The Tuis and Kereru are back
Submitted by janis b on Tue, 02/14/2023 - 10:24pm
I haven’t yet seen the little birds, but I can hear a few. They are probably busy rebuilding their nests. I hope most survived the storm.
I am fine here in my place. The landslip remained stable during the rain and I was largely sheltered from the worst of the wild winds. Power and cellphone reception came back after two days a couple hours ago. I now feel settled after being able to communicate with family and friends from a stable home.
This has been a wild few weeks, and hopefully the near future will see all things resolved.
Thank you all for your well wishes and crossed fingers. I’m sure they helped.
My go to piece of music for peace ...
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This is good news. NT
Thank you humphrey
it certainly is!
evening janis...
glad to hear from you. i was worried about you when i started reading the various reports about the cyclone hitting the north island hard. i'm relieved to hear everything is fine.
thanks for checking in!
Thank you joe
for your care and well wishes. Mother nature sure puts things in perspective. For me, fortunately I am still safely at home. I haven't looked at images from the devastation of others but heard on the transistor radio descriptions of some. I am relatively lucky.
Hey J!
GREAT to hear from you! Thanks for letting us know. Surely a number were wondering and wishing the best for all our kiwi friends. Glad to hear all is well, steady as she goes. Time to dry out. I watched a number of utube news clips on it this morning, and on one a bird was calling loudly. My wife asked me what it was. What does she think I am, a bleedin' ornithologist? I have never been to New Zealand.
Not for lack of want. If a bird called in the background of a Botswana vid she would ask the same question. LOL. I responded with much authority, "Tui". I didn't tell her that nice kiwi lady at c99 taught me their call. 
Thanks for that link that time...
What a beautiful piece, peace piece. I'd just leave that on a loop.
Thanks again for checkin' in!
peace
We cannot solve our problems with the same thinking we used when we created them.
Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better.
both - Albert Einstein
The music is still playing dystopian ...
"steady as she goes". What a nice meditation to carry me through.
Thank you my wonderful friend.
The Tuis are unforgettable
So others can enjoy ...
[video:https://youtu.be/ucvO-gphZng]
Their conversations are endlessly entertaining ...
[video:https://youtu.be/Bqw9LvW2nvw]
Great news Janis!
Glad to hear that the worst missed you and your house! I’ve about had it up to HERE with bad news.
Which AIPAC/MIC/pharma/bank bought politician are you going to vote for? Don’t be surprised when nothing changes.
Voting is like driving with a toy steering wheel.
Thanks snoopy
Glad I could offer some good news.
I would also like to ask for your well wishes for smiley7
He will have back surgery tomorrow to relieve some of the pain he has been enduring.
Peace and love all.
if you're in touch with him...
please send him my best wishes!
I will joe
Thank you from me and on behalf of smiley.
How nice that you're in touch with smiley 7
He's a lovely person. I wish him a wonderful healing experience.
On a side note, looking back, I've lived in houses on stilts up and down the California coast. Most had no foundation to speak of. At first, it freaked me out. Some I believe were propped, up on thin poles, after the fact. The last one was new construction built on piles driven deep into the bedrock of a steep hill. Five flights of steps from the garage belowPto the front door. In places, property owners are living in the airspace above lots that that have been reclaimed by mud slides. and the tides. It's certainly doable and strangely charming, after a fashion.
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The political system is what it is because the People are who they are. — Plato
Thank you Pluto
I know you and smiley go back a long time together.
Your past homes sound a lot more precarious than I am here. I'm glad you enjoyed them while they lasted ; ).
Hi Janis, so glad to hear that you are ok. Peace piece
is great for relaxation, as is much of his other work. One of my faves is Sketches from Spain. Thanks for the Tui videos, I missed whatever link to their call you previously sent Dysto. Please send Smiley7 my best wishes too and say hi - he is missed around here.
be well and have a good one
That, in its essence, is fascism--ownership of government by an individual, by a group, or by any other controlling private power. -- Franklin D. Roosevelt --
Thank you el
I'll give "Sketches" a try. I still have the CD.
Glad to hear
you and your house both made it through the storm okay, Janis. Hopefully you will have time to dry out before you get any more rain.
Nice music from both Bill Evans and the Tui birds.
I woke up this morning determined to drink less, eat right, and exercise.
But that was four hours ago when I was younger and full of hope.
Thank you Social
The weather looks to be settled for awhile. Maybe we'll get some summer before autumn arrives, while the sun creeps lower and lower.
Yeah Janis, you are still floating!
Good to hear Gabrielle left you intact.
Wish the best for smiley surgery.
good luck
Q
Thank you QMS
I always appreciate your well wishes for all.
Hi Janis, so glad you came through the rains and storms
as well as the conditions at hand allowed it.
Be well in the future days and months.
added: So sad that I can't see or hear the music video posted.
Thank you for your well wishes, mimi
To listen to the music, try typing in "Peace Piece by Bill Evans" into you tube search. You will probably find one to listen to. I'm sure you'd like it.
janis,
your luck hasn't run out, thank goodness!
I will try to contact smiley7 tomorrow. I had at least a plan in my mind to go visit him this spring.
If I hear anything, I will send you a pm.
"We'll know our disinformation program is complete when everything the American public believes is false." ---- William Casey, CIA Director, 1981
Thank you otc
I'd love to hear something if you make contact.
This was playing on the stereo as I read your comment. It's a song from Avalon Sunset by Van Morrison ...
[video:https://youtu.be/FjBM6hVRH1w]
Thank you for checking in!
Thank you for letting us know you're OK!!
xoxo
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
Hi Than
Can you tell me the what the video is? I don't want to miss seeing it.
try again please
Please try again, should be fixed. c99's been having trouble with embedded videos lately (read this essay for the details.)
It was Fat Freddy's Drop -- "Hope for a Generation"....
xoxo
"US govt/military = bad. Russian govt/military = bad. Any politician wanting power = bad. Anyone wielding power = bad." --Shahryar
"All power corrupts absolutely!" -- thanatokephaloides
Good news
Smiley is home after surgery and still has his sense of humour. We’ve had email contact, and he seems to be recovering well with the help of a dear friend by his side.
thanks for that J
were it not for his humors
he would almost cease to be
as poignant