"Let every individual and institution now think and act as a responsible trustee of Earth, seeking choices in ecology, economics and ethics that will provide a sustainable future, eliminate pollution, poverty and violence, awaken the wonder of life and foster peaceful progress in the human adventure."
- John McConnell, founder of International Earth Day

RIGHT NOW, and then again tomorrow and then again the next day and on it goes day after day,
1/2 OF THE WORLD lives on LESS THAN 2 DOLLARS each day.

Psalm 27:4
One thing I ask of the LORD, this is what I seek: that I may dwell in the house of the LORD all the days of my life, to gaze upon the beauty of the LORD and to seek him in his temple.
Do all you can and don't worry about the odds against you. Wield the miracle of life's energy, never worrying whether we fail, concerned only that whether we fail or succeed we do so with all our might. That's all we need to know to feel certain that all our force of diligent effort is worth our while on Earth.
Carl Safina, Voyage of the Turtle

Thursday, August 5, 2010

Final vaca of the summer-Mauthe Lake

A group 4 day camping trip 2 hours south of our home.

Highlights were:
a. B, W and I along with most of our kids getting together to celebrate our 47th birthday. The 3 of us met each other in 7th grade, 35 years ago.
b. All of our kids getting along well and having fun too
c. the raccoon visit to our campsite on Tuesday night-good laughs
d. my other friend B coming to visit on Tuesday
e. the walks
f. the campfires talks
g. all the great meals we each made
h. the swimming

The downers:
a. the raccoon visit eating all of B's potato salad from her cooler
b. the mosquito's
c. the heat on Tuesday
d. Tuki's tantrums every night

now for all the pix from the trip

It is the last camp trip this summer, literally and figuratively (2 trips within 3 weeks is more than enough for me)


resting after hiking and watching two sandhill cranes off in the distance

major card playing every day

biking and scootering

the bday women

the kids taking turns doing dishes at each meal

our campsites

B coming to visit and swimming with the kids

R(W's husband) swimming with my girls and his son Z.

B & Mim

Mim & new best buddy L (same age)

Ve and B's son Be playing together
a great shot

Ve being goofy

the group shot of all the kids at sunset

eating ice cream

stopping to see the windmill farm on the way home

sisterhood shot

more windmill photos




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