Here and Now...What's Happening?

[Heyoka_11]

Posted by Junebug (here)
Of course you can join the party, but be aware that gender wars pop up from time to time. You can take cover then if you wish, or join the fray.

Welcome Lily! I am sure that you will enjoy your stay in the village. As my goofy big sister has pointed out, there is the occasional gender war. These are started by none other than my goofy big sister herself. Should you find yourself caught in the crossfire, you are free to seek shelter with the gentle village male folk.

Posted by Lily de Cuir (here)
Heyoka you are a funny dude, but hey you are an Ozzie, so that's par for the course.

Why thank you Lily, that is extremely kind of you to have noticed.

See big sis, Lily likes me so don't corrupt her with promises of cake and powdered milk!

Posted by Junebug (here)
....was that Cal I caramelized? Oops, sorry Cal.

And you should be sorry too! The recipe clearly stated 1 hour at 175 degrees Celcius per 50kg body weight, and you set the oven to 200 degrees. I shall be picking Cal out from between my teeth for days. Where are the toothpicks anyway?

Posted by Junebug (here)
....isn't there something we can do to remedy this?

Yes.....the bloody dishes, and make it quick!

Posted by Lily de Cuir (here)
Carmody, I love you, but I can never understand anything you say unless I read it 4 times, lol....I must be dumb.

Not half as dumb as Heyoka........takes me ten reads before I throw the towel in. Tell 'ya what, just PM me once you have it figured out. (Oooh look Toots, something to quote )

Posted by Junebug (here)
I love storms

I am glad of that Toots, coz if you mess with Lily's head, I have one here that I brewed up earlier using the Jedi weather thingy that PL sent me earlier today.

That'd be your joint wouldn't it......right underneath!

Posted by Junebug (here)
Happy day/evening/night to all you beautiful Avalonians.

Thank Toots, I take it you include your little brother amongst the ranks of beautiful Avalonians.

[Marianne]

Can't talk now ... laughing

[Heyoka_11]

Posted by Junebug (here)
Can't talk now ... laughing

Hey Toots,

Is there some way that we can arrange for this to become a permanent state of affairs?

[Fred Steeves]

First time for everything...Now I know why they call it "heavy wet snow"...

[eaglespirit]

Posted by Fred S. (here)
First time for everything...Now I know why they call it "heavy wet snow"...

Good Morning Fred and All...Yep, nothin' like heavy wet snow in New England!

I am right where the rain/snow line came through...got a few inches of snow and then turned to rain...lots of downed limbs and trees in the area.
Sounded like gunshots a couple times last nite when large limbs broke loose in the woods near by.

Once again Fred...have a good trip home and I hope there is minimal damage at Your home from the water pipe burst.

Gonna be a busy day in a very good way...helping my good Native American friend, Kevin, to do some snow clearing at home and at relatives homes...and then we are prepping for a Sweat Lodge this evening. His wife, Carol, is having a number of her girl friends over for the Ceremony...so it will be full of Female Energy...wonderfully fitting in these times. I will be fire-tender...I love the Ceremony, very special for me : )

[Marianne]

Oh looky, I found Heyoka's song:
'Potato Head Blues' Louis Armstrong

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=EfGZB78R7uw

[ulli]

A friend of mine lost his mother due to a heart attack last week, they buried her yesterday.
Being a bit sensitive I guess I must have picked up his grief, as I woke up feeling incredibly sad,
for no apparent reason, until I remembered my friend.

Cleaned house instead of going for a swim in the ocean. The sea is rough right now.
Internet seems to have recovered today, so that is one plus.
Time for breakfast. Pawpaw with lime and honey.

[Heyoka_11]

Posted by Junebug (here)
Oh looky, I found Heyoka's song:'Potato Head Blues' Louis Armstrong

Onya Toots I love it!

Makes me wanna shake my tail. Come on ulli, dance with me. This'll cheer you up!

I am sorry to hear of your friend's loss

[Marianne]

Ulli, very sorry for your friend's loss. I hope all hearts begin to heal soon. Sending waves of love in your direction.
Sometimes we just have to sit with sadness, don't we. After all these years, I'm just learning that. I've had a sad week too, but find comfort and even laughs here.
JB

[ulli]

Posted by Junebug (here)
Ulli, very sorry for your friend's loss. I hope all hearts begin to heal soon. Sending waves of love in your direction.
Sometimes we just have to sit with sadness, don't we. After all these years, I'm just learning that. I've had a sad week too, but find comfort and even laughs here.
JB

Yeah, I'm drawing comfort from this village, that's for sure.
That whole thing about familiarity is what comfort zones are based on.
Later on, down the generations, traditions are formed.
My friend lives in Kentucky, but comes to Costa Rica for a few months the way I come to Barbados.
I'm sure now that his mum has gone he is planning another CR trip.

[Marianne]

“Music fills the infinite between two souls”
--Rabindranath Tagore

In the New Orleans tradition of playing a rousing song after a funeral, because music is part of death, as much as life.
I think of my friend Bonnie who asked for a noisy party after her service, years ago ... her life was full of fun and music, and her farewell as filled with as much fun as her friends and family could manage.

Viper Dixieland

Source: https://youtube.com/watch?v=azufdzZMm8g

[Marianne]

The lowering sun has swung around to the back deck, and I am soaking it up, here and now. Trees have lost many leaves in the recent rain/wind, but still some color left.

Two yearling whitetail deer wandered onto the side lawn, just a few steps from the forest. I could see mom deer back amongst the trees keeping an eye on them. They sensed me watching them and high tailed it back to the woods. We have too many deer here on the mountain.. they were introduced here years ago and have no predators. It's a treat to see them up close like today.

Going to make Butternut Squash Bisque with chicken for supper. Lunch is catch as can. Too pretty outdoors to think about being in the kitchen.

I'm having fits knitting a pair of baby socks for my friend's little boy born last week ... found red sport weight washable wool on sale...they will be adorable if I can ever quit messing up.

Ulli, bet you could knit them in no time!

[ulli]

Posted by Junebug (here)
The lowering sun has swung around to the back deck, and I am soaking it up, here and now. Trees have lost many leaves in the recent rain/wind, but still some color left.

Two yearling whitetail deer wandered onto the side lawn, just a few steps from the forest. I could see mom deer back amongst the trees keeping an eye on them. They sensed me watching them and high tailed it back to the woods. We have too many deer here on the mountain.. they were introduced here years ago and have no predators. It's a treat to see them up close like today.

Going to make Butternut Squash Bisque with chicken for supper. Lunch is catch as can. Too pretty outdoors to think about being in the kitchen.

I'm having fits knitting a pair of baby socks for my friend's little boy born last week ... found red sport weight washable wool on sale...they will be adorable if I can ever quit messing up.

Ulli, bet you could knit them in no time!

Only if I were to follow the pattern exactly. Do you have a pattern? Socks can be tricky

Here and now...the army of gardeners have just left...my goodness, what a noisy bunch,
with their trimmers and lawn mowers and loud yelling over the noisy machines.

I wonder what happened to Modwiz and those snowy branches above his tent.
Maybe he would need a stronger tent now.
How about a Mongolian yurt?

[Marianne]

Yes, wondering about Modwiz too ... that snow was heavy, as Fred said. Love the yurt picture! They are wonderful! I visited one near Huntsville a couple years ago, lady uses it for a healing space, out in the woods. My cousin knows her and knew we'd like to meet.

I do have a sock pattern ... one I modifed to make the size I like. I like the socks a bit bigger so baby has more than 2 weeks to wear them. Newborns grow so fast. That tricky bit where you turn the heel, had to think and think about numbers of stitches and how to make it come out right. The pattern is good, just me with my mind wandering I guess, not paying attention. I make a 1x1 ribbing, extra long to turn down.

Glad you have your peace and quiet back.

The wind is getting up, sun not so bright ... think it's time to head back inside.

[Oreamis333]

re-reading Rudyard Kipling 'if', to stay calm... and then typing this to stay calmer.

[Heyoka_11]

Posted by Junebug (here)
Did you dance with Tony yet? Watch out, someone said he has big feet.

And you know what they say about guys with big feet, don't ya' Toots?

[modwiz]

It is 4 PM on Sunday. 8 inches of snow have fallen and the area is without electricity. Living in the full of love tribe that I do, everything here is functioning well. Our maintenance super heroes have set up generators for the larger buildings and we can gather together in large groups and stay warm. The dining hall continues to put out regular meals and feeds us on time. No heat in the dining hall but the food that should be hot is. The steam issuing from our breath is an interesting effect.

Despite many branches snapping and falling not one of the trees in my campsite dropped anything of consequence. The big Oak over my tent bore its burden with dignity and dropped its load in manageable amounts through the day. My fellow LMT stayed in his tent, he likes the cold, and kept the snow off of his tarp and kept it from crushing his tent. I checked in on him last night and we reinforced our conviction that our friends, the Trees, were going to give us the safe space we needed for our tents. He is my partner in elemental communication. He leaves me to talk to the storms. Less snow than predicted and it ended earlier too. The wind that was expected came as a few helpful zephyrs to relieve the branches some of their weight. We embraced Love and it embraced us back.

Dinner is in a hour. I will try and get to my tent and grab my camera for some pictures, if the cold didn't kill the battery. I did my last massage of the season today. My last two people were wonderful spirits, in their sixties and the conversations would have fit into any intelligent thread here.

[ulli]

Posted by Heyoka_11 (here)

Posted by Junebug (here)
Oh looky, I found Heyoka's song:'Potato Head Blues' Louis Armstrong

Onya Toots I love it!

Makes me wanna shake my tail. Come on ulli, dance with me. This'll cheer you up!

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I am sorry to hear of your friend's loss

Ok, then. But it has to be the rat dance, not the cat dance.

[Sierra]

Last night I was watching a movie called "Zookeeper" and the giraffe spoke up (announcing briskly an emergency meeting) and I said aloud to my husband, "Ulli! That's ulli!".

He didn't get it but I knew the village would ...

[Sierra]

Posted by Heyoka_11 (here)

Posted by Junebug (here)
Did you dance with Tony yet? Watch out, someone said he has big feet.

And you know what they say about guys with big feet, don't ya' Toots?

(Oh he just walked into that one didn't he Junebug?) (Here comes da lady in red ... ) (to set him straight) (or gay) (or both) (or neither)

(She will be along, busy right now dealing with Queen Ulli's recalcitrant subject Calz who is refusing to eat his apples and sourdough stuffing, sigh, which is very rude of him, since we need five more pounds of Calz to feed the Halloween Fest guest list...)