• diabolicdame said on Jun 26, 2009....

  Ok I could only see half of it with my crappy internet.. but I'm guessing the hammock breaks in end?

• gingersoul said on Jun 26, 2009....

  Moon....i believe God rests in this way on his lazy Sunday afternoon....:-).
  
  I love hammocks... i had one hung inside my home, and another one hung at the master of my sailing boat (the best).
  
  About you question... how many people.....uhmmm....
  Maybe two. Maybe not.
  Definitely two, maybe.
  
  Scoop over. Let me check if i am right....;-)
  

• Me-Myself&I said on Jun 26, 2009....

  *smile* move over Moonriver.... i don't want to do anything too!

• Me-Myself&I said on Jun 26, 2009....

  ok i don't think this hammock is going to hold the three of us....come on Ginger, you too move your butt over. ;~)

• beyondtheveil said on Jun 26, 2009....

  Hammocks hold one...just one.
  
  They weren't made for parties or 'togetherness'.
  
  Hammocks are sublime sleepers, slings for silly snickers at society,
  soft swingers to sully the afternoon with sloth.
  

• the_infernal_optimist said on Jun 26, 2009....

  To be surrounded by all that sunny green...ahh. Cool, moon!
  
  I dunno how many it'll hold, but if y'all ever get your lazy butts out of it, make way for an exhausted mom of three! ;-)
  
  ~Infernal
  

• fragglesrock said on Jun 26, 2009....

  aren't they a bit like a bassinette for an adult? i've never been in one. to tell you the truth i'm a bit frightened of them.  i've seen so many cartoons where the character gets all tangled up...and, well....let's face it, i'm NOT the most graceful thing...also, i do get motion sick. this could be a total disaster.

• moonriver said on Jun 26, 2009....

  hi ddame.
  nope, the hammock doesn't break at the end of the video.
  this particular hammock has withstood years of heavy use (and sometimes, abuse... wink) without breaking at either end or being torn apart in the middle.
  
  hey, i know you're a vegetarian and that your culture isn't a beef-crazy or even pork-crazy one, my friend, but don't worry.
  i won't describe the gory details of how my cousins and i prepared and devoured the meat later on... :-)
  
  hi ginger.
  hammocks represent a very practical solution to a typical problem of people who want a nomadic yet comfortable outdoors lifestlye.
  che guevarra was a hammock enthusiast.
  in one of his books, he even had a drawing of how to quickly set up plastic sheeting to make for dry and warm sleep even in the rainiest rain forest.
  
  and sleeping on a hammock in a sailboat... it's a perfect counterpoint to the sea's motions as well as other man-induced motions, i think.
  uh, ok, lady, you can test this beauty's strength, resilience, and carrying capacity. anytime.
  i know for a fact that it can easily carry two consenting adults.
  
  oh, btw. if god listens to la rejouissance by handel during lazy sunday afternoons, then i think he's got a nice laid-back musical taste.
  perfect for easy listening while swinging gently on a hammock amidst the sleepy summer foliage.
  
  hi me-my!
  for your information, lady, this hammock has been tested to carry three adults, so long as they get on carefully and don't misbehave on board.
  no rambunctious foolin' around, or the hammock will upend and dump us all onto the patio floor! lol
  
  if you're off work this weekend and got nothin' else to do, my friend, then by all means, hop on in, relax for a while, take forty winks if you want, and enjoy the breeze soughing through the bamboo groves.
  don't worry... i promise i won't teach you to ululate or do a tribal dance, like i did during one new year's eve when the girls were with me on this very same hammock.
  
  
  

• MsStar39 said on Jun 26, 2009....

  That hammock looks very comfortable and I want my turn.

• moonriver said on Jun 26, 2009....

  hi beyond.
  well, my friend, i have to wear my engineer's hat at this point, and insist that this particular hammock can easily carry 290 lbs.
  (that's the combined weight of sophie and me, if you get what i mean, and i think you do... :-)
  
  and when jiggy and the girls were younger, each time they saw sophie and me sweetly intertwined on this hammock, they'd get envious, almost jealous.
  they'd insist that they wanna climb in too.
  with pillows and blankets even!
  so add maybe 60, 80 lbs to the 290.
  
  at first i was worried that the ropes would snap or the netting would rip.
  but they're made of tough polyester fiber.
  the type used in parachute cords.
  they held... :-)
  anyway, i rather liked your poetic last lines, so rich in s-sounds.
  hammocks are also superb stoppers vs slithering slimy snakes... :-)
  
  hi infernal.
  green's the dominant color theme of the surrounding garden and trees and vines and caterpillars and crickets and frogs and... even the mossy stone walls (not seen clearly in the video).
  i agree, the green adds to the coolness of the hammock, and anyone swinging on it.
  
  well, i've logged in lots of flying hours on that thingie, my friend.
  so i will graciously get off and give you my space.
  i think your baby will like sleeping on your bosom as the hammock sways to a brahms lullaby... :-)
  
  hi frags.
  this one's a bit tricky since it's made of soft but tough netting, which adjusts to the contours of the person/s riding on it.
  yup, you could easily fall into embarrassing, cartoon-like entanglements if you're not careful.
  
  but there are many other good hammock designs and materials.
  i've seen (and slept on) some really big family hammocks made of woven rattan or bamboo that are more stable, and can comfortably accommodate two adults or 4, even 5 small kids.
  like a basinette for adults, as you said.
  it looks something like this, or this, only wider.
  
  there's even this native bowl-like hammock, also made of woven rattan, that's suspended from a horizontal bamboo pole fixed to a post of the house.
  this setup creates a gentle up-and-down motion--a perfect baby's cradle.
  in some indigenous territories i've been too, this is the usual sleeping platform for small children.
  
  c'mon, frags, hop on in!
  this hammock won't give you motion sickness at all... :-)
  
  

• moonriver said on Jun 26, 2009....

  hi msstar.
  once you've settled onto the hammock, with its edges curled up snugly against your left and right sides, i'm sure you'd be very comfy, my friend.
  no danger at all of falling off it, even if it swings in a wide arc while you sleep.
  
  let's see, i have an extra hammock that i can easily rig up on other beams on the far side of the patio.
  but that's the favorite lounge spot of my dogs.
  i'm not sure they'd like the intrusion.
  so you'll have to befriend them first... :-)
  
  

• MsStar39 said on Jun 26, 2009....

  Sleep on the extra hammock in the dogs favorite spot, I don't think so. I'm outta here.

• diabolicdame said on Jun 26, 2009....

  I can imagine the details, dont worry.. hehe.. I have plenty of carnivorous closed ones! lol.. and I'm glad the hammock stayed.. would've been a shame had it not! It looks too comfy to waste! 

• Lucytorial said on Jun 26, 2009....

  Okay you can ALL get outof the fucking hamock! its my turn.

• wombat said on Jun 26, 2009....

  Very cool video!  I have a hammock, all rolled up somewhere, in the shed, I think.  But back home I had it strung out between two trees at the top of a hill. 

  Never tried the combined weight thing, though.  Tee Hee, you devil!  (we did try the porch swing, which broke midstream, landed on his foot, and I was just laughing till I realized my weight was causing him severe pain!)

  Enjoy your upcomming adventures----the trip and the slaughter party?  If I read that right.

• moonriver said on Jun 26, 2009....

  please stay msstar.
  i didnt mean it that way, and the dogs are really well-behaved...
  tell you what. i'm alone again at the hammock this morning, and it's definitely spacious enough for both of us.
  oopsa-daisy, there ya go. comfy enough? :-)
  
  hi again ddame.
  like i told mrbeyond, that contraption has an immense carrying capacity.
  but i had wanted to talk about my cousins.
  it always happens, this distraction. i wonder why?
  i'll be doing this or that task... then the enticing hammock comes into my field of vision... bam!
  i literally fall for its swaying charms again, haha.
  
  psst. lucy. don't be so bossy.
  it's your turn, ok, so what are you waiting for? hop right in.
  but don't call my hammock a fucking hammock, you hear?
  it conjures up a deliciously distracting image in my mind, about a certain rigorous form of gymnastics... ;-p
  
  btw everyone.
  today's the 1st death anniversary of my mother, so there's another big clan gathering in my old home city.
  we have a native term for this occasion.
  it literally translates as "lifting off" or "throwing away."
  
  today my kinsfolk will throw away the (formerly mandatory) one-year veil of mourning.
  we can now let the happy memories of mama flow through our hearts once more, minus the pall of grief.
  
  

• moonriver said on Jun 26, 2009....

  hi wombat.
  between two trees at the top of a hill is the best location, imho.
  combined weights or otherwise.
  you know, like in the jack and jill story.
  not to get a pail of water, but maybe to get a day of laughter.
  
  whether it's a hilltop hammock or porch swing, however,
  just take care, my friend, that jack doesn't fall down and break his crown
  and that jill doesn't come tumbling after... :-)
  
  i came back from the trip two days ago, so the slaughter party is over now, but i hope the adventures are worth another blog or two.
  thanks for dropping by, wombie.
  
  

• phoeby said on Jun 26, 2009....

  ahhh, love the idea of hammocks. i've never ever been in one though! how relaxing it looks. 
  
  
  nice toes btw.

• moonriver said on Jun 26, 2009....

  hi phoeby.
  you've never been in a hammock???
  i absolutely advise you to get one ASAP, my friend.
  preferably a huge woven-rattan type, a stable and sturdy one, that a certain boy will certainly try out like a trampoline.
  i guarantee hours of fun and relaxation!
  
  oh. my toes in the video, you mean.
  it's a little blurred and sleazy, but i was vigorously wiggling them at one point.
  i guess it got cut in the editing.
  shoulda been my way of saying hi... :-)
  
  

• wombat said on Jun 26, 2009....

  Glad that's all that "Jack" broke!   Thanks, moon. 

• hotaka said on Jun 26, 2009....

  I had to watch only. No sound here on this computer but the subtitles helped. So that is your hammock, eh? That's your neighbourhood I can see in the background? I enjoyed getting this live glimpse of your life and reading about your upcoming blood bath event (heh-heh). I hope the meat was as good as you imagined.

• lfbno7 said on Jun 26, 2009....

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• gingersoul said on Jun 26, 2009....

  Moon....yes, i knew about Che's passion for hammocks.....being the nomadic rebel he was....:-)
  
  That hammock on the sailboat was perfection....at night, when the boat was barely lulling on the water, the hammock would gently rock from right to left, and back...
  
  Sometimes it would stay still....
  I loved to watch the starry sky in that great silence when the others would already fall asleep... a blanket wrapped around my body to protect me from the humidity of the night ...
  
  I saw more than a falling star laying on that hammock.....   
  

• queenparanoia said on Jun 26, 2009....

  that looks so relaxing mr werewolf!!! and can you send me some meat so i can babrecue it??? lol... ;-)

• CreativeWoman said on Jun 26, 2009....

  I think I would pass on the hammock.  As my best friend who has known me many years would say, "CW, you and that equal an accident waiting to happen."  :-)
  
  Have fun.
  
  CW
  

• moonriver said on Jun 26, 2009....

  ok, so, let's see... where were we?
  just got back from a family visit to my parents' grave.
  i'm uploading the pics now.
  wanna see them? of course you do, you.... :-)
  do i want you to see the pics?
  yup, at least one or two.
  later, after we finish with the clan's big lunch and dinner.
  
  yup, wombie. tell your "jack" that there's a technique of falling down and tumbling after that's safe and sane for every bone concerned... ;-p
  
  hi hotman!
  glad you could watch only, otherwise if you join in, seeing as how hot you are among the sc female crowd, i'm afraid a stampede and utter chaos would ensue... ;-p
  yup, you're looking at my hammock, my feet, plus a small glimpse of my backyard and neighborhood.
  the sound is a short clip from handel's la rejouissance, nothing more.
  
  the bloodbath is over, my friend.
  total casualties: a cow, 5 hogs, maybe a dozen chicken, a tubful of fresh river fish.
  i brought home a whole leg of native ham.
  my older son miggy loves native ham!
  only 1 recorded case of indigestion among maybe 200 marathon eaters.
  yup, the meat tasted as delicious as i imagined in my wettest dreams... ;-p
  
  hi lenny, the right answer is 2 consenting adults, comfortably, and a menage a trois, very carefully.
  i will allow four simultaneous riders, but i'll require air travel insurance for that kind of arrangement.
  
  

• MsStar39 said on Jun 26, 2009....

  Moon you have talked me into it, I will stay and get my turn.
  That meats sounds delicious, you all enjoy your time together.
  

• moonriver said on Jun 26, 2009....

  hi again, ginger.
  
  to tell you the truth: when i posted this blog, the video of the swaying hammock was merely intended to provide an interesting background for the update (my planned trip) being flashed as captions. i didn't expect that most if not all of the comments would focus on the hammock itself.
  
  maybe it has such an emotional, or psychological, impact because we associate the hammock with one of our most intimate and vulnerable moments -- that of sleeping in the open, protected and yet surrounded by the pristine forces of nature.
  
  the nearest experience i have similar to yours is sleeping on hammock-like berths on the outer decks of passenger ships, which is somewhat different because the drone of the engine always drowns out the natural soft slapping of the waves.
  i've never slept on a hammock in a schooner or yacht out on bluewater.
  but a man can dream, can't he?... ;-p
  
  hi queenie!
  dang, girl, everything's been consumed by now.
  including the pata trasera of native ham that i brought back... :-)
  when i left my cousin's place, they were still smoking the ox's head.
  gives me a mix of terror and wonder what culinary magic they will use to turn that fearsome head into some delectable dish.
  maybe you could tag along if i go on another trip to that territory next year?
  
  hi cw.
  well, my friend, just tell me when.
  you will always be welcome to try it out, and i'll be there to make sure that no accidents happen...
  unless both of us intend something to accidentally happen! lol
  
  

• ABOVE_TOP_SECRET said on Jun 26, 2009....

  One only.

• moonriver said on Jun 26, 2009....

  msstar, i'm so glad it's your turn.
  and i hope you enjoy the ride!
  
  kinfolk have started to arrive, and as usual, i'm flitting through and around the kitchen, picking or sipping on tidbits of this and that, teasing my dozens of nephews and nieces, and generally making a party nuisance of myself.
  but the prayers and other formalities will start at 4 pm, still a good 1 1/2 hrs from now.
  so here i am, making a nuisance of myself at sc, haha.
  
  hi topsecret.
  for everyone's peace of mind, i agree:
  one couple only, total gross wt 350 lbs.
  
  or strictly for one person only, as it applies to you.
  lemme guess your weight...
  noooo that would be too horrifying to contemplate. lol
  
  

• hotaka said on Jun 27, 2009....

  Well, the hammock was a good idea (@ your comment to ginger). It was interesting to see where you live a bit. Nice that you changed the view too from time to time. Creative work! Glad you enjoyed the chow down on our animal brothers and sisters. When they are cooked just right I love them too!
  
  Uh... did you use Kikkoman sauce?
  

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• Weird_World said on Jun 27, 2009....

  hey moonriver,
  i havent been been around here for a long time, just logged in for some reason and saw your blog on the redirect page, so decided to drop a hey...how you been??
  amazin blog, short n sweet... :-) 
  and thanks for you know what, i hope...
  
  
  
  

• CreativeWoman said on Jun 27, 2009....

  I guess we wouldn't notice if we fell out of the hammock if we planned to for something to accidentally happen.  :-)
  
  CW
  

• moonriver said on Jun 27, 2009....

  hotman, thanks for the kind words!
  it means a lot to me, coming from a much more experienced photographer like you.
  nope, kikkoman sauce isn't available in that corner of the hinterlands.
  but we did use a local brand of soy sauce, that was good enough, i guess... :-)
  
  hi ruth, how were you able to track me down to this site?
  i thought we agreed earlier to cool it for a while, because i can't keep up with your insatiable sexual appetite? (god knows i tried! lol)
  
  hi weird world, i'm jumping with joy to read you here!
  oh, i'm doin okay, my dear friend... considering the signs of the times.
  i miss your memory-dump type of blogs. write a piece or two, will ya?
  i sure know what, and i'm the one who should say thanks!
  
  psst, cw. i knew you'd quickly get the underlying idea... ;-p
  
  
  

• Lucytorial said on Jun 27, 2009....

  But moon, it is a delicious thought though... a fucking hammock? ever tried it? you can get up a really nice swing going.
   
  (how many double meanings can one put in a sentence!) LOL

• kruuyai said on Jun 28, 2009....

  "As long as there are slaughterhouses, there will also be battlefields." - Leo Tolstoy

• phoeby said on Jun 28, 2009....

  well i have lots of trees to hook it to now, so perhaps it's not out of the question. 
  
  
  Moonman, if i do, (and I actually get to swing on it), i will think of you and your toes :)
  
  
  
  

• Weird_World said on Jun 28, 2009....

  hey moonriver,
  tried a memory-dump kinda blog...really couldn't think of anything...so i decided to do a mundane and boring one my usual kinds...was kinda twitching to write something i guess :-)
  anyways nice to ciya around...and take care...
  WW
  

• gingersoul said on Jun 28, 2009....

  Kru-Kru..."As long as there are pigs there will be succulent meals"....
  
  Sorry, couldn't resist.....:-D.
  

• UnicornForm said on Jun 30, 2009....

  4 , hammocks hurt my butt

• moonriver said on Jul 03, 2009....

  lucy, no one has ever tried to fuck with me in my jungle hammock, despite my m16 (or is it because of my m16?) always beside me, cocked and ready to fire.
  
  

  kruu, that observation has been sadly true in the past because of livestock-raising as a land-hungry industry, which in turn has fueled wars.

  but i still hope the two could be delinked in the future.

  i can't live without beef, pork and goat meat.

  
  

  phoeby, i'd love to see you swing among the trees, like me. 

  (i mean in a hammock, not brachiating like a simian among the branches.)  

  my toes are not my sexiest feature.

  still, i'm happy you've developed a sort of focus on 'em... :-)

  
  

  wired girl, always a great day when i read something you posted.

  notice any beth song lurking in some post today? ...;-p

  
  

  ginger, i agree. succ-ulent is a good choice of word, coming from you.

  
  

  unicorn, four means you're more audacious than me. 

  well, don't hesitate, just hop right on in, and we'll test if these fornicating parachute cords will hold well.

  
  

• kruuyai said on Jul 03, 2009....

  muun: There's a difference between "can't" and "don't want to."  ;-)

• gingersoul said on Jul 03, 2009....

  Kruu......i think you are knocking at the wrong door....lol....

• moonriver said on Jul 03, 2009....

  kruu, i think i'm somewhere in between "can't" and "don't want to."
  i can subsist on non-meat sources of protein, yes.
  my culturally-shaped eating and digestion patterns will probably fall into chaos, though, and will take some time before they recover.
  i'm up for the challenge, though, if the campaign to eschew meat becomes a collective public effort.
  
  
  ginger, sometimes it's good to knock at the wrong doors.
  serendipity, you know.
  what or who opens the door may be enlightening or pleasantly surprising in unexpected ways.
  especially if she's in an interesting state of deshabille... ;-p
  
  

• Lucytorial said on Jul 03, 2009....

  now if I came across you in the jungle with your rifle cocked and ready to fire, do you think I would be scared or do you think I'd try and fuck with you in your hammock!
  
  ((You said it baby))

• gingersoul said on Jul 03, 2009....

  Oh, was it you tapping at my door earlier?
  
  Sorry, I was taking a sonnellino .....in deshabille......it's so hot here in Texas.....;-p

• kruuyai said on Jul 05, 2009....

  muun:  Well, your elimination process goes through a change, that's for sure..lol.  I know what you mean about being willing to do it if it's a public effort.  I've been living in some real meat-eating societies lately and it's hard enough to find nutritional alternatives in the market (you need more than just fresh fruit and veggies... you need the right ones), much less in  a restaurant.  That's one reason (of many) that I may end up at Tamera instead of Damanhur.  They're a vegetarian community, and I need the support and knowledge of other people who are on the same track.
  
  ginger:  :P
  

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