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Heron on the Sand

What a beach afternoon!  Everybody watching football.  Just me and the herons dancing on the sand

My New Frontier: Vooks!

My technology discovery of the moment came with this morning's Sunday NYT.  Vooks!  Just last night I was commenting how funny it was that we still refer to movies or television released for the small screen as having come out on "video."  Yes, video was a big deal when it first arrived!  And now we have vooks.  A cross between books and videos, both seemingly dying species.  Who knew?  I quickly learned that on vook I could access Deepak Chopra on Buddha, 15 minute pilates workouts and yes, yoga in bed.  While still in my bed this morning I had downloaded the yoga vook and started my day in union with the universe before even rising.  Luscious, time sensitive and fun!  If you are as late to this as am I, don't despair, for lateness takes away not a thing from exploring the vook.  Click here and enjoy!

Life Views from the Garden

First I spy an enormous monarch butterfly on the purple hedge, pumping its wings in the sunlight.  A hummingbird darts down to the birdbath and then straight up in the sky.  White and yellow butterflies dance around the urn.  A fat little bird pecks at treasures on the ground.  Figs glisten in the sunlight, the ones I left for the birds.  Two matilija poppies bloom openly.  Green meyer lemons await their yellowness.  Lavender has thrown in the towel and begs forgiveness.  Bursts of apricot, yellow and pink from the roses below.  In the upper garden more roses where purple sage and african basil scent the air.  A white Christmas cactus explodes in full bloom, responding to heat rather than the calendar.  The under performing tomato plants have come down and their soil awaits its next surprise.   Beyond the garden neighbors chat and walk their dogs.  Handsome Romeo leans into me so I can feel his full recovery, a wounded red doberman restored to healthy mellowness in Julia's care.  Pitbull pal Gigi lays her head on my foot as if to ground me.  My only sorrow?  Watching a new neighbor "trimming" a beautiful tree.  I'm praying it's not coming completely down.  What's up with our war on trees?  Don't we get that they are life itself?