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Life's Little Wonders

It has been awhile hasn't it?

I have been in Vancouver, BC for a week now escaping New Orleans heat.  This is sort of my reset.  I've been lost but this is a normal occurrence.  I get off my path only to find my path but then get off again.

I'm thinking about the ACC show in San Francisco thinking I should go since I am so close but here I sit.  In my flat overlooking downtown.  I cannot go into coffee shops here because it is a tad to loud.  Definitly not what I'm used to.  You see New Orleans is a small big city and there are plenty of cool coffee shops to hang out and ponder.  There are times that I actually think my hood is too loud.  I will shout.  How can I work with such noise!

I found this little guy in a field of green while walking downtown.
I plucked him out of the ground and then felt guilty about it but told Chi that I would like it if he would walk with me home.  I will take him on a journey.  I was so delighted as we walked to the bus stop but all of a sudden a breeze came out of nowhere and that is when Chi decided to let go.  I stood there and shouted...NOOoooooo...
but then watched every little seed take flight.  
What a powerful visual for me to witness .  It just let go and said, bye...gotta go and do what I do.

Hahaha...my little magic of the day.  I just had an idea.  I would like to collect some of these seeds.  Is that a bad thing?  I would be preventing them from becoming.  Hmmmm....I must ponder this now.  Preferably at a quiet coffee shop.
;)

Namaste
Kalaya

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  2. Tatiana AntoshchenkoAugust 10, 2016 at 5:06 PM

    If you'd collected the seeds, you would prevent them from becoming a pain in the butt for a lot of gardeners :)! Those little buggers are very invasive and hard to get rid of. I loved your story, though!! Very zen….

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    1. BWAHAHAHA!!! You made me laugh seriously out loud. Thanks girl for reading my post. :)

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