My foggy lover, my San Francisco
Hello lovelyes
my world is still going around the continentals, filled with melting colours of rainbows, feelings and emotions.
This time about California, my so much loved home of my heart and mind. Being back felt, of course, peaceful, happy and confusing. Moments of bittersweet lights and knowing that in reality, one Monday morning I won't wake up anymore in Palo Alto, make a coffee and zip it outside watching Estonian morning TV show Terevisioon and won't cook buckwheat to loved ones and won't drive randomly upside down in San Francisco streets just because I like it. But oh well, actually there was so many things that I did, enjoyed and loved.
There was days that I just took my car and drove along the coast, went to my peace place, my favourite beach of the times, my Half Moon Bay, alone and with kiddos.
Never ever get it enough. How beautiful is to think that those gorgeous waves are endless. Filling up our minds with beautiful moments and memories. What ever goes around life, this is the exactly right place to get away, to think, to release yourself totally. Noting more powerful than Mother Nature.
Idyllic scenes
Thanks to my sweet friends I had an entire week to spend with their loved kids. Those really truly little pure souls, who fill you up all happiness. We spend absolutely fun time at the seaside, relaxed, played games, practiced much needed new skill - rollerskating in home park and in Stanford University. We had pancake mornings and we all fell asleep to dreamland together 8pm. These are the moments that lasts forever.
@ Stanford
It was so nice to see all my american families. Family defined as friends who have gave me all I ever wanted from life - love and to be loved back. After spending with days with those little happy kids, of course we had our little hard moments as well, but I find that this only grow us more together and put even more trust between us.
Spend some more days with rainbow happy kids, drove around, had some fast slides and sweet moments to embrace the love.
Two little arms around the neck, love it love it love it
Some other day with this adorable little angel. Had some afternoon much needed coffee and walked around the Marina to check out the new boat and enjoy the view to Bay and GG.
Moms little helper and now big proud sister to little baby boy. Thank you Külli for the great time :)
So hold on. I had almost 3 weeks to spend only by myself. And first time in my life, I just took time off, didn't worried what lies ahed in London, generally in Europe and what comes next day. I completely shut down my brain and sunbathed and slept long and went to Half Moon Bay. Lived may be little bit boring life to you, to concern the fact, that I was back home in California. But I loved it so much, just to take it and feel it, as a real home when life carries on it's everyday timezone, not like tourist vacation filled with sightseeing and afraid that OMG what happens if I don't see Golden Gate and visit Alcatraz. Don't get me wrong, yes there was crazy good parties that I enjoyed out of the max zone. But also there was bunch of more than lovely late afternoons when I got my coffee rollin in Philz, while working people have been rolling their days since 7am. And I absolutely didn't felt any quilt.
@ Philz, coffe time
...and some martini time hot my hot mamas
crazy love
While getting sunburnt in the garden, my lovely A dragged me out and that's how I spend my evenings and not so lazy days out of home STILL discovering new, breathtaking areas close to home area and not so close ones. Randomly chosen Saratoga surprised us with most quite vino and restaurant street just middle of mountains.
After seeing this breathtaking view, I think long time I didn't want to be nowhere else than there. There are not so many words to describe how I have fallen into nature. One point, we still decided that's it's time to wander around more and we chose Saratoga/ one of the safest city in California, not impressed about that fact, as it's located middle of mountains between deep forests.
Saratoga sweet streets with some less than one million dollar cars
Other sunny SF days, we drove to city and made some fast curbs and landed in Dolores Park. Lying down and sipping good red, having a view to all SF, life was just completed and vacation was officially opened.
Just so much sun, that gave me sunny bunny look and big smile :P
Joys of my life :)
Freedom fun
And then some other day we found us in middle of other mountains with cows and good vibes of music. New people and new champagne day it was. Over the bridge and between the hills.
artsy sky
and happy cows, life is good
non beer drinker, I think it was just about right drink for me, from UK, life sarcasm
@ the Sunset
Nothing comes easy, but it's all how we define hard, how we write it down to ourselves. Hard can be fun, challenging and thrilling, as results usually give your heart a big steady smile :)
Party bus
With my champagne angel
and good vibes
Visiting friends around the Bay Area, we went to see and sheer how our little boy is catching up the new hobby - sailing. Thank you Roberta, Chris and Lucas to being a great friends, letting me into your life and be part of that.
little optimists on the bay
@ Redwood City Yacht Club
And those other evenings when I spent home snuggly and cozy with kitties purring around
And some other days we found ourselves of purpose walking up and down between North Beach and China down, that never goes together and yet are next to each other.
so many great and inspirational and colourful murals
Sunset walks in Marina to sum up the perfect day in a perfect way. Golden Gate is absolute triumph of beauty to San Francisco. Fits perfect, looks stunning and makes every look at it that you were looking moving and living piece of art. Fog thats often wraps gently all the bridge and then same moments faiths away. It's always on moving, never standstill, always in change and therefor change is a good thing.
my pink world thru my eyewear, colours I see the life
Golden sunset over the Golden Gate and Pacific. Dreams keep coming true time to time
I am not gonna write today a long deep story as I usually do. Some of the readings can be easy and flowy too.
Who else than my lioness send me away back to Europe. Home to home.
Quality time with my one and only lioness <3
Third time to send me away, love her million times to California and back
Monkeybusiness...
... and ride home to home
Above the sky and over the Bay Area and San Francisco
To sum it up then it is so heart calming to see that all your loved ones, people who you care with, are doing well, are happy and little note to put on my ego, doesn't matter how long I am out of country, each single time I get their full attention :)
Now being back in Europe, I am more than sure that new interesting fields are waiting and new journeys are just about to happen :)
To the next journey, where my feet will bring me
Your Silja,
with loads of love xx
