September 21 Last Day of Summer

This is the Tulsi with the shadow of the old bush. The bricks that the oven sits on is the best general place to cook on the back patio but I have two small tables I also use to set the ovens on when I need to use it someplace else.

This is the west corner where the dead pyracantha was removed. The container of parsley, basil and oregano sits there right now but I don't leave it there because the sun is still too hot for it there. I wanted it in the photo though. and this is the Sun Oven I was cooking with that day. Also, you can see the corner of the red Tulsi oven in the right side of the picture. This is the sun mid morning to early afternoon in late September.

This is shot of Global Sun oven in the east corner of the patio. It is set up for late afternoon sun cooking 4-5:30. I will be losing this 5:30 sun in the next month. I'll have to cook in the front of the house as all direct sunlight is gone from the patio from November to early April.

Cheers,

Shamba

Windy, dusty Sunday Afternoon in Phoenix in April

I seem to be in the mood to write here today. I feel more cheerful as I write from my earliest post this morning.

The past two days have been very bad for allergies in Phoenix--windy, dusty, pollen in the air. Most desert plants and flowers that live here in the spring have bloomed but many palo verdes are still filling out with their beautiful yellow blooms. Palo Verdes trees are gorgeous with the green trunk and branches and yellow flowers against the blue sky. Lovely! And the saguaro blossoms are out now. they are about the last thing to bloom before the real heat sets in and that will be after Memorial day. It is in the mid-90s today. Please observe the photo above; I'll have to practice getting the photos right where I want them in the entry.

I have links added here to my different photo pages. I paid for flicker.com last year but I won't renew it come this fall. I do NOT want to give up my webspace yet and also my ISP connections. maybe if the world gets small enought I'll have to but I can't deal with that idea yet.

I haven't done anything about adding some new family photos and some La Jolla photos. I'm still figuring out how to get my more manageable ways of handling the digital photos, Photos in Windows Photo Gallery and my transferred photo data from my earlier computer; all my old photos came through okay; that was not a problem.

I want to add the basic links for peak everything--cause that's what it is these day, Peak Everything!--here, too. I want this to tie all my web creations and the VIP links together. I could add links and links up the wazoo but that will defeat the whole purpose if I do that.

Om shanti, shanti, shanti. Shanti means peace. I don't seem to have near enough of that the past few weeks so I need to give it to myself and all sentient beings out there.

Namaste,

shamba

Reference for things on the web

I need to put links to Shambalayogi's Retreat, photos pages, energy crisis in southwest
what else???

I'll keep on thinking on it ... do I want to try this blog thing again??

cheers,
shamba