Monday: 'Tree of life' from Desperate Housewives aka crazy .. itches !

Here we are, referred to as Desperate Housewives ( by Fred.. who calls me the Susan.. I am not that clumsy but I could get as blunt as she does sometimes ! ) or we are also referred to by Mo as 'Crazy ..tches'.


Monday night we had a book club meeting, due to a fall-out I had 2 months ago I had not attended the last one so was looking forward to this one although I had NOT read the book. ( hey who said that one is obliged to read the book to enjoy a good night together with friends ???) plus I have been avoiding doing any reading focusing on physical activities since I will be grounded for at least 2 weeks and will not be able to workout intensely for at least a while. I will have lots of time to catch up with reading later.


As usual there were some intense discussions which strayed away from the book .. thats how it goes many times. It is very hard to find a book with common grounds that we can all relate to /share and we are still working on finding a path that would make everyone happy( or rather make 7 alpha gals happy - if there is such a solution ) The chocolate soufles success was one topic that everyone agreed on ! ( I went for 3rd serving) Discussions are always livelier with some Merlot.. but as of now there is none of that for me .

Then I realized that they were trying to wrap up the book and move to the 'next subject' I was like ' huh ? was there another subject of the night ? '

Then came the 'Tree of life' - at least thats what I named it ! I am not good in describing so here is the picture of it. They had each written me notes/poems, and have also added some of my favorite pictures of sculling, IMAU.. these made the leaves of the tree.

Everyones notes even the type of papers/cards used, images/designs selected, reflected their unique personality, I even got a book of 'Tao Te Ching' which was a precious gift to me from the hosts husband A.














As a matching gift they also got me a beautiful pendant with a tree design ( they said it was coincidence I see that as a sign ).






















I was overwhelmed to the point that I basically had a emotional-brain-freeze and was literally speechless at this thoughful act. During my bike rides when I pass through big trees I always visualize drawing from their wisdom/stillness, trees are special objects for me along with mountains.

Well it seems like one of the trees is definitely coming to the hospital with me on Friday.

Only 4 days to go...