The Beach, George Harrison, Hanging it out over a cliff!

 

Saturday June 7th, 2008

 

Today, Jenny picked me up at 1:00 and took me to the beach. As we were on our way there, she told me about the time that she went with Haley Mills to George Harrison’s home for a Hare Krishna event. I guess that Haley became involved with the Hare Krishna movement through her boyfriend who was Twiggy’s former boyfriend. Hopefully, I’ve got this all straight…wasn’t taking notes during the conversation! I’m really glad that I’m a bit older so that I’ve heard of all of these people that Jenny speaks about.  And of course, George Harrison has always been my favorite Beatle

She also told me about some of the environmental mistakes that NZ is making—shoot, I meant to get a picture of her bumper sticker! I think that it said something about 1080 kills. It’s some kind of toxin that is made in Alabama. She tells me that it was used for various horrible reasons in Europe a long time ago and has been used as a pesticide I believe, but it’s polluting everything. I guess that they spray it from helicopters. The locals are fighting its use and although the government doesn’t want tourists to know that it’s being used, it seems that the locals would like this information to get out so that things will change and it will be discontinued.  So I’m doing my part in getting the info out–hopefully, the US will quit manufacturing this chemical for other countries when we won’t even allow it’s use in our own!   It would be a shame to ruin this beautiful place by making poor environmental choices. Oh, she said that NZ didn’t have public showings of “An Inconvenient Truth.” She saw it through a private showing and cringed when Al Gore said that NZ was the safest place to be on the planet. NZ has a population of about 4 million and I think that she was afraid that it might increase dramatically if too many people know exactly how amazing it is here…even with some of it’s challenges.

Jenny is also a photographer and took some great pictures of me precariously perched on a tree that hung over a kind of cliff. I have to admit, it was a little scarey climbing out on the tree, but she kept coaxing me out a bit further. Afterward, she apologized for putting me in a bit of danger, but said that the shot was too good to pass up! I told her that I’m on a mission for no MO’s (missed opportunities) so that it was OK Now, Marke, I think that you’d even agree that a photo op is too important to add the “with boundaries” clause!

I LOVE this place! I LOVE the people…native and those just passing through! I LOVE my life! I don’t know what I’ve done to deserve the opportunity to be here on this journey, but I’m very grateful for the experience

http://www.flickr.com/photos/75198547@N00/sets/72157605601118354/show/

Hugs and Kisses,

Donna