The reason for my abscence from these pages has not arisen from creating a plastic work of art or seeking out to discover beautiful nature subjects for my photography but from a different kind of artistic realization.

I have been very busy working upon an important new project. A book!

Juan Ponce de Leon His New and Revised Genealogy.

On 08 28 2009 I uploaded a copy to the Library of Congress Copy Right Office to officially get the book registered.

The work is the result of over six years of research within the Ministry of Culture Spain's Archives to seek out documents and reference documents that tell of his ancestry and who were his real descendants.

The book, Juan Ponce de Leon His New and Revised Genealogy is an important work that contains history, pure genealogy and it also will serve as an important tool for those people who would like to begin pursuing their own genealogy as well as an important tool for those genealogists and historians who are experienced.

The book contains digital copies of original documents that are relative to the ancestors and descendnats of Juan Ponce de Leon as well as his direct family members that the Spanish Ministry of Culture has graciously allowed me to publish as well as important reference documentation that will lead the researcher to other importrant historical documents.

The work also has been created to correct the many errors that have been made by other researchers regarding the genealogy of Juan Ponce de Leon. It strips away the mythos so that the total man and his history are revealed within a clearer and more refined light.

The descendants of Juan Ponce de Leon immigrated from Spain to Mexico, Honduras, Peru, Cuba, Isla Espanola, Equador, La Florida and Columbia et al...

It was Juan Ponce de Leon who discovered America not Columbus. Columbus was looking for a trade route to Asia when he accidentally found the islands of the Caribbean. He was off course by over sixty miles away from La Florida. Juan Ponce claimed la Florida on behalf of Spain, not Columbus.The King of Spain, Ferdinand didn't want Diego Columbo to extend his power beyond the Caribbean Islands, he sent Juan Ponce de Leon on that eventful voyage of discovery instead. La Florida was called Bimini which was derived from an ancient Taino word meaning Mother of the Waters. La Florida was named Pascua Florida by Juan Ponce so people would remember his discovery that fell on a very important religous holiday....Easter. El Dia de Pascua.

The work is also illustrated with some very old and anceint images of documents that in some cases are over 400 years old. They have been transcribed into modern day Spanish and English.

The book will be availiable at the price of 80.00 USD and will be published on CD and PDF format.

Please direct inquiries to this Web Site. You won't find the book in stores,since  I am it's sole distributer.

ABOUT THE AUTHOR:
 

John J. Browne Ayes is an award winning artist, visual arts painter, sculptor, photographer, genealogist, writer and poet whose paintings have been exhibited throughout Florida, His art is on exhibition throughout the Internet. His paintings have been exhibited within Osceola Center for the Arts, Kissimmee City Hall, Orlando City Hall's Terrace Gallery, Walt Disney World at EPCOT and Hollywood Studios on behalf of Hispanic Heritage Month and Black Heritage Month. His art has been featured within national and locally published calendars; his visual arts have appeared within local news paper articles as well as featured within national magazine articles - AARP's Segunda Juventud and Culture Magazine. His creations have been featured within local magazine - Ahora Orlando. His Painting, Mi Orgullo, My Pride is in the collection of former Florida Governor Jeb Bush. The artist and his paintings have been featured on television within Fox News, Local Brite House TV - Access Osceola, Channel 31 the Melbourne Arts Channel.

The author has been working upon his family genealogy since the age of fourteen to present. The monumental work within this book has been the result of his research within the PARES Ministry of Culture, Spain. He has been researching and documenting the ancestors and descendants of Juan Ponce de Leon for many years as an adjunct project to his own family tree.    

Love in Friendship

 Ayes

Two days ago I got the news that my good friend went back to his ancestors.
The week before I was informed he had, had a heart attack and had gone into a coma.
The night before he returned to his ancestors I had a vivid dream.
In the dream I was a spirit. Somehow I knew that.
There were other spirits in the dream wandering about with absolutely nothing to do.
While walking amongst them I began thinking about adapting to my new state of being.

In the dream I began taking in the three colored lights, Gold, Violet and Prana.
Then I enclosed myself within a golden egg that was very polished on its outside.
I filled the inside of the egg with the colour violet.

At some moment within the dream I caught an image of myself radiating the light from inside of my new spirit self.

What happened next in the dream was strange and odd. The other spirits couldn't look at me and they seemed afraid.

I tried to impart my new found wisdom but no one was listening. I knew that the only way to operate within my new environment was to begin using my spirit mind to create a new way - to get activated into making things begin to happen instead of walking around helpless and afraid. 

It came to me that the same principle operates within the physical world. But in the spirit world it is more powerful. Perhaps this is why the other spirits feared me.

It also came to me that people here in the physical realm react pretty much in the same way. The learn new tricks or spend their money and their time seeking out new methods when they haven't learned the old lessons that have been around for eons.

In any case, I feel that my good friend has communicated with me and left me this valuable gift via my dream.

Ryan Bailey

was 46 years of age. He was married and had fathered two children.
He lived in Winter haven, Florida for eleven years.

He was an artist who created art from "found things".
He volunteered a lot of his time to enhancing the Ridge Art Gallery.
That's how we had met during an exhibition and art contest.

His art had garnered a lot of awards and prizes.

He was an editor and gifted writer of a well known art's magazine in Polk County, Florida.

He also was a good friend of mine despite the fact we hadn't kept in contact much since I moved away from Polk County.

Life is like that. We get busy living and lose contact with our cherished friends.

This humble writing is dedicated to him today.

Ayes

Kukulcan

                                  Flowing within the process of change.
       Copyright 2009, John Ayes. All Rights Reserved. National And International.

13 Ahau is a process that brings change to the world  and individuals on a global and personal level.

People by nature are creatures of habit finding comfort within the familiar and not wanting to pursue rocking the boat.  Changes are too radical and bring too much work. Too much thinking.

We were abusers of our environment. We were warned. Now we still have a limited amount of time to change the old habits.  If we don't....13 Ahau will force us to change by pushing the issues that move within survival and adaptation within a hostile environment.

We say we live within a democracy yet we live in fear because we don't really speak our minds to those who would lead us.

The fix we are in now has been created by our ancestors and passed down to us who in turn continue the negativity that sinks us deeper into the mire.

We complain about this and we cry some more when it gets worse.

Has anyone stopped to think about changing the world by changing our attitude?

Think about this for a moment:

Like attracts like.

Think these things: Focus upon these things: Believe in these things and they will come to pass:

I manifest positve things in my life.
I am a perfect reflection of positive things I've manifested.

I want peace for the world. I see peace for the world. I believe there will be peace in the world TODAY.

I am Good. I am worthy of good. Health, Wealth and Happiness.

(If someone has told you that you were born in sin and aren't worthy of GOOD.
Know that they LIED to you and yours. The only sin there is, is not having all that you desire).

World Health is a matter of MIND. Project negative thoughts and sickness comes.

Health Wealth and Happiness is everyone's right. Think about them. Beleive in them. See them manifesting TODAY and everyone will have it.

Our world is sick. Manifest its health with your Mind. Today. See it. Know it.
Believe it and it will come to pass TODAY.

Demand that the truth be spoken to you by those who would lead you.
Demand Peace. Know Peace. Believe Peace and it will come to pass.

You are all powerful beings.

Know that you create how you live.

You and yours have created the process we call Thirteen Ahau.

Surprise. Surprise.

Most of you know who I am.

Most of you know that I refrain from joining this and that here on gaia.

It is my way.

If you truely know me

You will understand.

This is what I know.

It is what I have been lecturing about since 1983 before Harmonic Conversion time came.

I knew back then that it would be a time of changes for everyone who lived upon this planet.

I knew that political, medical, monetary, military, educational systems would topple one after the other. Each in their turn during 13 Ahau.

I also knew that the lies that had been handed to the people in this country would be shown for what they were and the truth would reveal itself.

Does it make sense that this country would pursue a war that only made the few rich while espousing the lie that spoke of peace?

Does it make sense that anyone should ask our youth to sacrifice their life and limbs on behalf of those lies?

People right now are demonstrating at Florida's state capitol because our government has been supporting a war that has been draining this country of its most valuable resource. ..Its children's education.

Yes, its a time of change. And during this time people are in fear because many have lost everything they had in the stock market. That market is another lie that is being shown for what it truely is. Because in reality only a few make the money.

The Pharma and the Medical community have lost sight of the oath and have sold their souls for money at the expense of the old and the sick.

Think about what I am writing about real hard.

Extend it to every system you can think of that is at the foundation of this country.

Relax. Take a deep breath because you should know by now that CHANGE IS GOOD.

We have attracted what we have been putting out there for two hundred years.
It isn't very nice.

Resist change and your fall will be very, very hard.
Flow with it and........

Know that it isn't the end of the world.

Came back to share an update with you as well as some very good news.

Today I received an E mail from a friend of mine informing me that one of my photographs
made it to the "Spotlight" slideshow at Mother Earth News Magazine.
The image is number 1 in the slideshow. Its of a clutch of Egrets sitting upon a pine bough in various attitudes.

You can click upon the numer 1 to see the image and you can also click upon the image to be taken to one of my galleries. Once there, if you want to take the time to enjoy all of my images, just click upon AYESART above the gallery.

http://cu.motherearthnews.com/

Enjoy!

Ayesart

This is about making things happen in one's life.

In these hard times of negative changes, one needs to remain very focused on the positive. One way to maintain a sense of focus is to remain centered.

Remaining centered allows one to open many doors that lead to maximum positive potential:

Enough words:

Time for you to follow a URL link:

http://ngm.nationalgeographic.com/myshot/gallery/59118

Love in Positive Frienship,

John Ayes

Concurrent with the weather changes and unfortunate events in Florida, (2004-2005) Louisiana's Katrina crisis, now Galveston's and Bolivar Island's current problem initiated by Eric, the storm.   Had someone read historical records they would have discovered that both islands had been wiped out in exactly the same manner during the Spanish occupation of those islands. There were once two fortresses situated on those islands along with settlements. More recent storms in those areas have brought damage as well. No one watches or listens or heeds what is in the historical records.   This region, as well as northern and southern Florida have been hit hard by hurricanes in the past. Many a Spanish treasure transport ship have gone down on these coasts because of hurricanes.   If you look closely at the devastation that was caused by Eric, you will see that the force that hit those places weren't hurricane force winds. We are looking at the results of cyclone activity. The places in Asia that were hit by cyclones show the same exact type of devastation.   Then there's the financial devastation of the current Wall Street stock market. Fingers are pointing at the Real Estate bust, but it goes much deeper than that.   Our Democracy is written so it circumvents the process of CHANGE.   Yes, here it comes....   13 Ahau. If you have been following my previous writings on the subject and saving what I have been saying all along as well as predicting what was going to happen since we first met in the early 80's. You will see and must acknowledge that all I have said has come to pass.   Unfortunately, it isn't over yet.   Right now every system that has been set up in this country is interwoven with one another.   1: The medical community      2: The Pharmacy community 3: The drug companies.   4: The FDA 5: The food industries 6: Agricultural Industry 7: The shipping Industry 8: The Mercantile of food industry, Wall Street speculation on crops, cattle, pork, corn, etc.   9: The mineral and metal industries along with steel, gold, platinum, silver....plus the Wall Street Speculators   10: Banking, investment corporations like Merryl Lynch, Real estate investments and development, money market stuff, retirement portfolios, quick money, greed, lust and enslavement of the masses.   11: The war was called to uplift the sagging economy though others would have us believe that it was called to eradicate the threat of terrorism.   12: The terrorists have used the war as a tool to destroy our economy by escalating their offensives against American occupation forces. Their terrorism chips away at the very foundation of our economy draining trillions of hard earned dollars away from our country.   Yes, change has to come and the present presidential candidates and their future vice presidents aren't going to really give us the right type of change we are needing right now. The flaw lays within trying to build upon what has been instituted from the beginning of this country's birth to the present.   Enough said.   Get your noses into those history books to see how its all going to turn out.

Its been quite a long time since I've written anything herein.

The reason for the long absence.....

I've been busy as always.

One of my new projects:
http://cu.motherearthnews.com/pages/gallery.php?gallery=298886&offset=0

I've uploaded some new photography at Mother Earth News online magazine.

Have a look, especially if you are into nature....You'll like the images.

Another of my projects is my ongoing DNA research by way of working upon my family tree.

That project has yielded 13,717 individuals and well over 5,000 ancestral families.
The ancestry covers most of the continents on this planet which proves without a doubt that we are all deeply interconnected to one another via our ancestry and our mtDNA and yDNA.

Historians rarely like to admit that Spain settled America before the pilgrims did.
Saint Augustine Florida was one of their first settlements founded in 1565. That was well over 40 years before the pilgrims landed.

Then of course, there was Lief Erickson before that.

And before that were the Indigenous peoples who came just after the last ice age.

If you are into nature photography or just like to look at some quality images, follow the link above. Its there for your enjoyment. And while you are at it, browse the pages of Mother Earth News magazine. There's some good articles therein that concern our first mother.
The Earth.

To view the family tree go to: http://ayesart.tribalpages.com

Who knows, you just find that we have a common ancestor.

Ayes