"Silently a flower blooms, in silence it falls away;br/ yet here now, at this moment, at this place,br/ The world of the flower, the whole of the world is blooming.br/ This is the talk of the flower, the truth of the blossom:br/ The glory of eternal life is fully shining here." —Zenkei Shibayamabr/br/My faithful assistant Spirit, photographed in the orchard meadow found on trail 151 (Abbey's Way) on Aztec Peak, in the Tonto National Forest.