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I awoke at dawn... one perfect morning... and travelled to a Kingdom by the sea.
Where bright Kniphofia and Delphinium reign supreme....
and Demeter, in all her glory, waits for me.
We walk...far, far out... onto the sea strand... where silver mer- maids and mer- men splash and frolic... leaving their fading footprints behind... for us to find...and follow...
in rapturous delight...of a perfect day ahead of us.
With distant views of a bold Atlantis....
shimmering like a mirage in the sand....
We walk through ancient civilizations and fading dreams....where gleaming ships were once produced.... on time...
in forgotten days long past...
Suddenly....a dark opening appears...water cascading softly into the shadowy depths....from which her radiant daughter now ascends..... up crumbling spiral stairs.... to take her hand....
...our family group reunited again.
But neither land nor sea can ever claim us... completely.
as we flit from realm to golden realm...
Each of us.....neither alive... nor dead....
.....or fuddled in the head....
simply happy to be out walking...
on this glorious July day....
of 24 degrees C.... :o)
....In that shimmering Kingdom by the sea.
Bored with potatoes or pasta recently I decided to swap over to rice meals every day for two weeks, usually mixed with a tin of chicken balti or here, above, with a jar of sweet and sour pineapple and mixed mild spices. The reason for the change was that I was reading The Beach by Alex Garland, a cult classic, and as they were eating rice every day in Thailand I thought I would get in character as well....complete immersion....with Daffy and Richard.... in that book... and steaming tropical jungle survival.................by steaming rice...
I do the same with music... every so often... bored with the music I've already heard... I search for true gems that sparkle.... and I often find them...been a fan of these siblings for years now...talent and treasure in abundance.
https://www.dailymotion.com/video/x35w8jc
Although 10,000 steps a day are not really my thing... I'd be demented after only a week of it... I read recently that for older folks 21 minutes of walking exercise a day was plenty to keep yourself fit. Even I could do that! Then a couple of weeks went by and I couldn't remember if it was 21 minutes a day or 21 minutes per week or 21 steps a day.... or 21 steps a week. That sounded much more fun and a genuine challenge.... so I'm attempting all three. or maybe it was just one step every 10,000 years....?