Our version of retirement: Living a childhood dream
- Thread starter Gary O'
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Lakeland living
Life is good
- Location
- Ontario Canada
Much better, snowing here this morning, -7. 
peppermint
Senior Member
- Location
- East Coast Yes
A Beautiful Child....
She is lucky to have a great dad...
And, Gary, you are a terrific Man....
(I cry easy)… You made me think how life goes....
We all have our troubles....Be Well (I love how you live)...
Cut a deal with a composer. You have a great Folk song here. What are you waiting on? I know some guys in Nashville that may even buy this composition and set it to music. I'll even split the royalties with you. 70-30. Me:70, You: 30?I dabble in poetry
steal pics off the web
add my verbiage
sometimes it comes together
WOW! A metal wash tub? How much is that worth?No shower
We do use the trough in summer
The meadow warms the water...sorta
then let ol' sol dry ya
I'll talk about this later
gonna be on the road a couple days
oh, we go to the city once a week in summer
once a month in winter
it's a 100 mi round trip
My life runs on coffee. It's nature's gas to me.Had a small blackie inquire into the contents of wunna our garbage cans
it's bungeed down pretty good
was bungeed down
he prolly was ran outa the deeper woods from the wild fires all around us
3am is a bit early for breakfast
maybe it was his midnight snack
had my camera and 357
too quick for me
anyway
on my second cup
coffee is so good
here's a pic from last winter when we were favored with a horde of nutcrackers
this one seemed to be saying;
Beautiful cloud bank.Got a nice dusting last night
....and a visitor a few paces from the cabin
mornings are always special
sipping coffee, observing it's evolution
the Jacob's ladder didn't hurt
The trip to town was entertaining
Upper Klamath Lake
With the cascading cumulus surfing the hills
keep a fire
Can't recall, maybe 40 bucks at the feed store
With your career, I'm bettin' you know 'em when you see 'em….yessir
Well, sir......at 70% I give you the go ahead to run it by yer pals, and if it takes.....I'll jot down more
Giddyup (luv ya, oldman)
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Y'know, I never have either
I'm hopin' it's a good thing
I think a lot of us men that while we were growing up at least thought about living out amongst nature. I know I used to kind of think what that would be like. I remember back in the 60’s here in Pennsylvania, a man was living alone up in the mountains of the state. He lived there for quite a few years, never bothered anyone, just wanted to be alone.
After a few weeks of not picking up his mail or buying supplies at the store in the small town about 7 or 8 miles from his cabin, a few people who knew about him and his cabin decided to check on him. When they got to the cabin, his pickup was there and the dog was loose. Instead of going into the cabin that the man built, they called the state police.
When the police arrived, he went inside and found the owner shot and killed. It took them almost three years to solve the murder, who turned out to be one of the Appalachian Trail Killers. There have been a few of these whackos that hunt their prey on the Trail over the years.
Yeah, we've had our losses out here too
Not more'n a week or two ago, a young lad that lived less than a mile down the path from us was offed by OSP (Oregon State Police)
He was comin' from town, and they were chasing him, responding from his ex's call
His vehicle was slowed by spike strips
He got out
Opened fire on 'em
Wounded one officer
They cut him down in short order
I never really knew him, but leant him a tool or two from time to time, and pulled his rig outa the snow/ice once
A bit of a different fellow
Kept to himself (of which I do like)
Cooked meth (not good)
There's been some stuff like that out here from time to time
But mostly old folks just plain dying
One ol' boy just slumped over on his porch
Watching a flock of humming birds he'd been feeding
I wouldn't mind going like that
I'll tell ya, without my lady, I'd go batshit crazy in a matter of weeks in winter
If she goes under before me, I'll get me a wolf pup
That'd keep me busy
Actually, I'd sell
move to the coast
build a shack
Haunt watering holes
Mosey on the beach
Butcher wood and word
Get a line wet
Love the sounds of the tides....and storms
...and the aroma of the sea air
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Yeah, I’m a water person too. I go to Florida maybe five times a year just to go out on the water and fish. I would have moved to California after college had I not gone into the Marines. I really like to hear the surf when it rushes ashore. I’m talking about calm water. I’m not one of those guys on Dangerous Catches. Next time I go to California, which is soon I hope, I’m going out to Santa Catalina.
I guess it’s been three years now that I flew out to Seattle. My middle granddaughter wanted to know what that area was like, so I told her that I would take her out and she could check it out. We flew into Seattle and after a few days there (and a ride up the Space Needle) we drove the PCH all the way down to Los Angeles. We did stop off and stay a few days in San Francisco. That is one beautiful drive.
Oh, it is.....it surely is
I'm not either....but my son was...lotsa stories there
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Took a few pics with the phone this morn
Nothing worthy of the Nikon
The first row of cord wood is fully cured (good burning)
It'll last us thru next winter
The second row will be fully cured the following winter
So, no wood needed 'til next spring (to cure a couple years)
Nothing worthy of the Nikon
The first row of cord wood is fully cured (good burning)
It'll last us thru next winter
The second row will be fully cured the following winter
So, no wood needed 'til next spring (to cure a couple years)
I guess another reason I have yet to employ the Nikon, is things are still in disarray
Hate that
Like the yard tools, just laying against a wall, not hung
and things strewn/tossed in piles
The shop is getting there, but not totally whole
Still, I can find what I need now
Hate that
Like the yard tools, just laying against a wall, not hung
and things strewn/tossed in piles
The shop is getting there, but not totally whole
Still, I can find what I need now
Seeing the first chippies
They're waking from their winter naps
Had to hustle to get their feed station back in order
(my lady mistakenly used some of the wood for burning, had to rebuild)
The squirrels stay busy all year
We hear them skittering across the metal roof of a morning, with mouths of pinecone bits
They're waking from their winter naps
Had to hustle to get their feed station back in order
(my lady mistakenly used some of the wood for burning, had to rebuild)
The squirrels stay busy all year
We hear them skittering across the metal roof of a morning, with mouths of pinecone bits
Lakeland living
Life is good
- Location
- Ontario Canada
Watched a chippie tease Zeus this morning, hilarious. Zeus would approach the tree, the chippie would ease up the tree.
Zeus moved away, chippie would come down , both watching each other all the time. By the time I got the phone out of the house dog was sleeping at the base of the tree. No sign of the chippie.
On to the wood pile again.
Zeus moved away, chippie would come down , both watching each other all the time. By the time I got the phone out of the house dog was sleeping at the base of the tree. No sign of the chippie.
On to the wood pile again.