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• Every time Perrin saw a downed tree he said "It's a SNAKE!"
• We saw horseback riders, who I had the pleasure of calling "Cowboys" then I berated them for not wearing helmets.
• We got to ride with the back up, and our feet hanging out.
• There were not many cars, so not a lot of stops
• Lakota got to use Binoculars
• So did I
• We'd look at far off mountain ranges to decide if people were on them. (here have a look!)
• This little girl said bad words when she almost crashed her bike.
• At one point we stopped and pointed at nothing. I took a picture, and all the cars behind stopped too, but could not see what we saw... lol. We spoofed them twice.
• This man didn't get any pictures of Giraffe, I know, I asked him!
• This tree makes a heart shaped shadow.
• Lakota went into the attic of a cabin. (she was too afraid last year)
• Lakota is cute on a rock
• Looking up was beautiful!
• We had a nice picnic but the ranger got made cuz my mom left a sandwich out.
  
• There was "purplely" colored leaves...
• I didn't have a little captain in me ;)
• I dunked Perrin's head in a creek!
• Perrin got to ride with the side door open.
• Shannon enjoyed the trip, regardless of what she says...
• We saw real frontiersmen!
  
• I can't build a clubhouse this cool :(
• Cyndi thinks I'm cute.

Cyndi has been working weekends, which REALLY sucks because it means I’ve been sleeping alone. Last night, I was asleep when she got home (which I have been getting up early) sleeping in was a bonus because I got to wake up in her arms, because she climbed into bed with me. There is nothing like waking up to hug the one you love more then anyone (or anything). It did my heart good, and was cause for my soul to rejoice!
 

Click here to hear me profess my love for Cyndi.
 

After I got up, and got some coffee in me we headed out to the big Flea Market in SweetWater…which was nice. It’s like a warehouse garage sale. We got a few nice antique bowls, and some ideas for a few projects, and maybe gifts for later. Cyndi got a rather ugly hand-stitched quilt top, which I’m hoping she’ll finish & give away as a gift ;) but it was a great day, as I love to shop, and I love to shop for used things more then new things, so overall it was blissful, even if I didn’t actually buy anything. To end the trip we stopped by Uncle Bob’s BBQ Barn for some pulled pork (which tastes sooo much better then pushed pork).

We got home, I got some more coffee, and then we headed out in the back yard to play with FIRE! By the gods how I love that…. We burnt the garden off so we could start prepping for the garden this year. I look forward to gardening with a nervous anticipation, as we have resolved to actually use it this year ;) The next stop is raking up the rest of the leaves, and then it’s off to the flower beds & herb garden…both of which I want full of color this year! 

On the garden front, one of the things I want to do is get a bag of sunflower seed so I can plant it in the front field. I think flowing sunflowers will be a decent change to the humdrum openness that it was last summer…but I’m not sure if that’ll happen *sigh* there is talk of the guy up the street mowing it down for horse feed/hay/straw/whatever.

Oh well…my thumb is turning green and I think it’ll look nice with my green name on the forums ;)

Mental Status: thoughtful
Inner Rhythem: Silence...

( Read about my Falls Branch Falls Hike )

Mental Status: Loved and in love
Inner Rhythem: Junk ~ Beatles

( Four Poems for Cynthia )

Mental Status: Like a (Prarie Dog) in heat

Lets do it like they do it on the discovery channel!

I wanna kiss you like a Prarie Dog!

Mental Status: I build things!
Inner Rhythem: The Waltons (really...)

I don't have a lot of Cash...so I made things for my most beloved for the holiday season. I did get her a few things from the store, and she did like them...but these blood sweat & tears went into their making...and that means more (to both her & myself).

I'm really hoping that she will share them as well...but till then here they are.

( Pictures & more... )

Mental Status: loved
Inner Rhythem: silence...

While I did, for the better part, write the poem below for Cyndi, I would like to point out that in no way do I actually think of her as "old" in any way. I love her tremendiously and at times I think of the past, and how things would have been if I met her earlier in my life. I also think of the future - a future with her...and it was within looking ahead that I write this..

Love is Gray
Aged to perfection my loving dear
I cherish the times when you are near
Nothing the matter and nothing to harm
I hold you again within my loving arm
I'll stay with you till we're both old and gray
I'll stay with you till our own dying day

You're only as old as you feel inside
So don't cover up there is nothing to hide
Nothing the matter, and nothing is wrong
So long as we carry on our love song
I'll stay with you so our inner children can play
I'll stay with you till our own dying day

So when you look in that mirror what do you see
Is she old and decrepit or a child in glee?
Nothing the matter and nothing to lose
The answer is clear and it's yours to choose
I'll stay with you and "I vute you" I'll say
I'll stay with you till our own dying day

Cynthia, I love you with all of my heart, and I always will. You fill a void that has never been filled within my memory. You are the light that has illuminated my existence, and for that I truly thank you. My heart is, and forever will be, yours. I look forward to growing old with you and cherish everything about you...now, and always.

So thank you!

Q