posted March 12, 2021 02:28 PM            

When I lived in California in late 1970s/80, I was asked to live in a cabin in higher elevations of N.California, as a favor to a couple who's Father had died. They had to travel to Chicago to handle legal matters for a few months.

It was December, over Christmas.
The man climbed a TALL pine tree, and cut down the top, to make a Christmas tree for me. I was sooo amazed!! There's a Christmas Tree at the top of EVERY pine you see!

They had a wood stove to heat the place. He split and stacked a LOT of wood before leaving, and taught me how to do it myself, just in case.
I know about needing to keep the embers hot to make a fire. (Especially in the morning.)

Phone was a shared party-line, poor audio.
Some single hanging lightbulbs lit the kitchen area which was open to the main room.

They were quite-proud to have JUST installed an indoor toilet and shower before I came there to live for a while. {Had an outhouse.}

People in that vicinity lived in teepees. They tended horses and goats.
Didn't believe in money...
I had to muck the stable to 'buy' a bale of alfalfa and oats for the goats.

Had to care for some cranky goats,
a couple of dogs, cats, and fishtank.

What an experience!
Gave me an appreciation for modern life.

The sky was sooo clear!!
The noise pollution was gone.. so much so that my ears rushed for a few days, getting used to the silence.

posted March 12, 2021 06:02 PM            

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Originally posted by mirage29:
Thanks for your explanation. Didn't need to light your woodstove.

When I lived in California in late 1970s/80, I was asked to live in a cabin in higher elevations of N.California, as a favor to a couple who's Father had died. They had to travel to Chicago to handle legal matters for a few months.

It was December, over Christmas.
The man climbed a TALL pine tree, and cut down the top, to make a Christmas tree for me. I was sooo amazed!! There's a Christmas Tree at the top of EVERY pine you see!

They had a wood stove to heat the place. He split and stacked a LOT of wood before leaving, and taught me how to do it myself, just in case.
I know about needing to keep the embers hot to make a fire. (Especially in the morning.)

Phone was a shared party-line, poor audio.
Some single hanging lightbulbs lit the kitchen area which was open to the main room.

They were quite-proud to have JUST installed an indoor toilet and shower before I came there to live for a while. {Had an outhouse.}

People in that vicinity lived in teepees. They tended horses and goats.
Didn't believe in money...
I had to muck the stable to 'buy' a bale of alfalfa and oats for the goats.

Had to care for some cranky goats,
a couple of dogs, cats, and fishtank.

What an experience!
Gave me an appreciation for modern life.

The sky was sooo clear!!
The noise pollution was gone.. so much so that my ears rushed for a few days, getting used to the silence.

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Weather here is tropical and Beautiful
70s and 80s (so far).
Been a bit chillier at night, but normally stays around 60 to 70's after Sun goes down.

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posted March 14, 2021 04:54 PM            

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Originally posted by Chanterelle:
Oh! Totally off-topic, but I just remembered... my parents went on a vacation to Scotland once, and brought me back a pendant that was somehow made of compressed heather flowers and resin or something along those lines... looked almost like abalone shell. Have you ever seen something like that?

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Yes! They make ones with thistles in them and other wildflowers also. They are very 'Highland'

posted July 29, 2021 11:13 PM            

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Originally posted by Randall:
Going to be 100 tomorrow.

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posted September 06, 2021 04:07 PM            

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Originally posted by Eternal Energy:
I returned to Athens on Saturday. End of summer holidays and I'm already tasting this familiar autumnal crispness in the air (82°F) at the beginning of a very busy week... Oh, it was only two days ago that I was on the beach, swimming, lying in the sun, playing rackets...

I'm off to a brand new, exciting and full of promise academic year! Can't wait! I live for this. It's my life.

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