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Message 736289 - Posted: 9 Apr 2008, 1:15:46 UTC - in response to Message 736282.  
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Mmmmhh... I bought it to fit the pots.. but
i am very happy i did buy this lanterna today,Ice,
so i can lighen up your way a bit..
and then you know what you are driving over.. ;-)))


That is a lovely lanterna Moon. Thank you for giving me a car next time I come to visit you. I will enjoy driving over those small bridges very much

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Message 736432 - Posted: 9 Apr 2008, 12:03:29 UTC
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A journey to the Moon - an overview, part 8.

Moon’s older soon cycled back and soon met me. He parked his bike by the road and we headed off towards the coast to take some pictures. I suddenly ran forward as I saw a sea otter on the far bank, but couldn’t get my camera out quickly enough to catch it on film. A young boy caught up behind me amused that I would get so excited over an otter :)

I handed over my camera and explained some basics. David Bailey then took over the picture taking. David Bailey is a famous photographer and this is my screen name for Moon’s older son just now ;) He took to the camera amazingly quickly, and the shots he took from the start were all very good. I changed to the zoom lens for him as he tried some distant shots.

He took me to the top of a very high hill for some panoramic shots, and then we headed home. We arrived to an empty house and were soon playing games on the computer. It sure felt like home to me ;)

Moon and other son arrived, he was OK, and we all helped to make dinner. I sat in my usual chair and helped to serve up, and we ate as we chatted with each other. I never once looked for a TV to watch as we ate, as I normally would do at meal times, and quite enjoyed the talk that took place after the meal was done. I’m not sure if this is how Moon and her boys were usually at dinner, but for me this was as pleasant as any restaurant in Tunisia :)

I was still puzzled about this journey to the Moon of mine, since I still don’t seem to have quite arrived just yet, and knowing that more was yet to come…

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Message 736570 - Posted: 9 Apr 2008, 21:31:31 UTC

Paddling at the bottom of Moon's garden ;)




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Message 736578 - Posted: 9 Apr 2008, 21:45:18 UTC
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A journey to the Moon - an overview, part 9.

That evening we had a family meal around Moon's dining table, even though I was the only one who wasn't actually part of the family.

Or was I? I was seated at one end of the table, opposite Moon's mother with ten of us in total around the table. Her sister and husband were to my right, with Moon and her mother's partner on either side and the 4 children slotted in around. The food was wonderful and mounds of freshly caught prawns plentiful.

I would normally feel nervous about sitting down with a family I barely knew, and not native English speakers at that, although most of their English was very good. But in truth I had met with them all before this, spoken with them all, if only a few words to some, and felt quite happy to be there. But that was for two reasons I think.

One is that they made me feel accepted, that it was quite normal for me to sit down and eat with them. It was their way I expect, how they might treat anyone passing through, although maybe not usually inviting them for dinner like this. I was Moon's friend, so this was an exception, I'm sure.

But the second reason was more important for me. Moon sat over there by one side of the table and occasionally glanced at me, and smiled, and I was content, happy to feel at home with this wonderful company. Even so, I still felt that I was on my journey to the Moon…

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Message 736582 - Posted: 9 Apr 2008, 21:56:14 UTC

The dining table we all sat around. I didn't think of taking a photo when we were all eating ;)




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Message 736589 - Posted: 9 Apr 2008, 22:10:12 UTC
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A journey to the Moon - an overview, part 10.

I managed to finish the fridge door that night, and also sort out some thing's on Moon's computer. It meant that I would have nothing outstanding tomorrow; it was my last full day there.

There was time to relax that night as well of course, and of course I had the company of Moon. Her arm was still causing her pain and was not only immobile, but made her largely unable to do anything or go anywhere. So we were both content just to be with each other.

It was late again when I made my way down her road to my apartment. I stopped as I did almost every time I got to this spot, night or day, and looked at that huge "X" on the rock wall below her house, this time shining the light on it to see it in the dark.

I still find it strange that no-one else in Moon's family had noticed it, for it seemed so obvious to me and was clearly visible. There was a letter under the "X" and Moon later told me that her grandfather's name began with that letter. In fact her grandfather's Christian name is the same as mine, coincidentally. It's a name I know is used in Norway, I found three on the gravestones on the mainland bearing it. There are not too many of us, only one of me, and I was still having an interesting journey to the Moon…

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Message 736593 - Posted: 9 Apr 2008, 22:13:25 UTC


. . . now You know why i call You iX


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Message 736595 - Posted: 9 Apr 2008, 22:17:25 UTC

Moon's balcony :)




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Message 736597 - Posted: 9 Apr 2008, 22:20:25 UTC - in response to Message 736593.  


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Message 736602 - Posted: 9 Apr 2008, 22:33:06 UTC - in response to Message 736597.  


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Message 736609 - Posted: 9 Apr 2008, 22:52:55 UTC - in response to Message 736602.  

Satellite Of Love ;)


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Message 736614 - Posted: 9 Apr 2008, 22:59:00 UTC - in response to Message 736609.  


. . . onE of mi favs (Lou Reed) > niCE iX

< 'ere's a 'bridge' you may know of . . .

Satellite Of Love ;)


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Message 736618 - Posted: 9 Apr 2008, 23:03:56 UTC - in response to Message 736614.  


. . . onE of mi favs (Lou Reed) > niCE iX

< 'ere's a 'bridge' you may know of . . .

One of my favourite Lou Reed numbers ;)

Satellite Of Love ;)


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Message 736620 - Posted: 9 Apr 2008, 23:10:16 UTC

Satellites, aye? ;-)

one on a journey to another? lol...

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Message 736629 - Posted: 9 Apr 2008, 23:31:04 UTC

Perhaps that will help.

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Message 736659 - Posted: 10 Apr 2008, 1:26:08 UTC

Oh...and just to have said so - if anyone questions it;
..all pictures that Ice has posted in this thread is allowed
by me.

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Message 736693 - Posted: 10 Apr 2008, 2:36:35 UTC

I liked it...
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Message 736694 - Posted: 10 Apr 2008, 2:41:14 UTC - in response to Message 736693.  
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I liked it...


;-)

well... Have a good night..or morning..
Im going to sleep...............

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Message 736782 - Posted: 10 Apr 2008, 9:18:01 UTC - in response to Message 736693.  

I liked it...

Thanks Norman. Just for you I might continue ;)


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Message 736878 - Posted: 10 Apr 2008, 14:15:31 UTC - in response to Message 736595.  

It was very empty there.. Where have all the flowers gone..? hehe

Moon's balcony :)





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