Froggy Bottom Hammock Day.
It’s a little early, but…
George is mixing drinks.
FM is in a hammock.
George is mixing drinks.
FM is in a hammock.
Newcomers welcome and join the fun.
Everyone goes First Class here.
Everyone goes First Class here.
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May the 4’s be with you
It’s 12:30 pm here, which means that it’s quitting time and happy hour somewhere. To all those afflicted with cubicleitis, We’ll be here with a drink and hammock.
BTW, wouldn’t you like to go back to the old days and work with the eniac computer.
May I join you?
Of course. Nothing like a hammock and a cool drink.
When I lounge in above hammock I have to bring a broom out with me to stop it from swinging or I get seasick. I’m afraid an alcoholic beverage would send me running for a bucket.
But a nap sure sounds nice.
Easy solution. Have a bucket on the ground to one side by your head. Time you upchucks for each time the hammock swings to the side of the bucket. At the height of the swing, let it go.
After a couple of times your aim should be perfected, and you will be the groove.
BTW I forgot to add that is such a nice and peaceful looking place. Can you feel the envy all the way from here.
No, you have a pond and I don’t.
has in that pond…. you know, those dreaded S-things!
Just a quick hi to you all before I head off to a meeting… wish I could be in hammock today, but with the wind the way it is here (again) I might go airborne!
Have a great afternoon, folks!
The airborne part sound like it would be great, until you landed.
Enjoy your meeting. Is that possible?
You should know by now how I feel about that pond and its inhabitants. 🙂
Gee, you make it sound so enjoyable, FM. 🙂
If I want to puke, I’ll just get pregnant again.
Always trying to think of the easiest way to do things. 🙂
that involves way more effort than I’m willing to put forth at this point in my life. I’ll stick to napping and blogging – less work.
Me thinks I see a slacker goddess in the making. 🙂
George is whinning. Be back in awhile.
Still moving in a new direction – and life is treating me well. Spending more time with family and enjoying each moment of each day. I think of you guys often. I lurk periodically to rate and recommend…but been mostly busy and focusing on work and home.
Hugs and smoochies to the frog pond!
I was just walking out, but had to stop and say hello SallyCat. It’s so good to see you and as always your lovely pictures.
George is past whinning now and got to go.
See ya later.
Hi Sally, glad to hear things are going well for you.
In Spokane for a conference and spent some layover time in Seattle. I thought about you having fun as I flew over Lake Washington and the Cascades that Saturday morning. We’re definitely looking at B.C. in 2007 or 2008 and will make sure we see if we can meet up.
Hugs to you and especially your little girl!
Hugs right back at cha.
I don’t know much about the rest of BC but if you’re going to Victoria I can recommend several places, including our favorite hotel there. One block off of Chinatown (such as it is), close to theaters and shopping, and a pleasant 1/4 mile or so walk — either through the downtown shopping district or along the Inner Harbour — to the Parliament building and the Royal BC Museum (definitely a must see).
The proximity to Fisgard St. (Victoria’s one-block Chinatown) is great. Sometimes if we’re tuckered out at the end of a day we’ll just pop over to one of the bakeries on Fisgard and get enough hum bow to keep us going until breakfast the next day, which they serve in their pub. (They also have pub food available but sometimes you just want some hum bow, a gallon of milk and to get up off your feet.)
Smoochies back at you! Glad to hear things are working out for you, SallyCat. 🙂
Hit and run really really cute pootie picture, huh? (I saw that.)
How was the move back to LA? Are you settled and doing well?
I recall the stress in Monterey was dreadful – I’ve pondered how you were doing after the move.
And I have more pictures now….!
Yup, I’m still here, so do your worst!!
The move back to LA was exhausting, but I’m glad to be home and have already gotten another job. It’s great to be back with my family and have some time before starting back to work to do a little house and yard work.
I’m glad to hear that things are going well with you! {{{{{SallyCat}}}}}
Hi SallyCat. Glad you dropped by. And even moreglad to hear that you are enjoying yourself.
Yeah right. I can barely get into and out of a mattress some days. But I like the thought of lounging under a tree somewhere, Internet connection at my side cranking out tunes from Polynesia. (Back when I was a kid I had a hammock out in the back yard. Me and that hammock spent a lot of quality time together. I remember being excited one day at school because “hammock” was one of my spelling words.)
Back when I lived in Montana I was able to pick up a station on shortwave from Papeete, Tahiti on winter nights. I’d lie back when it was five degrees outside, put on Radio Papetee and listen to their three hours a night of Tahitian music. I don’t have the first clue what they were saying, but when you’re listening to stuff like that, who cares?
Just wanted to thank you for the nice birthday wishes the other day! 🙂
Hi post one day Birthday Girl. How’s it going MM?
O, pretty good! Super simian (AKA mythmother) has been hanging out in the orange place taking part in deep discussions. Just curious if she could get her mojo back after a very long absence. (Yes.)
And yourself? Staying out of trouble I hope!
As if I would ever do anything to get into trouble. 🙂
Everything is good today. I’m glad you got your mojo back. 🙂
Oh, you’re very welcome. I hope your birthday was truly happy!!
I seem to remember it being much easier to get into and out of a hammock. 🙂
You want to know something funny. I’ve never owned or slept in a hammock.
Such a sheltered life I’ve led. 🙂
I’m sorry to hear you admit that, FM! How can you be Napper Extraordinaire if you have never owned a hammock! Better get cracking!
A Napper Extraordinaire needs nothing. Not even a flat spot. Plus if I had a hammock I would have to have a large sun room to put it in. Bugs, heat and humidity are not conducive to napping.
I won’t even mention having a hammock outside and the S-word.
Confucius said (and this is something he actually did say) that the superior man sleeps when he is tired. That’s me, dude!
Confucius was very wise. However, if I slept when I was tired, it would be 24/7.
Hey, why not? Works for me.
Nice try, FM! A true Napper Extraordinaire always does it with class, like — for example, the Hon. Galahad in P.G. Wodehouse. Here he is, about to take a nap in his hammock, with a yellow cat asleep on his stomach:
“Cooled by the shade of the cedar, refreshed by the contents of the amber glass in which ice tinkled so musically when he lifted it to his lips, the Hon. Galahad, at the moment of Lord Emsworth’s arrival, had achieved a Nirvana-like repose. Storms might be raging elsewhere on the grounds of Blandings Castle, but there on the lawn there was peace – the perfect unruffled peace which in this world seems to come only to those who have done nothing whatever to deserve it.”
who knows only too well what evil lurks in the heart of lawns.
I don’t have a hammock either but here is the view from the lawn chair in my back yard.
MM you mean LA has more than concrete, palm trees and freeways?
You sure you’re not just kidding me and pulled that off the net. 🙂
That is a bone fide back yard shot, taken only moments ago! We actually have about nine trees on our property, which is only about a quarter of an acre, including this gorgeous tree (I don’t know it’s name!) that is right outside my bedroom window. Originally it was in a big pot, but when we moved in it had already broken out of the pot and rooted itself. Now it is absolutely huge and would take over the whole back yard if we let it.
That was absolutely lovely.
But, who ever said I had class. 🙂 Couch, bed, floor and once out in the woods in the grass. Never on the grass by itself again. Chiggers. Arrrggg.
It’s never too late, LOL! But there aren’t many of us who are in the Hon. Galahad’s class. (Yes, I love PG Wodehouse. I spent years, decades even, hiding in the paradise of his books.)
Getting into — check. Getting out of — well that’s probably the tricky part. I seem to remember hammocks being a lot less stable than mattresses, and I’m just worried that the hammock’s natural disinclination to stay still combined with my natural inclination toward clumsiness would be enough to drop me straight onto my butt.
Normally I would take that as an indication that I should just stay in the hammock for the rest of my life, but let’s be realistic here, I do have a frequent flyer’s pass at the little storytellers’ room, if’n ya know what I mean.
Omir I just tried to get Radio Papetee to see if there is streaming audio. I couldn’t figure it out. I figured maybe you could lay on your mattress and remember.
Oh well.
I checked into it some years ago and don’t remember finding anything. I’ll look into it and get back to you.
The program I listened to was only three hours a night, followed by western pop music, news, soccer matches, stuff like that — all in French. However the Internet being what it is, it wouldn’t surprise me if there’s some obscure station somewhere that streams all Polynesian music, all the time.
First we had sunshine, then a downpour, then sunshine again, now it’s storming again, this time with really strong winds, thunder, and lightning (so I could disappear at any moment).
Beautiful picture, but be careful Andi.
I don’t have a hammock, so I’m safe. 🙂
Thank goodness. I was picturing the wind rolling you over and over until it looked like you would be in a cocoon. 🙂
Lovely AndiF!
Maybe not a hammock day, but it looks like you could have been laying on your back in a hammock, tall iced drink by your side, when you took this one.
Since SN has a camera I think we should have her experiment if you can get a good shot while swinging back and forth.
(Instead of the ice tea what I’d probably have is three dogs trying to figure out how to get in the hammock with me.)
I get dizzy just thinking about it! LOL
This is a view of Papeete Harbor I think it’s supposed to be a live picture from a webcam but I haven’t stuck around long enough to figure out all that stuff they’re saying in French.
Enjoy!
That’s beautiful. Thanks Omir.
OK I’ve got a question. We talked about it before, but I forgot the measurements.
Hummingbird feeders. Sugar to water ratio?
I actually think I’ve seen a hummingbird go phewy when it went to my feeder.
4 to 1 if you want them to come to feed more often, or 3 to 1 if you want to feed them really efficiently.
that’s water to sugar. 🙂
So if I wanted them to feed often and efficiently could it be 3.5 to 1.25, or are my calcs. off.
Um, that looks like math to me so my brain shut off automatically.
If you mix it 4 parts water to one part sugar, they get hungry again faster and come back sooner. But you could be nice and do it 3 to 1 in case that’s what your neighbor does. Or they’ll choose hers over yours. 🙂
Gotca. I’m off to do a little mixing.
Be back later.
Don’t forget to boil it for about a minute
Now ya tell me.
I ran really hot water into it and did alot of stirring.
Then top it off with cold water.
I’ll wait today and see what happens and if nothing, do it with the boiling and cooling tomorrow.
I’m nearing my allocation of non-slacking things done today.
set up the hammock inside an air conditioned room, it’s mighty hot here today.
What’s up Manny. That’s the only way to set up a hammock. That way you don’t have to worry about where your remote control is or the laptop. Much closer to the bathroom too.
things are ok, it’s been sorta busy at work. I picked the wrong day not to shave, I’ve had to conduct three interviews and have another in an hour. I look like a yeti.
My daughter loves me. She was home from school the other day and our conversation went like this:
Her: “Ma, is that your pink shaver in the shower?”
Me: “why yes, yes it is.”
Her: “were you the last one to use it?”
Me: (becoming concerned)”I hope so, why do you ask?”
Her: “oh, nothing really. It just looks like you shaved a Yeti.”
all the way across the country 🙂
When I lived with two female cousins I was constantly pulling Wookies out of the shower drain, it’s a miracle their not bald with all the hair they would lose in one shower.
Pulling wookies out of the drain is one thing, but to leave enough hair on a razor to cover chewbaca, well…..
I have my helmet on and under the table at the moment. 🙂
Why I ought to….!
in the National Guard?”
Or shave more often? 🙂
If you wait till ‘it’s a jungle out there’ you won’t keep the razor since it’ll be wrecked.
So what about that waxing thing. I hear that’s a very pleasant experience.
I’m (mostly) a hairy-legged feminist; I wouldn’t know.
I was going to write about an extreme experience I had in Germany with a very hairy feminist.
But I figure I’m in enought trouble as it is, so I’ll let this one go. 🙂
🙂
I know. I don’t know where my mind or manners are today.
I have the feeling a happy hour cafe is in order.
See ya.
tell the story.
It’s been a long day and my brain stopped working 1/2hr ago … I’m not following Andi. Have mercy!
The few remaining brain cells just kicked in! D’oh! I’m outa here. 🙂
OK but you asked.
While in Germany I lived in a city and took the bus most of the time. Now although it isn’t common, there are some women who don’t shave. On the bus one day I sat next to a woman who I thought had never seen a razor. Well that’s fine with me. How ever anyone want to be or look is fine with me.
While sitting next to her, she does a slight lean and emits the most noxious odor I have ever been near. I was five block from my stop, but got off the bus as soon as it stopped.
(I’m now shuddering uncontrollably)
Now I’m going to open up a Happy Hour cafe and try to forget.
well that was disappointing — I thought I was going to get a dirty story, not a story about a dirty person.
Sorry. Like I said, the mind isn’t working well today.
Now SN it was all said with love.
Plus I’m holding George up in front of me and you wouldn’t hurt a poor defenseless little dog would you?
As a matter of fact I would. Your opinion of my restraint is obviously not grounded in reality.
Well George good bye, because I’m running.
Probably a good thing you decided to flee…
It seems the more I type today, the more I’m getting into trouble.
Interviews. Do you ever ask, “Did you have one of those cable boxes you hooked up by yourself”.
I see that commercial constantly.
Can some of you very smart BooTribbers help me with someting? I would like to find a better word than “people-intensive”… Here’s the context… “…the practice of law is a people-intensive service…”
Thanks in advance!
“practicing law involves constant inter-personal relationship skills.” or somethin’ like that.
Your answer is way more helpful than the one I was considering – which was, there are very smart Bootribbers?
Heh. You’re ALL very smart. It’s true because I said so. 🙂
My continued involvement here would be a self-fulfilling prophecy methinks.
well, there are over 3000 and how many of them spend time hangin’ in the cafe?
Six.
so there’s your answer.
It’s much better than “people-intensive,” that’s for sure. Thanks!
Happy Hour Café Here