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July 16, 2006
happy birthday, gilbert
winding down from our week-end of fun in the sun. but before i go into, i must apologize for not being so good about posting. i confess, i've got sucked into the cyber world of myspace. it's mildly entertaining & distracting all in the same. i love it because it's so user friendly, i can post pictures, music, put up fun glittery graphics, etc. etc. so there you have it, that's my excuse :)
okay, let's talk about what really matters...philosophy of life & surf :) single fin & i got a late start this morning. instead of our usual 5:45am or so dawn patrol time, we slept in till 9am. week-ends are great, where we just go with the flow, listen to our bodies and thankfully our flow is the same :) we hopped in the water from 9:30am and surfed 3 hours!! the waves were beautiful. single fin caught some nice waves, a few floaters...good job! and myself, i caught the most waves that i have ever caught in a session. for some reason i was just on. over a few dozen, my triceps were sore, my eyes were bloodshot, and once again, another shade darker. these past couple of sessions have been pretty long, where we've been so in the moment...nothing else seemed to matter.
unfortunately, we missed our little birthday potluck at the garden because we were out so long. one of the guys was celebrating his 81st birthday, he looks like he's in his 60s. he's out on top of the cliff, tending to the garden, watches the waves every morning at sunrise. he goes out on his top of the line boogie board only if the waves are good. everyone knows gilbert. i had a packet of lavendar seeds to give him for the garden. i figured all the people that walk by could all use a little relaxing scent as they pass by the garden. one day, my housemate & i were doing yoga on the cliff looking down at the surfers. he noticed that we had "da kine" to do our yoga on. and then he started talking about how he should put a patch of grass there for us to do our yoga on, so we didn't have to carry around our "da kine" all the time :) now that's aloha.
happy birthday, gilbert. (single fin, can you find a DH garden picture to post?)
Posted by soul sista' at July 16, 2006 09:46 PM