Happy Belated Birthday, La Tordue!!

This photo was taken from a poster that reminded me of your avatar. Hope you’ve had a nice day complete with Mimi, champagne, liquorish, and the Gentleman Animus on your red couch!

See more progress on: Wish La Tordue and the little girl in the corner a wonderful birthday on November 4th complete with Mimi, champagne, liquorish and the Gentleman Animus on her red couch.

End of season

As November has entered and as I’ll be moving out of this house by the month’s end, I can declare gardening season officially over for this year. I already started cleaning up everything and marveling at the seeds the plants have produced, coming to a full cycle.

With many more plants cultivated than fruits harvested, I can still mark this goal as “worth doing” and a “good harvesting season” despite my rookiness. I did better with herbs than with vegetables, but I got good advice from fellow 43ers and good readings that will make the coming year a much more successful experience.

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2007.11.02

I’m grateful for:

1. Honoring our dead with their memory
2. The memory of my dog Gala
3. Setting up a little altar for her
4. Remembering to write my Friday Haiku and dedicating it to her
5. Browsing through her photos to choose one and remembering all the good moments we had :)

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Haiku #4: For Gala

November second
Every year we celebrate
The Day of the Dead

This is the first time
It’s in remembrance of you,
My sweet dog Gala

You were a blessing
In me is your memory
I’ll always love you

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2007.11.01

I’m grateful for:

1. Another beautiful day with a clear view of Mount Rainier —this photo unfortunately does it no justice :S
2. The great workout from mowing all the lawn and raking most of the leaves (I have no more containers to put the never-ending falling leaves!!)
3. Getting ahead in the preparation for Saturday’s catering
4. The pipián coming out delicious!!
5. Jamiroquai’s music

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Small library

This is not my closest branch, but I just happened to drive by and had a book to drop, so it was quite convenient.

What surprised me a bit was that it seems to be recently renovated; however, of all the branches I’ve visited, this one is the smallest by far.

But I appreciate that the Seattle Public Library is making every effort to bring books and other materials closer to people’s homes —even if the branch comes in a small package ;)

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October √

October is coming to an end in a few minutes, yet I had my new and fulfilling experience early in the month. Stumbling upon an unannounced Kool & The Gang street concert was extraordinary! :)

See more progress on: enjoy Fall 2007 by having one new and fulfilling experience in October, November, and December

2007.10.31

I’m grateful for:

1. Raking leaves: gives an appreciation of seasons, of closure, of cycles —plus it’s great exercise
2. Leaves falling… and falling… even while we’re raking them, a coffee mug is not safe!
3. The “crushing” sensation when walking on dry leaves
4. Getting most of the shopping done for Saturday’s catering
5. Halloween spirit on Broadway in Capitol Hill —admittedly not that different from Broadway’s everyday scene ;)

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