that most tellingly establishes its value to those interested in Zen."—Philip Kapleau . ZEN Training: Methods and Philosophy (Shambhala Classics)
The only way to know is to taste.

The River Tay from BlackEarnside Feb 2009

The River Tay from BlackEarnside North Fife. The snow on the thaw but still plenty about.

Ducks Snow North Fife

Notice the first drake at the water, a duck joins him and an interaction takes place, the consequence can be viewed in the following clip.

Today or should I say last night it snowed in north fife, most of the UK has experienced severe weather for a while, now it's our turn and our ducks for the first time experienced white out. Difficult for them to forage but some activity just goes on and on.

Ice River Tay North Fife

The river Tay as ice in North Fife. It's been a long cold winter thus far but nothing like the winter of 1981 when the Tay froze over. The Tay is tidal as far as Perth and as the water levels change so do the layers of ice, it flows downstream and then comes back again building huge ice flows that crunch and grind together, noisy and surreal. I remember crunching through the various layers as each in turn gave way after a second or two. In the end my camera lens shutter froze up, yes IT was that cold.

Ice grottos.

HERONBANK, NEWPORT-ON-TAY North Fife

Heronbank, 99a Tay Street, Newport-on-Tay for sale.
Offers around £395,000

Property Type : Detached
Public Rooms : 4
Bedrooms : 3
Bathrooms : 2
Garden : yes
Garage : no
Pagan Osborne are delighted to offer this individual architect designed villa which enjoys spectacular uninterrupted views of the River Tay and Dundee beyond. Positioned within a secluded waterfront setting, the property is approximately 1.5 miles from Dundee city centre and 11 miles from St Andrews.
The accommodation is formed over four levels, offering a degree of flexibility in the layout. The subjects comprise: L-shaped sitting room/dining room with river views, living room with river views, dining kitchen, utility room, three double bedrooms (master with en suite and dressing room), study/fourth bedroom, double height conservatory, gallery playroom, fully tiled family bathroom and a cloaks WC. In addition, there is an integral garden store accessed from the exterior. Externally, the private driveway leads to a car port positioned to the rear of the property.
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Fife
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Snow North Fife

Dance of miniature snowballs preceding the anticipated heavy snowfall tomorrow here in North Fife. A little bit better than watching paint dry.

Burns Supper Fife Arts Co-op

There you have it, Haggis, neeps and tatties accompanied with a wee dram of whisky and wine. A Burns Supper shared with Fife Arts Co-operative at The Steeple Arts Newburgh North Fife.



Fife Arts Co-operative Burns Supper at The Steeple. Haggis being played in by Dave Ford and carried by Lindsey Goring. Addressed by Graeme Russell and the Toast.

Selkirk Grace and response by Lindsey Goring and a song and murmur from us all followed by Tam O'Shanter by Julie Goring with asides Louise Moran.

Response by Lindsey Goring and on to more song. A truly splendid evening and one I enjoyed very much, meeting others for the first time and growing other friendships.What else can one wish for in a common interest.

Scots North Fife

At the Homecoming event at The National Museum of Scotland Matthew Fitt presented an entertaining discourse on the movement to encourage the knowledge and happy use of Scots. Rabbie Burns wrote in Scots, whose birthday it was. Imagine, the time honoured National Poet whose language is less and less understood. I was born in England, have lived in Scotland for 30 years and for all of that time have a local friend who writes poetry in Scots. You can see and hear Harvey Holton who has always explained that to say it as you see it, is all, then you've got it.




Winnie-the-Pooh in Scots

'Fair fa yer honest sonsie face Great chieftain o the pudding race!'To mark the 250th anniversary of the birth of Robert Burns, Scotland's National Bard, Itchy Coo is proud to publish this lift-the-flap board book in the format of the hugely successful KATIE series.There will be many publications in 2009 to mark Burns' 250th birthday, but Rabbie's Rhymes is unique in bringing the best-loved lines of the poet to the very youngest readers. Children will love lifting the flaps to find out: where the wee sleekit cowerin timorous moose is hiding; what the haggis is wearing on his head; and what happens to the Highlander's kilt when the wind blows. A simple, funny, colourful introduction to Burns, Rabbie's Rhymes will entertain the bairns and encourage parents and teachers not only to recite the lines from the poems but perhaps also to sing the tunes to songs like Ca the Yowes and Ye Banks and Braes, A Red, Red Rose and, as a grand finale, Auld Lang Syne. Illustrated by award-winning Karen Sutherland, Rabbie's Rhymes will be one of the highlights of the 2009 Burns celebrations.

About the Author
James Robertson and Matthew Fitt have written numerous books together in Scots, including Blethertoun Braes, King o the Midden, A Wee Book of Fairy Tales and A Moose in the Hoose. Karen Sutherland is an award-winning artist who is also the illustrator of Animal ABC, A Moose in the Hoose and Eck the Bee.Rabbie's Rhymes: Robert Burns for Wee Folk (Katie)

River Tay 28th Jan North Fife

The River Tay 28th Jan North Fife. As still as a millpond at about half water with navigation lights looking twice their height with the reflection on a mirror surface.