Tuesday, July 14, 2009
Thursday, June 04, 2009
Sunday, May 31, 2009
Memorial Day Weekend at Cumberland Gap
In the tent:which lump is NOT a dog?
Hiking the Green Leaf Trail -- a delight for the senses! Lushious greens, dark and mysterious trees, that smell-- you know, of earth and living growing, things, bird song, chirping, twittering, silence -- beautiful.
Saturday, May 16, 2009
Hungry Mother 2009
Here we are again, for our annual trip to Hungry Mother State Park in Virginia -- one of my favorite spots in this corner of the world. This year, we couldn't afford a cabin, but didn't want to miss this wonderful get-together! (It's our fourth time going) So, we decided to camp out at the park this year. We had a nice spot right by the creek, here you can see how beautiful and peaceful it was:
Sweetie enjoying camp
The quiet creek
And then: TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR!!!
I had barely five minutes to grab a chair and the dogs, and get inside the tent. Note to self: if the dog wants to go into the car instead of the tent, follow the dog.
This is rainwater pooling outside the tent door
The grey stuff is not fog, it's sheets of rain
Fiona is not liking this
...and the creek, three feet higher in less than half an hour.
The rain hammered so hard onto the tent, tat the rainfly was pushed down onto the tent roof, and so it dripped through. We had puddles inside the tent. Tink rolled on the sleeping bags to dry herself off, so we had damp sleeping bags. I was soaked.
Guess what we are doing Memorial Day weekend?
:::smile::: camping.
Sweetie enjoying camp
The quiet creek
And then: TORRENTIAL DOWNPOUR!!!
I had barely five minutes to grab a chair and the dogs, and get inside the tent. Note to self: if the dog wants to go into the car instead of the tent, follow the dog.
This is rainwater pooling outside the tent door
The grey stuff is not fog, it's sheets of rain
Fiona is not liking this
...and the creek, three feet higher in less than half an hour.
The rain hammered so hard onto the tent, tat the rainfly was pushed down onto the tent roof, and so it dripped through. We had puddles inside the tent. Tink rolled on the sleeping bags to dry herself off, so we had damp sleeping bags. I was soaked.
Guess what we are doing Memorial Day weekend?
:::smile::: camping.
Monday, April 27, 2009
As the garden grows
This year, I am helping more with the garden.
It's not the gardening that I don't like, it's the blistering hot sun. I can only take that so long, then I start to feel light headed and sick in my stomach. But the garden is in! We have green beans, lettuce, onions, tomatoes, butternut squash, sunflowers and cayenne peppers planted. We'll see what comes up!
The garden girls
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Happy Easter!
Wishing you all a very merry day! It was beautiful here -- blue sky -- sun shining, birds singing, Spring has sprung.
Wednesday, April 01, 2009
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