I saw my niece and and nephew yesterday (best kids in the universe...really).  It may "take a village to raise a child" but their character and who they are often seems largely on account of my brother and how he raises them.

At the end of the day when I was being dropped off, my brother told me their mother took the kids for haircuts earlier in the day (looked great to me, especially O's).

When the stylist asked how Bec wanted his hair cut, he said, "Nothing on top and short on the side like Uncle Gavin."

All I can really do is smile and laugh at that zinger.

It's been pretty glorious in San Francisco the last couple of weeks, particularly the last couple days.

Heat and Light are uncommon here on a regular basis so I've been out and about soaking it up and soaking it in...

and it was finally warm enough to go to the beach, so I did.  This photo is from Baker Beach, very near the Golden Gate Bridge obviously.  It's a lovely beach but not exactly the Caribbean.  Somehow, I managed to make it through the day :)

I ate almonds and bananas as if I were in Mexico while my mind ran over familiar terrain and my heart kept up some beat out of sync with where things are at.  It seems I'm on quite a number of men's cameras in San Francisco and quite a number of women's cameras in Tulum.   Funny and weird, and makes me wonder whether I'm pretty, an alien or both.   It was flattering but odd, considering how I was feeling.  Then the impolite leering began and the wind picked up slightly, so I left.

Perhaps I was trying to replicate a sense or feeling of Tulum somewhat subconsciously.   It occurred to me some time ago that I'm drawn to certain kinds of places and experiences that have similar qualities of spirit and perspective: San Francisco, Amsterdam, Tulum...I'd like to write about that more another time.

I've managed to mostly reconstruct a couple of blog pieces and they'll go up shortly.  Pictures are a bit easier to do and I've also added some tunes to a few pages.  There are also currently a couple videos as well, but one does not appear to be playing correctly.  My hosting service is upgrading their editing tool and I'm testing out a beta app.  Kinda nifty but buggy.

Yes, the flowers really are that color.

I miss the sea, the jungle and that girl.

 Tot ziens


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