My son, Julian, the singer/musician is also a real estate agent at the beach.
He invested about a month ago in a drone to take videos of the properties he was listing. Then he got the bug to experiment a bit and learn as much as he could by flying it in different occasions. Julian has a good eye for filming and also editing. The first video I will share is of our living/dining room, hallway in the house. It is much harder to fly a drone smoothly indoors and he did this one for practicing, but when he showed it to me, I loved it and added some music so..I present, a few parts of our house to some lovely Arabic music.
Click Play and Enjoy it in Full Screen:):) Drone footage by Julian:) Featuring “Bubbles”
The second video is some footage he shot today because I had been asking him to try. For the last three days, exactly when I swim my laps, the vultures have been grabbing air currents and flying almost over our house. I had written a poem in 2008 called “Oh to be a Vulture” and I used to do it to the music you will hear. Well he managed to get some shots although he says he thinks he can do it much better next time, but I was so excited to see what he got and tickled to see me from 500 feet above in my pool:) heehee That I couldn’t wait and recorded my poem with the music I use by Peter Kater & Carlos Nakai “Geronimo’s Surrender” Please enjoy my town and home and our vultures as seen as only a drone can see them:) Click Play and Enjoy it in Full Screen!
Oh To Be A Vulture
glide easily on wind,
painting circles without effort,
capturing the updraft
perhaps,
hiding in a low cloud
and then…
It would be I,
that tiny black
rotating spot
reflected in my
grounded,
envious,
eyes.
With every breeze,
I would do it
all over again.
My plumed ailerons
lifting,
tacking
on each
contrary breeze;
while I dodge
to my advantage,
sky’s the limit
for each flight.
And as winds
change and
leaves rustle;
Air swirls, at take-off time.
“Meet you at the
top of the crest,”
push off and out,
rising,
circling
higher,
wider
just for the
Joy
the
Luck,
that I was now
A Vulture.
Karima Hoisan
2008
Costa Rica
Digital Rabbit Hole 
Thank you for sharing Karima.
Loved the poem, music and your voice.
Both videos are amazing.
Wonderful collaboration with your son ❤️🌹❤️
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Hear, hear! ❤
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Thanks for watching David and glad you agree with Maggie:):) I feel this might open an exciting new era for creativity and collaboration:):)
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it’s super cool ~ I hope so!
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Thanks again David and did you spot some kings you might know over a doorway in my house. That is a long (funny) story I might tell some day about how that poster got there:)
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You have so many amazing stories, Karima…
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Alhamdulillah. I think i might make a short post soon about The Kings . Its a good example how and why we say MashAllah 😀in Jordan 🇯🇴
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Oh, and- yes, I did!
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Thank you so much Maggie…I have been fascinated with drone footage ever since he got his and I love too how he is experimenting with it now…It’s very useful for some amazing projects. In the virtual we use a “Space Navigator” It gives the same smooth movement for filming machinimas and I have been without one, but one is coming soon:) The drone is the Real Life equivalent of that…and I look forward to more collaborations with Julian:)🙏❤️🤗
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The footage wss amazing🤗 loved it.Thank you for sharing 💖
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Somehow Maggie your comment slipped below David’s and I have tried to correct it but WP is fighting me hehe…please read below:)
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Naughty WP 🙄
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hehe wouldn’t be the first time 😅
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Oh my, so beautiful! Love to see your house and country. The vultures look so graceful in their flight, I never imagined them like that 🙂 Thank you for sharing this! Hugs ❤
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My pleasure Joey..as I said above the drone gives that space navigator feeling we loved so much in Natascha’s virtual filming:) I can’t wait to see what else we can do together. Oh yes, I have been a vulture admirer for years..the condor and the eagle have nothing on them. When they have the right wind, they will literally rise up until they disappear. Bliss!! :)Thank you so much for commenting!🌹
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i love the drone footage❤️❤️❤️i love your poem❤️❤️❤️i too love vultures & used to imagine flying with them❤️❤️❤️your home (gasp & wow) is a visual delight & (im sure)a sensory paradise🥰🤗& Bubbles at the end🤗🙏🏼the language of the poem is lovely, the drone footage fantastic! it is a total delight, leaves me smiling😘🥰🥰🥰
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Awww thank you soulkin..yes the drone showed off the assets of a few rooms and of course when I was in Jordan for 20 years I collected Art from Iraq and Iran. Plus Jan’s Art (most of which is in my bedroom) but you can glimpse her Goddess in the living room and her meditative drop of water that I wrote the poem re-entry too. Thank you for all your superlatives…This was definitely a good win/win experiment between us and I am hoping we do more in the future:) So glad it made you smile in delight:)
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🤗😘❤️🌹🌺🌹
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Amazing; the drone motion is so smooth, and it flies so high; I had no idea! Combining these videos (your house is like a museum!) with this music, and your lovely recitation of that poem… All just perfect. The poem seems like it was written just for this.
And Bubbles’ uncertainty about the whole thing is so adorable. 😄
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Oh boy, my lights had a hiccup and I lost my whole comment I was just posting to you..Darn! Julian wanted me to tell you this was shot from 500 feet up and that his model can fly as high as 1600 but it’s dangerous because you could have response problems and even just “lose” it. I think my poem had to wait 15 years to finally put it to the right images:) I can’t wait to see what else we invent together and Bubbles.. hesitated there for a second..but remained firm, guarding my bedroom door haha. Thanks so much for commenting Dale:)
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A beautiful home, Karima; the video is nicely done. Lovely art, and Bubbles standing guard. I also spotted a bicycle. In my city many people keep theirs in the house, too, as bike theft is so rampant here.
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Thank you Steve and yes, bicycle’s are kept in the house here too for the same reasons. It’s my son’s Did you enjoy the flight of the vultures too? Thank you so much for watching and commenting Steve🙏
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Hi again,
The second half of the post and the outside video didn’t show up looking at your post on the Jetpack app. But I revisited on my laptop and could see it in the Reader app. Yes, marvellous footage and homage to the vultures. They look quite majestic; quite different to the way they’re portrayed in society.
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They are majestic and keep the ambiance free of carrion. All my life here I have admired them, their flight and their destiny to be the clean up crew 😃Thank you for watching this one too Steve.
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My pleasure, Karima!
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Bravo to Julian Karima. Both pieces are stupendous. Thank you for inviting into your home with your exquisite taste and divine color and artistic pieces. Loved every minute of it and especially your sweet cat that handled himself/ herself .. I forget, with ease and grace but ready for a pounce if need be.. haha❣️
You’re vulture piece was also amazing with keep captures of the circling of birds and you swimming in the pool with your hypnotic voice to entertain and keep us engaged. Congratulations to both of you!❣️
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I am forming a new creative partnership…with my son!!! Yes Bubbles (he) was a bit wary but held his ground, Seeing a low flying drone was a first for him.. So glad you enjoyed the glimpses of my house..and the vultures:) I have a fond place for them, always have and when Julian showed me his drone shots…I knew I had to put something together with him:) What fun and he has offered to collaborate again….I might be posting more. Thank you Cindy for watching these and always leaving your thoughtful, beautiful comments Truly means so much🙏🌹
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Oh my! Super impressed with what Julian produced and nice to get a glimpse of where I want to be someday (smiles). Loved the Vultures video too, I keep one at my SL home at all times – we share a lil love for them (go figure, lol). Looking forward to seeing your next collab with your son and STOP TEASING ME-I WANT A DRONE NOW (hahahaha).
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Okay… Sissy Poo if you’re good I will put a word in to Santa 🧑🎄 about your request. Yes Julian is learning in leaps and bounds and you know you are welcome anytime Sissy… Bubbles is standing guard at your room ❤️🌹🤗 Thank you for watching Sissy ❤️
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Very interesting post. Love the drone footage. Although it was a vulture in the second one, it reminded me of the song: Fly Like an Eagle.
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Oops. please delete my slip up. Sorry.
It was supposed to be this:
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Ahh yes Eagles and Condors are beautiful gliders, but I would put vultures right up there in their categoryand also..*smiles we have more of them, than eagles or condors:) As you could tell by my poem I have always admired their strange fate..they eat carrion, but fly on the wind..just for the fun of it. 🙂
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They are as important as any other birds. Maybe that should be our National Bird. I wonder sometimes when I watch the politicians.
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I just read this poem earlier and thought how people do not heed the past and continue to build on the edge of the sea.. I lived many years on the beach and it was amazing how its moods could change so quickly.. I really enjoyed your description.
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It has a personality all its own. I am sure you enjoyed it very much. And you are still here to tell the tale!
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Luckily I’m still here:)
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Ha ha… Lucky we are all here…
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Your house is beautiful!
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Thanks so much Dawn for taking the drone tour and I hope you enjoyed the 2nd drone video about the vultures too:):)
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First of all he’s really good with that drone indoors. If I made an attempt to fly a drone in your magical house there would be nothing but wreckage in its wake! Even the cat is not convinced that this is a good idea.
I love the shot above the vultures looking at your happy swimming place. And of course, this has always been one of my favorite poems of yours. You and the talented Julian have created art from a whole different point of view. Bravo!
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Thank you Hoyt and I knew you would get a kick out of The Vultures from an aerial viewpoint… Plus there is the old swimming hole below where I am a faithful lapper:):) Your words on your indoor drone abilities made me laugh…Truly Julian has practiced a lot to get to this point…The drone loses the tower signals sometimes indoors…it’s not so easy to shoot like he did..I love Bubbles at the end..also thinking hmmm should I run away or hold my ground?? I’ms so thrilled you came in to see these videos..The first one I wanted to show the new Vulture poem…was you:):)
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A fabulous collaboration between you and your son! I love seeing the videos from the drone view and reading your paired writing that feels so freeing. ❤
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Thank you Layla!! That Vulture poem was one I did a lot at my readings and honestly, for years, swimming in the pool, I had looked up and watched them mesmerized as they glided like eagles until they were out of sight! Amazing birds…very misunderstood:):)
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I once had a meditative vision that I was an eagle. This reminds me of that moment on a beach in Belize, but I was not there. I was high aloft in the air, traveling through time.
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Ahhh thank you Karima…this is such a wonderful treat..the poem, your voice and the videos.
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awesome footage of your exotic colour home and town! The music and poem add, these are so meditative. Really appreciate you sharing such tranquility 🙂
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Thank you so much Kate, and sorry about being late to reply..Was not feeling well last week..but this week looks much brighter. So glad you enjoyed the footage with the music and poem. Thank you for being so supportive. 🙏🌹
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always a pleasure, I rejoice in your creativity!
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