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Fomos fazer nosso picnic anual na praia e eu escolhi a Muir Beach, por ser a mais perto, menos tempo de carro. Nunca tínhamos ido à essa praia, que é bem pequena, fechada numa encosta. Na ida, bem perto já da praia, passamos por uma comunidade budista e eu falei—na volta, vamos parar. E assim fizemos. Descemos com o carro por uma estradinha apertada num barranco, tivemos que encostar quase despencando para dois carros que estavam subindo passarem. Chegamos no Green Gulch Farm e não sabíamos exatamente onde ir. Um casal que estava chegando também nos guiou. Ele era voluntário no local e nos fez um resumo, de que eles são parte do famoso San Francisco Zen Center, de como eles aceitam hóspedes, tem meditação, dharma talk nos domingos de manhã, e têm lugares pra retiro, o templo e a fazenda. Passamos por umas residências do pessoal que mora lá. O casal abriu um portão, nos deixou no jardim e seguiu em frente em direção à praia. Quando avistei o jardim, fiquei sem fôlego. Nunca tinha visto tantas cores juntas, tantas flores, as dálias eram predominante e eram absolutamente maravilhosas! Fiquei um tempão zanzando entre as flores e tirando fotos. São vários jardins para meditação e hortas uma atrás da outra. Fomos caminhando até o final, onde tinha mais um portão que dava para uma trilha em direção à praia. As hortas, todas com produção orgânica, eram uma pintura. As folhas verdes, que devem gostar muito do clima fresco do litoral, pareciam de plástico tal a perfeição. Ficamos muito tempo caminhando e olhando tudo, voltamos pra área dos jardins, das flores, do templo, até chegar no caminho rodeado de eucaliptos e voltar para o nosso carro estacionado. Fiquei tão extasiada com aquela visita, não parei de falar um minuto que queria voltar, que queria voluntariar, que queria trabalhar na cozinha deles, que queria morar lá! Até disse—nesse nosso passeio, acho que gostei mais desse lugar do que da praia. Não estava mentindo.
Que lugar incrível! Suas fotos, igualmente!
R: obrigada Cristina!