*especially low tide this past sunday.
so much so that the mossy green rocks
furthest out were revealed along with its
tidepools. munchkin is clinging to the love
like a rabid monkey and the sweet pea is a
smudge of red. i feel much blessed to live so
close to this beauty.

i haven’t seen my wild canyon bunny for near
two months. =( i still throw out my carrot each
day and in the mornings, they are gone. i’m hoping
that the bunny is still coming to nibble and it’s not
a skunk or possum or giant palm tree rat stealing the
carrots! (yes, there are giant palm tree rats! they kept
eating our heirloom tomatoes the second they became
ripe one summer!)

i remember last year my bunny disappeared for a good
three months at least and i was worried then, but i’m
hoping it’s just what bunnies do as the weather becomes
cooler.

i’ve also been pining for a tortoise. so much so that
i looked into the san diego rescue and adoption center
for tortoises. but they are very strict about landscaping
and enclosures, and i’d have to do too much work in the
garden to qualify. i don’t want a tortoise in a glass tank thing,
i want to look out the window and see a tortoise dozing
in the grass. =)

my mom was telling me about her trip to china
next spring–back to the hometown in guang xi
that she hasn’t seen since she was maybe three years
old. guang xi is the province with the famous tall
jaded peaks and misty lakes. i’m jealous and wish i
could go with her! but i’m happy she’s taking this trip
next spring (which is really so close!) and i hope i
can make that trek one day.

i’ve never been to china and have wanted to for a while–
ever since beginning my studies as a chinese brush
art student in 2001. there is a one month program
in hangzhou (another beautiful city) of intensive brush
painting–like 9 hours a day. taught by chinese art faculty.
how cool would that be?

i think i’ll have to wait at least five years
before i can manage that–perhaps seven.
when the bubs are a bit older. i told my mom
i wished i could go to china and she said i am
still young. yeah. but impatient too. 8)

i have also been pining for victorian corsets
and bustle skirts. yes. i must have! where i can
wear this, i don’t know–maybe while picking up
toys around the house or buying milk at the market? ha!

i can’t believe thanksgiving is NEXT week!
this year has gone by sofast it’s crazy!