My Cabin Rules - Reposted for Friday Foto Friends

To my Friday Foto Friends....This week was kind of crazy and I've already posted all the pictures I took in other posts, so I will have to go back into the archives to find something that strikes my fancy today!  This is an ongoing dream I have (a pleasant dream...not the nightmare that got me the other night!...and by the way, last night I slept like a baby, Praise God...and thank you all for the prayers!)

Anyway, after you read this, please go on over to visit Deb and our other Friday Foto Friends at http://www.jeremiah-2911.com/2017/03/friday-foto-friends-70.html and see what lovely things everyone is posting today!

Originally posted on 9/13/13...and here we are, 2  almost 4 years later...and I'm still wanting to build my own little cabin here in the woods for our guests to enjoy...but it will probably still be a while. But in the meantime, all the other stuff written below still pretty much applies...so read on and dream along with me...and come on out for a visit sometime! If you are brave enough...bring a tent and camp in the yard. Or if you have an RV, bring that and park it in the yard...or camp in the local RV park and campground here in Salt Springs and enjoy all this area has to offer.Click here for details on Salt Springs Recreation Area;  Or Click here for Salt Springs Resort

9/13/13:

This time of year I always get "cabin fever".  No, not in the stuck in the cabin with no place to go trapped and feeling desperate kind of "cabin fever", but the kind of "cabin fever" that yearns and longs to have a cabin to actually go to and become "trapped inside" for the whole autumn and winter...THAT kind of "cabin fever".

Yeah, I've told you about my dream of having a little cabin someday: http://pamelasopenwindow.blogspot.com/2012/10/my-little-secret-hideaway-dream.html...and if you ever go to my Pinterest Page for "Little Cabins, Porches,Swings, Birdhouses, etc.", you will see all of my little dream visions for cabins, porches, porch swings, etc. that I have pinned and drooled over.  It's my favorite little place to go to and at least visualize what I'd love to have in a cabin someday if I ever get the chance.

 One of the cute little signs I discovered on Pinterest is this "My Cabin Rules" sign:

This kind of sums up exactly what I want to do at my little cabin in the woods...and what I would want my guests to do if they ever came to visit.

Actually, there really isn't any reason why we can't do that right here and now. I already live in the woods. My house isn't exactly a cabin, but it is rather 'campy'.  So here's my response to the "Cabin Rules":

1.  Take Time to Relax:  Thankfully I have just recently been able to readjust my work schedule so that I can have Fridays off. I cannot begin to tell you how much that has helped me to relax more. Having that one extra day to be totally unscheduled is the best tonic I've ever taken. Unbelievable how wonderful that is. (I am writing this in the evening of one of my Fridays off...can you tell?)

NOTE 3/10/17:  I HAVE SINCE RETIRED...BUT IT SEEMS LIKE I STILL NEED TO TAKE A DAY OFF NOW AND THEN!  HA HA!

2.  Don't feed the bears:   We do have bears...and we try not to feed them. Sometimes they just help themselves to whatever they can find...like my birdfeeders when I forget to bring them inside before dark...and sometimes in the broad daylight.

3.  Look at the Stars:  Yep, I've done that too. Click this for the story.  The stars are so much brighter here with no city lights to steal the show. 

4.  Feel the cool breezes:  Well...right now it's about 90 degrees in the evening...the cool breezes haven't arrived yet, but I am sitting in front of my fan and it feels pretty cool.  The cool breezes will come...I have felt  wisps of them early in the morning as I take my walk...and even in the early evening....they tease us with the promise of cooler days to come.

NOTE ON 3/10/17:  It's early springtime now, and our mornings and evenings are still fairly cool...not looking forward to those hot summer days at all!!!

5.  Walk in the woods: Here's one special walk in the woods.  (click on link)

This is a picture from my most recent walk in the woods this very morning.
(Don't forget, you can click on each picture to enlarge it for viewing!)

And these little bear tracks are also from my
walk in the woods this morning!

The beginning of the trail today.

6.  Listen to the trees:

I wish you could hear the whispering of these trees in the wind...they really do sound like they are talking to us...

7.  Build Campfires:

Yep!! We do that too.

8.  Discover Time:

 Sit a spell...listen to the birds.

9.  Smell the Fresh Air:

 Early morning sunshine...doesn't get any fresher than that...do you see the angel?

10.  Relish each moment:

I suppose what I have learned in this little exercise tonight is that sometimes the dreams we yearn for are already within our grasp...right in front of us...if we'd just open our eyes and look around. Perhaps we need to recognize the wonder and beauty of what God has already given us...and be thankful for such as we have. Then take that to the next level...and share it with others.  Whether it be a cabin in the woods, or a home in the city...or possibly the ability to share positive and happy things with others...through writing, pictures, baked goods, helping those less fortunate or currently in need of physical assistance due to illness or other kind of discomfort. Using the talents we have to bless those around us in one way or another.  Don't wait until you have everything perfectly lined up...that may never happen. Do what you can now with what you have.  No one is promised tomorrow...live today to the fullest...and share it with someone else.

Yep, those are MY Cabin Rules!  Have a blessed day, my friend.

Wanna go for a walk with me?  Be sure to get here early...wear long pants and

closed toe shoes...bring your camera...and bug spray!

Let's go!!!