White herons wander on the green lawns of the old fort Halle. A light coolness in the shade of the great banyans. A delicate aroma of flowers in the churchyard. Tea bushes cover the endless mountain slopes.
Star lotus is the national flower of Sri Lanka, a symbol of truth, purity and self-control, one of 108 favorable signs found in Buddha’s tracks. According to legend, when the Buddha died, the beautiful lotus flowers blossomed everywhere where he passed.
Autumn sun
illuminated the shore,
tree bends
in transparent glass…
Equilibrium at 5° from the equator:
12 hours a day,
12 hours – night,
12 hours – the sun,
12 hours – rain.
The pink glint of the setting sun stretched over the waves, went out in the clouds and the veil of darkness slowly covered the Indian Ocean…
Autumn. White plane. Back home, to the cold gray shores.