On our family hike, I found myself carrying the backpack and the extra water bottle, so naturally I had to tease my husband: “Sure, sure. I carried our kids for nine months each, I might as well carry everything else now too.”
He said, “Well, since you have all that experience…”
He was joking, of course. He then took the bag and bottle from me.
When we came across this in the parking lot, my little Joe said, “Someone dropped their fire candle.”
He’s a descriptive kid.
Anybody go on any walking adventures recently? Spot anything interesting/pretty/weird?
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Fire candle. That is cute. Seems like a nice kid. 🙂 Probably has a nice dad.
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Eh.
😉
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Cute kid! No adventures for us. I live vicariously through you, so please keep on noticing the weird stuff. 😁
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“Keep on noticing the weird stuff”? All I have to do is look in the mirror for that, AB. 😉
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Ha! Now don’t be so hard on yourself…
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🙂
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Fire candle? Well that’s a new one. The weirdest thing I recall seeing on a hike was a rusting Chevy station wagon that must have crashed down the ravine a few decades before.
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That’s wild, Andrew! Did you take any pictures?
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No, sadly this hike was in the days before cell phones had camera, but likely it’s still there – maybe I’ll go back a get a couple of pics.
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I wonder what it must look like now… Maybe some wildlife has made its home there.
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Great description! I always seemed to carry all the crap on family vacations, so I can relate. Probably because I had the big purse!
Well, you know about the metal coyote, but yesterday I walked a new trail that was really untamed as far as nature . . . But had this weird exercise equipment in the middle of nowhere! Like the stuff you use to exercise your arms at a gym. Very odd!
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Haha! That is truly an odd sight for the middle of nowhere. So, did you get some biceps curls in? 😉
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Often masks hanging from the trees on our hikes. Sometimes underwear 😖.
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Ewwwwwwww!!!!!!!!!
I would find a new hiking path, Yacoob. Blech! That’s way worse than a fire candle. 🙂
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“Fire candle” – a perfect description. I love hearing the words that kids use to describe an object. Most times they’re so RIGHT on. In my head, I still call “water” the name I used as a kid – Lulu. My parents were upset that I kept on calling water “LULU” up til the age of 5 at least. But really, lulu describes its fluidity and beauty and flowing nature so well!
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Water should totally be called lulu! You’re right about what a good descriptor that is. My daughter, Lucy, often called Lulu, might object, however. 😛
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Whoops. Well, Lucy Lulu’s delightful spirit probably flows like soft warm water, bringing joy to you all. ❤
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That is quite true, roughwighting. 🙂 ❤
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He is a smart kid, Betsy. No need for a thesaurus for Joe. We’re at Yosemite, and I have the blisters to prove it. Talk about hikes! Our only disappointment is we haven’t seen a bear. 🙂
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Yosemite is beautiful! That’s wonderful, Peach!
And, yes, little Joe is a treasure. A frustrating, stubborn, marvelous treasure! 😉
“Sorry” about no bears. 🙂
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My eldest and his dad just got back from a two day trek on the Appalachian Trail. My youngest and I spent that same time poolside. Pretty sure we all won and lost here.
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Haha. Sounds like a lovely time, on both counts, though I would’ve gone with whichever one meant eating more ice cream. 🙂
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You would have been in luck either way. Only difference was mine was fresh, theirs was freeze dried
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Well prepared hikers!
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We do a lot of walking these days. Great fun, innit?
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It is! It’s nice when there’s some good nature about. 🙂
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Betsy, fire candle is descriptive. We were staying at B&B last week near the north fork of the New River, so I was hiking one morning along the river. I came across this cool gazebo which overlooked the river. It had a nice wooden bench built in, so I sat and took in the flow of the river, which was not too large at this point. Rushing water is so soothing. Sometimes little surprises crop up that make it more worth while. Keith
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That sounds so lovely and peaceful, Keith. Thank you for sharing. 🙂
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I walk pretty much every day. Oddly enough, I find random socks here and there. Always just one. Makes you wonder why somebody would decide to walk home only half-barefoot.
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At the post office this morning, the woman in line ahead of me was packaging up a single shoe to mail to her son.
…
Perhaps his sock was on the side of the road.
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MYSTERY SOLVED!
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Fire candle. Clever kid! My walks are generally along a dirt road with no trees, but our yard is a menagerie. We’ve got everything from chipmunks to rabbits to groundhogs. The other morning when I went out to open the chicken pen, I saw a possum making its way across the yard. A big possum. I told it I was watching. It looked at me, then dismissed me and trotted into the grove. The other odd (?) sighting was a few years ago when I saw a family of sandhill cranes in the neighbor’s field: two adults and two junveniles. I had never seen those cranes before. They hung out for a week before moving on.
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The cranes! So neat! Living with all that nature sounds wonderful. We get skunks around here a lot. Does that count?? 🙂
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Ugh, skunks! We have those, too, but luckily we only “get” to smell them, not see them. And the dogs are finally too wounded (one is a senior with only 3 legs, and one has some sort of growth on her leg) to bother them and get sprayed.
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Well, I guess silver lining to the old dog situation.
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Husband humor points!!!!
Now all I can picture “Little Joe” as is Michael Landon 🙂
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Hubby is quite quick witted. One of the things I love about him.
Ah, Bonanza reference. Love it!
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Humor is one of the BEST qualities in a spouse!
LIttle Joe will forever remain ingrained in my head with your son now.
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If my Joe knew who that was, he’d be honored. I hope Michael Landon is honored. Or he’s like, “Man, yet another kid who thinks he can be me. Sheesh.”
But probably not. 🙂
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😊 I would bet Michael Landon would be touched and honored. I mean, come on, it’s YOUR Little Joe. 🙂
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Haha. MY Little Joe is quite the rascal, however.
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Who would want him any other way?
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Probably his sisters, for one. :}
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Touche!
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🙂
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That description reminds me of the Land Before Time video series for kids about dinosaurs – sky water for rain, tree stars for leaves, tree fuzz for moss. I loved that series!
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I have vague memories of those shows. Those descriptions are truly adorable. 🙂
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I found a website that lists them all – it was fun to go back in time ( get it?) 😉
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Haha. Good one, BCM. 🙂
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Love the fire candle description! We go on walks all of the time around the neighborhood. Lots of interesting sidewalk chalk and hop-scotch games, so we do the hop scotch, whenever we see one. It’s fun.
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That’s so cute that you do the hop-scotch! I hope the person who drew it occasionally gets to see you and be pleased that her work of art is being utilized. 🙂
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EloquentCutie strikes again! Fire candle – I love it, so descriptive!
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Right? He’s a gem.
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Oh nice
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Yep. 🙂
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The way kids see the world is by far the most delightful surprises about parenthood to me 🙂
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Oh, for sure, BB. They are often unwittingly good for a laugh. 🙂
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I joke that I am not a pack horse and then make large boy carry the (small) back pack on lightweight days out. On longer walks it’s always me too though.
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Yep. Pile it all on Mom. Typical. 😉
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