I miss Camp Talisman!
I am sooo glad to be going back there this summer!!
PleASE come with me! We need counselors. And I want all of the old gang there, but i don't think that they are all going to be there....
HA! The orientation/staff training video was a tad less interesting than the movie that played right on the back of my eyelids...
CHARGE!! I believe this was Renaissance Day... I was soo surprised that with all those kids, hyped up excitement, running down a hill no one fell!
Our pond!! With the nip nip fish and the seaweed that brushes your toes as images of scary lake creatures float through your mind..
Poor Charlie.. he and his bat ears don't look too happy..
*lick lick*
I was asleep at the time... Poor Charlie!
poor baby... The kids sure were stumped as to how Charlie turned blue overnight...
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Camp Talisman!
Tuesday, January 22, 2008
Innocence of children...
You know what I love about children?
I go to the zoo everyday (or.. before to the Children's Hands-On Museum) and pretty much feel like crap.
The kids see right through everything. They see me. They look at me with their intense, innocent eyes.. they grab my hand.. they pull me along into their world.
They make me feel beautiful.. they make me feel wanted and special.
They call out to me, "Come sit by me!" when they climb upon the Carousel.. they shout "Sit HERE!" as they poke at the open seat beside them on the little train... They look up, catch my eye, and grasp my hand..
As i walk hand in hand with them, their hand sometimes falls away as they as they get distracted by the lion as they giggle at how the lion lays, splayed out on his back.. as we move on to the next highlight, the child always finds my hand again...
I still remember back a long time ago, when I was in Nashville for Christmas while my brother was going through some intense cancer treatment. I couldn't handle doing nothing and hanging around in the hotel or the hospital. So i called up the Adventure Science Museum and asked if i could volunteer. I spent an amazing 2 weeks helping out the Winter Camps.. we spun in circles on a swivel chair to simulate being on the moon, we put marshmallows in dry ice, or nitrogen oxide and then smashed them with hammers... we put together volcanoes and ooh'ed and ahh'ed as the candy liquid spilled out... There were 2 brothers who I became attached to. I cried when i went home and had to leave. they had such an effect on me.. the younger one commented one time, "Wow... you're so skinny I can see right through you when you turn sideways."
Those words still haunt me as i realize how he, and probably the other children, saw me. I certainly did NOT see myself that way.
In their innocence, children can provide wake up calls with deep and lasting impact.
My last day there, him and his brother hugged me and begged me to come home with them and meet their mommy. They asked if i would be there come Spring... I said no and my heart ached as their faces fell.
At least I mean something to some people.. even if they are about 10 or more years younger than me...
Monday, January 21, 2008
Sunday, January 20, 2008
Those Crazy Animals...
Dark Roasted Blend
Creepy tortoise..
Saturday, January 19, 2008
The Mushroom House
It is a mushroom house!! Straight from reality! For Real! Reminiscent of a Hobbit dwelling.. or a dream home..According to Neatorama.com, there is a Canadian artist, Zube who created this house in Whistler, Canada..
Here's the outside!!
Heeeere's the sauna!!
And the kitchen!The fun thing about the website is that it is interactive! You can pretty much explore the house... and it has little blurbs about the highlights...
