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Might as well , DH and I were already wet from checking out the water falls over at Moms. Really I went down as far as I could go and landed in a water hole, pant legs wet and hanging on a small tree and looking over the edge to see. Some of the boulders were loose so I had to watch my footing.
I could only hear the water rushing from down below. Oh I so wanted to get there.
You know when you have last minute thoughts of doing something , wing it so to speak. But your not prepared. We just went over to have a cup of coffee with Mom and it was slightly raining. I did not have the proper clothing and shoes on to hack through the thicket to get to the goal, the Water Falls.
Down in those woods and by the creek lies the claw foot iron bathtub that I want to get out and put in my outpost. The woods had been tamed at one time when we moved down from the city many years ago. My sister and I had the energy to weed wack a hill side , carry a big Army tent, water , supplies, food down a steep hill to the creek. Muck out the creek to make a bigger swimming hole. Chopped wood, sleep out with the wildest of critters all around us.
Camp out when the snow was on the ground, yes we had the energy. The woods is back to its wild ways and really you can never tame the woods, only be there to enjoy its beauty and what it has to offer which is never ending. While you give it respect to be wild and free.
My Aunt's place is next to Moms and we have caught many a fish in this nice pond. We even paddled boat on it , what fun and oh the exersize.
We picked a few pears so I can make some pear honey, yum good and so rich.
So back at home , dh and I go check out the Outpost. We had tornado watch yesterday and with the heavy rains all night and wind I was hoping all was well up at the campsite. It was, so we go for a walk on the trails. A light rain was falling , but the canopy of trees kept us nicely covered. Until it started to get heavy. Oh did we get wet. Drips of water from my nose, brow, lips, both of us in our wet T-shirts and wet pants, we were in the middle so no place to go but keep walking.
I love it when hubby is ahead of me on the trails. I always plan it that way, he gets the spider webs. Oh I get my share of spider webs in the face and do a weird dance on the tails tryin to get a spider off. But sometimes its just nice to lag behind and let someone else get those webs and watch them do the funny dance  .
We are quiet walking and just listen to the rain come down. Seeing the tiny moss that brightens up from a nice rain and oh the smell of woods when a rain hits it.
We check out the Monarch chrysalis, the one I have been taking pictures of is still hangin on. Others that I have seen earlier in their stages disappeared, probably from birds , altho I have seen others just beginning their chrysalis stage.
That is one strong holden rope he/she's got. The shelter is gone from under that leaf so more exposed to the elements. The spots and coloring are starting to show up more.
Outpost:
Rain all day but I'm still going to camp out. I'll make a fire, well try, NO I will make a fire and have my coffee. I won't cook but bring a Thermos of bean soup and cornbread for a late night snack. While reading more of my wilderness adventure stories. I do hope it rains tonight, and its suppose to. I love the sound of rain on the canvas tent.
Brown Bagging:
Sis and I are still brown bagging our lunches and it happen that this last week going into town to meet with clients it fell on my Birthday. So we got to the lake and found a new place to have our lunch. Nobody around but us, but oh was it cold, probably why no one was there. That wind blowing off the lake chilled our bones. But oh how beautiful it was.
We had a beautiful stone picnic table to have our lunch on. Sense it was my birthday Sis made the surprise lunch. She spreads out the plastic wear, the fall print paper napkins and leaf print paper plates. She always does things in a dramatic way, like we our at one of the finest restaurants and spare no expense. Opens her Thermos and out plops Hot Tamales. We laugh, and laughed hard. We ate and oh was it so good and warmed us up too.
The lake is so peaceful during the week, once in awhile you'll see a lone fisherman in his boat crossing the lake. Here was a sailboat out enjoying the last of the summer days. So beautiful , quiet and the Canadian Geese in the foreground.
Each week we see how the trees are turning, sad and beautiful at the same time.
Well my beans and cornbread are done, the rain is coming down so off to have a bite to eat, clean up my workshop and get ready to camp out tonight.
Thanks for stopping by, hope you are safe from the storms. My prayers have been for those that are in the hurricane areas.
Blessings this week
linda
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