Where is home/land?

Hi Bree!! Welcome to the forum!! It is so good to hear about your interests, and see your photos!! (Thanks to hubby!)
Virginia is such a beautiful state! The Blue Ridge Parkway was a favorite Road Trip of mine when I lived in Western New York State on Lake Ontario. Now I live in Western Massachusetts! But I miss your beautiful Virginia! Your post would make a good thread in Player Introductions! Along with those gorgeous photos! They really brought back some cherished memories!
Congratulations on your recent marriage....and glad to hear that it's still in the Honeymoon stage a year later!
Like you, both my fiance, David, and I are nature lovers...and plan to build an entirely modern, independent-off-the-grid, self sufficient Log home and small farm after we are married in May-June, 2016. (Yes, this is the same Davidb1yth007/level 300Baha - Poet extraordinaire - whose poems are found in many places on this Forum.) It won't be a Tree House(for those of you who followed on Game Spouse!) But it will be completely up to date with all the latest technology in solar, wind, and water power...and wired for electronics 'to-a-fair-thee-well'!!....LOL - after all...we have to keep up with our Farmeramabahamamama farms!!!

Looking forward to reading more of your posts, and seeing your lovely photos, Bree!!

 

New England,now HI ! Neighbour sandollar

What a cool thread, but sorry to hear of the floods 12ss! Hope all is well there now.
The "Hawaii of Europe" nice Greek-guy, Arielh is this true?? hee hee
Hey JazzyCA69-Nice to meet you, Sunny Cali & Dune Buggies, I'm sold interesting places you've traveled about.
Hi Bree, Nice to meet you, Don't they say "Virigina is for lovers"? Fitting in your case, Congratulations to you & your husband!!
Cutie_Carrot that picture, the water is so blue. I'm jealous of your travel plans!
bygo_cris your country has always intrigued me. I must learn more about it.Great pictures everyone!
I will round up some pictures to post, hopefully after the holiday run around....err.. I mean Holiday festivities

Edit- Ack! Lily, you snuck by me...lol Mass ? wow I can come visit ya one day (if you'll have me, lol)
Everyone should check out that thread Farmlily3 has mentioned, it hilarious and full of talent!
Lily yours & david's treehouse (lol) home sounds amazing! The water,wind & solar will cut down on your expenses but not sure about that electronics fair de well stuff?, won't you be to busy on your real farm ? Ya, you probably will.. but you two also have that dreaded FOCD.. How about babes, how many are you planning? oh and how many is David planning??!!
Too many babes are no good, takes all the fun outta life. hmmm...maybe not

How's the wedding arrangements coming along? Well I hope!

 

Hi Bree, welcome to the forum! I wish you all the best for your marriage! Your pictures are amazing

It was the first time I heard of this description too! I am not sure Hawaii and Greece have many similarities though. I have only seen movies and TV series about Hawaii and it didn't look like my country. Greece is a popular summer destination with beautiful beaches and landscapes especially Greek islands. Moreover Greece has a lot of historical monuments so these places have a lot of tourists during winter too. Hawaii has a lot of tropical vegetation(as far as I know) but we have Mediterranean so we have a lot of olive trees, orange, lemon trees.

 

This is absolutely AMAZING! Love your island!

 

Here is a picture of the lake my wife and I live on in Missouri from our deck. Not the best picture, but it captures the beauty of the Ozarks.

 

Arielh, your landscape pictures are stunning! I am not as familiar as I'd like to be with Greece
Thank you for your response. I shall research more of Greece when time permits, so lovely.

Makeating69 Your Picture is Spectacular! Beautiful colors. TSM

 

Wow lovely view Makeating69, Thanks for sharing! farmlily3 a big congratulations to you and david! I love reading your stories, such fun I was born and raised just outside of Boston Mass and traveled to the city to work for a very long time.. Then RL took me here to the coast of Maine Arielh,thanks to your posts I am learning about your beautiful Greece..thanks for that and a Big Hello to Wolfeyesone, so you are now in New England? If nothing else, New England is such a pretty area and we do have the 4 Seasons

 

Beautiful picture makeating69 I could sit on your deck everyday just to see that view

 

Very beautiful picture makeating

Thank you cuttie carrot

Thank you wolf! If you have any questions about Greece you know who you can ask

You are welcome sanddollar I also like to learn about other countries and this thread provides a very good way for it.

 

Lovely photo makeating69; thanks for sharing!

 

Thank you for all the kind words. There are many beautiful photos shared on here.

 

You live less than two hours from me! I'm in Fairfax County, Virginia...just outside Washington, D.C. Welcome to the forum and the game!!

 

Parrots and a Falcon from my workspot. But don't take it that I work in forest area or something. I am in heart of the city where are still some trees admist the Concrete Jungle. Many people just don't have the time to look up the trees in their hurried life. These birds along with Koels (I have already posted their photos- ordinary and spotted ones), Mynas, pigeons, crows and other birds live in these trees.

Photos are by my mother.

 

Your mother takes beautiful photos, thanks for sharing them.

 

Very nice photos! Thank you (and your mother) for letting us enjoy them!

 

Thank you for the beautiful photos your mother took! I just LOVE how the parrots are just "hanging" around and their color is amazing! The Falcon is an amazing bird and to see it just perched there is great!

 

Thank you friends.


My holiday starts from today.

Its time for our Harvest festival, Pongal.

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Pongal means"boiling over" or "overflow. Pongal is name of the festival and also of the rice dish. Its the first harvest of the year. It's celebrated from time immemorial. Pongal is celebrated by the cooking of new rice (a southern Indian dish of rice cooked with various herbs and spices) in the open space before the sun. Sugarcane, turmeric crops are indispensable part of Pongal festival. We wear new clothes and decorate our cattle, paint their horns, garland them with leaves, herbs and shrubs etc, drew large kolams all around our house, street and colour them....So many things....not easy to put everything into words....

It is celebrated for 3 days - first 3 days of the month of Thai (15, 16, 17 of January). Its also the new year and Thiruvalluvar year 2047 starts on 15th January. Pongal is thanksgiving festival to sun, cattle, cows, bulls and to farmers who are the life line of this world. Its significant in more than one ways. It is national festival of Tamils and celebrated irrespective of religion.

Tomorrow is known as Bogi and as its the last day of this year, houses are cleaned, painted or white washed and waste discarded.

The first day is known as 'Perum Pongal' (perum = greater/main). Thanksgiving to the sun.
Second 'Mattu Pongal'(madu/matu = cow). Thanksgiving to the cow, bull & cattle.
Third 'Kaanum Pongal'(kaanum=visitin). To visit our relatives and spend time with and also to visit places along with them.

I am going to do all these. We are going to my grandfather's place tomorrow. So excited. Going to meet my uncles, aunts, cousins, grandparents, friends and relatives. Planned lots of tours. I will post pictures of them as soon as I return. Soooooo happy.

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Let Happiness, Prosperity, Love and Peace fill our lives like the overflowing Pongal !
Happy Pongal to All !​

 

I am from Florida also, on the west coast just outside Tampa. We have beautiful beaches here but I'm sure its nothing like a gorgeous island in Greece!!! Mamma Mia!
I can only dream

 

At first glance I mistook the Falcon for hawk, looks just like a few we have up north, Happy Pongal 12ss12!! Have a most enjoyable time celebrating with your family.
Hi Lea,,welcome.. Yes, I agree..Florida has some lovely beaches as well but I do wish I could visit Arielh's beach too!!

 

Hello CylentLea123 - I'm from Florida, the Panhandle area. It's interesting to see the difference in beaches around the world! Would love to visit Greece!