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| THE NATURAL BEAUTY OF THE ABBEY LAND - SUMMER 2004
Sometimes we just enjoy the beautiful environment as we go about our daily tasks caring for the land.
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Sunrise at Sravasti Abbey.
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| Haroldina: Our truck, named with fondness after Harold, her previous owner, handles the meadow slopes and aids Chris and Nanc in combatting the knapweed.
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The mother-daughter team of Susan and Renee pour over the maps of the abbey.
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Forest flowers.
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On the upper meadow, looking across to our neighbor Chris on the tractor, spraying the knapweed.
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As we walk in the forest, we look at Mt. Pisgah, which we've renamed Mt.Tara |
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On the road outside the temple site that goes into the forest, looking up at the upper meadow where a stupa could be.
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Deb and Nanc put up a bird house for our many feathered friends.
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Ven. Chodron and Helen Ann appreciating nature's beauty.
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| We find lovely flowers in the forest ...
... and in the garden.
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Tracy enjoys mowing the lawn on such a beautiful day.
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Sunset ends another peaceful and fruitful day at the Abbey.
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