The view from my picnic table in Montana
By The Horse
@TheHorse (206625)
Walnut Creek, California
August 26, 2021 11:48am CST
As many of you know, I just returned from a week-long trip to Montana. It is a mountain state that borders Canada in the Western United States.
One of my relaxing activities up there is to sit on my picnic table, play guitar, and listen to the wind through the pine trees.
Here is a picture of the view from the picnic table. I had already removed some maple tree branches from my roof and cut them into firewood.
The small wood pile you see is a mixture of old cabin parts, maple branches from my roof, and Douglas fir trees that had suffered from pine beetle and were taken down.
I hope you can feel the sense of relaxation I get when I am up there.
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@vandana7 (98986)
• India
26 Aug 21
@DaddyEvil...what did I tell ya...he gonna ask me to drag that lumber and turn it into firewood...I would be his cheap labor. That is why Montana trip is dangerous.
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@vandana7 (98986)
• India
27 Aug 21
@TheSojourner If I am the guest, he ought to do the man's job as well as the "woman's work"..Don't you think? 
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@vandana7 (98986)
• India
27 Aug 21
@TheSojourner I am the Vampire Queen. Princess does not have powers. Queens are waited upon because they have powers. Evil Grin.
Kidding... seriously...I would not know where you keep what. I have never prepared firewood. I am not familiar with your brands. So I might end up spending loads of time identifying which one is coffee and which one is black pepper.
I do not like people in my kitchen. Based on that I would be inclined to presume others feel the same too. Perspective.
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@xander6464 (40910)
• Wapello, Iowa
26 Aug 21
Are you going to make that your next album cover?
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@xander6464 (40910)
• Wapello, Iowa
26 Aug 21
@TheHorse It is very calming. And one can easily imagine Bigfoot in the trees.
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@TheHorse (206625)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Aug 21
@xander6464 I listen carefully as I go to sleep at night. It's very quiet up there. Mostly I hear my pet mice probably making more pet mice. They don't bother me.
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@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
28 Aug 21
I hope you had a great time, pony. 
But just think of all the 
"free" labor you could have gotten from vanny if you'd taken her with you. (Just don't let her cook and you'd... probably... even make it back home, too... 
)
But just think of all the "free" labor you could have gotten from vanny if you'd taken her with you. (Just don't let her cook and you'd... probably... even make it back home, too... )2 people like this
@DaddyEvil (137142)
• United States
28 Aug 21
@TheHorse No, I can't imagine that. Just wave the "big war ax" at her and she'll disappear... maybe into the cabin to clean/cook something... or into the woods, running as fast as her little legs can carry her. 
OMG! I just got a mental image of vanny running and screaming about you trying to chop her up... 
OMG! I just got a mental image of vanny running and screaming about you trying to chop her up... 2 people like this
@TheHorse (206625)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Aug 21
@DaddyEvil Reminds me of the Harold's Chicken Shack electric sign from Chicago. I wonder if I can find it.
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@asianlady (2697)
• Ireland
26 Aug 21
You are doing a good job with that axe and for making a firewood.
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@TheHorse (206625)
• Walnut Creek, California
28 Aug 21
@asianlady I let it sit in the rain so the wood will expand and the head won't fly off.
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@asianlady (2697)
• Ireland
26 Aug 21
@TheHorse LOL... be careful with your axe then.
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@BarBaraPrz (45594)
• St. Catharines, Ontario
26 Aug 21
Whose head do you imagine on that chopping block?
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@FourWalls (62492)
• United States
26 Aug 21
Vanny was right! You ARE an axe murderer!!!!!
Are you ever going to take a picture of your dental floss crop????
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@FourWalls (62492)
• United States
26 Aug 21
@TheHorse — oh, boy, another Go Fund Yourself account to set up, for the crop losses.
Too bad Frank’s long gone, or you could ask him the secret to his success……
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@MALUSE (69409)
• Germany
29 Aug 21
Of course, Montana is a mountain state. If it weren't, it wouldn't be called Montana.
Mountain -- "natural elevation rising more or less abruptly and attaining a conspicuous height," c. 1200, from Old French montaigne (Modern French montagne), from Vulgar Latin *montanea "mountain, mountain region," noun use of fem. of *montaneus "of a mountain, mountainous," from Latin montanus "mountainous, of mountains," from mons (genitive montis) "mountain". (
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@TheHorse (206625)
• Walnut Creek, California
26 Aug 21
I enjoyed my time (when I was in school down there) in Santa Barbara. After reading articles (what Grad Students do), I would take a walk on the beach. Sometimes I would just sit in the sand and watch (and listen to) the waves come in.
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@LindaOHio (157337)
• United States
27 Aug 21
Sounds and looks amazing. How nice to be totally relaxed. I'm glad you enjoyed yourself.
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@RasmaSandra (73749)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
27 Aug 21
Now that is the spot I would love to sit and be inspired by.
@veunike (331)
• Hong Kong
27 Aug 21
I know nothing about Canada, but I would respond to something you had mentioned that is guitar. I love playing the guitar lol, but I can imagine having a trip like that is bring me back to nature. I feel the sense of your relaxation and especially the sound of the wind blow while playing the guitar. Cool
