This week we are having a

Instructions: Interpret these words as you will. Show us five items on the list, bonus if you get all twelve. The goal is the fun in seeing how different or similar our parts of the world are, or in enjoying each other's interpretations.

1) Sky                                                                     7) Vintage

2) Mailbox                                                             8) Coffee Shop

3) Phone                                                               9) Mural

4) Native plant/tree                                            10) Dark

5) Light                                                                  11) Shadow

6) Water                                                                12) Circle

I'm posting this a bit early (it's not Wednesday here yet) but I hope that you can get pictures in time in case you forgot.  Or, if you're unable to take/post pictures this week, no worries; come join us inside anyway.  I'll be in and out all day because I have to work in the morning and have a few other obligations and meetings later in the day.

Thank you to mabso for this week's great idea!

Next week's Campfire:

Show us your neck of the woods!

Snap some shots of your City/Town or Area and tell us why it would be a great place to visit or live. Bonus for the hidden gems, or off the beaten tourist path pictures.
 

SouthernCharm will be back with another Campfire Cookalong this Sunday! Just in time for Oktoberfest, she'll have us whipping up Stuffed Cabbage and Spaetzle OM NOM NOM!!!!

Inside you will find the ingredient and supply list so you can run to Kroger...er, Food Lion? Publix? King Soopers? Ralphs?...and get everything ahead of time. On Sunday I'll post the recipe early, on account of our non-USA-based campers, and then later in the day SouthernCharm will be on to post instructions and pictures as she goes.

who can't access Tehlemonadestand.net today?  I keep getting the message: "the requested url was not found on this server".  In light of the Fictionators closing up shop recently, I'm getting a little nervous! 

For your consideration:

The (Boston) Red Line
Author: someonessomeone PM
"I've been taking the train every Monday and Thursday night for two months, and for two months, I've been dreaming about a handsome stranger with auburn hair and pale skin, who sometimes wears glasses and sometimes carries a guitar, and who possibly plays the piano… and we've never exchanged words, until tonight."
Follow/FavoriteRated: Fiction M - English - Angst/Drama - Bella & Edward - Chapters: 3 - Words: 4,345 - Reviews: 20 - Favs: 11 - Follows: 42 - Updated: 09-26-13 - Published: 08-31-13 - id: 9648657

I hate to post a CF that is a help question when we have a perfectly good weekly CF for that but 

I'M GOING TO PULL MY HAIR OUT SOON!

I'll post my problem inside with the hope some kind soul can help me

thank you.

p.s. - this is not a matter of real importance

For your time and effort:

A wonderful fic with amazingly sweet Edward who is definitely not the norm...

http://www.fanfiction.net/s/7502401/1/Written-in-the-Stars

EDIT TO CF - PROBLEM SOLVED - THANKS TO ALL FOR THEIR HELP.

Uh, I am beyond angry and want to know if it is me (my computer) or is it happening to everybody. I was posting my nominations for The Twific Fandom Awards. For certain sections they ask you to indicate story, link and copy and paste an excerpt from the fic you want to nominate.It is no longer possible (So I can't paste a wonderful little piece from Alchemilla's An Abridged Account, nor copy it from ADF - it is one of the chapters that refused to be posted here).

I tried to copy from other fics too. No, the lines don't get highlighted, no way. Strangely enough, I can still copy and paste summaries. This is very inconvenient - we often copy and paste bits of stories on campfires, when appropriate. Can you try and see if you can do it? (And in such a case I need to know what I did wrong - Is there a way around it?).

It occurs to me that ff net is making it impossible to copy and paste due to the many cases of plagiarism. Could it be that? Do you know more?

For your time here is a rec: (slashy, AU and gripping, because I don't know what will console Edward)

Cast Aside by EdwardsMate4ever

Summary Carlisle thought he loved the copper-haired boy...until he met a woman who would change their lives forever. Inspired by the music of Rufus Wainwright.

Ah, btw, there is not any tag for fanfic Awards and Contests - there should be one!

Welcome to the Monday Morning Hot Guy Campfire. What better way to start your week than a hot guy?

Every Monday, I'm going to dedicate a CF to the Hot Guy of the Week.The catch? The CF can ONLY be about the current nominated guy. 

We all have different tastes in men, so please don't yuck anyone's yum.If you have a man you'd like to see crowned for the week, PM or hit me up on twitter (@ffcherry) with his name.

~ Don't forget to include a link to your story! ~

We all read fics with different likes and especially different dislikes. There was a recent CF with a similar topic but I want to narrow it down to be difficult.

What's the one, absolute one thing that would or does make you stop reading a fic. Even if you've been invested for chapter after chapter then you come across that one turpentine that makes you just feel sad for being so invested, hate it, have to run away screaming, etc.

The one. I'm serious about that one. No a close second, it's a tie. Nope. Nada. The ONE thing and that's it and why.

For me: vamps in AH. Yeah I know.

Who's Your Laminated Top 5?

So, it's still FFA weekend, right? I needed something fun so here it goes. The question is, "Who is your laminated top 5?"

If you don't know what the heck I'm talking about, this question goes back to an old FRIENDS episode. I don't know the name but it could be:
1. The one with Isabella Rosselini
2. The one with Ross' laminated top 5 list

I had trouble imbedding the YouTube video but here's the link:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1NIBxJgUolw

In the FRIENDS episode, Ross decides to make a list of his top 5 celebrities - you know, the ones where he'd drop whatever and whoever for? It's their top 5 celebrities they would sleep with. So, after watching that episode some years back, the hubs and I decided to name our top 5. We do this every 6 to 9 months or so.

I know, I know...this goes under the weird things you do when you've been married forever. But hey, this is all in good fun! We're also not the jealous types so yeah, that helps.

So, "Who's your laminated top 5?"

Step inside for my list!
 

To those of you caught up in this mess, know that I am thinking of you.

How much snow do you have?

To all my friends in South Dakota, Colorado, Wyoming, and Nebraska: Next time I pray for snow, I will be more specific on where I want it to fall. (Sorry about that.)

Hello --

I know that there are campfires for this, but it's FFA and I think I'll forget my request by Wednesday! I'm looking for a fic where both Bella and Edward get shipped off to a camp....Bella doesn't want to get married to Jacob and Edward doesn't want to be involved with the family business.  I'm pretty sure the camp is located in Australia, and Rosalie owns it.  Also, Emmett is there and tends to blow things up.  If anyone has any ideas it'd be much appreciated. Thanks!

I know it's FFA, but here's a rec of one of my favs:  The Search, by Amber1983.  I love the British boys...

When Bella Swan flees to London to escape her painful and humiliating past her new life is knocked off its axis by her charismatic and ambitious boss, Edward Cullen. Can Ed unravel Bella's secrets and get what he wants without revealing his own demons...and his heart? AH. Britishward.

I'm a high school teacher in the deep south of the USofA, the deepest south.  So far south that we don't have winter. We don't have fall.  We don't have spring.  We just have two seasons: Wet and Dry but always warm to hot temps.

As a result, many of my students have never experienced the change of seasons, especially autumn.  It has been my habit to ask friends who live in the northern US where leaves are changing, to gather some fall leaves, shove them in a box and send them to me around Halloween.  I strew them all over my room and my students get to experience some of what it is like to walk through an autumn forest, the sound, the smells.  I get some apple cider and some cookies, put on some bluegrass music (it's where I'm from) and we enjoy!

So what I'm asking is if there are any of you who would be interested in helping me to please send me a PM.  I will send you a box of Florida sunshine in return. (Either Mineola tangelos or Navel Oranges)

To make this interactive, is there anything that you miss from your childhood that you can't experience now?  It could be because of a move, or just the fact you don't orbit the same places anymore.

ETA:

I didn't want to sound exclusionary but it is illegal to send agricultural products (and leaves would be considered that) across borders.  So, I limited this request to the US.  I thank my Canadian friends from the bottom of my heart for offering to help!

Today's recipe request is a little different than normal. We're looking for HOME REMEDIES! I know nothing about this topic, to be honest. My idea of home remedy stops and starts with homemade chicken soup. 

I know we've got campers out there, however, who can educate us and teach us something new. Some come post your ideas and recipes. Bonus points to anyone who can help me get rid of the combination headache/nausea/dizziness (non-vertigo) that I've been suffering from all day, on this- the first of my four days off work.

Next Saturday we'll be looking at pasta recipes, and on Sunday our own SouthernCharm will be back for another Campfire Cookalong. Be watching for the recipe/ingredient/supply list in the next couple of days!

Previous recipe requests: Soups/stews, Side dishes, Casseroles, Potatoes, Veggies, and Chicken . Make sure you click the heart icon at the top of the campfire so you can always find the links on your favorites list!

My first campfire...I'm a bit nervous! So, I'm returning to fic after a long break. I had a baby about 6 months ago, and now that he's down to only one middle of the night feeding, I feel ready to use my brain again for things other than calculating hours between feedings and navigating Netflix. Which brings me to my fic return. I'm reading through old campfires so I can catch up on what's new, but my break keeps leading me back to my old favorites. I made a list of some I'd like to re-read, and I'm looking for something that at this point, may not even exist...possibably a figment of my sleep-deprived mind. I *think* the fic involves Bella moving to Forks and hiring Edward to fix up her house...Bella sometimes cooks Edward dinner...that's unfortunately all i can remember and the master fic list and several google searches are failing me.  Sound familiar to anyone? Thank you!

Although I don't think I've been living in a cave, I've never heard of this one before: there's an entire genre of Prehistoric Critter Sex?

Evidently this writer, Christie Sims, lives to tell the tale of pterodactyl panting, raptor ravishing and Dino doing.

From her Amazon page:

"Hi! I’m just a plain old, everyday Midwestern girl that lives a normal life. However, while my outward tastes are relatively simple, my inner thoughts are filled with lusty thoughts of big, strong, powerful monsters having their way with beautiful maidens.
Almost all of my stories fall under the Monster Sex genre, and come from the inner desires that spring from my mind."

The monster sex genre? I realize that Edward calls himself a monster - and that there's definitely a mild bit of 'other' kink going on between Edward & Bella - but this takes all the "Is this possible? Can we make love between species really work for us?" to another level.

There's a very funny reading of this particular erotic oeuvre (and many other pieces of fiction) here at Bad Lit Makes the World Go Round.

But I admit I haven't yet braved more than a sampling, so it could be the hottest thing since the discovery of fire.

Any thoughts - or bad '90s bathing suits - to toss into a discussion of huge, horny herbivore fiction?