Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

[KellyGlanzer]

Alright, which one of you blokes scooped my knife?

 

[JohnDF]

Well my friends, Sue and I are in a ....well I am not too sure what to call it - a void of sorts where we are renting a house much closer to Work and in turn rent out our House in a Town called Pukekohe ( puk-key -ko- he ) the reason is because of simply Traffic, Auckland is absolutely Mental with its Traffic congestion - if people in the very big cities think they got it bad- unfortunately little Ol' New Zealand matches them well with this problem - Volcanic nature that makes Tubes Railways etc a lot harder to run, the travel from our House in Pukekohe now is possibly 3 hours tagged onto your long working day - where as it used to be 35 to 40 mins each way, therefore we did the shift thing, now the hard part is paying twice to three times the amount for a House here in Auckland - so we have a lot of working out to with everything.

So...we are renting - nice area, hard to find a place - but the whole-...well everything is not how we would do things- all the Gardens were like Mountain Goat tracks when we shifted in here- Sue has transformed her Garden into such a Healthy Garden- my little strip is this one, I usually place colourful annuals - but this time I wanted to place a full time perennial colour show.

This looks pretty sparse and yuk right now but these guys will get up and Boom soon with beautiful Colour, spread out and loom over the edges - just need positive energy and Hartshead was there to help, the lad got a bit dirty on it but he is getting used to that these days!

Mark my friend, Thank you, and thanks folks for the comments- The Snakewood is coming around- I am terrible when coming to get nice Knives - especially knowing you wont be able to get another like it- so I tend to Queen them, but The Snakewood is coming up for a edge to be replaced very soon, and from Factory a Slightly Thick edge- but in saying that still a nice one, so as I work through times in the Sharpening process I am thinking that perhaps the edge may become slightly thinner - its a nice Knife - very very much like all the other A.Wrights where the joints are not super soft in their actions - this isnt a bad thing - I tend to take this that this is simply "Their" thing and I am extremely happy with that, I think that we have a Great Looking Knife, that in turn is a tough working Knife - the best of both worlds.

So all in all in a 100% way Mark I am loving these Knives my friend.

The wee " Garden" - if you can call it that yet, its a rough Terraced area edging up to the Lawn, The lower path is terribly cracked and the unsightly weeds are about to disappear, Hartshead cutting his way through old weed Matting..

This quite unsightly mess will join in and explode in colour in the next few months...

Thanking Jack once again!

Sounds like a lot of work but it's rewarding for you, I'm sure. It's looking wonderful.

 

[herder]

Two beautiful artistic designs, in different sizes...

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[Jack Black]

Happy Sunday Guardians. Having a good weekend here. Finished the October yoga challenge at our studio (30 classes in 30 days) yesterday

Now relaxing on the couch with a book, cup of tea, and of course, L'il Lambsfoot. Gizmo was the inspiration for this afternoon

Well done Mike Great pics

LOL! When I spied the weevils the very first thought that popped into my head was that very scene from Master & Commander.



Thanks Rachel. I've just read that one way is to pop your newly bought flour in the freezer which will permanently kill any weevil eggs in the flour.

Well I've been pottering about in the sun today getting done dozens of little jobs that needed doing.
Then I decided to make an apple crumble so I took this 'before' shot, but when I came to eat it I was so famished I totally forgot the 'after' shot.

LOL! I'd forgotten Paul Bettany was in it, when I was talking about the Forest of Dean the other week, one of the friends I used to visit was an ex girlfriend of his Those are good flour/weevil tips folks I did just the same thing with my blackberry crumble the day before David, well actually what I did was forget until I had poured so much custard over it that you couldn't see the crumble! Hope you enjoyed it mate

Well my friends, Sue and I are in a ....well I am not too sure what to call it - a void of sorts where we are renting a house much closer to Work and in turn rent out our House in a Town called Pukekohe ( puk-key -ko- he ) the reason is because of simply Traffic, Auckland is absolutely Mental with its Traffic congestion - if people in the very big cities think they got it bad- unfortunately little Ol' New Zealand matches them well with this problem - Volcanic nature that makes Tubes Railways etc a lot harder to run, the travel from our House in Pukekohe now is possibly 3 hours tagged onto your long working day - where as it used to be 35 to 40 mins each way, therefore we did the shift thing, now the hard part is paying twice to three times the amount for a House here in Auckland - so we have a lot of working out to with everything.

So...we are renting - nice area, hard to find a place - but the whole-...well everything is not how we would do things- all the Gardens were like Mountain Goat tracks when we shifted in here- Sue has transformed her Garden into such a Healthy Garden- my little strip is this one, I usually place colourful annuals - but this time I wanted to place a full time perennial colour show.

This looks pretty sparse and yuk right now but these guys will get up and Boom soon with beautiful Colour, spread out and loom over the edges - just need positive energy and Hartshead was there to help, the lad got a bit dirty on it but he is getting used to that these days!

Mark my friend, Thank you, and thanks folks for the comments- The Snakewood is coming around- I am terrible when coming to get nice Knives - especially knowing you wont be able to get another like it- so I tend to Queen them, but The Snakewood is coming up for a edge to be replaced very soon, and from Factory a Slightly Thick edge- but in saying that still a nice one, so as I work through times in the Sharpening process I am thinking that perhaps the edge may become slightly thinner - its a nice Knife - very very much like all the other A.Wrights where the joints are not super soft in their actions - this isnt a bad thing - I tend to take this that this is simply "Their" thing and I am extremely happy with that, I think that we have a Great Looking Knife, that in turn is a tough working Knife - the best of both worlds.

So all in all in a 100% way Mark I am loving these Knives my friend.

The wee " Garden" - if you can call it that yet, its a rough Terraced area edging up to the Lawn, The lower path is terribly cracked and the unsightly weeds are about to disappear, Hartshead cutting his way through old weed Matting..

This quite unsightly mess will join in and explode in colour in the next few months...

Thanking Jack once again!

Great pics Duncan, looks like you and Sue have been busy and doing sterling work Roll on retirement!

Alright, which one of you blokes scooped my knife?

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That's a beauty!

Morning Guardians, the dawn of a new week! Hope everyone had a great weekend, I slept like a tot last night, must have been all that wood chopping and sawing! Have a good week folks, I'm starting off with my Charlie-approved Charlie Lamb

 

[JohnDF]

Wonderful picture of your Charlie Lamb.
Hope the start to your week is a good one, Jack.

 

[JohnDF]

Good Morning Guardians
I have a short work week, just Tues. thru Thurs.
It's one of the few perks of working in education. Not sure what I'll do with the free time yet.

 

[Modoc ED]

It's 5:10 AM here and I going to the doctor over in Redding, CA again today. There won't be any suckers or Tootsie Rolls which is the big bummer. Instead they give out "Big Boy", "You're Brave", etc. stickers.

Everybody have a good day. This picture will have to hold all of you over until I get back.

 

[Jack Black]

Wonderful picture of your Charlie Lamb.
Hope the start to your week is a good one, Jack.

Good Morning Guardians
I have a short work week, just Tues. thru Thurs.
It's one of the few perks of working in education. Not sure what I'll do with the free time yet.

Thank you John, that's good news about the short week Nice companions my friend

It's 5:10 AM here and I going to the doctor over in Redding, CA again today. There won't be any suckers or Tootsie Rolls which is the big bummer. Instead they give out "Big Boy", "You're Brave", etc. stickers.

Everybody have a good day. This picture will have to hold all of you over until I get back.

Good luck Ed

 

[Prester John]

It's 5:10 AM here and I going to the doctor over in Redding, CA again today. There won't be any suckers or Tootsie Rolls which is the big bummer. Instead they give out "Big Boy", "You're Brave", etc. stickers.

Everybody have a good day. This picture will have to hold all of you over until I get back.

Good luck with the doc, Ed.

 

[screened porch]

It's 5:10 AM here and I going to the doctor over in Redding, CA again today. There won't be any suckers or Tootsie Rolls which is the big bummer. Instead they give out "Big Boy", "You're Brave", etc. stickers.

Everybody have a good day. This picture will have to hold all of you over until I get back.

Maybe if you bring them suckers and tootsie rolls they'll get the hint.

 

[Prester John]

Linus says "Good Morning, Guardians!"

(So do I.)

 

[CelloDan]

A Walk in Nature
https://imgur.com/a/S5jZPtE

 

[RayseM]

CelloDan , How long did you wait for that shot? I could never get that close to a heron- have been closer to wild whitetails and foxes. Pretty scene

Ray

 

[CelloDan]

CelloDan , How long did you wait for that shot? I could never get that close to a heron- have been closer to wild whitetails and foxes. Pretty scene

TY Ray !
I was surprised myself too as I have never been able to get as close to one before. We had seen it on the river bank earlier and on our way back my kids spotted it again closer to the trail. I approached it "low and slow", took 2 to 3 min to get that close. The challenge was how do I get my lambsfoot in the pic reasonably in focus. The heron flew away immediately after this pic.
Maybe Mother Nature decided to be nicer to us this week and gave us a little gift

 

[Jack Black]

Maybe if you bring them suckers and tootsie rolls they'll get the hint.

Good idea Jer!

Linus says "Good Morning, Guardians!"

(So do I.)

You are taking some great pics of Linus Vince

A Walk in Nature
[URL]https://imgur.com/a/S5jZPtE[/URL]

Wow, fantastic pic Dan, well done

TY Ray !
I was surprised myself too as I have never been able to get as close to one before. We had seen it on the river bank earlier and on our way back my kids spotted it again closer to the trail. I approached it "low and slow", took 2 to 3 min to get that close. The challenge was how do I get my lambsfoot in the pic reasonably in focus. The heron flew away immediately after this pic.
Maybe Mother Nature decided to be nicer to us this week and gave us a little gift

Hopefully you're back in her good graces Dan

 

[Jack Black]

I received a very thoughtful gift from @Cambertree this afternoon

 

[Prester John]

You are taking some great pics of Linus Vince

Thanks, Jack!

 

[screened porch]

HP Sauce is good on whatever that was. It was going to be a tofu stir-fry, but I had enough leftover peas and corn that I didn't need the tofu for protein.

And according to HP's mother company Heinz, you don't have to refrigerate after opening.

 

[gunstockjack]

No time for talk, choppin' kindlin' wit' my Real Lambfoot (and helper axe).

 

[Jack Black]

HP Sauce is good on whatever that was. It was going to be a tofu stir-fry, but I had enough leftover peas and corn that I didn't need the tofu for protein.

And according to HP's mother company Heinz, you don't have to refrigerate after opening.

I quite like tofu in a stir fry now and again, it varies, but some of it I like. Have it in my Vietnamese Pho too

No time for talk, choppin' kindlin' wit' my Real Lambfoot (and helper axe).

Great stuff Barry, hope you're keeping in well brother