Tim wrote:
> Village Sharpener <calliganj@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in
> news:toCJi.6014$TH2.2439@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>
>> Tim wrote:
>>> EVE: Oh, I remember this kind of day so well... It is Fall.
>>>
>>> ADAM: How do you know that word?
>>>
>>> EVE: How do I know that if I go out, the air will be sharp and clear?
>>> Why do I remember that sometimes the trees have no leaves at all and
>>> at other times the leaves are green?
>>>
>>> ADAM: You shouldn't know all that...
>>>
>>> EVE: I don't even remember how I know the word Fall. Is it really the
>>> right phrase for this time of year?
>>>
>>> ADAM: Yes, I've heard it before. Yes, it confused me too. Strange --
>>> they just named the season for the fact that the leaves fall from the
>>> trees. That doesn't seem possible. They certainly would have chosen a
>>> more complicated name than that. You know, if Professor Stokes were
>>> called on to name this time, he certainly wouldn't have called it
>>> Fall.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Happy Autumn, everyone!
>>>
>>> Tim
>> Thanks Tim,
>>
>> Joe from New England (Massachusetts).
>>
>> Maples are just starting to turn outside my shop window.
>
> I'm in SE Virginia. No color yet, but the acorns have started falling.
> So, it's a start.
>
>> Have my winter tent setup in the pine boughs and am waiting for the
>> first snowfall.
>
> Well, now you're talking about my second favorite season :)
>
>> Happy autumn (Hope that Vampire sees this and is still lurking).
>
> Me too, Joe. Me too.
>
> Tim
I'll try to post some pix of the last rendezvous. We do the mountain man
era (1750-1840).
I'll try to get some early pix into the 10-day outings we day as around
day 7 or so we *really* start to look the part !
actually here are some pix I took at a "mini" weekend camp:
http://www.srgclub.com/Club_Photos/2006Primitive_camp/index.htm
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