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Holiday Cuteness:

Hope all of you are spending the winter holidays with some good souls! I don't celebrate Christmas, but I do want to wish everyone a Seasons Greetings. Belated Eid Mubarak, Happy Hannukah, Happy Kwanza, Merry Christmas, and if it was your Birthday, then Happy Birthday. Whatever you are celebrating, remember to take a moment out and breath in those quiet moments. I am on my way to Big Sur and San Francisco for the Winter Holiday. Hope to post some pictures upon my return.

With Love,

Farida and "Buster" ;)

PHOTO: Happy Cows

The Weekend is here. Be a Happy Cow. It's a choice. Choose to be happy. Let crap go. That's my deep and meaningful thought. Love it? or what? :)

PHOTO: Nook

A look into my study nook. I have somehow managed to have two offices. [blame it on the edit] However, this little cozy space is where I always end up. Pardon the cheese factor on this one.

PHOTO: Beautiful Earth's Bounty in a Bowl

Kumquats, Fuyu Persimmons, Limes, Lemons, Blood Orange, Clementines, Meyer Lemon, Pomegranate, and the ever cute Crab Apple.
Thank You for these beautiful pieces of edible art.

PHOTO: Biggest Waves in Five Years

via www.mymodernmet.com

via My Modern Metropolis. For more photos click the photo.

Video: Surfing Jaws Maui

Ridiculously sick 40 feet waves out there in Hawaii. Check out how the Surfer literally dances on the water. Beautiful!

More on Big-Wave Surfing click HERE.

Diary:

I think it's time for heart to heart on this blog. It is long over due. I need this year to be full circle. A year that has been good to me beyond words, and also, quite eye opening and challenging. I rarely share any personal info. anymore via the blog, but I feel it is necessary to reconnect with some of my readers. Just in case some of you thought I was a blog generator ;).

I feel this is important for me on a deeper level. If we are to be authentic people that we claim to be then I should be able to dispel and share at my fancy.

The Thought for Today is:

"Don't assume anything. If you want to know something for sure, it is best to ask the source. If you go to 3rd party people to get the story, you will most likely cloud your ability to know the full story. This can be applied to business, friendships, and journalism. In any case, I am the best source on all subjects concerning me; as you are to You."

Also, it is okay to say, "We are not close." Pretending for the sake of social politics is cowardly. Say it with conviction and close the book.

More to come later...

-Farida

Thought for TODAY:

Via Tumblr: Loyal Little Bird

Loyal Little Bird

The photographs you see show how a very determined male bird tries to save his female mate that has been seriously injured.
Here the female bird is injured and her condition is not good.
The male bird brings her food and attends to her with love and compassion.
Although he tries to help her, she is too badly injured and dies.
He is shocked over her death and tries desperately to bring her back to life, trying to pull her up and make her move.
He finally realizes that his sweetheart has passed away and will never come back to him, and brokenhearted - he cries over his lost love.
He stands by her side, calling and crying for help. He is devastated by her death.
Finally realizing that she will never return to him, he stands beside her lifeless body with great sadness and sorrow, unable to leave her side.
The photos of these two birds are said to have been taken in the Republic of the Ukraine. This male bird was bound and determined to save his female mate. The photographer sold these pictures for a small price to one of the most famous newspapers in France. All the copies of that newspaper were sold out on the day they published these photos.

Found this touching story via Himandher.