sleeping babe+ high speed internet=ability to upload pictures

we are sitting in a restaurant right now which is owned by our friend, noel. he is the son of the midwife who founded the birth center. the internet connection here is so fast that i am having trouble keeping up! so different from our shoddy access at home. therefore, we may get to upload lots of pictures! woo hoo!

she loves the bike now and is always talking about riding it with dada. she says, "handlebars. biiiike. ride on dada's bike. see monkeys. ready, go?"

from our anniv dinner at sari organic, the farm place we trekked through rice patties to get to. we ate bbq tofu skewers and e loved playing with them. yeah, she poked someone's eye out with that thing. no biggie. note the brusie on my right leg from acupuncture four days prior. it's finally going away now.

yesterday was a really fun day for us. we took a really long bike ride to the ubud botanical gardens. on the way, we stopped off at one of our regular spots, bali buddha where we met a friend for raw cacao smoothies and cinnamon raisin bagels to give us energy for the steep climb up to the gardens. we browsed the used bookstore, too and i bought a copy of "little women" which i have never read but only watched (at least 15 times, i might add). oddly enough, i sw a book called "dnacing skeletons" which i had to read in my cultural anthropology class back in the day. i still have that copy at home so it was a bit silly to think of buying a book i already own back in the states. the book is about maternal and child health, specifically nutrition, in africa. so, i bought it and will share it with my roomie who recently spent 5 months in western africa then sell it back to the bookshop for a half price refund.

we love bike riding and the challenge of that hill was incredible. the ride down was so fun as we got to coast the entire way until we hit the main road in town. the gardens were ridiculously beautiful and interesting. we'll let the pictures speak for themselves. i am sure any of you that have been to said sort of beautiful place have a hard time capturing it on film or using words that give it justice. bear with me, nonetheless. the meditation garden was my fave part and the orchid house really captured my attention and was where i sat down to read for a bit. the islam garden was probably the most beautiful and what i would like to have near me.








In my head, i heard the voice of corey feldman from my fave movie, "The Goonies" where he is reading in the attic, "Ye intruders, beware."

stopped by the local mechanic to get air in a's back tire. e was a bit uncertain about what the heck was happening.