Catching Up

I've a lot to catch up on. I could make a list that is longer than Father Time's beard. Here are last month's

Play Dates ...

Carley, Reg & I began this fun month at the Kings Mountain Art Festival, in the Woodside Hills, an annual event on Labor Day weekend. This is a very high quality art show that benefits the volunteer Kings Mountain Fire Department. Reg started the still life and Carley walked into it so this photo is titled "Still Life Under the Redwoods." They're beautiful together. And funny. 

A neighbor (in one of our brief elevator rides) told me he'd found a beautiful field of sunflowers in Half Moon Bay, close to the grade school. Carley and I took off on the hunt - it's only twelve miles from my house to Half Moon Bay, the Pacific ocean, and fields of flowers, and pumpkins! Lost:  stop and ask kids! We found not only sunflowers and pumpkins, but also another fruit/vegetable stand photo op at Andreotti's adjacent to the flower field. Fruit Stand—Half Moon Bay is posted on the Photos page (see tab at top of this page - click on photo thumbnails to see full shots).

My cousin Barb (an astronomer by night, photographer/caver/trails guide/paddler/dancer by day) stopped on her way home to Hawaii for a weekend - a whole weekend dedicated to kicking up our creative juices. Our first inspiration trip was to the newly opened California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco. They've done an amazing design with a living roof, and fresh air (no air conditioning!) through round vents from the roof. See photo page for more pics! Barb goes nowhere without a camera, and this trip she also brought some of her latest photos (she wins awards with them and she's a huge inspiration for me and my snaps) for us to crop, enlarge, and see what shows up! My brother Bob joined us for a local hike into nature (nature is always inspiring), Mills Canyon, in the heart of Burlingame and if you didn't know it was there, you'd drive right past it. Played with macro here. Titled "Make a Wish." See Photos page for more pics and the view from the hills in Burlingame. 

And then the big Steven Forrest retreat  profound teaching for four solid days in the heart of the wine country (the nectar of the Gods & Goddesses)! Lots of magic happened at this event. Great photos of energy orbs showing up in the heightened vibration on that sacred land. The first one I saw was from my deck at dusk. This is a view of the lodge with a large orb hanging over it (it is not the moon). Many many more orbs came later and everyone had their cameras clicking away. See Photos page for more of these. Lasting friendships forged. All the good stuff you want to have happen at an event like that. More to come - I'm still integrating.

A trip to the SF's Ferry Building and the Saturday Farmer's Market with two of my sweetest friends from the Sacramento Valley (Chris and Dana, and they brought along Chris's Uncle Paul his cousin/her Aunt Virginia). What a fun play date! Shopping, talking with strangers who are buying interesting food - and getting a recipe for ravioli stuffed with mushrooms, ricotta, and chestnuts as a reward. Dana has challenged me with a business idea I can't pass up. More to come on this. Photos coming soon of this absolutely glorious day in SF. 

And I've been nominated for a blog award by Joyce Mason - which will take some thinking on my part before I post it. However, see my monthly Highlights on my links pages - Joyce Mason garners two Highlights this month - one on the Astrology links page (NEW), and one on my Favorites! I've known her for years - I did her graphics and layout for the Chironicles newsletter years ago! 

And my writing - also some to post soon. A little at a time. I'm really going to try to post something weekly vs monthly which seems to be the pattern so far.