"Land of the Rocky Shore, I Will Return Once More..."

[psalm_onethirtyone]

Beware of massive Blue Mountain Lake picspam, and let's hear it for the gratuitous Soujin! ^___^ Piiiiicspam!

*happens to be the lyrics to a horrible song Waen is presently playing on the piano, but is, in fact, in essence true; there are silver birches and beavers and--as the next line happily proclaims--mighty moose. I love the Adirondacks.


The view from our house. That's the town! Blue Mountain Lake! ^___^ And mergansers, which are swimming.


And the point for which Prospect Point is named, only I'm not facing out to take the photograph, I'm facing in. It's a path that leads back to the house, and there's a bench on the point where one can sit and look at the lake. Is lovely.

Waen and I in our house!



And then, on the first day, we went out up Raquette Lake, I believe. ^__^ We kayaked to a waterfall and stream.



We found a poison mushroom!


WE PUT IT IN SOUJIN'S EAR. Just like Hamlet's father! Poison in the ear!

It wasn't my idea, by the way.


Goodknow Mountain, with the watchtower! Waen was vastly unhappy; she doesn't like heights. Neither does Da', but he climbed the firetower anyway. So did I, but I don't mind heights most of the time, so nothing special there. ^_^ Beautiful view, though, from on top--one could see all the lakes. <3 It was really lovely.


Catamount! We thought we were below the summit. We climbed to the top of what's behind us. We found we still had another .4 miles to go. We gave up, but only because Waen refused to climb the straight up-and-down bit. Da' promised to take me back next year and go the whole way.


Cascade Pond, for Daddy's birthday. Waen and I are in that photograph. It was so beautiful...! There were newts in the sunny part of the water, green with speckles. ^___^ Waen and I found loads.

Also, this beautiful giant rock on the way to Stephen's Pond, on the same day:

Is Luther's rock. Is big and solid and for-ever, and has a tree to go with it.


APPLES OMG.

Now, three completely gratuitous pictures that have nothing to do with Blue Mountain at all:


Waen made me earrings. Out of an old gold necklace of flowers that broke.


I am regretfully silly, but I have painted all my nails a different colour. While I was at work, to be a palette, you see, so that my ladies would know what the colours looked like. Also, it's fading, but my hand says 'Violets, but they withered all when my father died'. Now it says 'Ay, in my heart of hearts'. And my shirt, which is silk, is covered with grease, because I was washing dishes and accidentally pressed one against me.


Me to-night! An entirely different pair of earrings. These are my Iceland earrings, though. You can't see, but one of the red stones is missing, because in one of the sod houses Siggi took us to, there were two tiny motherless kittens, and one hooked its claws in my earring and pulled out the stone; for which reason I am eternally proud of the earrings.

And that's all. We return you to your regularly scheduled programmes! ^____^

Comments

[silverdragon262.livejournal.com]

Oh, good Lord.

The first photograph floored me. The rest were just as bad. No where is allowed to be that pretty, I tell you. -- Oh, but it's gorgeous. And you all look so happy. I can see why you love it, darling. And-- gah, what else to say? Beautiful. And you get to go there every year?

Also, you so got it in the ear.

Also, also, 'Ay in my heart of hearts' makes me squeal in delight. Just so you know.

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

I know. It's just--it's too good to be true, isn't it? It's so beautiful. Mum is always sad for weeks after we come home, and I wish we could stay longer. and yes, we go every year! ^__^ This year we went twice, as you know--and we shall again, next year, Mum's decided! We'll get to go two times most years from now on, for Waen's birthday and for Da's.

My birthday is in May, of course, so it would be bad to go there for mine... the blackflies always flourish in May. And November is too cold, so we can't go for Mum's. But Da's and Waen's--!

I DID. Augh. XD

^_____^ To-morrow, after I've washed my hands, it'll be 'I shall wear him in my heart's core'. I change it regularly.

[silverdragon262.livejournal.com]

It's so very, very lovely. I almost cannot imagine-- but I can, though it is hard, as places I have seen that are like that are-- were-- Alaska, Ireland, Scotland... places that are very much Foreign, I think, is what I'm trying to say. So it amazes me, it absolutely amazes me.

Wonderful.<3333

XDD O, cursed spite...!

Awww. That one's just as sweet. ...Have I mentioned that I love that scene?

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

^__^ --You've been to Alaska? Oh, please tell me what Alaska's like! I've always wanted to go there. Bwee. Tell me?

^_______^

*whines in a soliloquy* --Mel Gibson!Hamlet? His father is, seriously, the whiniest Hamlet Sr. I've ever heard; and I've heard more than I should. ^_~

^____^! As many times as I've mentioned I love you.

[bewareofitalics]

Wow that place is pretty. *stares* YOU GOT IT IN THE EAR, ahahahahaha!

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Isn't it? ^_______^ *beams* I DID. I DID.

[bewareofitalics]

So now are you gonna come back as a ghost ackshutupFortinbras? *totally didn't see Zara's comment before posting that, by the way - is original in her unoriginalness!*

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

...that could be interesting. Hello, Fortinbras! *dies and adores you*

[mhari.livejournal.com]

*dies* Are so adorable.

And wow, that's pretty.

.....icon? *proffers*

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

*bwees* Oh, hee, no--! Thank you. ^_^

Isn't it? ^_________^!

--*stealsatonceomgeee!* Oh, that's lovely!

[mhari.livejournal.com]

*snuuuuuggles*

...if you're not in bed, young woman, where are you?

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

*loves*

O_O Is it truly one o'clock already? Oh, my goodness. I thought it was still ten-thirty...!

[julietveiled.livejournal.com]

Are you on, gorgeous?

...WITH AMAZING PHOTOS OMG. THAT ROCK. THAT LAKE. THAT - wow hi. My world is so not naturepretty.

Are you on, precious?

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

;_; No, I'm going to bed in eleven minutes ago.

ISN'T IT HEAVEN BEAUTIFUL? My world is never so naturepretty as when am there.

*clings* Since school began, we've rather fallen away from the bed-at-three habit and more into the bed-at-twelve; although we fail at that to-night.

[julietveiled.livejournal.com]

IT'S AMAZING, IT'S JUST UNBELIEVABLY LOVELY. As are you.

*snugs* Poor overschooled precious...! Pennsylvania's home education laws are deadly. ;____; stay on for just a bit - I've a letter to mail you. ...That was unrelated, really. But I've a letter to mail you. Stamped and addressed and in the box tomorrow, or Monday. Well, it's from 'Chetta to 'Trice. ...and stay on just a bit, lovey, please?

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

I'M ALWAYS HAPPIEST WHEN I'M--well. Not always. ^_^ Gracious, you--!

Terrifying, i' faith. but I can't, I can't, I've got to be up by eight o'clock to-morrow--oh, letters! letters are beautiful, we must write you one--oh, most wonderful-- of course, of course, and--please don't hate me for-ever, I should have been in bed twenty-seven minutes ago--good-night...! I love thee.

[sarcastic-kitty.livejournal.com]

Soujin is purtyful. :)

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Soujin is blushing. ^_~

[sarcastic-kitty.livejournal.com]

Awwwww, this Ally thinks Soujin is probably even cuter when she's blushing. :)

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

*giggles* No, no, never.

[theatre-angel.livejournal.com]

GUH. *so dead* There are no words. It's just...GUH. It's so sublimely gorgeous!

The Lumonster is saying goodbye to the suburbs and hellooo to the more rural and fantastic other states.

Absolutely amazing picspam. :-D

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

Isn't it? Isn't it? It melts me. It's just--want to live there rather.

^____^ Come stay with us!

Thank youuuu.

[fish-bananas.livejournal.com]

...............................
............i can't say anything....... my god............

[rainbowjehan.livejournal.com]

I think I left my heart on Goodknow. I think it was looking out over the lakes, all the lakes...

[fish-bananas.livejournal.com]

Impossibly beautiful. ;____; Just -- every bit of it. Even the city girl heart in me falls for the sheer -- the sheer -- the... sheer sheerness of it. Sheerly. ...*waves hands around*