posted June 02, 2008 03:56 PM            

And since you brought him back from the dead and all...

Yes, I do think you deserve a "You Rock!"

Crimson, you totally missed the many s'mores earlier in the thread but hey, it's been a couple weeks so people can probably be convinced to eat s'more. Especially if there are cheesy jokes for entertainment involved. Or even whole wheels of cheese for entertainment...

posted June 02, 2008 10:42 PM            

Awww, Wheelsies, ya didn't hafta pull heavenly strings and get JIMI -- just bring Slim!! (**drool, slobber**) Snails-Pace Slays Me
Any chance on finding out his birthday, since you share an island with him, hmmmm??

posted June 03, 2008 04:07 PM              

Here's his astrological wheel.

posted June 11, 2008 12:24 PM            

that's another special thing about camping... quietly observing nature in all its beauty.

and the fresh air...
i like to camp where i can't hear any traffic

i find it curious that people will pack everything up to "get away from it all" and then set up a tent at a campground right next to a busy road.
listening to traffic and breathing exhaust

ideally, i would visit each of the state parks in a 3 hour radius of my home once each season... if only for a hike

posted June 15, 2008 07:30 PM            

Learning from Nature

You are a part of the universe, no less than the stars and trees, and you have a right to be here. And whether it is clear to you or not, no doubt the universe is unfolding as it should..."
~Desiderata

We are part of the universe and our lives are governed by the same laws that govern the rest of the cosmos We need to keep a balance as does the rest of nature. We take time to grow and time to heal. Our lives will always move in cycles because that is the universal law. We need time to rest and recuperate, as do all other living things.

TAKING TIME

Nature always takes her time. Great oaks don't become great overnight. They also lose a lot of leaves, branches and bark in the process of becoming great. Diamonds aren't formed in a week either. Everything of value, of beauty, of majesty in the universe took time to become so.
So it will be with our own growth and development. Let us recognize the way things work down here, and so be gentler on ourselves when assessing our own progress. It takes time to build a business of value or to create our own financial independence. In the real world there are very few instant, overnight successes.

CYCLES

As sure as the earth revolves around the sun and winter follows the spring, so must our life movie in cycles. So there will always be easy times and there will be hard times, as sure as one season follows another. One of the great challenges of life is dealing with the winter while you are waiting for things to get better.
Things will get better. They always do. The trouble is that many people give up and go home too early. The tide will always turn.

REST

Nature has a rest from time to time. The soil needs a rest, bears and snakes hibernate; even fish sleep with their eyes open. We can learn from this approach. We need to take time out; to rest, to review, to ponder, to be.
If you decide that you are indispensable and that you must always have your nose to the grindstone, then you can live your life like that. Your belief that you can never rest will be your reality until such time as you decide differently.
When we do make rest a part of our lifestyle, like the soil we become so much more productive when we work. Having said this, I believe that as humans we are engineered for enterprise and activity. Rohn says, "Make rest a necessity, not an objective!" (p116)

posted June 23, 2008 12:24 PM            

Please bury me in the library
In the clean, well-lighted stacks
Of Novels, History, Poetry,
Right next to the Paperbacks,

Where the Kid's Books dance
With True Romance
And the Dictionary dozes.
Please bury me in the library
With a dozen long-stemmed proses.

Way back by a rack of Magazines,
I won't be sad too often,
If they bury me in the library
With Bookworms in my coffin.

~Patrick Lewis

Are You a Book Person?

A good book is a kind
Of person with a mind
Of her own,
Who lives alone,
Standing on a shelf
By herself.
She has a spine,
A heart, a soul,
And a goal--
To capture, to amuse,
To light a fire
(You're the fuse),
Or else, joyfully,
Just to be.
From beginning
To end,
Need a friend?

~Patrick Lewis

posted June 23, 2008 10:12 PM            

~ Mark Twain

"Love is my religion, I could die for it."

~ John Keats

posted July 03, 2008 01:11 PM            

There will be fireworks every year at my campground. They'll be set off at the dock over the lake. Bring your blankets and lawn chairs... your sparklers and glowing necklaces... and your beverages of choice.

posted July 03, 2008 03:05 PM              

Tomorrow will be my first fireworks show with my sweetie! <sighs>

posted July 03, 2008 03:13 PM              

Fireworks by a camp fire?

posted July 03, 2008 05:29 PM              

GOTTA LUV FIREWORKS!!

posted July 05, 2008 12:36 AM            

Charlotte, I luv fire and explosions fire!fire!fire! beauty of nature and beauty of fireworks nice combo too