WOW

PurRrrrrRRrrrrrfect Place Holder whilst I wrangle a few ducks.......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=C_CDLBTJD4M&feature=player_embedded

Some things in Life are just Yummy.......THIS is one of them, may there be many more to come.

 NAMASTE

The Living in Paradise THING.....

Okay, I'm BACK now.......

After some Fuss N' Bother (!!) ........

Funny Thing today was.......

due to my current 'situation' I was, once again,  forced into discussions about moving 'back Home' (aka Southern Ontario, where I was BORN and where very nearly every living person I hold near and DEAR to my wee Heart still resides...)

I just can't DO it.  

Despite the logical considerations (it does make $$$$) , the generosity and the  LOVE involved.....

THIS is my HOME now :

Home of my Heart, if nothing else......it's Odd.....WAY out here all by my Lonesome mostly ......

THIS, is..... quite simply, IT now,  for Me anyhow :)

Last weekend, on my Ukee/Tofino wanderings and ponderings, I took A Moment.

Said Moment involved me clambering down the cliff side on some seriously precarious (! have serious bruise on Butt from soaring ten feet off a slimy wooden step to prove it  !) stairs to a small, private beach on THE Ultimate West Coast of Canada :)

It was indeed raining, it often IS here.  

(Make all the jokes you want about it but rain on Old Growth Forests, mountain peaks and miles long beaches WAY beats rain on acres of asphalt any day....... just sayin' ....)

Get used to and/or OVER it or pack your bags and move somewhere ELSE......this is THE price to be paid  LOL (November through April...ish....anyhow ;) of living in PARADISE.

Pride and Ego (I felt every single one of my years when my flailing person finally struck rock ...) aside.....once I settled  onto the BEACH it was .............suddenly.......

BLISS <insert major SIGH here>

The showers were, really, only SUN showers......designed merely to dampen but not drown. Gives you something to FOCUS on really........the payback for same?

WOW.

Major WOW !

(aka With Out Words and/or Window Of Wonder )

Whilst reading my latest Kris Radish novel ("Dancing Naked At The Edge of Dawn") I was also Blissed to watch a few Sea Lions playing......a Loon fishing...Eagles Soaring...dogs chasing sticks, children laughing and exploring Tidal Pools......sun SHINING...drizzle misting.......all accompanied by the sounds and scents of THE Sea ...with a wee trickling Brook from behind tossed in *GRIN*

There is absolutely NOTHING like it.  

NO Great Lake (and I've known a few ;) can compare......

I AM, entirely, an Ocean Girl :~D  

NOTHING.........feels the same or resonates with Just Me :)

EVERY single moment, where my Heart just 'hitched' and my Soul just SANG..........in the past seven years........involved THIS SEA.

Raw.  ALIVE........Formidable.....I 'get' it.

Period.

Watching a screening of "Oceans" in the Tofino Community Centre.....discussions following with Biologist Ron O'Dore ....only further cementing 'IT'......

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=owpbYmxtEJo

So, come Hell or high water (no joke in Tofino) ............I am HOME.

Such as it is.

My (often) bare feet will continue to patrol, caress and embrace my beaches.....they will giggle whilst walking ,on late mornings, upon the sun steamed moss covered rocks that I hold so dear .......

AND I will continue to simply WILL each and every one of my Ontario and Texas Heartprints.....HERE..........with Me :~D 

Works.

Meanwhile, back at this rancher, I will keep leaving place holders (aka Bait...LOL ;)

Light,

K

I'm In LOVE..........

.........with............

Living In Paradise !!!  

(GOT a few of you with that one for sure......he he he ;)

Latest Random Act Of Road Tripping???

48 Hours of 

http://www.pacificrimwhalefestival.com/

I even made the Local News ;)

Annual , March Break, 'Road Trip'............been there, DID that..........again...details to follow :)

For now this is just a place holder and a GINORMOUS Thank You Universe (!!) for just BEing........HERE...................... it helps, really.......rather a LOT *GRIN*

Many thanks to Sass and her Music Man , for hauling my lazy buns OUT there......again.  

Luvs Ya !!

Until I've unpacked, laundered, dealt with Sick Hound (Pray please !) ,

caught up on emails etc etc etc.....I'll be back....LOL........THESE  should hold this space...

Nicely ;)

Namaste.

Good News !!

With the utmost apologies to any and all bats that may have been sacrificed along the way..........

you all ROCK !!!

Miss Vicki is doing MUCH better.......prayers have been heard and answered.

THANK YOU ALL, ever so much !!

:~D  

A Prayer , or two, Please.........

Sorry but, in all honesty,  I haven't felt much like writing lately.

Despite a (Wonderful !)  recent Random Road Trip to my dearest Victoria and the company of more absolutely beautiful people (Sass and The Music Man.....you are certainly an Inspiration....Thank You :)

....as well as at least a half dozen 'drafts' lurking behind this wee curtain....AND another pending Road Trip to Long Beach, Home of This Wee Heart.........I don't know really ?

That said, in this moment I'm peeking out and asking any and all of you whom haven't stopped peering into this quirky little corner of my Universe to simply PRAY.

Frequently and with Fervor.  

PLEASE :)

There's a truly unique and entirely remarkable woman currently in room 712 that could seriously use some positive energy :)

Miss Vicki has once again landed herself, fancy new chair (I SOoOooo love The Purple, Sister ;) and all , back in Isolation.  Her itsy bitsy physical frame  is currently facing Pneumonia , Serratia AND  that Everything Resistant MRSA...........any alone  being enough to take a Bull Elephant down ...together though?  

Drug Cocktail is an understatement and yet she remains..............

THE Miss Vicki (have I told you lately that I LOVE You ?)

Force of Nature (!)  Impenetrable SPIRIT........STILL cracking jokes about gorgeous Specialists and people stealing her pants.....and posting pretty pictures and beautiful music to make all of US mere Mortals feel better.  The Gift that actually does just keep on GIVING, even when she's tired and pretty much wiped out herself.....

Very few people ever face even the smallest fraction of challenges this particular woman has.  

Fewer still overcome them......let alone THRIVE .....fewer again with the absolute Grace, Good Humour and STYLE that this one has. 

She is an Inspiration (and she hates it when anyone says that ;)  of EPIC  proportions and I have been incredibly Blessed to have found her along my particular path in Life.......a path that I PROMISED would take me back to San Antonio to see her again soon and one I mean to KEEP , because I never break my word and I can't honestly imagine never riding around in the Vader Van and picking on John with her ever again ;)

So, please, Loveliest of Peeps (and I am well and truly both blessed and incredibly  thankful for each and every one of you.....how absolutely amazing YOU are :)..................

SEND UP THOSE PRAYERS for our Vicki .  BIG ones......light a candle or two.....send smoke signals.....boil bats *LOL* ....whatever works for you that will find it's way to San Antonio ....

I'm hoping, between all that Positive Energy, my wee Wings and a Whim or Two ;)..........I should be back in San Antonio (you said May, right Sister ?) sometime soon to KEEP that Promise and let Miss Vicki find me my Cowboy ;)

THAT is the way it's supposed to BE..........Thank You (in advance) Universe.

Anything else is unthinkable and entirely unacceptable.......Just Sayin'.

Light

:)

A wee pause for something Completely Different..............

Thinking rather a lot lately of future Road Trips and TRULY remarkable people.......one in particular, whom I wish ALL the very BEST in her Break OUT, Break THROUGH Performance.....bound to be a TOTALLY enthralling and inspiring experience in just a few days (would do nearly ANYTHING to Be THERE Pekes..........hope you understand that :) 

That said, I came across this little bit whilst catching up on today's 'news'..........THIS is an amazing, REAL woman............who "has been known to skip a few pages "  ....LOL......God Bless You Betty, you ROCK......what an absolutely astounding legacy your son left behind for all of us.  

Thank You, ever so much :)

What IF indeed............

http://www.cbc.ca/canada/british-columbia/story/2011/01/18/bc-terry-fox-memorial.html

Personally, I can't believe it's been over 30 years......time's fun when you're having  flies and all that.... let us never forget, however,  the shiny bright bits and people, whom often fade far too quickly  :) 

Just a little food for thought in between Road Trips..............

Namaste

Texas View of the World.......

I really, REALLY needed this Laugh..........after being both  over and underwhelmed  lately ...depending on the layer of the onion *LOL* 

THANK YOU Pekes !

Love Ya HEAPS........THIS is just quite Brilliant actually :)

Succeed.

Time for another Road Trip soon I hope............

and  I shall remain, EVER so pleased to be an Honourary ('scuse the spellin'..Y'alllll.....I'm still a Canuck remember ;) ........ TEXAN !

Live, Love, LAUGH ......

Namaste,  

"Tex Max" ;)

2011 Buddha Bless

Remember always that you are just a visitor here, a traveler passing through. 

Your stay is but short and the moment of your departure unknown. 

None can live without toil and a craft that provides your needs is a blessing indeed. But if you toil without rest, fatigue and weariness will overtake you and you will be denied the joy that ...comes from labour´s end.

Speak quietly and kindly and be nor forward with either opinions or advice.  If you talk much this will make you deaf to what others say and you should know that there are few so wise that they can not learn from others.  Be near when help is needed but far when praise and thanks are being offered. 

Take small account of might , wealth and fame, for they soon pass and are forgotten. 

Instead nurture love within you and strive to be a friend to all. Truly compassion is a balm for many wounds.

Treasure silence when you find it and while being mindful of your duties set time aside to be alone with yourself. Cast off pretence and self-deception and see yourself as you really are. Despite all appearance no one is really evil. They are led astray by ignorance. If you ponder this truth always you will offer more light rather than blame and condemnation. You, no less than all beings, have Buddha Nature within. your essential mind is pure. Therefore when defilement causes you to stumble and fall, let not remorse nor dark fore-Bonding cast you down.

Be of good cheer and with this understanding, summon strength and walk on. 

Faith is like a lamp and wisdom it is that makes the flame burn bright. Carry this lamp always and in good time the darkness will yield and you will abide in light.

- Dhammawadaka

 

~ BLISSINGS ~   

 

Oddly Enough......

Despite this being a , very, "Private" Blog (Oxymoron entirely, I know this BUT there were, very few of you, that knew anything at all about it really :) ...........
and,  despite my having entirely run out of time for Tall Texas Tales (still can't say that without a Head To Toe *GRIN*...Lordy but I DO Love you all..... :)  

.....it is, apparently, still  being READ (???)

I admit to this being more than a little Intimidating really........Lord knows there's no future Road Trips anytime soon (!!!)........SooOOooOoooOo...........it's somewhat like running down the Main Drag in your knickers.....which I would NEVER do (really ;)  most of you that know anything at all about my Closet Blog tendencies usually just RING me if you really want to know anything.......much like Today......LOL. 

Wild. 

Thank YOU ;)

That said, having spent much of this day on the telephone to Toronto, Los Angeles , Great Britian and Edmonton......

THE most memorable convo being the discovery that my very own Kinder Child hath apparently already seen "The Fighter" , in which, a Very Dear Chum (Hello LA :) appears repeatedly.........

I had NO idea he had seen it ( we were supposed to go together.....one of those Suck It Up MUMSY moments ...... )   SO,  imagine my surprise to have him snatch the phone from me , to talk , at length, to said Dear Chum about said movie............BREATHE......lol......

Apparently Autographs from the next Marky Mark film hath already been procured AND said Dear Chum hath also already posted appropriately Ego Boosting notes on Kinder Child's FB Wall...........technology. 

Very Strange.  Who knew really ?

Life's like that........mine anyhow.  All of a sudden a lake front powerless cabin for New Year's sounds kind of charming actually........Hmmmmmmmmmmmmm.........

That said, I'm lifting up mein oars LOL and saying..........WHATEVER (!!).........heading into the coming year.......I'm quite certain I now have absolutely NO clue..........(stuff a sock in it Colorado.........I can HEAR you laughing.....pick on the Little Guy......Ya Ya...... :P   )

Anyhoo....I digress, as usual .

The purpose of this random speed wobble through here is that this much Beloved Hollywood Chum sent me THIS , abolutely BRILLIANT little clip shortly after our conversation and, for some odd (not that I am ever *ahem*  :P ) reason I felt compelled to post it here in this teeny corner of my world ;

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=84fPPd_CEPU&feature=player_embedded

This is SO worth watching (more than once) ......THANK YOU BONNIE.......well, WOW :~)

Entirely not Road Trippy , sorry, but..........it totally appeals to both the Shutter Bug.....and well, just the Bug ;) ...............that IS Me.  Do BE DO........it FITS , very much so in this moment :)

"Me who Loves" and  THAT, is, really......WHO I am..........God Bless TEXAS for proving that one, without a doubt.........

I DO..........simply just Love Loving YOU !!  and a bunch of other Random Folks too :P

THIS says it ALL.............. for this particular little Froo Froo Libran Alien anyhow LOL

Off to deal with, what sounds like......eek........a Living Room full of wrestling teenage boys.......they grow OUT of this...........when ? ........and then, hopefully, watch "The Holiday".....again.....just because, despite loathing both Jack Black AND Jude Law it just , really, makes me SMILE..............LOL 

I'm sticking just with that Froo Froo , New Aged , LOVE  YOU LOTS !!   ......."Thang"..........failing that, Bless Their Wee Hearts !!  (Texas Style ;)

WooOOot WooOOOt ;)

(Sounds of Things Actually Breaking (!!!) in my wee abode translate to G'Night and Please pass the Swiffer .......thanks !!!  Rrrrrrrr

ENJOY the remains of this year.  



:~D

As another year starts coming to a close.....

Well, it would appear as though I'll not be getting around to those Texas updates this year....ever so sorry, my Intentions were honourable  :( 

This was a bit of a wee experiment in the first place and Life has a way of interrupting....more so in the rush of the holiday season.......never mind that "What are YOU doing New Years ?" Thang.....eek........(so much for THAT is all I can say.....is there a Texas equivalent of 'oi' by any chance ?  :) 

That said, all is well in Texas.....which is what matters most ;)
Vic  got her 'gitchy' new trach and made it Home safely for the holidays.  She can, for the first time in years, SING again.........OH how my wee heart can't wait to hear that ....what I wouldn't give to be DOING so by your hearth over the holidays, Sisters.....I swear I'd give absolutely everything to sing Auld Lang Syne with you......MAGIC...<insert Tears For Texas here > perhaps next year?  Wait for me , Please......

I'm finding myself in entirely the wrong place for the holidays.......my heart being held fast by both San Antonio and Toronto.....wish I was there, I really DO.  I am , oddly, adrift....dunno where I will eventually land but I will be with each and every one of you in Spirit anyhoo  :~D 

As usual, I'm already hoping, with appropriate fervor,  on getting 'up'  to a few things in the New Year ;) .....new places and faces and, hopefully, a return to Texas (anyone interested in joining me?  LOL ) 

I promised, I never break my word and I honestly don't think  I'll ever be able to go too terribly long without Y'all .....  I'll save the 'updates' here for then.....my memory needs refreshing anyhow and a Gal can never get enough of those Texas Sized hugs either ;) 

For now I'll just be wishing you all the VERY best throughout  these holidays and into the coming year.

Please keep yourselves warm and safe, you're all carrying a bit o' my Heart with you, always,   and you know just how much I hate the cold  !
(unless appropriately dressed, libated and in Yummy company of course...then it's  just lovely really ;)

May much Love, Light, Laughter and Magic bless your Hearts and your Homes and send you grinning in anticipation into the New Year. 

This past one was difficult for ever so many of us.....2011 is going to simply ROCK......that's a Promise :)

Pinky Swear (and you know how well I swear :P )

Remember :

"Tomorrow is the most important thing in Life. Comes in to us at midnight very clean. It's perfect when it arrives and it puts itself in our hands. It hopes we've learned something from yesterday." ~ John Wayne

I have, and it IS......WAY ;) 

Thus far I have been tremendously blessed by your presence in MY   Life (Thank You) this passed one (Thank Gawd AND his Dawgs it's over ) and I look forward, ever so much really,  to sharing my 'tomorrows' and future Adventures with all of YOU.

Love you LOTS, you are AMAZING .  

Cheers,

K :~D 

Sunset on 2010.........