Kamp Huuwanahokalugee

I am often in wonder at the plethora of company that comes to visit my little shack in the woods.

My Beloved came for another visit. How blessed am I? She has been here twice this year already, no small trip for her!
She is the best kind of company, the kind that doesn’t need to be shown about, taken here or there, doesn’t have to go out to dinner every night, loves my strange ethnic cooking , doesn’t need me to do her laundry or clean up after her as if I was the maid. She is most content to sit on the rocking chair and listen to the birds, bees and wind in the trees. She is capable of wandering in the woods or through the labyrinth with out my consent or company.
She likes to watch me throw pottery, and adds her insights and recommendations to form and function and laughs at my sarcasm when it comes to “dull and boring”.
She even condescended to trying her hands in the mud, and with warmth and chortles tells me ‘dirty’ is so NOT her thing.
The glass however did catch her caprice, and she made a most beautiful piece! She was fearless in the face of all those sharp edges and strange tools! It was a delight to see the sun catching her masterpiece in my kitchen window until she left with it.
Being partial custodian to a nature preserve near by, she, with our entourage in tow, was a wonderful sport as we walked along picking up litter and making notations of where the beavers had made the trails impassable. I was quick to learn, however, that when I started waxing verbose on the differences between Solomon seal and Jacob’s ladder, it was with a wasted breath. She gets the same look in her eyes that the kids do when I am trying to explain the origins, medicinal and other intrinsic values of the local flora and dendrology. ( envision glazed over eye rolling)
It was late one evening when we were sitting at a roaring bonfire that the epiphany was shared.
She has explained that my home is like summer camp.
There are the crafts…
The nature walks…
The canoe trips…
The bonfires…
The feeling of being away from civilization…
The good company of friends and the general relaxation.
So we have officially named this home
KAMP HUUWANAHOKALUGEE
I personally think it’s a great name, I am working on the logo, I think it should be three monkeys..or maybe three turtles…
So, the reason I have so much company is because my home is really a summer camp in disguise! Who would have thought!
(certainly not my kids! )