Pictures - sorry they're not cut

[cornerofmadness]

I have no idea what I'm doing wrong. Every time I try to cut them I get an error and it doesn't work. SORRY.

Here's my new home that my friend is letting me stay in for a little while. The first two pictures are of the woods behind the house where I hike complete with a birch tree pecked to death by yellow belly sap suckers

 

Then some more woods, this is where I hike up the road when I'm on my mile-long excursions plus two shots of Spur Lake which is where the duck hunters scared the crap out of me today. Oh and all the green stuff in the lake? That's wild rice. I could harvest it now because the Indigenous tribes are done with the lake's harvest.

And now you know where I'm talking about when I talk about where I live. Oh and there'll be more pictures. I just didn't want this thing to get too huge

Comments

[masqthephlsphr.livejournal.com]

Oh, those woods look so nice!

*envy*

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

indeed they are. I quite like them...I'd like them better if something cultural wasn't a 3-4 hour drive away

[masqthephlsphr.livejournal.com]

Yes, it is a trade-off, isn't it? Here in the City with the museums and the Opera and the Indy theaters.

And sadly the only woods in sight are woods I'm likely to get mugged in. And they don't isolate me from sirens.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

that's not good. Some places like Madison, Minneapolis, Pittsburgh, Milwaukee you can live about 20 miles outside the city and be in nice rural areas with pretty woods and be a short drive into the fun stuff of the city.

Regardless, I'm just glad I'm out of Florida

[masqthephlsphr.livejournal.com]

That's true in SF as well. At least, I'm told there's some great hiking trails just up in Marin County. I have a friend who knows some of those trails, and I might go hiking with her in November.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

There you go. SOunds like fun. Yeah on big trails I wouldn't go alone. I don't like going alone here either but since I'm just in a half mile of the house i'm not too worried

[a2zmom.livejournal.com]

those woods are mighty purty.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yes I think so.

[aaronlisa.livejournal.com]

the area around you is very nice.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I like it. Just wish I was closer to something fun to do

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

It all looks soooo familiar! Even the Buffysh pool. And the blue house. *sigh*

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Did you go up to Duck Massacre...um Spur Lake?

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

No. We didn't walk around much when K and I were there. Well, we did but mostly in circles, picking up herbs and birch bark. And eating wild strawberries.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

no berries. I have a bagful of pine cones and some bark for Chris thenmy mom says but I want some too...

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Tell your mom to come get her own cones.

Has the water gone down in the bank yet?

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

the bank's history. She did get the lock box and luckily ours was on the top and didn't get wet.

She wants to come get her own but since I have to return to FL in oct she can't

[evil-little-dog.livejournal.com]

Glad to hear your stuff was safe.

Sorry to hear that.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Well I didn't know where to put mom here anyhow. One of us would have to have slept on that miserable futon three guesses who.

[rahirah]

Wow, that looks gorgeous!

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Thanks. It really is pretty here. The only drawback is that it's 3-4 hours to a real city with cultural things to do. I miss that. I've lived rural most of my life but I like being within an hour of a city so I have things to do.

[vampedvixen.livejournal.com]

It's all so pretty. :)

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

Everyone thinks so. I agree but like i said, I just wish I could be a little closer to a city with something to do

[scribesds.livejournal.com]

It looks lovely. Is the place as isolated as it looks, or are there more buildings just outside of the picture?

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

It's as isolated as it looks.

[scribesds.livejournal.com]

I'd hate that. A town girl, me. Doesn't it give you the willies?

BTW, Mike says he's fixed the PM problem you were having, so I hope it's okay now.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

I was born and raised in places like this. CITIES give me the willies. Though, to be honest I prefer to be within an hour or so drive of a city so I can do the cultural things I like. this is TOO isolated.

Okay, next time someone PM's me I'll let you all know if it's working right

[scribesds.livejournal.com]

I just sent you a test PM to see if it works. :)