tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post2804952645864031679..comments2023-12-27T22:26:20.552-05:00Comments on synch-ro-ni-zing: Pre-Farm Day: Fun & GamesRuthhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-8514740315309308732010-08-09T05:11:55.337-04:002010-08-09T05:11:55.337-04:00Some games, Ruth, are downright addicting, so you ...Some games, Ruth, are downright addicting, so you may not want to get too ready for them if you have other things you want to do. :) When I'm with the kids, we play Spades non-stop...and the time flies. Astrid and I have already decided that when we're there in October, she will play games with Nicholas on his Play Station 2 or Nintendo, because that is HER kind of games, doing them with Jeroen as he grew up. While the two of them play nearby, the 4 of us will play Spades, which will solve the "extra person" problem. It will make a good solution...and everyone will be doing what they love. <br /><br />BTW, what did Dad do??? Did he ever play at anything? Maybe Mom made up for him! Actually, I remember teaching them Othello and saw them get addicted to it. Do you remember that... after all the kids had left the nest and they were retired!Ginnie Harthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14014434422568561157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-21647890694202208362010-08-08T01:41:18.385-04:002010-08-08T01:41:18.385-04:00"To write well is to think clearly..." ..."To write well is to think clearly..." how true. Not only that, your first photo seems to reveal that to take a good picture, you need to think deeply and aesthetically... such a beautiful photo, Ruth. I just love the interplay of light and shadows and the mood it conveys. As for games, i'd a few, but nothing as natural and freeing as those played in the open field on the farm.Artihttp://rippleeffects.wordpress.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-13208512389734184442010-08-05T15:58:45.265-04:002010-08-05T15:58:45.265-04:00Farm day sounds like such fun! If I lived in your...Farm day sounds like such fun! If I lived in your neighborhood, I'd want to join in.<br /><br />**And your insight always floors me, especially this:<br /><br />"Recently, as I’ve focused more on writing, my mind has gotten more limber."<br /><br />So true. The only regret I have is that I didn't continue writing every single day of my life (I stalled out in college & thereafter in my early mothering years). <br /><br />Writing daily --or as often as possible-- is necessary for writers. I really don't think there's any other way around it. <br /><br />My words are more lithe when I write write write. It's work, writing. But I'm smitten by it, still.*https://www.blogger.com/profile/06484208765656281917noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-18844848705477900842010-08-05T12:24:05.185-04:002010-08-05T12:24:05.185-04:00Farm Day what a lovely tradition - with all the ga...Farm Day what a lovely tradition - with all the games and conversation! My home was full of games too - that was what you did on Sunday afternoon before the roast went in! My mom still assists me with crossword puzzles and we call her when we can't remember one of the rules to canasta!caroldianehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10429725816415998564noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-55631425707600316342010-08-05T10:18:25.637-04:002010-08-05T10:18:25.637-04:00Someday, when I see you again, I would like to lea...Someday, when I see you again, I would like to learn to play double deck euchre! Poor me- no one in the great wild west knows euchre, and when you try to teach them, they just don't have the skills. <br /><br />When I stayed with G'ma & G'pa, we always had a bowl of ice cream together and played UNO before bed. <br /><br />My mother-in-law, Shauna, loves to play games. She and I pick up all the newest games and play them when we get a chance. She's an artist, so when we get together for lunch, we always grab the childrens menu and have a coloring contest. Then the waiter(ess) has to judge for us!Mrs. SwedeHarthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02325031538028090643noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-45957170016266246852010-08-04T17:05:34.875-04:002010-08-04T17:05:34.875-04:00Marcie, you make a very good point. Games force yo...<b>Marcie</b>, you make a very good point. Games <i>force</i> you to live in the moment. They could be zen practice!<br /><br />(Living in that barn you posted with two Adirondack chairs in Maine could get me meditating too.)Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-62998520073442772742010-08-04T17:03:27.351-04:002010-08-04T17:03:27.351-04:00Hello there, Bella. You know, I type the wrong wor...Hello there, <b>Bella</b>. You know, I type the wrong word with the same sound ALL THE THYME. I hope you'll enjoy the yoga, something I have done only a little but think I would really enjoy, for many reasons.<br /><br />It sounds as though only half the expected group will be coming this year to our Farm Day festivities, which is disappointing. But I hope the quality of fun will not suffer with a smaller population.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-25725428902934839492010-08-04T07:53:04.815-04:002010-08-04T07:53:04.815-04:00Somehow games were never a part of my growing up y...Somehow games were never a part of my growing up years..but I learned a new appreciation for them thru my husband and raising our kids. There is something about them that simply takes you out of the here and now. Just good fun!!!Marciehttp://www.marciescudderphotography.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-89056037509309260472010-08-04T07:11:51.522-04:002010-08-04T07:11:51.522-04:00Ruth,
"To write well is to think clearly.&quo...Ruth,<br />"To write well is to think clearly."<br /> <br />Oh, my goodness. In a recipe I just posted, I wrote flower about three times when I meant flour. Recently, my mind is only limber when it chooses. As for my body, I will begin a yoga class tomorrow. This is a first for me. My flexibility has gone out the window, but I'm hoping this will retrieve some of it.<br /><br />I'm not much of a game player either but Farm Day sounds like loads of fun. How wonderful that you and Don do that for your family and friends. Enjoy!<br />BellaBella Rumhttp://culdesacchronicles.wordpress.com/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-30457082789708465872010-08-04T05:51:41.455-04:002010-08-04T05:51:41.455-04:00OK, DS, suddenly I feel cheated. My mother is not ...OK, <b>DS</b>, suddenly I feel cheated. My mother is not here to defend herself either. How come a'a is legal in Scrabble if other apostrophied words aren't? Hmmmmm.<br /><br />:DRuthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-81587105251959764072010-08-04T05:48:45.465-04:002010-08-04T05:48:45.465-04:00Oh yes, Oliag, I forgot, Don put a horseshoe pit i...Oh yes, <b>Oliag</b>, I forgot, Don put a horseshoe pit in the orchard a couple summers ago. We had a volleyball net up for years, but no one played. I think no one wants to sweat at Farm Day, so we just play the polite games. I wonder if there is a way to play extreme croquet? I know my nephews Todd and Paul play a mean game of ping pong.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-89208112331073234742010-08-04T05:44:14.443-04:002010-08-04T05:44:14.443-04:00Babs, oh that is sad indeed. Once I played in the ...<b>Babs</b>, oh that is sad indeed. Once I played in the mother-daughter softball game for my daughter's league. I practiced with Don and got pretty good at hitting the ball. When the game came, I swung too early and ran to first base. Not only was I out, I pulled the quadriceps in my legs so bad that I limped for a month.<br /><br />I guess it wasn't a 10-year-old who invented Shuffleboard and horseshoes, eh?Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-88777327367607499302010-08-04T05:38:42.854-04:002010-08-04T05:38:42.854-04:00Elizabeth, French cricket sounds elegant, I never ...<b>Elizabeth</b>, French cricket sounds elegant, I never knew there was such a game. Maybe I should bring it to the farm, as much as I love Paris.<br /><br />It's so lovely to see you and your Marrakesh blog again. Talk about elegant.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-87004460687068168562010-08-04T05:22:56.225-04:002010-08-04T05:22:56.225-04:00Wowee, rauf, my head is spinning from watching Kho...Wowee, <b>rauf</b>, my head is spinning from watching Kho-Kho, I would get lost in Nepal somewhere. But they are SO cute playing it! :D<br /><br />After you said carrom, I asked Don if he had played it, and he said and reminded me what the game was like. I hadn't looked at the youtube yet. Then as he described it, I remembered seeing it, but I think I never played it. I love the board itself, it is very nostalgic. Don said he saw one at a yard sale recently for $1. I wish he had gotten it!<br /><br />Oh, we play foursquare too, which is such a simple game of bouncing a ball in the right square. Lesley and Peter love it.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-16999880926394515712010-08-04T05:10:46.463-04:002010-08-04T05:10:46.463-04:00Shari, now that is a great description of why you ...<b>Shari</b>, now that is a great description of why you like bowling - you liked it because you didn't have to catch anything. :D I'm pretty good at catching. It's the throwing part that is bad bad bad. In my mind I know exactly what I want my hand to do, but my hand only does that bidding maybe 20% of the time. I'm with you, it's fun watching games.<br /><br />Your mom sounds great!Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-71747794087373581442010-08-04T05:02:57.088-04:002010-08-04T05:02:57.088-04:00Hi, Todd! Oh I wish I could say "gooodieee&qu...Hi, <b>Todd</b>! Oh I wish I could say "gooodieee" - but all I can say is "aaggghhhh!" like Kevin in "Home Alone." :)Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-86515963012651177942010-08-04T05:00:57.015-04:002010-08-04T05:00:57.015-04:00Pauline, that's pretty ingenious of you. I am ...<b>Pauline</b>, that's pretty ingenious of you. I am pretty good a word games, but I am sandwiched between a mom who was better, and a husband who is better. Oh well, it's fun playing anyway.Ruthhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14204074161539605133noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-71599636362714267202010-08-04T00:49:32.348-04:002010-08-04T00:49:32.348-04:00Yes, a'a is a kind of lava (board games were b...Yes, a'a is a kind of lava (board games were big in our house growing up, and here also, until...I don't know). Croquet, horseshoes, volleyball, badminton, and "invisible man" baseball all played out on the lawn.<br /><br />Enjoy the vastness and beauty of your bounty--vegetable and familial!!dshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07616750784052488695noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-8937877951149443772010-08-04T00:28:23.793-04:002010-08-04T00:28:23.793-04:00Your Farm Day sounds like so much fun!
Growing up...Your Farm Day sounds like so much fun!<br /><br />Growing up we played very unstructured games...at family picnics we would play croquet and bocce and horseshoes and kickball and kick the can and hide and seek...but the rules were never very strict...and still I was never very good at them. Nowadays my kids always seem to start a game of Spud...Never heard of Corn Hole!<br /><br />I'm so out of shape right now it is frightening!GailOhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09556665956317683667noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-58926099264004634712010-08-03T18:34:12.961-04:002010-08-03T18:34:12.961-04:00I definitely grew up playing games. It started wit...I definitely grew up playing games. It started with games like marbles, conkers and Five Stones when I was very young, then progressed into Rounders, Netball, bowling and any other game available. I have always been a keen games player, but sadly I can't participate in most any more. The day I realized that I couldn't run around competing any longer was a very sad day for me.<br /><br />The sand bag game looks like one I could still enjoy though.Babs-beetlehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10309239308633895951noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-44662454238393979672010-08-03T15:32:12.666-04:002010-08-03T15:32:12.666-04:00Do hope your family games day will be an amazing s...Do hope your family games day will be an amazing success.<br /><br />LOVE the throw the bean bag throught the hole thing.<br />I remember:<br />Scrabble with my father<br />and poker and vingt-et-un<br />French cricket at school....<br />and on the beach in the summer<br />trying to get Granny to run into the sea to catch a ball<br />My mother was rather boring -- saying<br />"Oh, well, darling, I'll play if you REALLY want me to."<br />Who wants to play a game with someone who is not madly keen to win?<br />So many memories. Love your blog.Elizabethhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03964291132366262298noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-24093019539657682012010-08-03T09:33:33.296-04:002010-08-03T09:33:33.296-04:00many subjects pending Ruth one of them is rural sp...many subjects pending Ruth one of them is rural sports in India, most of them dying. i remember my sisters playing Billa, you don't need much space, draw 6 rectangles and hop on one foot on each rectangle. it was all girls game. Gilli Danda is all boys game, no equipment just a long and a short thick stick, very interesting games<br />Kho-Kho is another fast paced game for children<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YHnHDFM7eH0&NR=1<br /><br />and many many indoor games played by old ladies<br />which don't need any equipment. <br /><br />This time please add a carrom board for farm day Ruth<br /><br />http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vp2CnAQ4WRk&NR=1<br /><br />children love it, the problem is they refuse to get up and leave the board.raufhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14069291890495563749noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-46270188752942040442010-08-03T07:50:49.361-04:002010-08-03T07:50:49.361-04:00My mother and my brother loved games. Scrabble and...My mother and my brother loved games. Scrabble and Trivial Pursuit were two of their favorites. They were very good and very competitive. My mom taught us kids and the grandkids to play Poker, too, and she tolerated no stretching of the rules for even the youngest child. I love to watch my family play games and sports even though I do not play anything. I was nearsighted as a child and would not wear my glasses. Hand and eye coordination just never happened. Well, I did get into bowling for a while. I liked it because I didn't have to catch anything. Anyway, thank God for games. They added a lot to my mother's life and that old Scrabble game is sacred to my kids even though we never play it. I enjoy Sodoku now and then and I have learned to love watching football. Happy Farm Day!Sharihttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13842711799199331211noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-47336675347620313202010-08-03T07:14:00.913-04:002010-08-03T07:14:00.913-04:00Ruth,
With that dexterous mind of yours, I look fo...Ruth,<br />With that dexterous mind of yours, I look forward to the opportunity to teach you and Don double-deck euchre this weekend! A game of actual strategy and daring that I think you might enjoy. We'll see!<br />Can't wait to see you!<br />Love!Toddhttp://www.flesh-and-bone.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21312708.post-4296104691182816052010-08-03T07:10:22.179-04:002010-08-03T07:10:22.179-04:00Love the idea of Farm Day reunions and lots of gam...Love the idea of Farm Day reunions and lots of games (Go, Don!).<br /><br />I grew up in a game-loving family. Because i am not a natural athlete, I made up games for my siblings and I to play so that, though I did not shine at neighborhood baseball games, I could best them all at word games :)Paulinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14555472024981357622noreply@blogger.com