Today I read a new book called ''Stuart Little 2: Stuart Finds a Friend''. A mouse named Stuart was living in an orphanage. The Littles were looking for a child, and chose him. They brought him home to be part of their family.
At his new home, everything was great. He became friends with everyone he met, and he even had a brother, named George! They played together and worked together. But Stuart felt lonely when his brother went to play with his friends. One day, riding home from school in his red car a bird named Margalo fell out of the sky and landed in the passenger seat of Stuart's car. She had fainted! After a while, the bird said ''Where am I?'' and ''Where's the falcon?'' Stuart raced the car even faster when he saw the falcon. Stuart drove his car into a long pipe. It was the perfect hiding place. And the bird and he became friends. Ashleigh
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I don't know if any of you have ever sat down and read Aesop's fables, but if you have, then you know it is a great source for quotes. Today, I am going to put down a number of quotes that relate to my life in some way at this moment.
Now, there are literally hundreds of quotes that you can can get from Aesop's Fables. Below are only a few that I can relate to lately. Next week, it could very well be a different set! Think of the quotes in Aesop's as the modern-day I-Ching! I now list some quotes in no specific order. Later in the week, I will write about some of the quotes and how they relate to me in more detail.
Well, there are twenty different quotes for you. Don't just read these quotes. Think about them, and how they may play a part in your own life. The quotes above relate to things happening in the world around me. Some of them should have specific lessons for specific people, while the others pertain to general observations to what is happening in the world around us. Over the next couple of weeks, I will come back to these quotes and write on some of them individually (In between some of my other posts, since sometimes an idea is too good to not share immediately!). Today I read a new book called ''Are you still mad?'' One Day, two best friends named Anna and Sonya were playing house. Anna said to Sonya ''I'll be mommy and you can be the baby. Sonya said ''I don't want to be the baby, it's my turn to be the mommy''. They could not agree and got mad at each other. Now, you all know that they can work this out in two ways. They can play something else, or they can both be mommy. They argued instead.Anna's mom asked if she wanted to go to the park and Anna said ''YES!''But it was not much fun. She was missing her friend. Anna got home, Sonya was riding her bike. Anna asked Sonya if she wanted to go jump rope and Sonya said okay. They then made up and everything was good again.
Ashleigh Last night Maddie and I went to Xfinity Center in Mansfield, Massachusetts to see the Return of The Dreads tour featuring Korn, Rob Zombie and In This Moment. This was a great show and I'm glad we went. The picture above shows lighters and phones ablaze for Rob Zombie as the crowd cheered for an encore. We had good seats for the show, and all three bands rocked hard and loud. In This MomentIn This Moment opened the show and did a much better job than they did the last time we saw them. In fact, I jokingly told Maddie "here comes the buzz kill" as the band was just starting to take the stage. I did not say that because of how the band plays their songs... In This Moment is an edgy heavy metal act that rocks hard. The problem is that the lead singer likes to change her outfits between every song. The last time we saw them, they were the second of four bands. From Ashes To New had really gotten the crowd going as the opening act, and In This Moment came out and really killed the momentum by having stops between their songs that sometimes lasted up to three minutes! There was no filler to keep the crowd interested, and the crowd got quiet and sat down. At the end of From Ashes To New's set everyone had been up and out of their seats. Last night, the band did a better job, though. The lull between songs was taken up by taped portions by the band that set the stage for the beginning of the next song. Costume changes were also done quicker so that the stoppages were not as noticeable. Altogether, the band did a better job this time around, although I must admit they remained my least favorite of the three. They were my least favorite out of four bands last time! Rob ZombieI gotta admit I went into the show with high expectations for Rob Zombie. His music is very heavy metal and it usually has bizarre subject matter. His videos are also a bit out there. Well, I must say that he lived up to my expectations! Not only was his show high energy, but he really had a knack for getting the crowd involved with the show! At one point, he walked out into the crowd and made it out to the middle mezzanine area. I think he would have walked out to the grass seats if he could have found his way through. The whole time he was walking around, the lead guitarist, John 5, was doing an awesome solo that ended with him doing a rendition of Jimi Hendrix' rendition of the Star Spangled Banner! John 5 has been lead guitarist for Rob Zombie for more than 10 years. Prior to that he had been lead guitarist for Marilyn Manson and for David Lee Roth. Man, was I impressed with his playing! Maddie had a video of him playing the star spangled banner, but it unfortunately got erased by Snapchat! Thanks a hell of a lot, Snapchat! I would have loved to put that piece up on the blog! One of the highlights of the entire show for me was when the band did their rendition of "We're An American Band" as their first encore song. It's an old Grand Funk Railroad tune, and these guys really rocked it! All said, I went into the show thinking that Korn was going to be my favorite act for the evening, but to be honest, I think Rob Zombie and his band clearly stole the show. Great job guys, I am definitely looking forward to seeing you guys again! KornI want to make it clear here that although I think that Rob Zombie and his band had the best set, in my opinion, Korn still really rocked the house! I have been listening to these guys for years. In fact, I remember Korn was a mainstay at the beach house where Sharon and I first started dating. I went into the show figuring Korn was going to be a shoo-in for my favorite set, and while they did not disappoint, I still can't get John 5's guitar solo out of my head, or We're An American Band. Thus, Korn takes a back seat here. Even so, I recognized a lot of the band's older stuff, and had a great time! Freak On A Leash and Narcissistic Cannibal were both well received by the crowd, while my personal favorites were Falling Away From Me, Twisted Transistor and Shoots And Ladders. Out of the three, Shoots And Ladders was the best! Oh, and Y'All Want A Single also was great. In fact, that song had the whole pavilion singing "Fuck that!" in unison. That was rather unique I must say!
All said, it was a great show and I highly recommend both Rob Zombie and Korn to any true metal heads out there... or anyone who really likes rocking shows! And finally, just looking at some of the freaks in the stands was well worth the price of admission! Literally people were walking around with zombie makeup. And some of the hair colors that we saw would make a rainbow blush. Good times! One day, two ducks were swimming in a pond playing with three fish. They saw four horses walk up to the pond with five little girls on their backs. The little girls hopped off of the horses and began to fish.
Sometimes, people mistake happy and joyful as the same thing. I do it too, sometimes, where I will use the words interchangeably. For the record, the definitions I am using for the two words are:
Joy: The emotion of great delight or happiness. Happy: Delighted, pleased, or glad. Contented... favored by fortune. Using those definitions, then I'd say I have been, and will be happy, but I haven't been joyful in quite some time. Happy? Yes. Joyful? No. To be honest, I can't think of the last time I had a moment of great delight was when Sharon told me she was pregnant with Ashleigh. Prior to that, I can think of maybe four occasions where I was joyous. All of them revolved around the birth of my children... except for one in which I coached an 8 to 10 year old basketball team to an undefeated season and beat my Dad's team in the finals. Aside from those times, I have been happy, but not truly joyful. Funny, when I was growing up I would watch movies where there were so-called joyous occasions. (The end of "It's a Wonderful Life" comes to mind here), and I would see some idiot (picture Jimmy Stewart)with a huge grin on his face and running around all excited and I would wonder "what is that guy on. and where can I get some?" The looks on their faces were just so over the top, that I could never really picture anyone ever really being like that. In other words, I thought that they were gigantic phonies (which, of course, they were, They were actors, of course they were being phony!). I would see them, and I would think "I could never be like that." And I guess I was right. I never could be that way. When I have had my moments of joy, I have been serious and contemplative, not loud and dopey. And yet, the more I look around, the more I see people acting just the way Jimmy Stewart did in "It's A Wonderful Life." or like how Dorothy acted when she finally woke up at home in The Wizard of Oz. It makes me wonder "What is wrong with them?" or "Is there something wrong with me?". Of the two, I don't think there is anything wrong with me. I have fun. I am generally a happy person... or I try to be. I just can't pretend to be something I am not. Believe it or not, I believe these phony portrayals are actually bad for people's psyches. People see these actors acting dopey and overly kind, and then they wonder why they don't ever feel that way. They shoot for an ideal that is false. Yes, I have felt joy in my life. At no point did I ever run around like Jimmy Stewart smiling and making a horses ass out of myself. If I ever did, my sense of joy would end quickly as I would get very very embarrassed. In fact, when watching that movie, that is the emotion I feel most for Stewart's character... embarrassment. The character actors around him act like it is the happiest moment in the world to be approached by that madman. And they all smile and act like it is super. That's all it is folks. Acting! Don't ever act like that around me. Be happy? Yes, definitely! Be excited? Sure. But don't act all crazy and expect me to join in. Crazy doesn't live here... and never has. One night I wanted to watch Scooby-Doo, but Daddy wanted to watch something else. So we flipped a coin. It was Daddy's turn. I said can we flip it one more time? Daddy said we can flip it two more times. Daddy flipped the coin- it was his turn. He flipped it one more time and it was still Daddy's turn! So we watched the one that Daddy picked!
Ashleigh Today I read a new book called ''The Digging-est Dog''. A sad Dog was in a pet shop window tied to a chain on a stone floor. Just then, a boy called Sammy Brown came in the door. He took one look at the dog and took him home to his farm. Sam named the dog Duke.
On the farm Duke met eight new dogs. One of them started to dig and the rest did too.But Duke didn't know how to dig, so Sam taught him. The next day, he dug holes throughout the hole town. Everyone was made at Duke. The next day, he was more careful. Now Sam lets him do the plowing. I liked the book. My favorite part was when Duke learned how to dig, and then overdid it!. Ashleigh
"When dealing with people, remember you are not dealing with creatures of logic, but creatures of emotion." That's a quote by Dale Carnegie. Best known for his book "How To Win Friends & Influence People" Carnegie was an expert at... well making friends and influencing people!
I think this quote is spot on. In fact, I see it in action nearly every day as I watch my family's daily interactions. When the bickering and nattering start, I notice that throwing a little logic into the mix usually ends in one of two results. One the person that is being forced to see the logic in an argument is usually stumped. Once the logic in a course of action is shown, there usually isn't a way to win the argument so it just stops. The second way I have seen things go is when the one piece of logic is refuted by another bit of logic. These are usually the fun ones to watch since both arguments are logical. There was an old saying that all roads lead to Rome. Well, in some cases, there are more than one logical way to reach a conclusion! Regardless of what people say, we all react emotionally at one point or another. The trick is to recognize when a decision you are making is driven by emotion and to then try to find the logical way to justify your decision. I find that if you can't logically justify your position, then you are likely better off making a different decision. I try to teach my daughters to think logically. Maddie, unfortunately, uses logic as a weapon to win arguments. This is okay, as far as it goes, but I think she also needs to use logic in areas of her life where her emotions are ruling the roost. All decisions are better when they can lead to a logical conclusion. Now, I am not just pointing fingers at Maddie here. I too, have made some bad decisions when I relied too heavily on my emotions. In fact, looking back at my life, I would say that a large percentage of time where I got into some trouble, it was either when I let my emotions guide my actions, or when I just didn't think my actions out to the most logical conclusion. All said, the point of this post is that if you want to make better day-to-day decisions in your life, then you need to start to think logically... even when your emotions are telling you otherwise. Think through your actions people. I believe strongly that your life will be better because of it. Do all things end with their logical conclusions? No. Many times you will find that they don't. Even so, if you act logically, you will have a better chance of seeing a positive outcome. Not everyone will be thinking logically, though, and unfortunately, that is where some of your problems will lie. If you can judge who is acting from emotions only and not bringing things to their logical conclusion, you can sometimes still find a way to avoid a disaster by seeking ways to counter the illogical action. Life is a lot of times like a game of chess. Keep an eye on the key pieces and make your moves logically! A few weeks ago, I wrote a post about the things adults don't remember from childhood and one post was purely comprised of quotes. One of the quotes I used was actually from a tumblr post, and it was as follows: "Sometimes people use “respect” to mean “treating someone like a person” and sometimes they use “respect” to mean “treating someone like an authority” and sometimes people who are used to being treated like an authority say “if you won’t respect me I won’t respect you” and they mean “if you won’t treat me like an authority I won’t treat you like a person” and they think they’re being fair but they aren’t, and it’s not okay." In any case, tonight before I go to bed (and by that, I mean before I drag my dad off to play video games with me) I'd like to just touch upon my opinion of respect. It won't be so much paragraphs as a short bullet list. I've been uninspired all day and while that's really no excuse, what I have to say is simple and needs no real elaboration. Take it as you will.
"There comes a time to stop crossing oceans for those who wouldn't jump a puddle for you." What's on your bucket list? How many things have you completed?
Truth be told, I don't really have a bucket list. I tend to just set small goals for myself to achieve as life passes and they often aren't anything too big or long term. I suppose skydiving is something, and my life goal is to live to see the turn of the century- but that's about as far as that really goes. I guess getting my black belt was on my bucket list, but I completed that about 5 years ago. Are you happy, or just a happy person? I genuinely believe that I'm a happy person. I still have underlying sadness and hurt that I do my best to cover up every day; and while I'm HAPPY most of the time I'm not.... happy. And there's a large difference. I'm positive most times but there's a lot to be done before I can consider myself happy. However, I try to take steps towards being generally happy every day by being a happy person. To follow up on my last paragraph... I suppose something on my bucket list is to be happy. What's one thing you wish you could change about yourself... and why haven't you? The one (and only, when I think about it to be honest) thing that I wish I could change about myself is that I wish I could be more peaceful and calm. I tend to be to begin with, but I mean even when faced with arguments. I always try to make progress with it, like anything else- but there's much tension to work through every day unfortunately and the thing that most poses a block to my attempts to change is the environment I spend most of my time in. I'm glad that we're all making steps towards making it better, but when I'm yelled at or belittled I tend to harden up and the only "peace" there ever ends up being is the broken "pieces" left after fights... hence the quote in my bio; be at peace, not in pieces. I'll finish up tomorrow. - Maddie What's your philosophy in life?
Honestly, my philosophy in life is comprised of many parts. I get most of it from online reading- the opinions and thoughts of others that I piece together and recreate as my own. Everything combined ends up being my philosophy. Essentially, I believe in living life without imposing upon the lives of others. I believe in peace over power, and I believe in honesty. I believe in always being there for the ones you love and I think there's a lot to be said for empathy and compassion that often isn't. There's a time and place for logic, and there is a time and place for emotions and the two shouldn't be confused or excluded. Are you an optimist, a pessimist, or a realist? Many people would call me a pessimist from talking to me, but I'm actually a realist. Most people confuse realism and pessimism because they're extremely similar if you don't examine them. pes·si·mism ˈpesəˌmizəm noun a tendency to see the worst aspect of things or believe that the worst will happen; a lack of hope or confidence in the future. re·al·ism ˈrē(ə)ˌlizəm noun the attitude or practice of accepting a situation as it is and being prepared to deal with it accordingly. See? Big difference. As a realist, I can't help if a situation is bad. Recognizing it as a bad situation doesn't make me a pessimist. It just means the situation is bad, and I'm choosing not to sugarcoat it. Well, there are two more answers for you to digest. I'll throw in a few more later. - Maddie One day, I was at the beach and I was digging a hole. I dug so deep I found a tunnel filled with pirate's treasure. There were rubies diamonds, gold, and skulls. There were even swords on the ground.
I kept on walking and stepped on a block, and a net went across my face. I ran home as fast as I could. And if you are wondering, this is just a story. Ashleigh . "Let your hopes, not your hurts, shape your future." That's a quote by Robert Schuller. Schuller is best known as the creator of the Hour of Power, a TV Evangelical show that ran for over forty years. Schuller "hoped: to have a positive impact on as many people as possible. And his Hour of Power certainly did that. I think it's very easy to see who is walking around led by their hopes, and who are being led by their hurts. In fact, almost anyone who is depressed is likely hurting from something. Whether it is real or imagined is often up for debate. What brings on a more fatalistic attitude? I see people who many would think have a good life, walking around as if all hope is lost. At the same time, I see people who you would think have a lot to be sad about, who walk around as if they are on the top of the world. One of the most optimistic people I think I have ever known is my old college roommate, Kevin. Kevin was caught in an apartment fire back in college and nearly died. He was burned badly across most of his body. He went through countless hours of operations to help repair his badly burned skin. When I first met him, he had already been through the first round of skin grafts. Even so, he was happy and full of life. In fact, I never heard him complain about his burns. He just took life as it came and was happy. Nearly thirty years later and he is still going strong. He is happily married to a beautiful woman, and he has just become a grandfather. It is amazing the struggle this man went through, and to think that he remained positive throughout his ordeal. Not only that, but he is outspoken for the burn units that helped him and does charity work for them. If ever there was an ordinary man who should be a hero, it would be Kevin. I never spoke with Kevin about the great respect I have for him. In fact, when I was younger, it never crossed my mind. We were friends, we had some great times together, that was it. Nowadays, I often think of Kevin while I am looking through quotes to write about for this blog. After he popped into my mind for about the third time in as many weeks, I thought I ought to write this post.
Hope. Some say its is a good breakfast, but a poor supper (Francis Bacon). I don't look at it as either. Hope is there to inspire you that there is a better way. Without action, though, hope is meaningless. Hope doesn't mean there is no work. Hope is there to say that if you do the work, then your reward is waiting. That is how I look at it anyway. Hope shows you the road... but YOU still have to walk it. Meanwhile hurt is a place. It does not show you a map on how to leave it. You need to do that on your own. And hope can help you to do that. Thus, hurt is a place that can be left behind with the help of hope and action. One Day I was walking my dog named Lucky, and he saw a bunny on a hill. He ran so fast he scared the little bunny. The little bunny ran away. The bunny jumped in it's hole. Lucky tried to get to him but the hole was too small! So Lucky went home to get a biscuit from Daddy.
Ashleigh Honestly, I am at a complete loss for words currently. This weekend has been all kinds of long and messed up and my inspiration to write is gone. I know I promised you guys answers to the questions I left you with last week; but I'm going to put them off... at least for today. I have enough on my mind without adding to it with philosophical questions about my own life. If I feel better tomorrow, I'll try to post them up.
Maybe I should make an effort to answer them, though. At least a few. It may help take my mind off of shit, so let's go. If you had known 5 years ago you would be where you are right now, would you have believed it? 5 years ago would put me at the age of 9, almost 10... and if you told me where I'd be currently I think I'd have a hard time accepting it. I mean, in the course of five years I've gone through my parents divorcing and my mother's death, plus depression and the anxiety and pressure that came with that... I've also gotten past that and realized a lot. Friendships have come and gone, as have relationships. I have a lot more memories and experiences now than I did then and I have a much deeper understanding of life that seems to grow more each day. If you were to tell 9 year old me all of that... it would be a smack in the face as while I was mature for my age, I was nowhere near the maturity level I am now. I'm still not mature enough to "adult" successfully, but that's okay. I'm still a kid and I have the rest of my life to learn how to grow up. Honestly, I wish I could've had a more normal childhood. But it is what it is and the past can't be changed. I can only take what I've learned and use it to help me now and in the future... and to help others. I don't know... there's the answer to the first question. I'll finish the rest tomorrow. Thank you for taking the time to read. - Maddie Hello Mountain Rant readers, For a special treat, we have our first Guest Blog post today. Today's Post is written by Michelle Armistead, who lives in Marlboro New Jersey. For those of you who don't know, Marlboro is in Monmouth county, near the first shore towns. Without further ado, let's hear from Michelle! Hello Mountain Rants Readers, I loved the idea of Wayne’s blog post “There is Beauty All Around Us”, and I knew immediately that I wanted to have my own pictures of beauty from the Garden State: New Jersey posted to the blog. New Jersey is often the butt of many jokes, but to me, it is a wonderful, beautiful place to live. We have mountains (ok—no pics of them this time, but I will add to this over time if Wayne’s willing), lakes, streams, farmland and perhaps my favorite, the beaches. No, not just the beach life seen in that awful show Jersey Shore. My pictures of the beach are from Sea Bright. This is a small public beach that I have been going to for almost 30 years! I love early morning there: a few bird prints left in the sand, a lone stretch of footprints from an early walker, and the flag on the life guard stand blowing in the breeze. The shoreline brings me peace and a sense of renewal. When I come home from the beach, whether it was a perfect day, or somewhat overcast, I feel like a new person! (This is how I believe my brother feels with his NH mountains.) The views of a long stretch of beach/foliage jutting into the ocean are of Sandy Hook Gateway National Park. They were taken from a stretch of road known as Scenic Drive, a road in the hills of Highlands with many beautiful views. This road leads to Mt. Mitchel, a place Wayne often visited and has brought his daughters to when visiting NJ. There is a monument here in honor of the people from the area who were killed on 9/11. A piece of steel from the twin towers is clasped in its talons. The Twin Lights rise above the ocean overlooking Sandy Hook and are still working today. Here are a couple of pictures from there. The great horned owl is a recurring visitor to our yard this summer. He sometimes comes so close to our window that we can see his bright yellow/green eyes and the feathers covering his feet! I often bring my dog to Holmdel Park, and took this picture of the trees reflecting in the pond as we walked. This is one of my favorite parks in the area. There are gardens in the park, too, that have many pretty flowers. Being I live along the shore, water is a recurring theme. Not all of our views are of the ocean, however. We have bays and rivers as well. I find the Atlantic Highlands marina is beautiful during the summer. We also enjoy boat rides along the Hudson River and sunsets over the Navesink River. Finally, I find beauty around my home too. The flowers and trees in my yard. Rainbows after a rain, and my Christmas tree! Last but not least, not all of the life has to be wild to be beautiful! Here is a picture of my dog Willie! Well, I hope you enjoy my ideas of some of the beauty found in New Jersey. Michelle Thanks, Michelle, Great post!
I hope you have liked today's guest post. If anyone else would like to do a guest post to show some of the beauty in your area, send me some pictures and a little bit of commentary. Beauty becomes more powerful when it is shared! My email address is [email protected] "Sometimes it's the smallest decisions that can change your life forever." That's a quote by Keri Russell. Keri is an actress that got her start on the Mickey Mouse Club. It seems a lot of actors and actresses got their start on that show. That is about all I can tell you about her though. I haven't watched TV in about a decade now.
I like this quote, though it seems very obvious to me. We can all think of times in our lives where a small decision may have changed our destiny. For me, grabbing my wife's hand that night on the beach was a small decision that changed everything in my life. From that one little decision, sprang a number of large changes. To start, I stopped drinking soon after. Two weeks into our relationship my wife told me she was an alcoholic and asked me to help her stop drinking. I gave up the booze that day, and spent the next eleven years trying to help her to stop drinking as well. To be honest, I don't think I would have stopped drinking on my own, if she hadn't asked me for help. You see, I was an alcoholic as well. I was functional, but still drinking way too much to be considered healthy. A second change that came from that initial small decision to grab her hand was that Sharon and I ended up getting married and having two children. Regardless of anything else, that decision was crucial. Imagine that instead of grabbing Sharon's hand that night, I instead opted for the easy path. I already had a feeling that the other girl walking on the beach with us liked me. In fact, Sharon later mentioned to me that she knew that to be the case. Think about it. If I did not grab Sharon's hand, I may have ended up dating that other girl... or no one! If I didn't grab Sharon's hand, I may have lost any opportunity to be with her. If I then went on to meet someone else eventually, I may still have had daughters, but they would not have been Maddie and Ashleigh. Oddly enough, I guess you can say that Maddie and Ashleigh's lives hung in the balance on whether or not I grabbed Sharon's hand. Now, to make this post even weirder, let's think about the path not taken. How is my life different than it may have been due to the decisions I didn't make... or the times when I made the wrong decisions? Would I be in New Hampshire? Would I have two daughters? Would I even be alive? Only God can answer that question. So yes, the quote was obvious, but so true. Not every small decision is going to be life changing. YOU WILL GET AWAY WITH SOME OF THEM! But any of them can. One last example. Did you know that one of the last CEO's of Mc Donald's had actually gotten his first job at Mc Donald's back in high school? He worked there while he was in high school and part way though college. When he got out of college. He was then hired on to manage a restaurant... and the rest is history! One small decision (to take an after school job), ended up leading to his entire career. I bet he didn't see that coming when he decided to take an after school job! I'm severely not in the mood to write another post right now... but I want to give you readers SOMETHING before I leave for the weekend. So, instead of giving you my thoughts... I want you to give me yours. I'm leaving below 10 questions, and before you answer them blindly- think about them. Then, leave you answers in the comments below. I'll do a two-part post next week addressing my answers to these questions.
What's your philosophy in life? If you had known 5 years ago you would be where you are right now, would you have believed it? What's one thing you wish you could change about yourself... and why haven't you? Are you happy, or just a happy person? If you could alter the past without knowing the outcome, would you? Do you know what's best for yourself, or do you like to think you do? What's the toughest decision you've ever had to make? Are you a pessimist, an optimist, or a realist? What's on your bucket list? How many things have you completed? What is your worst regret? Earlier in the week, my dad made a post about being happy with where you live, and how there is beauty all around us if we choose to accept it. I find this amusing, particularly since my recent English assignment has been about naturalists and their appreciation for nature; but that's besides the point. He shared his photos of the area- and now, I will share mine. I take a lot of photos around the area; and my dad has posted many of my sunset photos in the past. Today, I'm not going to write so much as show you the photos I took the other day at Cathedral of the Pines- I'll let the photos speak for themselves.
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