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Cat pose IRL
Today the cats walked more than halfway to yoga with me, and while I did sun salutations, they spend their time sunning themselves on the front porch of one of our weekend neighbors. That’s where I found them when I walked back down from class. Matsugoro followed me from yoga – he loves to walk…
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Wild yoga stretches
Our morning yoga group has been meeting every day for more than two months now. We are all getting stronger and more flexible. In class, Naomi and Miako display balance and trust. After class yesterday, Suzanne and Naomi use their strength and agility to gather persimmons. While Miako gets extra stretchy to reach one last…
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Belling the cat(s)
Now the cats are neutered and wandering the neighborhood free and far, I thought it was time to identify them as owned cats and not strays. It’s more like they own me, but they are wearing the collars. They are pretty dubious about the bells. There have been lots of head shakes and tries to…
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A radish
Inspired by a photo of Dan’s, I drew a radish. I enjoyed layering the colors to get the right shade of pink.
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Walking the cats
In the morning when I leave for yoga, sometimes the cats follow me. At first it was only as far as the end of the driveway, but today they walked about halfway with me.And for the past two days, they have waited for me to finish yoga and come back. These cats act like dogs…
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Need a bigger lap
Most mornings before I go to teach yoga, I sit outside with my coffee and enjoy “bench time” with the cats. I started that with Three and now I do it with her kittens. There isn’t enough space for everyone to climb aboard, but they do try!
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Out walking
Morning mist in the hills this morning. Asa moya. 朝靄です。 The goat ladies leading me up the path to yoga. A hilltop shrine overlooking Sakuma dam has been here since 1704. These little pink flowers remind me of the nonpariels on liquorice all-sorts.
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The Hachiko cats of Hiratsuka
My cats have decided they want to follow me when I walk up the hill to yoga. They stop partway and wait for me to come back after class, then we walk home together. It’s strange but sweet.
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Autumn magic
The chrysanthemums from last year are blooming. Lots of childhood memories tied to mums; our neighbors, the McFaddises, grew them for market. We took a walk this afternoon along the suisen walking path. It’s been pretty well ruined by the typhoons, but at the top of the hill is a field of wild asters and…
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Halloween 2019
I am ridiculously proud of myself. At the end of August, I brought home a bag of Brach’s “Autumn Mix” from America and there are still candy corns left for Halloween. I have been rationing them out for two months. I feel like today I can indulge and eat all the rest as dessert after…
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