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barbaraa July 17 2004, 14:17:44 UTC
Now here in the midwest (USA), we'd worry about a sudden temp drop after hot weather. Tornado set up. :)

We just had some touch down not far from here this past week. Minimal damage this time. The thunder actually woke me up. I think the major clouds stopped right over my house.

I like storms too, especially if they don't come with hail or tornadoes.

Barbara, who wouldn't be caught dead on a nude beach...they'd drag me back to the water, thinking I was a beached whale!

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halimede July 17 2004, 14:32:13 UTC
Over here it's actually mostly the idealistical nudists who organise to make sure there are places like this, and while it's okay to look at people (so as not to trip over them, for example), either staring or stealing appreciative glances are both faux pas. These people who think that bodies are normal and natural and that enjoying nature unencumbered by clothes is important? Not so much preoccupied with filmstar looks, most of them. :) So, not so much a place for people to show of their fit-the-mold bodies, but more a place for fairly geeky people to enjoy the outdoors. A wide range of body types was represented today.

Also, eek! about the temp drop tornado thing. Our weather has been getting stranger. I hope that's not what's in store for us...

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mikz July 17 2004, 18:30:33 UTC
From what I've seen, and this holds true both in California and New South Wales, nude beaches normally attract the kind of people that wouldn't interest people who think there's such a thing as a 'normal' body. OTOH, people who come closer to fitting the so-called mould are more likely found naked in hot springs resorts and the like. The latter is normally harder to get to, which is probably why.

Holland seemed a little different to me. People were generally much less uptight about nudity and hence all the naked-friendly places I went to had pretty much the same types of bodies that people anywhere in the country had. But to me, Holland has less diversity in body type in its population.

Anyhow, that was a lovely read. Thank you. And I'm glad it wasn't one little ant that made you decide to leave. =)

P.S. de gevleugelde kat sounds like it would be a children's book. =)

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halimede July 18 2004, 01:33:45 UTC
de gevleugelde kat sounds like it would be a children's book.

It is. And I don't mean to keep pushing my meandering postings/comments on you, but do follow this link as well. I also talk about 'de zomer van de bluegrass liefde' which is a children's book about a gay romance. I've only read the beginning (I already bought 'de gevleugelde kat' that day), but it's really good, as far as I can tell. :)

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marycrawford July 17 2004, 14:22:11 UTC
Very cool story. And yes, SO reported that today is apparently ant-flying day. Good to know, because we have annual kitchen ants that nothing will stop, and now they've flown the nest.

Mary, who definitely wants to exchange Jo Walton for flying cats :-)

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halimede July 17 2004, 14:36:27 UTC
Have your tried peppermint oil to deter the ants? Probably you have, but I thought I'd mention it. :)

Yay! I'll go read some more then.

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manna July 17 2004, 18:19:08 UTC
I remarked that if you're going to go to the nudist beach, the arm is not the worst place to get bitten. And I was promptly bitten on the bum.

I'm not laughing. Really. It sounds something like the time my grandad told me that as long as I sat quite still, then the wasp *would not* sting me. I was promptly stung on the thigh.

The weather sounds cool, in a weird way. I love thunderstorms.

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halimede July 18 2004, 01:43:57 UTC
Yeah, even when I actively try for angst, it ends up being humor anyway. ;)
And ouch, wasp sting probably hurt more than tiny ant bite.

And the weather was cool, except the pressure just before the storm was so bad both me and the husband felt seasick from it. But it was beautiful to watch the cloud trek across the sky, and the misty, dancing columns of rain in the distance, and the birds trying to fly against the wind, some of them blown of course, some of them hanging in place. I wasn't the only person out on my balcony watching the whole thing. :)

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