Passing

Clinical depression sucks. I've think I've been parked there for a while now. Of course, even prior to Dad's passing. Been a couple months now since that. Seeing your parent pass before your eyes just hits you like that proverbial punch in the stomach. 

He was Hawaiian, Chinese, Portuguese, German. Whipsmart funny, and crazy.  He adopted me and gave me the gift of a family. If there's a recurring prayer, it's that God adopted him as well.  We have to go to Hawaii later this year for services.

Been in a cocoon type of depression over a number of things around that. I started to research topics like prayer for the dead, shortly after his passing in October. 

Summer basil

Earlier in the spring I had planted some small basil plants that were maybe the size of my hand, or a bit larger. What a difference a few months has made! I have a row of these huge basil plants right now. Asking me where the tomatoes and olive oil are, ha! Perfect to add to pizza, or tomato, mozzarella, and egg on toast. They started to flower a bit. I had heard that you can't eat basil after it flowers, but then I couldn't find any confirming information on that one way or the other.  I think you do need to take out the flowers, though, as it may be a little bit more bitter after flowering. What to do in winter. Hmm.

Mayne Island

Nice acoustic setting out in British Columbia.