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I always worry about our old regulars, and it's great when they call in, but it must be over a year since Dave DC50 was last here, and he's no longer even a member
The last time I heard from Dave, he and his wife were both expecting test results, and were worried about them. That's not something I've previously shared here, since it was private, but now seems the right time to. I hope that both of them are well, and enjoying life. And that Dave has a Lambsfoot in his pocket
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Sad to read that about Dave, Jack.
Speaking of "old regulars", I've come crawling back after not posting in this thread during August, September, and October!
I've been keeping up with the thread by reading it most days during that time, but I just had my "Mute" button on.
I still don't have a lot to say, but I picked some semi-random posts that I thought were interesting from my hiatus to respond to below.
Good Morning Guardians
I'm taking Skoll out for his weekly walk...
I was surprised to see that this post from early August was the next to last one that John posted in the Guardians thread! Of course, he had a lengthy experience carrying the same non-lambsfoot knife every day for about 6 weeks. I also noticed that Harvey
@cigarrodog hasn't posted here or anywhere on BF since about the end of July.
Dwight, it's wonderful to see that you've returned during my posting absence!!
I'm enjoying all your grand lambsfoot knives and the amazing photos of them you've been posting. I wanted to single out this photo because it put me into a time machine!
I put in a lot of hours on a Farmall H just like that when I was a kid. For many years back on the farm, our "big" tractor was a Farmall M (eventually replaced by a Case 630 when I got into high school I think) that was used for mowing hay, towing the baler and wagon, planting corn, picking corn. I often drove the H for raking hay, transporting loads of bales back to the barn where a brother and I put them up in the barn, then returned the empty wagons to the hayfield, lather/rinse/repeat "until the cows came home" and had to be milked.
A quiet day here at Woodchuck Manor.
That's a quiet day I could enjoy, Dave!
Superb taste in knife and beverage.
Good morning, Guardians, and welcome back!
Lambsfoot muster:
Maybe a week off every year or so would make us appreciate this place all the more.
Impressive flock photo, Rachel, and congrats on getting a stag HHB from
@Modoc ED; plaudits to him for his generosity!
This post reminds me that after my vacation in August, I had a big bunch of multi quotes saved up and ready to reply to as I intended to catch up on the 4 weeks or so I'd been silent at that point. But I woke up one morning to "process" my quotes, and the thread was shut down! Before I knew it, another couple of months went by!!
Jack Black
Thanks for posting your hiking pics. It's always nice to see that beautiful country.
Beautiful jigged bone WCLF, FBC, and a nice ball glove, too!
Are you a lefty?? That would explain so many things!
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Thanks Dan. For some reason I had it in my head that there were no red squirrels in North America, but Jer says they were imports. Great photos as I've never seen a red squirrel anywhere in the UK.
Thanks Ron. The North Yorkshire Moors is literally littered with them. They usually mark old pilgrim routes which this one does. I said ancient but actually it's not, it's a 20th century replacement, the original stands in the Norman crypt of Lastingham church about 3 miles away.
If you look hard at the horizon you'll see how it sits in the scheme of things....
Ahhh thanks Jer. That's how your grey squirrels ended up over here. One of our squires thought we needed some north American critters.
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This was actually yesterday when I got a mysterious craving for chorizo washed down with OJ.
David, I always enjoy the posts with photos of your travels, and pics of your food and drink, too!
I picked out this post because I was fascinated by the discussion about various types of squirrels and how they came to be in various locations.
Is that a desert ironwood Guardians lambsfoot with the chorizo?
That makes sense.
I'll have to look them all up. Our reds do fine alongside the much larger fox squirrels, and I've never seen a grey around these parts. We have black squirrels nearby, and they might be a type of grey. They're bigger than reds and smaller than foxes.
lambsfoot pic to follow.
I still have no idea what kind of squirrels I have in my neighborhood; not sure i know the difference between grays and fox squirrels. My current (mis)educated guess is that our oak trees are full of fox squirrels.
Where do you see the black squirrels, Jer? I've seen them in the Soo and in Holland MI, and I think I've heard that Battle Creek MI has them too.
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I got the Checker instead.
Seems like we used to see a lot more horn in this thread.
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Always a treat to see the Checker, Barrett, and the nice figuring on your horn lambsfoot!
Good Old Jake
Looks wide awake!
Is this post related to the next one, Mark? Sort of a before and after shot of a deck project?
Good afternoon Guardians.
My Ironwood JB sfo sharpened a pencil many times and did it well.
On to the next project.
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Really love the contrasting wood colors! Did you do the furniture to? That's outstanding work, Mark!
I just don't see how my right to not wear a mask trumps everybody else's right to not be unnecessarily killed by my spume.
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Well-said (but it sounds unacceptably political with the verb you chose
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Told everyone i am losing it, forget everything and disregard everything i have said or say.
This post is making me burn out all the logic circuits in my brain, and I think you did it on purpose!
If I disregard what you say in this post, then I don't disregard everything you say.
But if I don't disregard what you say in this post, then I must disregard everything you say (including that post).
Hello Guardians
I took my sourdough to the next level today
Baked two loaves with cranberry and walnuts rolled on sesame seeds and another two with green and black olives, roasted garlic, rolled on sunflower seeds.
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Amazing loaves, Dan!
Now all you need to do is bake some meat and cheese right into the bread and you have an entire food pyramid in each slice!!
Good afternoon Guardians! I’ve been slacking the last several days. Spent a lot of time in the pool and whirlpool. After all we are on vacation!
I’ve been carrying Big Eb pretty much all week. I thought I’d catch y’all up on a few photos! Hope y’all have a great weekend!
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Glad you had a chance to get away, Ron; thanks for sharing the first-rate pics!!
- GT