Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

Two of the Tait brothers made it home from the war alive, two did not. What appears to be four graves is actually just two; these are the graves of the two brothers, John and Peter, who were killed in the war. They each have two stones - one military and one supplied by the family? One of the men died in a military hospital, the record for the other says he was "pierced by a cannonball ".

 

Linus with the Tait brothers.

 

The little cemetery about a mile from the house- Scots only! Linus pretended not to be scared.

 

Linus is happy to be inside, safe and warm! Where did that white stuff come from? (Notice the wavy old glass pane from the 1800's!)

 

Enjoying your updates on Linus adventures Ben

Right or left ???
The fork on the ice path, where as the legend goes ...., a short and stout middle age man from south america had the "the great wipe out" while ice skating and carrying a lambsfoot knife in his pocket

 

I'm glad you're feeling better. That is a shame about the knife. I suppose it's a usable "beater" knife? Sharpen it up and use it for when you don't want to get one of your nice knives dirty or damaged. Use it hard and it will either fall apart or gain sentimental value.

A long time ago, I worked in a shop with a pretty unscrupulous boss. He would often blame problems on a phantom "new guy who messed everything up. We fired him last week and are still having to fix his screw-ups" When that didn't work, he'd call Brian out from the back room and yell at him for a while and fire him on the spot. "Get your things and get out!" After the customer left, Brian would come back from his smoke break, get back to work and the boss would slip him a twenty for his trouble.

What a beautiful photo. Thanks for the stories and pictures.

 

@Wild Ben Great series of posts...

 

@Jack Black - Much thanks, Jack. Morning coffee, blueberry croissant, and Hartshead...MMMM! Hartsheads go great with French Fries, too. Be safe.

@Onebigbill - Sorry MM didn’t come through. Good that he had the good sense to recognize the the train wreck that ensued, I’ve received one from him, and it worked out. Very nice Rams Horn, though. Hope you feel better and better.

@mitch4ging - Hello Dennis and thank you. Very nice image of your Bear and Lamb. Last time I checked, Jack hasn’t set any minunum post regs. Your posts are always welcome and looked forward to. Here’s to you having a good day, my friend.

@Wild Ben - Excellent posts of your day off journey with Linus. Abe Lincoln is one of my personal heroes.

Good Evening Guardians.

And so it begins...


Brookes&Crookes Lamb, plus a tin of Danish butter cookies.

 

He's definitely one of the best. Wish his birthday was celebrated more.
My favorite is coming up: George Washington's Birthday. Observed this year on Monday, February 17 (called "Presidents Day" but officially commemorates Washington even though the calendar doesn't reflect it). But I also celebrate it on the 22nd, as I did as a child.

 

I couldn’t agree more with George Washington being a personal hero. Happy GW Day, Vince.

 

Wishing everyone a terrific Thursday:

 

Thank you, Dennis. Here in Portugal despite being winter, the temperatures at this time vary between 6 the minimum and 17 the maximum, degrees celsius.

 

Beautiful statue of bear, great photo, Dennis.

 

Can't go wrong with tri-tip and a stag HHB.
I had some veggies too..... Balance, ya know.

 

Good Morning Guardians

 

Fresh from the plastic bag...



Not bad again, nice and tight with blade reasonably centred, scales could be better matched but...