Nature's Gifts

Another day, another view.

Enjoy your day.............enjoy the moments.

A Double Clicked Life........ After Death

I walk out to have my coffee in "el frente" and this is what I see.

She greets me every day with her fragrance.

Enjoying the little things.

Next week marks the date of my re - birth. After cardiac arrest, I was resuscitated twice. Needless to say I was in the hospital and rehabilitation for a couple of weeks. At home, I had to learn how to walk again. Family and friends were a blessing. It was no fun believe me!

Without getting too teary eyed and sentimental, I have to say having experienced that gives me a whole new perspective on life. We have been in existence only seconds in creation time.  Or something like that. Which leads me to say that I wish I could instill some kind of knowledge about life in today's youth. Unfortunately, each individual must experience life on their own terms.Or maybe fortunately. Otherwise how would we learn.  No matter what others try to teach us, we have to go through the fire on our own. How we do it is another thing.

At this point in my life,  I just give thanks every day for the joy of living. I've always said that there is nothing in life I have to do  or anyone can make me do. The only thing I have to do to live is breath in and out. Well, while breathing in and out, please make sure to enjoy the small moments. The fragrance of the flowers, a baby's smile, dewdrops, a sunrise and sunset,  glistening snow, a fine meal. Never mind fine, just a meal. That one has a meal and a roof over one's head is cause enough for celebration. 
My older son, Edgar, said to me the other day,  "embrace the double click on the computer".  I say, "embrace life and enjoy every moment".  I take time out to smell the flowers. Thanks to my Creator...................

I am enjoying my double clicked life. 

Fall Is In the Air

I cannot believe that I just totally deleted everything I wrote. It's in cyberspace somewhere. I cannot find a way to retrieve it. I will not attempt to keep trying. That muse will not be back.
In any case as I said before in my now non existing post, I love Fall. I can sit outside in my front door patio I call "El Frente" (The Front). It's a small space, but nevertheless, it contains at least 21 species of plants, including the herbs for cooking. Not that I use them. I just grow them. Ok, ok sometimes I use them. Right now the cilantro and oregano have dried out. They got water logged from so much rain this past month. The parsley is thriving though. And the lavender! Oh, the lavender! I can smell the fragrant perfume of the plant from the other side of the patio! Next year I'll plant only lavender. Which means I have to pull out all the other perennials from the window boxes and other planters. HMMM, do I want to do that? We shall see.
The joy of Fall doesn't come without work though. I have to keep sweeping the falling leaves all the time. The neighborhood trees drop their leaves and they end up in my "Frente". The house is situated on some kind of "windpool". Is that a word? Well anyhow, Fall is in the air, which means 'ole man winter will soon show his cold, icy claws.  So I'll enjoy my coffee and croissant "en el frente" as long as I can. For now.

The hydrangea is already changing colors.

My bistro style mornings.

City heat.

My goodness I just wrote this blog twice! I think I like the second one best after all. Even though I was truly inspired in the first. Oh well....

May you all have a great day!