August Magic

 

 

August was a month of incredible changes.
The rattlesnake tried to tell me!

We are now a family of 4!
Because little Minnie Kay
came to live with us.

It all happened like this.
A guy that Steven works with brought
in a little white kitty just 5 weeks old.
Steven took a picture of it and emailed it
to me with this as the subject line

Mini K
 

 

 

When I saw that I thought what a perfect name.
If we do get a little white kitten we will have
to name her Minnie Kay. We had been thinking
about getting one someday so Koyuki would
have someone to play with when we leave
for a few days at a time. But we didn't go out
looking for one. We figured one would
just show up when the time was right.

Sure enough.
2 days later we drove east of Eaton to look at
the other white kitten in the litter and we
fell in love with her instantly and brought her home.

 

Minnie Kay is 7 weeks old now and doing great.
Koyuki is adjusting. It will take a little while for
her to accept the new kitty but it will happen in time.

 

In fact, Steven and I are writing a song in Spanish
about our 2 white kitties called  Dos Gatos Blancos  

 

Here's the first verse

Tenemos dos gatos blancos
Uno se llama Koyuki y el otro se llama Minnie Kay
Uno pequeno y uno grande
Y esperamos que algun dia se vuelvan amigos

 

Another cool thing that happened was
the article about Dusty in the newspaper
Loveland Man Develops Crystal Activation System

It was cool to see his campaign reach these magic numbers $4,444

And even though he didn't reach his goal
people are still donating and
ordering his beautiful cards

http://crystalactivations.com/

I'm so thankful for all the
magical blessings of August!

July Magic

 

The magic began by

celebrating the 4th of July

canoeing and kayaking with

Faith and the O's

 

 

 

 

Remi didn't come this time

because the Yurtians were

celebrating Micki's birthday

 

 

 

 

We went hiking on

the Summit Trail and

saw this cool snake

 

 

We went camping in

RMNP and saw our very

first bear's den

 

 

The next week a bear tore one of

our downstairs screens off and must

have come into the house but since

the bedroom door was shut he didn't

find anything interesting and left

 

 

 

 

These sweet twin fawns have

been hanging out in our

Sandalphon Circle

 

 

 

We took a mini-vacation to Wyoming

and  hiked 4 hours in The Snowy Mountain Range

 

then we stayed in Saratoga Springs

and soaked in the hot springs

 

 

The most amazing thing that happened

in July was when a rattlesnake came

to visit and looked in the window

at Koyuki and me

 

 

 

 The next day I sent my very first

email from Mailchimp and it

was all about the rattlesnake

 

 

I've been having fun the whole month of July

helping Dusty with his indiegogo campaign.

He made me part of the team!

 

https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/the-crystal-compass-find-your-true-north

 

I just asked Dusty's Crystal Compass

which mandala I should post here

on my blog and this one came up

 

http://crystalactivations.com/#45

 

 

 

 

 

 

 Koyuki now has her litter box out

on the deck and it's called her cat loo

 

 

Another cool thing that happened in July is

that I bought a flute at a garage sale for $20

and I love it so much. My friend Joanna taught

me to play the flute when we were in high school.

I'm having fun learning lots of different kinds of

songs and memorizing them so I can just sit down

anytime and play them and I can play them in the car too

(when Steven is driving) and Koyuki loves to

sit in my lap when I play.

 

 

 

And finally, Oona's birthday is today,

the last day of July. She is 10 years old!

 

 

I'm sooooo thankful for

all the blessings of July!

 

I Love You,

Zoe

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

June Magic

 

Wow, June has been a really wonderful month!

The first week-end we hiked up to Alberta Falls
and then down to Boulder Brook

The next week-end Remi spent the night
and we had fun taking him to garage sales

I found the perfect birthday present for Seth
(for only 75 cents) then wrapped up all the
little presents and hung them on it

We had such a fun birthday party at the Rio.
All the kids and grandkids were there!

We had fun at the arcade too!

The next Saturday I played for 18 students
at Juliana's voice recital and Otis sang!
He was fabulous and I'm so proud of him.
It's so much fun playing for his voice lessons.

The next day we went to Idaho Springs and enjoyed
soaking in the springs, hiking and eating at
some restaurants in town.

We went in the cave baths for the very first time
and here's what I wrote about my experience.

8:30 am
Monday, June 16, 2014
In the Cave Baths

I just experienced my very first cave bath.
Steven went in the men's and I went in the women's.
The baths were in a long tunnel and I was the only person there.
I walked to the end of the tunnel and got in the very
last one, the 4th one. Hot!  Amazingly Incredibly hot!
Off came the swimsuit immediately. After several minutes
I felt like I needed air so I walked out the first door and saw
a hole in the roof that went straight to the outside.
The hole was blocked mostly, but there was a
tiny space where air was coming through.
After breathing some fresh air for awhile I was ready
to go back in. I totally immersed myself for a couple of minutes
(except for my face.) Then I sat with just my feet in
the water and started singing the Hanuman Chalisa softly.
I stopped after hearing someone come in.
Then another lady came in. I didn't really feel like
striking up a conversation so I decided it was probably
time to go. As I was walking out, one lady said
" I love your robe! Where did you get it?"
I thanked her and said Good Will. (my frog robe)
So it was a pretty awesome experience being naked
in a cave bath all by myself. But actually I wasn't
by myself. There were three pictures in
the rock walls that jumped right out at me.
Natural pictures formed right in the rock.
First I saw HI in big letters. Then I saw the face of
Hanuman. And then I saw a heart.



The next week-end I played for the very
talented Kyle Gibben's senior voice recital.

And now no more playing for awhile.
Time to relax.

 

On June 22, Dusty launched his fund-raising campaign for Crystal Activations. It's so awesome and I'm having fun
telling everyone about it. If you haven't contributed yet, please do!


https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/crystal-activations-empower-your-life/x/8013707

On June 27, Seth proposed to Patty!
We are all soooooo happy and looking
forward to their wedding next April!

And here's an exciting thing Oona did in June.
She had her picture made with Sylvester McCoy
from Doctor Who and The Hobbit :)

Yesterday we went on a beautiful hike from Bear Lake
to Beirstadt Lake and then down to Hollowell Park.

My peak animal experience of the month was
when there was a little frog singing at our waterfall
and here's a video of him singing a duet with me.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CWZdzxPrBxQ

That little froggie inspired me to write
Golden Tree Frog Song for my next song.
And then today I made a nice singing video
of it out by the magic waterfall tree.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UUQBvcQr-hc



Wow, I am so thankful for all the wonderful and incredible
blessings of June!

Lots of Love and
Incredible Blessings to You
Zoe

 

 

May Magic

Today is the last day of May and wow it has sure
been another magical month.

 

 

 

Well, no matter what else happens, May is always
a magical month because that's when my favorite
bird the Western Wood Pewee comes back.
You can hear a western wood pewee singing
with me in this video I made last summer
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JtbBzmlZDqI


Our first iris just bloomed this week.

We went on TWO camping trips in May!
The first week-end of May we took the TAB
to Crow Valley in Pawnee Grasslands and
hiked the Pawnee Buttes.

And 2 weeks later we took Antelope to
Dinosaur National Monument.
You can read all about that trip
here in my previous blog post.
http://rabbitrockcafe.blogspot.com/2014/05/our-trip-to-dinosaur-national-monument.html

On Mothers Day Eve we hiked to
Gem Lake with Seth, Dusty and Remi

An author friend of mine told me about
Scrivener so I downloaded that and
started writing my novel and I'm
having so much fun with it!
It's called Lucretia Light.

Today I made a facebook page for my book
The Turtle Path and I'm going to randomly
pick one of my haikus each day to post on there.
https://www.facebook.com/zoenishimuta#!/theturtlepath
It's always fun to start something new!

I'm so thankful for all the wonderful blessings of May!

Lots of Love to You,
Zoe