Clouds floated in a ring around the valley on Tuesday, whispering of things to come, possibly anyway. The weather reports kept saying rain will come. But we've seen these clouds before, heard these predictions before. They keep saying it is an "El Nino" year". We're not convinced, but have more of a wait and see state of mind.
Betsy Legg "In The Early Morning Rain" 1971 US Private female Psych Folk
LINK 3:17 minutesThis video came up a couple of days ago. I had never heard of her. At all. Period. She has a lovely voice. I listened to other covers she'd done. Anyway,
We went to the local park where Pow Wow is held to hike the road up to the mansion, past the bison...someplace we've not walked a lot, so it was refreshing to be there again. There are great views from there, great scents and friendly park employees.
We passed by the pond and stopped to chat with the resident Emu. Then we headed up the hilly road, which greeted us with gorgeous pines, wrapping their familiar scent around us. Ahhh...
Tree bones, golden yellow leaves glittering, rattling sycamore leaves...and views galore.
The Torrey pines tower over the environment, the cedar cones litter the ground, baby pines sprout in groups, the road signs tell the story of the times caretakers take some of the animals on walks. An employee tells us they no longer walk the pigs, as they are too strong. Instead, they close the gates to the farm area and let the pigs out to play!
We counted 4 bison out of the 7 that live there. They relaxing out in the sun. They have a huge area to roam, so we were lucky to see them at all. This kinda cruddy photo reminded me of the elephant seals on the coast! haha
The pointy oak leaves remind me of my sister and stepping on them while barefoot as children. The pine bark makes me think of Grace and my study & weaving of oak bark colors. The green tree seed pods, path back down...the views give me the sense of 'heaven' on earth. What a beautiful place to be.
We walk through the far area before leaving...seeing Lee the yearling deer and a sweet looking alpaca with a hairdo that looks like Mo (from the 3 Stooges)! We met really nice caretakers, a family with young sons and a woman with a map of the park, inquiring how to hike up to the mansion. We said again how we meet the nicest people while out and about. A much appreciated and needed feeling these days.
I spotted 'Chinese Long Beans" at the store and family with a sense of humor. 🙂
There were workers trimming trees near the parking area. The we saw the "trim" job done on these poor trees on the way out. I have questions, for sure.
What weather do you love?
May you enjoy each day
May you see new things
May you live in your slice of heaven
