I had a very rough day today

My very hard day.

In pictures (mostly)

We decided to get up close and personal with the landscape today.



We stretched towards the sun and drank in the light.



We swayed along with the breezes.



And we enjoyed the pretty spots that took our breath away.



And we got to meet a lovely fellow named Bob, our new lizard friend who's only fault, near as I could tell, was that he didn't blog. Yet.

Secret 27: Coins are my stones

I collect coins. I have more than 30 countries but I don't know exactly how many. I have them from countries I've been to, places friends have been to, and coins I bought out of the register at work when people accidentally paid with them. They are my stone collection. My oldest coin is from 1822 but it's so worn down I can't be sure what country it's from exactly, though it appears European.



We couldn't get to Denmark Blog Camp so we brought Denmark to us. Though julochka tells me that these coins are worth so little now they won't even open the pay toilets anymore.

Blog Camp ~ Reno

It's a lot omfsm, what took so long teeny bit overdue but there is now a blog for Blog Camp ~ Reno. 3 people are thus far coming, which leaves 2 more beds available and we can probably fit a couple more with couch (pretty comfy actually) or sleeping bag spots. The idea is to include PJs, blogs, laughing and hooking up with the original Blog Camp ~ Denmark via the web. Aside from that the weekend is very open to whatever the campers want to do. I can't wait to meet everyone in person!

There's a little more here as well.

Blog Camp 2.1 - Reno

For those who don't know yet about Blog Camp I'll start at the beginning.

I found the blog of the lovely julochka back in February while looking through the blogs that the lovely char follows. I always save julochka's posts for last because I ♥ them. Not too long after that she was named Blog of Note and found many new blogs/people to love (and I made my first comment on her page in congrats since I'd been a little shy before then).

So back in early May julochka's husband jokingly suggested that she have a Blog Camp so she could meet the people behind the blogs. It started out as kind of a joke but people started expressing interest. And Blog Camp 1.0 was born (and a Blog Camp blog, of course). The first one occured this last weekend and was a huge success.

I've looked up ticket prices for Reno to Copenhagen in Sept (Blog Camp 2.0) which were a surprisingly low $650 round trip but I sadly don't have the funds right now. So, since I can't afford to go to Blog Camp I thought maybe I could us an idea julochka mentioned about hosting one in the US to coincide with the Denmark Camp. I thought that the local rib cook-off (and craft booths) might be fun for a photo walk.

Since I'm in Reno, NV, and the airline folks make a lot of excursion fares, this means that there will be fairly cheap tickets available to most of our US friends (which is not to say that international folks aren't welcome here - you are! - but I assume that anyone who can get to julochka's, will.). So Labor Day weekend (Sept 4-7) I have room for up to 6 people. There is room at julochka's for up to 4 (though some spots are spoken for). Anyone want to go to camp?