Above – Group photo from the point during our walk to the lighthouse.
Below, view from the parking lot of the miles of beaches to the north of the point.
Along our walk, you’ll see a small deer in brush in the middle of the photo.
Half way up the walk to the lighthouse photo op.
Side of the bluff.
A look down the north side of the cliffs from the lookout.
Another view of the beaches. This one from the lookout.
Someone said 300 stairs. I don’t know because the gate was locked and I didn’t walk down there, but at the bottom is the existing lighthouse. I wasn’t sure if this photo would turn out because I took it looking into the sun. Not bad …
Grassy moss growing out of the rock.
On the ride back, a hawk sitting on a post on the side of the road. I was about 10′ away from it sitting in the car when I took this photo.
Today after we checked out, Bruce and I met up with Akuch and the boys for another outing. Looks like you’ll need to wait another day for those photos.
Evidently there was a free day at the merry-go-round. Notice Alo is on a different animal in each shot. That’s our boy!
Another photo from Maya’s first day at school.
We get to pick her up from school today so I’ll get to see first hand. Jamie flies in this morning so she’ll get to go with us. Then off to gymnastics!
Here’s a good shot. All the Beatles’ sons! L-R – Ringo’s 2 sons, Paul’s son, John’s two sons & George’s son.
It’s going to be another scorcher. A day to be glad we have air conditioning.
Above – At the Kelkar Museum, an antique hanging ornament title “acrobat” which I believe looks more like a straight arm Vrishikasana. There’s probably a yoga name for it but I don’t know it.
Yesterday Jill and I spent our last afternoon with Nana. He took us to the Kelkar Museum, which houses many old artifacts that go back past the 13th century. They were all photo worthy, but here are some of my favorites. I took pictures of some of the descriptions, which I posted under the respective artifact’s photo.
Back at the Homefront
More baby Kando photos …
This morning I attended my last Prashantji class and had a good practice afterwards, keeping in mind I’m going to be spending much of the next day and a half traveling. We’re getting picked up in front of the flat at 3pm to go to the Pune airport. I’m sharing a hotel room with Jill for half the night in Mumbai but then will need to be at the Mumbai airport for my 4:30AM flight. Considering I woke up at 4:30 am this morning, I may be able to get a little sleep on the plane.
Saying goodbye to Nana yesterday was very difficult. He has turned into such a great friend in the two months I’ve spent in Pune (2013 & 2015).
Above (I hope I didn’t already post this photo) – In Alandi, two women talking. Notice how the woman on the left is squatting and the one on the right is sitting on the ground, both comfortably and naturally, and they aren’t young!
In this photo it appears these three men are merely walking together.
At a closer look, the man on the left has his arm around the man in the middle, and the middle one and one on the right are holding hands. It could be the outside ones are helping the middle man out, but it’s not uncommon to see men showing this kind of public affection. It’s normal here.
This is how Nana relaxes while waiting for us to finish whatever it is we’re doing wherever he dropped us off. In this case, I was taking the “organized chaos” video at the bottom of this post.
Cow!
One last selfie with Cristy and Chris before they left last week.
Then someone walked by and offered to take a “real” photo.
These are the new shirts I had made with the www.obyoga.com logo on the back.
ManYee and her luggage squeezing in the elevator as she left a few days ago. Jill and I now know who made all the messes in the kitchen. Busted!
Winnie (from DC) and me at the Shraddhanjali.
On our way back from Alandi – views from the rickshaw.
Ya gotta love Nana! He knows how much I love animal sightings so he pulled over for me to get this up close & personal cow photo. I didn’t even have to ask him to.
Here’s the video I mentioned above. It’s a two minute video I took at a fairly busy intersection. I’ve been at this intersection when there’s been a lot more traffic than this, so this is actually fairly moderate.
This morning I took my final class with Geetaji. The time ran over, so the class ended up being 2 1/2 hours long. During class she worked with several people working toward upliftedness in Sirsasana (headstand), Adho Mukha Vrksasana (full arm balance/hand stand) and Swastikasana (seated cross-legged pose), then a very nice Pranayama session following a long Sarvangasana (shoulder stand). Most of the August westerners have already gone home, so there was plenty of space in class and in the practice hall this afternoon. I’m guessing Monday’s 7am Prashant’s class won’t be very full either. What a nice way to go out!
Geetaji: “I’m not just talking about taking the spine in. I’m talking about taking the skin to the muscle and the muscle to the bones.” “You have to work this way”
Tomorrow I plan on observing the 9am kids’ beginner class. I’ve really enjoyed following them this month. Then after having leftovers for lunch, Nana is picking Jill and me up for our last outing with him.
Robb & Alo at the Larkey Wildlife Center. This is at the same park where we had the baby shower, very close to their home.
Great Horned Owl
Lizard
“Want to see the poop?” Yes, Alo, everyone wants to see the poop …
Meanwhile, back at the house, Bear recovers from her walk.
While Hogan enjoys a head of lettuce.
And … HEY! That’s MY spot!
She must think that if she closes her eyes I won’t see her…
Countdown to iNdia – 2 days. I booked a round trip SD to LA flight (only $167) so Bruce doesn’t have to drive me to LA Tuesday. This will give him more time for the honey do list. Haha
We started the day yesterday with story time at the library.
The bear’s name is Cheerio and the pig’s name is Spam.
Here’s Alo putting on his glasses (part of the story).
Pretty cool art work in the library.
And outside the library.
After story time, we went to check out the park for baby shower location availability. There’s a museum at the park where they had some birds of prey on exhibit. Here’s a turkey vulture.
Alo playing at the park.
Later in the day, Akuch and Alo arriving at the baby shower. Btw, Alo has learned to walk like his mommy. He sticks his stomach out and and lets it lead the way.
Group photo (of course). Lots of very nice people. One of the couples has 2 sets of twins, 13 months apart! Yikes!
Alo & Lily sharing a cupcake.
Lily & her mom, Sandra.
We arrived back home this morning to Comic Con frenzy at the airport, and glad to be back to San Diego weather. It was cold in San Francisco. I expected warmth in a Walnut Creek, but it was overcast and cool. We even got some light rain.
We’re looking forward to another visit after the baby’s born, and after my India trip.
