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garden spaces i love the cool morning breeze the silence and a slow cup to tea that s it that s all for now posted in uncategorized tagged family life love mental health the end of ubc what i love what makes me feel good what s next writing 6 replies there s a crack in everything posted on july 31 2026 by hafong 8 it s july 31 the last day of the ultimate blog challenge cooler breezes prevail i can feel a change in the air i can feel a cascade of emotions within me no optimism no joy just a sense of sadness for all the cracks that are present in our world today it makes me think of leonard cohens song anthem it s true that the crack is where the light gets in equally true it is where the darkness comes in too it s good to remember to ring the bells that still can ring and forget about the perfect offering and i like to remember to smile the while when i can good things still exist i made a good run at this july ubc missing only one day that was the day when i had to take my father in to emergency in respiratory distress he has recovered remarkably well for a 95 year old he continuous to be his old mischievous self getting into trouble unnecessarily just a few days after getting over pneumonia he has to truck down to the basement to cut his hair yesterday morning at 8 he went outside and a tumble on the front lawn no serious injuries except painful ribs on coughing he s not confused he s been warned not to do these things many times it s just who he is i m almost over getting angry at him because it is a waste of my energy i ve just made another trip over to see how he is he is ok not owning up of course he is always very clever at explaining those incidents are what are called accidents how can you argue with that i do understand the elderly it helps to read this post about how clint eastwood feels about getting old whether he wrote it or not it rings true i wonder how i will be when i get to be 90 i hope i can participate in the ubcs that s something to aim for lol thank you paul for hosting the challenges thank you everyone for writing and reading anthem leonard cohen the birds they sang at the break of day start again i heard them say don t dwell on what has passed away or what is yet to be ah the wars they will be fought again the holy dove she will be caught again bought and sold and bought again the dove is never free ring the bells that still can ring forget your perfect offering there is a crack a crack in everything that s how the light gets in we asked for signs the signs were sent the birth betrayed the marriage spent yeah and the widowhood of every government signs for all to see i can t run no more with that lawless crowd while the killers in high places say their prayers out loud but they ve summoned they ve summoned up a thundercloud they re going to hear from me ring the bells that still can ring forget your perfect offering there is a crack a crack in everything that s how the light gets in you can add up the parts but you won t have the sum you can strike up the march there is no drum every heart every heart to love will come but like a refugee ring the bells that still can ring forget your perfect offering there is a crack a crack in everything that s how the light gets in ring the bells that still can ring forget your perfect offering there is a crack a crack in everything that s how the light gets in that s how the light gets in that s how the light gets in posted in uncategorized tagged anthem getting old last day leonard cohen life my father ring the bells the ultimate blog challenge there are still good things there s a crack in everything writing 8 replies thursday show and tell posted on july 30 2026 by hafong 6 it s thursday day 30 of the ultimate blog challenge i m short of time and short of words sometimes a picture is worth a thousand words as you can see i do live in an urban forest surrounded by trees i m grateful for their green and their shade both are cooling especially in this heat we find ourselves this summer peppers carrot bed in background a japanese haskap berry bush in the middle a saskatoon berry tree in right corner kohlrabis celery cukes and a squash we try to live as sustainably as we can growing our own food as much as we can we have 36 solar panels on the house and have added some on the garage in the back we have a rain catchment by the side of the house it is hidden behind a painting of a waterfall by the guy we also have 3 sets of water catchment in the back doing our best but it s probably not enough posted in uncategorized tagged doing our best gardening life my front yard not enough rain catchments show and tell solar panels sustainable living the ultimate blog challenge thursday urban forest writing 6 replies wordless wednesday my backyard food forest posted on july 29 2026 by hafong 10 another almost perfect summer day for day 29 of the ultimate blog challenge i m almost at the finish line i m running low on energy as harvesting and perserving it has started to make it easy it s a show and tell of my backyard food forest you don t need alot of space to grow alot of food it s alot of work but lots of satisfaction also the inground garden between the house and garage holds kiwis along garage wall aspargus potatoes tomatoes and chinese long beans along fence by neighbour s garage swedish beans and cauliflower in next bed garlic in the next bed over zucchinis and eggplants in far bed rhubarb lovage and goiji berry at the end horizontal bed grapes and raspberries strawberries tomatoes greens and brassicas potatoes squash and chinese long beans bitter melons peppers and cucumbers in the 2nd last photo we have 3 haskap berry bushes and one sour cherry posted in uncategorized tagged alot of food gardening life lot of satisfaction lot of work my backyard food forest the ultimate blog challenge vegetables wordless wednesday writing 10 replies urban forest bathing posted on july 28 2026 by hafong 4 it s a near perfect sunny day for this 28th day of the ultimate blog challenge the house was cool in the morning with cool breezes through the open windows we are moving through the summer season the trees are casting longer shadows providing shade on my morning walk i am living in an urban forest trees flank both sides of the street as far as my eyes can see the guided forest bathing session on sunday is still fresh in my memory i am using it to practice wherever and whenever i am awake and aware to my surroundings i do not need to make a special trip to a special place i try to remember the exercises and the questions the first is where do i feel most at home i do feel quite at home walking down my street towards the mall what is moving what do i hear traffic is the answer to both questions the movement and noise do not bother me they are what i am used to having lived on this busy street for so many years but it is the first time that i took notice of the many trees that flank both sides of the street and the shadows they cast it is also the first time i felt the bodily pleasure of walking this street this street is my friend i feel safe and loved as if the branches are holding me in their embrace in this moment i am content and happy posted in uncategorized tagged a perfect day awareness exercises life morning walk my street questions surroundings the ultimate blog challenge trees urban forest bathing writing 4 replies all talked out posted on july 27 2026 by hafong 9 another hot day gearing up i thought i would get an early start and tackle work outside i hooked up the hose to our rain catchment behind the garage to fill the pails for the greenhouse i waited and waited no water came forth i turned off the tap disconnected the hose and turned on the tap not one drop of water my ugly neighbour immediately came to mind we saw her messing around the area when we drove out of the garage a few days ago she has raspberry bushes right beside the rain catchment it would be an easy thing for her to turn on the tap and drain it she has dumped our rain water into the back alley before when we used a big tub we thought there was nothing for her to complain about with an enclosed unit no breeding ground for mosquitoes nothing ugly to bring down the property tax on our block i know of course that these are not her true objections what i know for sure is that her objection is me she takes pleasure in causing me grieve in the past i have blown my top and lost my mind many many times the only thing i ve accomplished with that is compromising my physical and mental health now i don t turn a blind eye i see her and i know her i know i ve done my best i ve tried to talk to her have ignored her and have reported her to the liason person within the police department she s not a person that i have an ability to talk explain and reason with the police had a problem talking with her also she talks over me and them she reminds me very much like a donald trump quite often when i used to talk about her in the past people probably thought i was the problem y ou should talk with her was an often given advice the good thing is she is not malignant she does petty vandalism i think she is also a bit of a coward she hides in her house after she causes some mischief my best weapon is not to give her any attention she is really not worth it i truly cannot love my neighbours i have one on each side of me and one across the street all women but i do not hate them i have compassion for these souls but i am not their keeper posted in uncategorized tagged all talked out compassion doing my best family fiction getting along life love love thy neighbour mischief neighbours rain catchment the ultimate blog challenge vandalism writing 9 replies wordless sunday forest bathing posted on july 26 2026 by hafong 11 this morning we participated in forest bathing led by the guy s friend who is a trained therapist forest bathing or shinrin yoku is a mindful japanese practice of soaking in the forest atmosphere through your senses to lower stress reduce blood pressure and boost immunity it was held from 9 am to 12 noon at boffins public garden at the university of saskatoon for the most part i was mindful bathed in the nature around me it was hard to be fully immersed in the there and then there s this wanting to capture have and hold i haven t learned yet to just experience with my senses and hold it within my body hence these photographs for this day 26 of the ultimate blog challenge posted in uncategorized tagged boffins public garden capture and hold forest bathing life nature nature walk photographs senses stillness the ultimate blog challenge wordless sunday writing 11 replies the beat heat keeps on posted on july 25 2026 by hafong 4 it s day 25 of the ultimate blog challenge we re marching towards the end of july and the challenge another red sun in morning and it is 30 at 2 19 in the afternoon my father should be home from the hospital soon he was to be discharged yesterday but asked the doctor if he could stay another day he wasn t ready and anxious about getting sick again understandable as he s had 2 bouts of respiratory distress in the last 2 3 weeks i was happy that he could as his blood pressure was 200 something when we visited in the afternoon it would be another round of what should we do if he was at home the hospital can be a life saver but at the same time untoward things can happen for some unknown reason his blood pressure pills were held for 3 days of course his blood pressure went up and up then they restarted them it takes awhile before they could catch up their pace it did get better and fairly good by morning i did not pursue why the blood pressure meds were stopped as it would serve no purpose no harm was done and i just got a text from my brother he is home i ve had a busy morning knowing it was going to be another hot day i got right down to business with the grass whipper snipper then i hustled along with my morning walk to the mall the trees cast enough shade along most of my walk at freshco i bought some bananas for my father blueberries and cherries for myself the bananas were a heavy lot i had to rest a couple times on bus stop benches on the way home this heat is here to stay so are life s little stresses i have to think cool feel strong and heave on i ve swept up the grass clippings and washed the walk off already hot i filled the raised beds in the back yard with water and watered the greenhouse perhaps i might have a beer with supper tonight or i might have it now posted in uncategorized tagged family father gardening health healthcare hospitals life love the beat heat keeps on the ultimate blog challange writing 4 replies post navigation older posts archives august 2026 july 2026 june 2026 may 2026 april 2026 march 2026 february 2026 january 2026 december 2025 november 2025 october 2025 september 2025 august 2025 july 2025 june 2025 may 2025 april 2025 march 2025 december 2024 november 2024 october 2024 september 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