Imagine a haze over the lake at #CampWithMeg has started to burn off. Imagine clean sweet air. Imagine the dogs had a great romp this morning and are wet & grinning. Imagine wide log benches worn smooth & flat stones for work surfaces around the fire. Imagine birdsong.
Let’s imagine I got up very early this morning and made oatmeal with the leftover apples & berries & nuts from yesterday. The folks who stayed up late last night talking & playing games around the fire banked it well,so it started easily. There’s hot water ready for tea & coffee.
Imagine you are here, awake in the quiet mid-morning, people getting food, chatting idly, no big plans for the day yet. What small thing did you bring to camp for moments like this?
@DeusExMinima arrived just after the carved boat race yesterday; @ArdeaAbe, @treuting, I think he could have been a contender! @skulleigh & @UnrealMcGravin, can you help ID this odd nut I found when I went to get water? 
One group sits at a comfortable remove, with @PactofTheFerret coloring & @TheQueerFae drawing trees as they might have looked millions of years ago with dinosaurs around them & me chatting with @tenpenjenn while doing sketches of the flowers @DynRPG & @mousewifegames are admiring
@jrrmungandr, what are you sketching? Here are some pincushion flowers!
The day has grown HOT! Time for a swim!!
Imagine hot sun on a lake in the mountains. Imagine dragonflies, dogs drowsing the shade of tall pines, & the sound of @mnerurkar's ukulele drifting out on the water. Imagine a little dock made of logs. What are you up to? Did you bring a blowup tube? Are there a couple canoes?
Who can take the two little kayaks out and show @Skulleigh the basics? There's a spot in the canoe that @spadeandspear is taking out to the island, and @ReneeLascala's is secured, waiting for dusk.
@glenatron, let's race @ink_and_stories, then I will absolutely mess about with inflatable tubes with you once he goes back to the shore and settles in with his guitar alongside @mnerurkar. Do you take requests? What's the best #CampWithMeg tune?
@DynRPG & @Skulleigh have reported there seem to be ducks nesting out by the diving rock, so @OpinionsbyShane is heading farther out, to play in the rapids north of camp.
Look at those clouds rolling in!
Alright, all you water-loving folks! Come get dinner! Slow-roast veggies, a big pot of stew, bread & butter, plenty of tea, melon that's been kept cool all day at the water's edge. The wind's picked up a bit; might want to stash things before you eat. Thanks for this day!
Oh, oh! I think we are going to get wet! Quick, get everything under the tarps stretched between the pines!
Nothing like a shower on a hot day! The rain falls in great big drops, the kind that tell you not to worry, it’s just passing through. We eat under the pines and watch the maples sway.
All the art is safely away from the rain, including any yarn @LadyMdeJ & @tenpenjenn were using. The dogs seem excited that everyone is under the tarps, like one giant tent, & rush around collecting pets. There’s no thunder, & so many of us are in swim gear it doesn’t much matter
@TheDovetailor’s tent & mine & a few others are out on the clear field, not under the pines - good thing we zipped them closed before the rain hit! Who will help @OpinionsbyShane & I catch rainwater?
The tarps feel like a festival as the rain starts to lessen. Someone lights some tealight candles, someone passes around the chocolate from last night’s s’mores. All the night owls & early birds, artists & explorers & swimmers & cooks & musicians, all of #CampWithMeg, all here.
Soon the rain stops, leaving the evening cool and restful. @TheAshCheshire & @GraypawnTweets & @MorganBlackhand get the fire going strong again. Someone brought out a harmonica to play with @mnerurkar & @ink_and_stories
It’s not clear who sees it first but then we all do: a rainbow over the end north end of the clearing.
Another good day. Tomorrow, we will clean down to footprints, stack wood for whoever camps here next, and go back restored, even if only a little.
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