{"id":811,"date":"2023-07-14T21:17:51","date_gmt":"2023-07-14T21:17:51","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/?p=811"},"modified":"2023-07-14T21:17:51","modified_gmt":"2023-07-14T21:17:51","slug":"july-14-2023-meditation-at-the-edge-of-the-forest","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/index.php\/2023\/07\/14\/july-14-2023-meditation-at-the-edge-of-the-forest\/","title":{"rendered":"JULY 14, 2023 Meditation At The Edge of the Forest"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<ul><li>Sandy brings her twins to visit<\/li><li>The kids and I go to Longbeach Penn to see sandcastles and kites (and get eats)<\/li><li>The tomatoes are putting on a show and doing amazing as are my flowers<\/li><li>I went to Seaman Day at the National Park<\/li><li>Meditation outdoors continues + I&#8217;m now vegetarian<\/li><li>I install and begin using a new bicycle trainer! <\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-gallery has-nested-images columns-default is-cropped\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"813\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4149-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-813\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4149-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4149-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4149-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4149-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4149-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"814\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4150-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-814\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4150-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4150-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4150-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4150-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4150-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" data-id=\"815\"  src=\"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4154-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-815\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4154-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4154-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4154-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4154-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4154-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><\/figure>\n<figcaption class=\"blocks-gallery-caption\">Tomato Garden and some flowers July 2023 &#8211; all from seed!<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"768\" height=\"1024\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4081-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-816\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4081-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4081-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4081-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4081-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4081-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" \/><figcaption>She&#8217;s waiting for Dark Journalist to put something deep on the record<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4114-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-817\" width=\"302\" height=\"403\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4114-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4114-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4114-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4114-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4114-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 302px) 100vw, 302px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This week I got in a new Wahoo Kickr trainer (thanks Jason) just in time for the Tour de France.  It&#8217;s really a lot of fun to ride, but underscores how bad of shape I&#8217;m in!  I&#8217;m back on Zwift now!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>My tomatoes are doing brilliantly, not bad for some seeds I started in January.  All of a sudden they&#8217;ve really gone to setting tomatoes.  The high UV index doesn&#8217;t seem to be bugging them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The girls are being lovely.  Hime likes to take all the pencils out of their cup and drop them off the desk one at a time onto the floor.  I&#8217;ve had to hide them.  (Art pencils &#8211; so they&#8217;re nice, break easily that sort of thing)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignright size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4131-768x1024.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-818\" width=\"248\" height=\"331\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4131-768x1024.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4131-225x300.jpeg 225w, https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4131-1152x1536.jpeg 1152w, https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4131-1536x2048.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/IMG_4131-scaled.jpeg 1920w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 248px) 100vw, 248px\" \/><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>I went to Longbeach with the kids and saw some sandcastles being built, a few kites, got some fries and a coffee oh and a fruit smoothie &#8212; had a nice time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Went out to Seaman&#8217;s Day this week and petted the big bear dogs and walked Kwis Kwis with Jason.  (He skipped the dogs)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"alignleft size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-2023-07-11-at-1.55.28-PM-1024x682.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-819\" width=\"198\" height=\"132\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-2023-07-11-at-1.55.28-PM-1024x682.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-2023-07-11-at-1.55.28-PM-300x200.png 300w, https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-2023-07-11-at-1.55.28-PM-768x512.png 768w, https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/Screenshot-2023-07-11-at-1.55.28-PM.png 1132w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 198px) 100vw, 198px\" \/><figcaption>Powless takes the KOM jersey for USA \/ EF!  Best part of race so far.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>We were watching the Tour this week, but it&#8217;s been slow and it feels rigged.  Not a good racing event.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1024\" height=\"949\" src=\"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/542C44A1-AD37-4C07-BB32-761521AA7CBB-1024x949.jpeg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-820\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/542C44A1-AD37-4C07-BB32-761521AA7CBB-1024x949.jpeg 1024w, https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/542C44A1-AD37-4C07-BB32-761521AA7CBB-300x278.jpeg 300w, https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/542C44A1-AD37-4C07-BB32-761521AA7CBB-768x712.jpeg 768w, https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/542C44A1-AD37-4C07-BB32-761521AA7CBB-1536x1423.jpeg 1536w, https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/07\/542C44A1-AD37-4C07-BB32-761521AA7CBB-2048x1898.jpeg 2048w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>The girls<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-imgur wp-block-embed-imgur\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"imgur-embed-pub\" lang=\"en\" data-id=\"a\/XQnNCNq\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/a\/XQnNCNq\">Deer 2023, twins<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/s.imgur.com\/min\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-imgur wp-block-embed-imgur\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"imgur-embed-pub\" lang=\"en\" data-id=\"a\/GrX2Msd\"><a href=\"https:\/\/imgur.com\/a\/GrX2Msd\">Pacific Mule Deer and Babies<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"\/\/s.imgur.com\/min\/embed.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><figcaption>Sandy had twins and finally brought them to visit<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>It was a really busy summer week I guess!  <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sandy brings her twins to visit The kids and I go to Longbeach Penn to see sandcastles and kites (and get eats) The tomatoes are putting on a show and doing amazing as are my flowers I went to Seaman Day at the National Park Meditation outdoors continues + I&#8217;m now vegetarian I install and [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":812,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[44,43,18],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=811"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":821,"href":"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/811\/revisions\/821"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/812"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=811"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=811"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.merwanjeeframjee.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=811"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}