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WOW, those certainly are some stunning photos Zurf!  I have some beauties laying around from our camping trips as well, but none as beautiful as those.  I must say, that bald eagle sure is a possible winner (although I love the simplicity of the photo of your godson as well... him and nature, nothing better than THAT)!

It's all very true, how unique and lucky we are to have been placed in this magical place called "earth" where every little atom works together to allow us life.  Don't forget too that without light, we would have no color.... why is the sky blue?  Because it is primarily made of oxygen which refracts blue light (it sure isn't blue at night without light to refract off of it).  The color comes up with the sun!

I think your question is begging for a discussion on religion ... so I'm going to leave that portion of it alone.  I had some other things to say as well, but again they lead to discussions on religion.  Tricky... and interesting at the same time.  Each time a question hasn't been answered scientifically it has been answered religiously.

Reminder to those posting:  "Topics that become arguments over Religion and/or Politics will be closed or deleted."   - have fun with this, just please remember to respect each others different opinions!    And with that... I shall bow out of this discussion for now.

  Ha ha ha!  I was thinking the same things.  Two peas in a pod there you guys are!  What a lovely place to relax though in a nice sun room on the lake.  It makes me wish everything was already in order here so we could just pack up the belongings we love and head south for good!  Thanks for sharing the pictures with us guys!

I go back and forth between my nylon and steel stringed guitars.  Although they're both guitars, to me they are two completely different instruments.  They feel different, they sound different, they look different.  I've always wanted to learn piano too.  As for having the feeling to just jump up and grab one of them and play... ALL THE TIME... I don't know how many times I've been doing something "important" and thought to myself "I'd rather be playing my guitar".  (I need THAT tattoo next I think)

YAY PapaTom!  That's exciting news for sure!  Back into the music field after years as a suit will surely be a nice "relaxing" job for you.  Those sound like some big names to be visiting "The Island" ... although I do recall when I was driving around your area last year, I saw that a lot of the towns do some pretty big things for their locals in the parks.  That's awesome for you.  It sounds like it'll be a blast getting to reconnect with folks you haven't seen in a while.

I had myself "stuck" at a small campfire in the dark.  No chance of seeing music, and can hardly see the fretboard or dots to know what fret I'm on.  Really... all I could see were the strings.  THAT sure made a difference with the "can you play" issue.  I can only play two songs well this way.  I can play a few more without seeing music but need to see my strings.  With music and lyrics then I'm better.  So this weekend before the fire I said something about having my guitar with me.  I was asked, "OH you play??" and I answered... "just a little".  Then my husband chimes in with how great I am, and I stop him and look like I'm just being modest.  Really, there's a lot to be said for those that DON'T play and their opinions (just a little is a lot to someone who plays none or can't get through an entire song). 

So Nomikal... right now my answer is "I play guitar, but just a little".    I guess when I can play a bunch of songs blindly then maybe I'll feel more comfy saying "I play guitar a bit"   and I agree with Roger and Zurf... it won't be until I feel that I'm good enough to possibly get paid to play before I'd say "Heck YEAH I play guitar!"

Hi Roger... congrats on the NGD (new guitar day) with the new Martin.... and the new preamp system.  I don't know anything about the amps, just wanted to hop in and say YAY for you! Happy days!  I'm sure some of the other guys will chime in on their thoughts on amps for you.

Just wanted to stop in and say... WELCOME to the forums Bougie!  There's some discussion on playing songs with two guitarists... one not using a capo and another using a capo... all playing the same thing in the end!  You might want to try that with a song or two you guys both already know!

Steve... the first song I learned to play was "Leaving on a Jet Plane" (3 chords)... Then I learned "Tom Dooley" (2 chords) ... I'm just now moving up to more current songs like "Bubbly".  Oldies are always good!  What you play doesn't necessarily mean you're old (although sometimes I FEEL old, I'd like to believe early 30's is still kinda young )!

That's a nice chart there NELA!  More in depth than mine!  So, on that other thread I also learned that when you capo say an A7 or Am shape lets say on the 2nd fret you're going to get a B7 or Bm ... so just follow that down with the conversion to figure out your minors and 7ths as well!  An E shape capo on the 5th fret is an A... so an E7 shape will be an A7 and an Em shape will be an Am ... sweet huh? 

Detman... think you can figure this out now for your song?  Did this all answer your questions? 

If you're playing the E shape with the capo on the 2nd fret, you were actually playing an F#

I don't know much theory DM... but I just figured this capo stuff out today!  LOL! 
There's a chart here I made up today (along with a link to a more in depth one I found on another site):  http://www.chordie.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=14925

You are right!  Whoopppps!  All that going back and forth between looking at piano keys and thinking of notes and fretboards messed me right up.  I thought something was off with my whole half conversion!  THANK YOU!  Ok... if anyone wants me to fix that, I will and will upload it again.  Otherwise I think I'm printing this puppy as it seems the actual chart end of it is correct (take your black marker out and remember to black out my goof in the whole/half on the bottom and ignore that color change - it's from E-F and B-C ONLY).

What about capos and minors and 7ths? 

Oh... and if anyone wants something bigger - try this out for your printing cheating needs (almost wish I'd have found this sooner - I don't need the chord charts, but it's going into my "theory book" too anyway):  http://www.halfhill.com/cheatsheet.gif

That was far too simple Alvee... now I feel stupid for even saying it... BUT... I could make my own cheat sheet now so I don't have to think so much!  I keep forgetting it's just like a piano keyboard (it's the only way I can remember where those darn notes are!)  THANK YOU! 

I know what I'm going to do today!