I love it when the power goes out in the summer, and I can convince
my husband not to crank up the portable generator. Windows open, the
landscape dark, you can hear every rustling leaf, night critter and
insect. And wake up when the sun comes up. So incredibly peaceful.
It's one reason I loved camping out in the Boonies, not in some
noisy, crowded campground. The best was in the northern Cascades, 30
miles from the nearest telephone.
Nancy
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I was never lost, but I was bewildered once for three days.
--Daniel Boone
On Jan 22, 2007, at 8:59 AM, Lonny J. Watro wrote:
> My husband and I were driving through western Kentucky last week at
> night. We were halfway between Wickcliffe and Paducah. You could
> see almost every star in the sky. Even in the boonies where I live
> in West Virginia, the light polution is getting where you can't see
> the stars like you used to anymore. But way out in western Kentucky
> it is still very dark at night. There are still places near me in
> West Virginia like that and I'm sure there are places in Virginia
> like that too. But as more and more people move out into the
> "country" and put up their landscape lighting, light polution with
> make it difficult for us to see the stars at night like we used to.
> *sigh* Sometimes it's pretty cool when the power goes out and its
> just dark don't you think? You look out on your road and you squint
> and try to see what you can see. And then the neighbor or your dang
> husband will cut the darkness like a knife with their giga zillion
> lumen backup flashlight, and the party's over (haha). You don't
> even have time to get out the candles or anything. LOL.
>
> Lonny Watro
> Short Gap, WV
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>> Before AC [bef. air conditioners], I remember hot summer nights
>> with the smells and sounds of the night filtering into the
>> bedroom. At times those sounds would get loud, then somewhere a
>> dog would bark, and it would be quiet again for a little while.
>> Does anyone else remember the rattle of the venetian blind if a
>> breeze was blowing?
>>
>> When it got really hot at night we would take a blanket or sheet
>> to the backyard, spread it on the ground and spend the night right
>> there. Some neighbors would already be there, so would come later
>> - all sleeping under the stars on a hot summer night. Funny thing
>> is, I don't seem to remember all the flies, insects, mosquitoes,
>> etc. that must have been there.
>>
>> Anita mentioned pecans from Georgia and eating corn from the
>> stalk. I have fond memories of those too, but I have to put
>> peaches and figs right from the tree as being my favorite. Peach
>> juice dripping off my elbows and me not caring because they were
>> so darn good. I wonder if many kids get to experience any of these
>> things now-a-days. WAIT… I forgot about my grandmothers cherry
>> trees! She lived in Victoria, Virginia and had cherry trees in her
>> side yard. Straight from the tree or ground, or in a pie or
>> cobbler, it just didn't get any better.
>>
>> Many of the things being mentioned are still out there… sometimes
>> we just have to look a lot harder to find them.
>>
>> I've got to get off of this subject or I'll be here all morning
>> taking trips down memory lane. <smile>
>> Time to take meds anyway,
>> Tom
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