sungoggles

when i am doing this: absorbing sunshine

i am the happiest

and when i am eating

and making love

and laughing with friends

i love being an aunt

it is a gift being around children

shoots and ladders played backwards
naked giggling silliness

jumping on the bed

elsie and kashton show me how to let go again

when i used to touch cats

Dear Mother,

all is swell over here.

i am getting to know a few people in the Bay
One gal named Jill
who is so lovely
I think we will be good friends
we went for a 3 hour hike yesterday
to the top of Cypress Mountain

very very crazy beautiful
the colors the view
the air

still finishing off all the leftovers
and made lemony turkey soup with herbs yesterday
not jons favorite
but i like it!

lea brought the slides
she had scanned them
and brought me copies of the images on discs

jon and i took a look at them after they left
and it was a real treat

some of them brought tears to my eyes
like the one that had leas 1st bday cake on a table
in a very sparse kitchen with some balloons
and 6 dishes of candy all laid out

you must of put it all together and stood back to take a picture of it

you look so beautiful in the photos
your skin is so beautiful
and you look happy
and devilish at times.

when i looked at the slides i saw that you did so much to make life fun and happy for us....

some of my other faves where these shots of me alone out front of Derrek st. pre-landscaping
i am wearing a light blue turtle neck and slacks
and i am walking around sniffing a bunch of yellow flowers
it looks like i am unaware of anyone else's presence.

anyhoodles,
i know you already have forty zillion earrings....
but i thought those ones were really pretty


yours,
audra
xo

when i climb around in trees i am happy

i was sitting on the ledge above the ocean the other evening and looked out across the water
a massive school of dolphin were passing by in one endless undulating line.

divingdivingdivingdivingdivingdivingdivingdivingdivingdivingdivingdivingdivingdivingdivingdiving

i am grateful that i could see an old pattern come to eat me up this week
flowing in a rage towards me
you know those old patterns?

today i choose to step out of it's way.

my car died the other day

i was heading down the windy roads of west vancouver
towards my favorite beach spot
i went to steer the car around a lovely curve
but the car kept going straight
and a bonus!
the brakes weren't really working either.

with a little force
i was able to crank the wheel to the bend in the road
and started coasting down the hill.

i was like: hmmmmm this is interesting
like in cartoons
no brakes.

with luck
i managed to pull the car into someones driveway
blocking it
and stopped

oddly enough
the owner of the house pulled up a minute later
wanting to pull in

i apologized and tried to explain
she did not offer to help me
but looking put out
parked on the side of the road
and walked past me

i took the dog out of the car
and crossed the street into a sunbeam
and waited for the tow truck

an older woman was there gathering her garbage cans
i told her about my car

she stopped and looked into my eyes
she invited me into her home
she gave my dog a ball
showed me her garden
and shared some of her story with me

her husband had recently passed
after a long marriage

she said she was getting to know herself as an individual
for the first time

she was in her 80's, so beautiful.

Thank you Anne.

barking sphinx

today started off alright enough
swandered around with a couple dogs
thinking stupid thoughts
and feeling sorry for myself

someone had painted some logs
green crocodiles with stupid teeth
why? i have no idea.
i wasn't impressed.

but when i asked for water
a minute later
2 dishes appeared.

ruth called right after the mix up with my printer
i wasn't entirely happy
and she keeps doing so much for me
i said
"Ruth, thank you for all of your hard work..."
her reply
"It isn't hard work, it is a joy working with you."

I keep crying today.

guess it's the weather.