a walk

Last night we went to vespers. We were a tiny bit late--oops! My voice got raspy from singing.

Afterwards, Erik said, "We should go for a walk here sometime." Vedanta has a big, gorgeous garden. We have spent a good deal of time there, and it's one of the reasons we moved to Sacramento. I was there once with my best friend too, when she came to visit, and we saw frogs and sat by one of the ponds talking for a long time.

Certain holidays are celebrated in the garden, rituals with some of the statues, and a year ago they put in a statue for the Virgin of Guadalupe, which I really appreciated and appreciate.

"How about this time?" I said. So we walked by the compost pile and saw the fire extinguisher in its cute little shelter. We met a cat with a very bad attitude that hissed at us when we tried to talk! We paid our respects to the big Krishna statue at Krishna pond, and I ate a lot of loquats from the loquat trees, so heavily laden with fruit, spitting the beautiful smooth seeds onto the earth.

Some mosquitoes bit us, but it's a wonderful place to walk, and the different shrines set up provide a natural rhythm to the set of experiences. It's hard to explain. But the paths are laid out nicely too. Everyone loves this garden. It's really something. We heard roosters crowing and dogs barking too from neighboring properties. It's a good jewel in the Carmichael crown.

These pictures are from their website.