Her Royal Highness The Duchess of Cambridge was safely delivered of a daughter at 8.34am.

— Kensington Palace (@KensingtonRoyal) May 2, 2015

The baby weighs 8lbs 3oz.

The princess is the first to be born into the British monarchy in 25 years.

The world has another princess.

What do you think campers? Excited or ambivalent?

Any names guesses? Share them below and the camper closest to the right name, or with the right one, will have bragging rights and a gif party.
 Here are the odds

Alice 7/4
Charlotte 3/1
Victoria 5/1
Elizabeth 6/1
Diana 10/1
Alexandra 14/1
Alexandrina 25/1
Anne 25/1
Catherine 25/1
Eleanor 25/1
Florence 25/1
Frances 25/1
Grace 25/1
Katherine 25/1
Margaret 25/1
Mary 25/1
Rose 25/1
Samantha 25/1
Sarah 25/1

ETA - here they are. pic courtesy of Daily Fail

Feed Your E-Reader

(mostly) weekly campfire

Please post all the fabulous deals you've found this week. And if you pick up a book from a comment inside, please let your fellow campers know you did.

This CF is open to all genres and all book deals.

And don't forget to feed the trees, yeah? 

Happy Birthday to our Taurus' and our Gemini

Our Bulls and Our Twins

May 1-Katinki

May 7-Kell

May 10-Bedelia

May 13-aly513

May 14-Beccad86

May 15-Racheli

May 16-shc92

May 16-sanguinescriptor

May 18-Sri

May 20-LJ Summers

May 25-polstar

May 29-Camilla

If I missed you or you haven't given me your birthday info as of yet, PM me

Avengers is out today!

Also, I think Far from the Madding Crowd comes out today as well.

That being said, what are the films based on not just books, but classic books that you like? Pride and Prejudice, Emma, Jane Eyre...you get it.

(And I know we've done books turned movies before but this time I'm just talking about the classics.)

To make it interesting, let's say, who's your favorite character in a movie?

Mine is currently , well, I don't know come to think of it.

Feeling some deja vu here!

It has come to my attention that today we celebrate the birth of this fine young man.

This is my favorite look of the Irish 50 Shades star.

Show us some of your favorite pics!

Scruffy.

 

Did you know it's the final vote for the  ALPHA MALE MADNESS?

The final is vote is between non other than these two hotties!

I know there is a lot of support for these two in the Forest!

Both Sam and Colin have made a wager on Twitter.

Colin will wear a kilt he loses and Sam pirate liner if he does.

Go Vote here

and then post pics or Gifs or videos of who you voted for!

TV - tell me about your lives on the couch.

Comics - Kingsmen is getting a sequel...i just hope the ending to this one isn't so close and personal as the last one was.

The Weekly Funnies

Good morning campers!! I am posting The Weekly Funnies a day late because I had no Internet for the past couple of days. Our 2 month old router decided to crap out :( Needless to say we are back online - yay! So, without further delay, I bring you this week's funnies!
 

I'm sure all of you have heard of the earthquake that has hit Nepal (and other parts of Asia) last Saturday.

I'm not sure how many of you know, but my dad is from Nepal, so this really is a matter which is very close to my heart.
My whole family and all our closest friends who still live in Kathmandu are safe, but so many others aren't. So many people have lost their homes, so many regions have not yet been reached, even after almost a week.
I'm utterly heartbroken for this country and its people. It's an amazing place, it has a rich culture, warm and welcoming people, stunning architecture and a long history.
Many old temples, some of them dating back to the 11th century, have been completely destroyed by this earthquake.I've stood in those squares, I went to these temples and to think that the next time I'll be in Kathmandu they won't be there is devastating.

I cannot even begin to wrap my head around what these people must have gone through. My dad has been in contact with our family and friends a couple of times and the stories I've been hearing are heartbreaking. My grandmother, a widow in her 70s who lives was too afraid to go back inside her house for days. She's a woman who goes around the neighbourhood each week and brings food and old clothes to people who are less fortunate and I'm thankful that she wasn't completely alone (because a while ago she started to let a family live on the grounds of the house for free).
My uncle has roamed the streets of Kathmandu by himself a day or two after the earthquake and he says that the devastation the city has suffered is hard to imagine.

One of my dad's closest friends is a well-known heart surgeon who's barely at home these days because the hospitals are completely over capacity.
Last weekend my facebook would not stop pinging with notifications of friends and family who used the Safety Check to let everyone know they were safe. We're all so very lucky, I know, but again: many others are not.

Medicine is running low, as are food and clean drinking water. The first signs of epidemics have been sighted because the temperature is high and there's not enough wood in Kathmandu to burn the bodies of the deceased.

I urge you to please donate if you can

Nepal is a poor country, rebuilding the infrastructure and houses will take a long time. Here are some articles and donation information:

Don’t rush to Nepal to help. Read this first

Perseverance and Grace as Nepal Is Turned Upside Down

New York Times: Where to donate

(eta: I deliberately chose pictures that don't show the devastation, but rather some pretty moments I've captured back in 2006 and 2010. I'm sure we've all seen enough horrible pictures of this lately.)

Hi Campers!

It's lovely to see all the old and new faces/avis/screennames around here this past week.

Sorry I've been busy this month--I was out of the country and then sick and then working a lot (for me) to make up for having time off.

Once a month the Bondfire is all about 

Getting to Know You!

Since there was a request for such a CF, I thought I'd put it up for this week.

So here are our questions--our theme is 'The LAST ONE':

1) Screenname/Real Name

2) Post the last pic you took on your phone, preferably of yourself

3) What was your most recent meal?

4) What's the most recent book you've read?  Most recent FF?

5) What's the last movie you've seen?

6) Last text you've sent?

7) What's the last page you were on before clicking on ADF?  What's the last tree you've fed?

8) Last kiss? Fave movie or book kiss?  ;)

9) Last song you've heard?

And finally, 10) What is the last thing that made you smile?

If you're a regular camper, come roast marshmallows with me.  If you're a sometime camper, come roast marshmallows with me.  If you're lurking in those woods, come roast marshmallows with me!  We all started as lurkers at some point.

hi! this campfire has always been super popular in the past, so I thought it was about time it got resurrected. whether you’re on your laptop, phone, iPad, tablet, (some other techno gadget I'm not aware of), set your iTunes to shuffle and post the first 5 songs your speakers spit out.

I'll list mine in the comments so this post doesn't take up the entire page. 

also, I wanted to clear a few things up. I know I’m not always the most active ranger on here in terms of making campfires, but I’m always reading comments, etc, and especially love the WTF campfires, and comment frequently in there if there’s a fic I’m reading (thank you for consistently doing an amazing job with those, shc92). honestly? I usually refrain from making campfires because I don’t want to bore everyone with what I might find interesting. but it seems that’s what the general consensus is around here, the rangers being more active, so I promise I’ll start fires more frequently. also, I know a lot of you have become frustrated, but I can’t help a situation if I’m not made aware of it. I know this is partly my fault, too, as you're not sure if I'm around, but I promise I am, somewhere, and that I don’t bite. so please message me here or on Twitter, and I'll help in any way I can.

Kim x
 

It has come to my attention that today we celebrate the birth of this fine young man.

This is my favorite look of the Scottish hunk Sam Heughan.

Show us some of your favorite pics!

For those unaware, this is the one and only Jamie Fraser from Outlander.

 

I used to go to ADF for all my Twilight information but I've not seen anything about this, or I missed it if it was discussed.  So, are Rob and FKA engaged?  Kristen seems at long last happy, don't you think?

Oh, and there's this too:  Two Vampire Families Unite. 

So, Campers, any thoughts?

Only because there are so many comments on the first CF already, I'm making a new one for an update.

First of all I'd like to thank everyone who has fed a tree or trees, in the last two days the numbers have increased drastically. Second I think we've come to a few conclusions:

• A like button is good for lurkers
• More new Rangers are required, and any who are either not on the site or don't want the Ranger duties should step aside.
• Although it seams people aren't terribly worried about the gift cards, I'll be standing by my word and getting them shortly.
• Batman is awesome, nuff said
• An ADF 101 Page would be an idea.

I have personally spent a HUGE amount of time and effort on this site over the years, most of it behind the scenes and would hate to see it die - which is why when the URL dropped I brought it back as .NET personally immediately. If we can get the ads (trees) numbers up a little more and consistently that will give me the ability to start working on some new things. Though it may not pay for my time completely it will help with any infrastructure etc that is required.

I'd like to open this campfire up for public Ranger nominations

P.S. Something I started about 6 months ago but haven't had too much time to work on as a taste:

Visit on your mobile:

http://adfmobile.dev.galactusit.com/

The people, or at least a select few, have spoken. Welcome to the new campfire, hey batman!

Ask me anything, post a gif, pic, or something. This "speaking in the tone of Rob Sterling from the Twilight Zone" is the campfire of imagination.

I promise you, I don't bite. I kiss the top of batdogs nose every now and then, but I'm a pretty mellow person.

BUT IF THE JOKER IS OUT THERE, BEWARE. Plus I don't like the Riddler, he's so lame, he always gives away what he's going to do in a stupid riddle.

And hey, you're awesome.

We here at ADF are a friendly, helpful bunch!

If you have a request for a type of story or a book,
this is your spot.

If you are unsure about something that has to do with ADF,
ask here.

If you have amnesia about a fic,
this is the place to ask about it!

If you are unsure about something that DOES NOT have to do with ADF,
ask here as well!