A Peregrinator Thread.

[remy_lebeau8]

Basically a poncho. I wonder if they learned it from the Westward expansion troops.

You could combine all those things pretty handily. Poncho, fire, whiskey, cigar, and a guitar. Could be anywhere from 1400 to the present.

What can I say, I'm really starting to love the outdoors. Wasn't really my thing whwhen I was younger. As for the poncho, I can't say where they got the idea, but I think it was more or a southern thing. A confederate overcoat was hard to come by. My Uncle gave me an old Gibson nylon string guitar. That was a good night of noodling with the radio. It was blues hour and I had some even williams and a rocky patel.

Good times

 

[McKenna]

This thread is for little comments about your life that bring you a smile, or just a pleasant few seconds in your day.

This thread made me smile; you make me smile. It's good to see you about again. :lips:

 

[McKenna]

When I lay in my bed late at night and the house and neighbourhood are oh so quiet- thru the walls I can hear my babies breathe deeply in their sleep.

I so get this. When I was thinking of something that is routine, yet still makes me smile in my day? My little boy came to mind. Every night before I fall into bed, I check on him. In the early days just home from the hospital, it was to place my hand on his chest to assure myself he was still alive and breathing. I still do it, put my hand on his chest to feel his heartbeat; I always rub the backs of my fingers over his cheeks and just stare at him. He is the most beautiful little boy, and the absolute best thing that has ever happened to me.

 

[koalabear]

Happiness is an Ed Brown 1911.

 

[Kitty_Schrödinger]

I so get this. When I was thinking of something that is routine, yet still makes me smile in my day? My little boy came to mind. Every night before I fall into bed, I check on him. In the early days just home from the hospital, it was to place my hand on his chest to assure myself he was still alive and breathing. I still do it, put my hand on his chest to feel his heartbeat; I always rub the backs of my fingers over his cheeks and just stare at him. He is the most beautiful little boy, and the absolute best thing that has ever happened to me.

Me too. Kids- they make it all worth it, you know?

 

[Riles]

Lately it seems that what were once only moments have turned into hours...days even of happiness and satisfaction with decisions and directions. I forgot what it was like to have my thoughts matter.


....I love feeling balanced, healthy and in harmony with myself and him.

 

[chillywilly2]

This is getting to be a pretty sappy thread...perhaps it should be moved to the playground

 

[McKenna]

This is getting to be a pretty sappy thread...perhaps it should be moved to the playground

Oh, go shove it where the sun doesn't shine!



There, better?

 

[chillywilly2]

Oh, go shove it where the sun doesn't shine!



There, better?

Yes, thankyou...*slaps your ass*

 

[McKenna]

Yes, thankyou...*slaps your ass*

Awwww, yeah. That's just the stuff!

 

[blackleggings]

I so get this. When I was thinking of something that is routine, yet still makes me smile in my day? My little boy came to mind. Every night before I fall into bed, I check on him. In the early days just home from the hospital, it was to place my hand on his chest to assure myself he was still alive and breathing. I still do it, put my hand on his chest to feel his heartbeat; I always rub the backs of my fingers over his cheeks and just stare at him. He is the most beautiful little boy, and the absolute best thing that has ever happened to me.

This reminds me of a blog I read that a teacher posted on facebook. Thought I'd share :
http://www.handsfreemama.com/2013/01/22/at-the-end-of-the-day-what-really-matters/

 

[Trace_Element]

A girlfriend many moons ago, asked me if I thought I was any good on the guitar. I told her, when I can play a sunrise or a sunset, and you can feel it without seeing it, then I'll consider myself good. I still don't consider myself so, but a short instrumental that 2 or 3 of the ladies here inspired a few years ago still makes one of them cry. I'm not sure if that counts or not.

No, it wasn't naughty inspiration. They collectively helped me thru a really dark time. I haven't seen any of them here for a long, long time. One of them, though, I still talk to quite regularly in the real world.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

I have an infusion pitcher I bought from Bed Bath & Beyond that I use to make cucumber/lemon/mint water (example below.) Been doing it solidly for over a month and a half.

http://cdn4.welke.nl/photo/scale-610x855-wit/2-lemons-1-2-cucumber-10-12-mint-leaves-and-3qts-water-fuse-overnight.1354655387-van-Tamira.jpeg

The other day, while doing follower-page surfing on Twitter, I came across someone who had the same pitcher in their pic gallery, but was doing this with it instead of my water games:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/AxpWZEqCIAE4m0n.jpg:large

Strawberry-infused vodka. It looked so damn tasty that I started up a convo with the person. She told me her sis-in-law got her hooked on it and that she steeps the berries in the vodka for at least two weeks to get that maximum color and flavor. That's a real long time to sit on a pitcher full of vodka, but I've been itching to try it out ever since I saw her pic. Gonna get me another pitcher, a big-ass jug o' Svedka from the likker stow, some fresh strawberries (and maybe some oranges to mix it up a bit) and do my own all-natcheral fruit-flavored booze operation.

Ironic that the cuke water is meant to detox and cleanse, while the berry vodka will be used to retox and bend.

 

[marshalt]

I built a 1 string guitar. It's a called a diddly bow. I suck at it.

 

[thør]

After taking kids to school in the morning, I enjoy the clear views down my road of the volcano, Mt Redoubt. Not puffing lately, but still the pale purple and pink sunrise hitting the silhouette, never gets old.

As long as the weather is fairly nice, I can see Redoubt from my house. I used to fish on one the the beaches near you. Our nets were strung toward Redoubt. When I look at the mountain, I can still be a bit of the 11 year old boy that I was when working the nets on that beach.

 

[remy_lebeau8]

I have an infusion pitcher I bought from Bed Bath & Beyond that I use to make cucumber/lemon/mint water (example below.) Been doing it solidly for over a month and a half.

http://cdn4.welke.nl/photo/scale-610x855-wit/2-lemons-1-2-cucumber-10-12-mint-leaves-and-3qts-water-fuse-overnight.1354655387-van-Tamira.jpeg

The other day, while doing follower-page surfing on Twitter, I came across someone who had the same pitcher in their pic gallery, but was doing this with it instead of my water games:

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/AxpWZEqCIAE4m0n.jpg:large

Strawberry-infused vodka. It looked so damn tasty that I started up a convo with the person. She told me her sis-in-law got her hooked on it and that she steeps the berries in the vodka for at least two weeks to get that maximum color and flavor. That's a real long time to sit on a pitcher full of vodka, but I've been itching to try it out ever since I saw her pic. Gonna get me another pitcher, a big-ass jug o' Svedka from the likker stow, some fresh strawberries (and maybe some oranges to mix it up a bit) and do my own all-natcheral fruit-flavored booze operation.

Ironic that the cuke water is meant to detox and cleanse, while the berry vodka will be used to retox and bend.

How's the water mixture and how long does it have to sit for maximum goodness? As for thr vodka, if you're gonna buy the big bottle, why not just chop the fruit small and drop it in the bottleinstead of buying a new pitcher?

 

[thør]

I live in an area of such natural beauty and this winter was particularly spectacular.
Every time I went out the trees were snow covered, sunshine sparkling in the pure white snow...it was really amazing.

That's just the way things are supposed to be.

 

[McKenna]

This reminds me of a blog I read that a teacher posted on facebook. Thought I'd share :
http://www.handsfreemama.com/2013/01/22/at-the-end-of-the-day-what-really-matters/

Oh my.... *sniff* That was beautiful. Thank you SO MUCH for sharing this!

 

[remy_lebeau8]

I built a 1 string guitar. It's a called a diddly bow. I suck at it.

Slide?

 

[marshalt]

Slide?

You can use a slide, or just use your fingers.

 

[kbate]

It is 'Pick up the Year's Litter along the street' time. This year's 95% total (still probably two trips to go): 37 thirty gallon garbage bags full + 7 tires and one mailbox. This exceeds last year's collection of 29 thirty gallon garbage bags and 9 tires by enough to declare it a banner year for litter.

I'm hoping for another record next year! Go Litterers!

The kids earned $9.30 on Aluminium cans picked up along the road.

The road we clean is just under two miles in length.

I would break the collection down as follows:
Beer: 65%
Bottled Water: 10%
Soft Drinks: 10%
Energy Drinks: 8%
Cigarette waste: 3%
Fast Food: 3%
Hard Liquors: 1%

Bud light (can) and Miller High Life (bottles) by far lead the roadside waste category.

 

[gravyrug]

Making homemade chex mix, by popular demand. The house smells wondrous.

 

[chillywilly2]

some of the Bud lights might be mine

other than that, none of it is

 

[kbate]

some of the Bud lights might be mine

other than that, none of it is

If I ever catch one of the litterer's and can find their house, they will get a nice return on their deposit.

 

[IrezumiKiss]

How's the water mixture and how long does it have to sit for maximum goodness? As for thr vodka, if you're gonna buy the big bottle, why not just chop the fruit small and drop it in the bottleinstead of buying a new pitcher?

For the detox water, you just let it steep overnight in the fridge.

As for the vodka bottle, I'd have to pour out about a third of it to allow for the displacement if I did insert the diced fruit, but likker bottlenecks are narrow and it would be too much of a chore. Doing it the pitcher way, I can leave the strawberry and/or other fruit slices relatively big and have the option of just pouring it straight from the pitcher even if I don't wanna bother with re-bottling, which I likely won't do.

Granted, you could do all this stuff with empty jars, but I like handiness of a good pitcher. It makes for good pours. Plus, you can keep refilling it and adding to the mix easy peasy until the infusion chamber is ready for dumping. Also, it's not expensive at all. It's about $20, a steal for its practicality. I'd drink through that amount at my dive bar without even thinking twice!