Saturday, April 28, 2012

Katrina, the happy tourist


Japanese Tea Garden
in the enormous Golden Gate Park.

Today, I was a tourist
and my name was Katrina.
Makes ordering food
and shopping a lot easier :).


I walked, walked and walked;
people watched and nature watched;
got lost and found my way again;
made my own decisions and wished I could share my excitement...
I enjoyed, enjoyed, enjoyed!

My reward: a smoothie.







It was on my way back home (that is definitely how Ed and QA's place feels to me), holding my reward(s) that I realised...
I am a Belgian small town girl...
Living (and working) at an Ashram
in Santa Rosa, California...
Walking around in San Francisco...
Having a home to go to and friends to go see...
I am lucky and loving my life!

Women's day out!

Friday, I left the yoga center and got on a bus to San Francisco.

It was a long busride, espacially bathroomwise... But thanks to the amazing help from Eric from Santa Rosa, who I met on the bus (and who must have seen the nervousness on my face, little did he know it wasn't about finding the place, but finding a bathroom in time), I got off at the right stop and found the Asian Art Museum.
I met up with Cheryl there and she made sure I was all comfortable again, so we could start our wonderful day!


Picture from the gift store at the asian Art Museum.
I was too occupied in the museum itself!
We...



... had a delicious lunch at the Asian Art Museum, including Cheryls first mango lassi

... walked around in the museum. It felt like walking meditation... So peaceful!

Ceiling at City Hall San Francisco.










 ... visited City Hall and watched the newlyweds and the brides dresses

... drove to the ''de Young Legion of Honor Museum'' and stared at the amazing views over the bridge, the water, the nature...

... found a lot of ''Jan''-painters in the Flemish and Dutch rooms

... got to know some American artists and were amazed by the beautiful and chic temporary exibition of the ''Victorian Avant-Garde''
Outside of the ''Legion of Honor''.

... had dinner at the Beach Chalet, with view over the beach, ocean and the brilliant sunlight and had the best Lemonade, ever!

... loved San Francisco!

Thank you Cheryl for showing me these lovely places and for the wonderful woman's day!

Thursday, April 26, 2012

Basketball and Pupusa's

Today was a stressless day
with mindblowingly cosy and interesting conversations 
and friendship!
And how about this friendship...

The wonderful Michaela and the awsone Carlos.

We built up an appetite shooting some hoops on the basketball field 
(which was almost as revitalising as a good meditation session)
and then got delicious Salvadoran Pupusa's!

Awsome day, awsome people!
Thank you Michaela and Carlos!

A job for K

We have clean, labelfree storage-jars now!

Leftover labels in drain.

Mindfullness

Yesterday, I mindfully crafted my first stamp.


Wednesday, April 25, 2012

Nature loves me?




I think I might have allergies!
Bad ones!
Ones that make me feel 10 years older and
look like I've been crying for three days straight!








But I love nature!
Love me back, please...

Ok, nature does, love me...
I found these...

Blue...


Blue was the wheelbarrow that I filled with dead leaves.
Blue was my sweater, keeping me warm.
Blue was my waterbottle, helping me drink the drops.
Blue was my shin, hurting from another clumsy act.
Blue was Maya's toy, being thrown but not brought back.
Blue was the bright blue bird, hanging out with me while working.
Blue was one of Maya's eyes, looking at me with excitement and love.

Blue was not my mood, being more of a bright orange-red.