0 Registered (),
124
Guests and
3
Spiders online. |
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
3239 Members
63 Forums
16332 Topics
210704 Posts
Max Online: 409 @ 01/17/20 03:33 AM
|
|
|
#131602 - 11/11/07 03:06 AM
Re: What are your three?
[Re: jawjaw]
|
Member
Registered: 03/22/05
Posts: 4876
Loc: Canada
|
1) Make an African safari - to travel and see as much of the world as possible 2) Publish a book that actually makes it into Amazon and national bookstores 3) Evolve myself into total well-being - physical, spiritual, mental, emotional, social & financial
_________________________
When you don't like a thing, change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it.
(Maya Angelou)
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#131605 - 11/12/07 04:22 AM
Re: What are your three?
[Re: dancer9]
|
Member
Registered: 01/16/07
Posts: 3404
Loc: USA
|
1. Walk the Appalachian Trail (or a good part of it), by myself, no family or friends. 2. See the Northern Lights in person, this I would like to experience with family or friends. 3. Find contentment, releasing all doubts.
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#131608 - 11/12/07 10:22 AM
Re: What are your three?
[Re: Edelweiss]
|
Member
Registered: 12/30/05
Posts: 3027
|
Gimster WOW I longed to see the Northern Lights and I did.We went to the theatre in the city.An actor had a heart attack on stage.Drama indeed.So we left early and coming over the Tay Bridge I saw the Lights. So my disappointment was rewarded by the Univerese.I love it when I share a dream with some one, here is my poem.
Northern Lights © Scotland 2005
Finally I saw them.. the Northern Lights After knowing and even singing about them There above the distant town A portal to some magical colouring palate
Movement altering moment by moment Aurora’s silken scarf Was she careless Or did a breeze blow blessings
Heavenly Dancers… aptly named Ever changing in the way Newly spilt paint moves When the water jar overflows
PS There is a Scottish song mentioning Northern Lights in case you wonder.
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#131609 - 11/12/07 11:42 PM
Re: What are your three?
[Re: jawjaw]
|
Registered: 01/21/07
Posts: 3675
Loc: British Columbia, Canada
|
Gimster, interesting that you wish to do the Trail yourself. How much hiking do you do normally at this time? I'm not sure I have the gumption, to make an incredible bike trip across a country myself. For strong, experienced cyclists, there tends to be this dream/fulfillment of cycling across Canada or the U.S. For me,: 1. vacation home on coast 2. execution of a few great paintings 3. to still be in great health..so that I can travel more, etc. and be on the bike.
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#131610 - 11/13/07 03:53 AM
Re: What are your three?
[Re: orchid]
|
Member
Registered: 01/16/07
Posts: 3404
Loc: USA
|
MA, wow, the universe did bless you. I can't wait until I see them and I, too, can write a poem. Hope we're still in exchanges so I can share.
orchid, I could probably hike to the store and back (approx. 6 miles), but if given the chance to do the Trail, I'd train for it. My DH doesn't see reason behind my yearning and my obligations are here with my sick parents, aunt and my children and grandchildren. The Trail is going to remain on my wish list, though.
Lola, had we been asked for 4., a visit to the wailing wall would have been my 4th. It would come higher on the list, but I don't like travel over water.
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#131611 - 11/13/07 07:56 AM
Re: What are your three?
[Re: gims]
|
Registered: 10/14/07
Posts: 139
Loc: The wilds of Scotland, UK
|
Mountain Ash, all together now..."The Northern Lights of old Aberdeen mean home-sweet-home to me....." Nice song...and I liked your poem too!
My three would be:
1. Travel across Canada on that train/tour thingy. 2. Take a trip on the Orient Express. 3. Drive a steam train.
(I have a love of trains as you can see!) I actually welled up with tears when I saw "The Mallard" steam train at the National Railway Museum in York, UK! One of my happiest moments was when I travelled on a steam train from Aviemore to Boat of Garten....bliss!
_________________________
Strangers are just friends waiting to happen.
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#131612 - 11/13/07 10:42 AM
Re: What are your three?
[Re: Countrygirl]
|
Member
Registered: 12/30/05
Posts: 3027
|
The Union of South Africa was refubished in my town (where I grew up) a relation and his gang dressed up and polished it into shining new) Been to Inverness in a steam train...a most lovely trip Are you in UK Countrygirl? Mountain ash
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#131613 - 11/13/07 12:28 PM
Re: What are your three?
[Re: Mountain Ash]
|
Registered: 10/14/07
Posts: 139
Loc: The wilds of Scotland, UK
|
Bonnie Scotland, Mountain Ash! Lived here all my life!
_________________________
Strangers are just friends waiting to happen.
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#131614 - 11/13/07 06:16 PM
Re: What are your three?
[Re: Countrygirl]
|
Member
Registered: 01/16/07
Posts: 3404
Loc: USA
|
I'm curious to know how you came to love trains, countrygirl. This may not be the thread to discuss it on, but I find your interest in trains, well... interesting.
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#131615 - 11/13/07 06:49 PM
Re: What are your three?
[Re: gims]
|
Registered: 08/22/07
Posts: 1761
Loc: Southern Maine, USA
|
me, too....my hubby has a beautiful little train set and stares in wonder at trains like a little boy...
_________________________
If we couldn't laugh we would all go insane ~ Jimmy Buffett
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#131616 - 11/13/07 09:23 PM
Re: What are your three?
[Re: ladyjane]
|
Member
Registered: 11/18/05
Posts: 1796
Loc: Daytona Beach, Florida
|
Hannelore, you're sooo funny. We all get to visit the beach house, right? I might need more than three, but this is a beginning:
1. No more pain. 2. No more fear. 3. More love.
_________________________
What I know for sure is that it's all connected. Saundra Goodman Got Teeth? A Survivor's Guide www.gotteethguide.com for your Free Tips
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#131617 - 11/13/07 09:58 PM
Re: What are your three?
[Re: Saundra]
|
Registered: 10/14/07
Posts: 139
Loc: The wilds of Scotland, UK
|
I honestly don't know why I love trains!! I know nothing about them mechanically or anything like that...I just get all sentimental when I see an old steam train. A huge network of local railways were closed down in Scotland a few decades ago. One signature was all it took to wipe out a huge network of railway which criss-crossed all over my part of Scotland, connecting all the little villages and towns....I think it's so sad and would love to go back in time and see it in it's hey-day. Some of the old railway routes have been turned into cycle paths which is nice, especially when they pass old stations. I'm just an old-fashioned gal I suppose!
_________________________
Strangers are just friends waiting to happen.
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#131618 - 11/13/07 10:39 PM
Re: What are your three?
[Re: Countrygirl]
|
Member
Registered: 06/23/06
Posts: 3703
Loc: London UK
|
CountryGirl, we took my baby grandson two weeks ago for a dayout to ride good old Thomas the Tank Engine in an old railyard in Carmathenshire. Got to ride Percy, too. Fed them as well with water from a leaky bucket and Controller got to singing "There's a hole in my bucket, dear Percy, dear Percy..." I have never been on a steam train. That was as close as I got to riding one and was as thrilled as the grandchildren. I understand where this love for trains come from. The tiny museum they had in the railyard had photos of where old tracks used to be, where the motorways run now. It is sad how much have been lost to modernisation. Oh, I have a friend who is now living a boyhood ambition. He drives a train part-time and is a lawyer the rest of the week.
_________________________
<><
|
Top
|
|
|
|
#131619 - 11/13/07 11:09 PM
Re: What are your three?
[Re: Lola]
|
Member
Registered: 03/22/05
Posts: 4876
Loc: Canada
|
I've had a lifelong love of trains too. Mom used to say it was in my blood because some of her relatives were train conductors all their lives. I haven't made it all the way across Canada but did manage to travel from Halifax (Nova Scotia) to Ontario and then Ontario to Edmonton in the late 70's.
I've always wanted to set up a complicated train set in my basement, you know, with many trains on different levels running through mountains and villages. Our basement's too small...but our grandson's basement is the perfect size...LOL. Okay, put that on my list too of things to do before I die - set up a super-duper train system in my grandson's basement! Do you think he'd mind if I used him to make that particular dream come true?
_________________________
When you don't like a thing, change it. If you can't change it, change the way you think about it.
(Maya Angelou)
|
Top
|
|
|
|
|