As I write, the condo is filled with the scent of lilacs! Simone called me yesterday and said that her grandmere's lilac bush has produced a bumper-bloom of flowers this year and that she had prepared a bouquet for me. She asked if we could go over there, sit [...]
We are having a spate of great weather here in Seattle so we drove over to Eastern Washington to enjoy the great outdoors both yesterday and today. Nature Therapy has done me a world of good! The wildflowers are in full bloom. I am hoping the photos tell the [...]
It was a very wet Seattle day. Anxious to get out of the house, I went on a solitary walk. With permission from a neighbor, I headed over to my friend's garden. On my walk over to her house, the rain stopped. The air smelled of cherry blossom petals [...]
Approaching Winter Solstice means that we are deep into weeks of short days and long nights. Here in the Pacific Northwest, on our shortest day we will have 7 hours and 34 minutes less sunlight than we had on our longest day in June. Add clouds and rain to the [...]
I put together a slideshow for you (fast moving, not boring, less than three and a half minutes long)! Both retreat weeks are represented in the slideshow. The first week was devoted to Yoga + Culinary & Culture. The second week was devoted to Yoga + Hiking (+ Culture). [...]
