Parotas

Now this is real ‪‎vegan‬ ‪Mexican‬ food,
Parotas, my aunt brought them from Mexico,
a side of beans and fresh homemade salsa.
Parotas are seeds of a beautiful tree.
Read the information on the tree.
Also the wood is used to make beautiful furniture.
Authentic‬ Mexican food is not full of meat,
in the center and south of the country we eat a lot of plants
‪Eat a tree, eat plants, save animals & our planet!

Parotas, beans & salsa = heaven!

Parotas

Tree named Guanacaste, Caro Caro, or Elephant-ear tree

Seeds resemble an elephant ear

Seeds boiled

Parota or Guanacaste wood

Monterey pine goes to Alpine

my little Christmas tree (a potted Monterey pine)
has been living in the patio for the last couple of weeks
since I know it won't thrive living in a pot
today I am giving it to a friend
his parents live in Alpine, California (San Diego County)
so he won't be very far...
and there they will plant it

farewell my dear tree friend
I will miss you!
but you will surely thrive living in the Alpine woods!

this morning in the patio, he's already bigger!

tree home

from my courtyard
at the new home, well, not so new by now

namaste: árbol de la vida

this is my newest little project!
el árbol de la vida/namaste
[tree of life] shirt, for my yoga practice

via zazzle, i will be printing this t-shirt
just like i did with the Gatos' t-shirts last year
from an original photo, i am creating this
shirt version graphic

i took the photo of my neighbor's tree back in 2006
during Christmas time, i love this tree 'cause
i see it every day! so it will be great to take it with me
and wear it close to my heart while practicing yoga

here the original photo i took



and here after a couple of Photoshop tweaks
ready to be printed on a comfortable tee
i only have to check that the Sanskrit spelling is correct!