And this is how I spent my afternoon and evening...

Bathing in the sun
Drinking a Corona
Reading The Omnivore's Dilemma
Eating chips and salsa
Jogging by the lake
Doing yoga
Listening to This American Life = laughing and crying
Uploading beautiful pictures
Cooking curried chickpeas and coconut rice
and Eating it up
Sitting on my deck - watching and listening to the birds
A view from my back porch: (no neighbors in front, behind or to one side - just the birds)

Talking to a good friend on the phone
Watching The Office
Writing letters

and Enjoying the flowers I get to bring home and arrange:
Check out the sprout of petals coming out of the middle of that gerb!