From the Depth of the Sea

Feeling much gratitude

Gorgeous beach day..........

Enjoy and feel the love

Summertime

A Lazy Summer's Day Listen… 

There’s no sound of anger or of annoyance, 

There’re neither cars racing on the highway 

Nor that highway for them to race on, 

There’re neither kids chanting on the playground 

Nor bells calling us to Christianity. There’s neither the cracking of the sky 

Nor the persistent rain pattering on my roof. 

There’s no couple arm in arm to admire the magnificent view 

There’re no drums to feed our ears 

Nor sirens to steal the boredom away 

There’s no unfamiliar wing creeping underneath the November afternoon 

Nor floods to enshroud the thirsty grounds 

The land lies lonely out here 

On this lazy summer’s day 

There’s no pollution to poison the airs 

Nor forests to give them life 

All I hear is the hushing sound of the wind 

Assisting the sand to fall into beautiful undulations 

Stella Sisanda Qishi

Sweet August

Fairest of the months!
Ripe summer's queen
The hey-day of the year
With robes that gleam with sunny sheen
Sweet August doth appear.
R. Combe Miller

Lovely Summer Days

The dandelions and buttercups gild all the lawn:
the drowsy bee stumbles among the clover tops,
and summer sweetens all to me.
James Russell Lowell

Summer Afternoon

One of my absolute favorite places to spend time is Walden pond. I like to float along and think about Thoreau's thoughts on life, liberty and nature. Today I brought Walden with me and selected the ponds as my reading meditation. Splendid indeed!

A lake is the landscape's most beautiful and expressive feature.
It is Earth's eye; looking into which the beholder measures the depth of his own nature.
Walden, Henry David Thoreau

Beach Time

Anyone who knows me well or maybe even just a little soon understands my true love affair with beaches. I LOVE the beach and would happily spend my days in a bathing suit traipsing in the sand with dogs, frisbee, yoga mat, book or whatever. I can't say I'm the happy go lucky, any beach, any time kind of person. Since I grew up with plenty of sunshine and a backyard of silky sands I have a certain expectation. Some beaches just don't add up because there are too many people or the beach is too polluted or perhaps nice for a hike but not quite what I had in mind or frankly they are just too stupid for words. That said Summer finally came into my life for a little while. The man and I packed up and headed east. Each day I have been fortunate to take a yoga class (on the beach) from two wonderful teachers with extraordinarily open heart chalkras. This has been a blessing and desperately needed medicine.

It's been a tough Summer and I haven't been feeling any joy or lightness. My nerves have been a wreck and I've felt trapped by a black cloud of confinement. I'm not so sure about doing another Summer like this one. Actually I can defiantly say I'll be making alternative choices in the future.

This week I have been playing outside, out of cell reception to everything and enjoying my time tremendously.

So three cheers for sun salutations on the beach and feeling the joy!