Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

mitch13 said:
Thanks Gary
No not home grown, don't have enough room to keep up with demand. Tomatoes are the wife's favourite and we eat loads of them.
This season i have chilli, basil and spinach growing.
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Thanks for the info, Mitch. :thumbsup::thumbsup:
My wife is a fan of fresh whole tomatoes, but I'm definitely not. (I do like tomato products such as salsa, chili, tomato sauce for pasta, etc.)

Rufus1949 said:
Gary, at times they seem like a plague. Without my glasses, I was initally stepping on them, thinking they were insects. I wish they would eat more of the no see ems.

After digging the beds down 6 inches and holes, I filled them with proper top soil. I cannot imagine anything worthwhile growing in the clay alone. I couldn't even grow cotton in this cement!
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Sounds like a LOT of tiny frogs, Bob! :eek:
Putting top soil in your flower beds dug into clay makes "nutritional" sense to me. :thumbsup::thumbsup:

SteveC said:
Beauty !
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Thanks, Steve. :)

Jack Black said:
Attractive images Gary :) I've been having some issues with my PC photo editing recently. I usually just crop, and make a few minor adjustments, but when I save the pic, the colours are adjusted, and really not at all to my liking, with very garish reds. I suspect it might be an unwanted AI feature, but can't figure out how to disable it :(

Thank you my friend :) :thumbsup:

Tool Man went to a very good school Gary, it was APPROVED (to paraphrase one of my granddad's old jokes)! :D ;)

That IS a coincidence :) Sounds like an interesting read :) :thumbsup:
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Sorry to hear that your photo editor has developed a mind of its own, Jack; some technology is getting quite scary. :rolleyes:
I like reading for entertainment more than I like watching TV or movies. Reading seems to "engage my mind" more, creating my own mental images of the scenes I'm reading, instead of passively accepting whatever the camera shows me.

Jack Black said:
Yes, they still sell knives, and lots of other useful things :) I can't really blame them for not wanting to deal with Wright's :rolleyes: Your wide and daughter picked you out a nice Lamb, in Union Jack, Gary. There are times I have looked through Barnitt's entire stock, and every single Lambsfoot was a dud :( Thanks for the kind words my friend :) :thumbsup:

I was talking about this phenomena with Tool Man the other day, one of the few advantages of ageing! :rolleyes: ;) :thumbsup:
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I was very happy with the lambsfoot my wife brought back from York! :thumbsup::cool::thumbsup: I think my daughter probably picked it out, and she had accompanied me on several knife-shopping adventures when I visited her in Spain, so I think she had a reasonably good idea of some of the characteristics I look for when choosing a knife.

That advantage of aging is kind of nice, even though it's also a bit disturbing that some info leaves my memory so quickly. I'll bet I could select a couple of dozen books I enjoy, and spend the rest of my life reading and re-reading that same set of 24 books every year or so! :rolleyes:🤓

Jack Black said:
Great to see Gary :) :thumbsup:
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Thanks, Jack. :)

- GT
 
screened porch said:
Thanks!
It could be that as farm land becomes mansion land, coyotes spread into less pretentious suburbs. My neighborhood has quiet streets and large blocks with bushy interiors. My own block has a field in the middle which my neighbor has stopped mowing, so it's probably pretty close to being tall-grass prairie.
There are plenty of rabbits, squirrels, possums, and coons. The rabbit population especially seems to boom and bust. I suspect the coyotes rotate to booming rabbit populations, bust them, and rotate on.
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If you are in urban or suburban North America, you're probably within a mile of a coyote or three. The change won't be them showing up, it'll be them letting themselves be seen. Coyotes are incredibly adaptive, and exist in pretty much all NA environments, especially including human populated areas.
 
5K Qs said:
Sorry to hear that your photo editor has developed a mind of its own, Jack; some technology is getting quite scary. :rolleyes:
I like reading for entertainment more than I like watching TV or movies. Reading seems to "engage my mind" more, creating my own mental images of the scenes I'm reading, instead of passively accepting whatever the camera shows me.
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I agree my friend, things are moving rapidly! :rolleyes: I'm also with you on the reading, and hope we're not the last who feel the same :thumbsup:
5K Qs said:
I was very happy with the lambsfoot my wife brought back from York! :thumbsup::cool::thumbsup: I think my daughter probably picked it out, and she had accompanied me on several knife-shopping adventures when I visited her in Spain, so I think she had a reasonably good idea of some of the characteristics I look for when choosing a knife.

That advantage of aging is kind of nice, even though it's also a bit disturbing that some info leaves my memory so quickly. I'll bet I could select a couple of dozen books I enjoy, and spend the rest of my life reading and re-reading that same set of 24 books every year or so! :rolleyes:🤓


Thanks, Jack. :)

- GT
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Certainly a good choice :) That's true Gary! :D :thumbsup:
echoscout said:
Morning Guardians! Hope y'all have a good day! Cloudy and cool. Fall is in the air. William Rodgers Lamb today. Happy trails 🤠

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Nice William Rodgers David :cool: :thumbsup:
SteveC said:
Good morning Guardians !


It's a lovely sunny fall day here 👍



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Nicely photographed Steve :) :thumbsup:
 
I'll be down at the market tomorrow, and carrying the Guardians 2018 Lambsfoot in Ebony :) Of the 3 annual knives I did, this was the least fancy, and the biggest pain in the backside to get made! :rolleyes: But, it is probably my favourite :D Have a great Thursday Guardians :thumbsup:

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Jack Black said:
Fantastic pics from your walk Barrett, thank you for taking us along buddy :) Beautiful choice of Lamb :cool: I've never seen those inflatable tube things guarding crops here, I only ever see them at car-washes :D :thumbsup:
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Thanks, Jack. Like you, I had only seen those things at used car lots and business grand-openings, but apparently they make quite effective scarecrows.

black mamba said:
Well, my wife got some of her test results back last night, and the news is not good. Several things going on in the same area, with cellulitis, hernias, blocked urethra and some other stuff we don't even understand. Went this morning to have some more blood drawn and five new meds to pick up. Prayers appreciated! I carried Beni throughout.

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Sorry to hear that, Jeff. 🙁

danno50 said:
Great pictures, Barrett! Inspiring to a lazy sod like me!
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Thanks, Dan. Lazy is my default setting. 🤣

Campbellclanman said:
Loving this Barrett matey - it's like we are with you and Eleanor! Awesome stuff!
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Thanks, Duncan. Unfortunately Eleanor isn’t joining me on these walks this time around. She and I did this whole trail together maybe 5 or 6 years ago (that’s when the photo of her I posted a couple weeks back was from), but I’m on my own this time around, walking while the girls are in school.

Jack Black said:
I could resist those cheap mince-pies forever! 😁👍

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Merry Christmas! 🎄🎅🤣

5K Qs said:
My wife is a fan of fresh whole tomatoes, but I'm definitely not. (I do like tomato products such as salsa, chili, tomato sauce for pasta, etc.)
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I’m the same way, GT. I’ll eat just about anything you can make with tomatoes, but I don’t want to eat one on its own (nor do I want sliced tomato on my sandwich, burger, etc.).

danno50 said:
Decided to start carrying my flatcap lambfoot. Pulled it out, decided not yet and put it back for awhile.
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I do that, too, Dan. 😁 Sometimes I’ll give a knife a test run — factory edge, carry it in a slip — to see if I’m ready to make it a user.

I walked four miles on the Dakota Rail Trail today, from mile 17 to 19 and back. (It actually ended up being a little over four miles, as there was no place to park between those two mile markers, so I had to start a little ways before from the mile 17 marker).

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Much like the parking options, there wasn’t much to see on this section of the trail. It’s was definitely the most rural bit so far. There may have been a house or two off in the distance, but it was pretty much two miles of just trail.

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There was a brief break in the tree coverage for this small bridge crossing.

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I had my Waynorth Flat Cap Lambsfoot with me today, pictured here on my charcoal chimney starter that I sometimes use as a background for knife pics. If it looks a little flatter than normal, well, that’s because it is. I usually grill out on our front deck, and when I dump out the lit coals, I don’t want to set the red-hot chimney starter down on the wood deck, so I set it on the driveway. Well I forgot about it the other night, and Julie accidentally ran over it. 🤣 It’s just about as flat as a pancake, so I had to pick up a new one today.

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One more pic. I spotted this Mini Cooper when I was out running some errands yesterday, and got a laugh out of its D.B. Cooper vanity plate. 😁

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danno50 said:
Decided to start carrying my flatcap lambfoot. Pulled it out, decided not yet and put it back for awhile.
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I hope we'll see it again soon Dan! :D :thumbsup:
mitch13 said:
Brian
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Looking good Mitch :) :thumbsup:
btb01 said:
Thanks, Jack. Like you, I had only seen those things at used car lots and business grand-openings, but apparently they make quite effective scarecrows.
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I bet they do Barrett :) Maybe they ARE in use here for that purpose, I'll have to do some research ;) :thumbsup:
btb01 said:
Merry Christmas! 🎄🎅🤣
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Thanks mate! :D I was buying a birthday card the other day, and noticed the Christmas cards are in the shops :rolleyes: I sent Charlie waynorth waynorth his a while back! :D ;) :thumbsup:
btb01 said:
I walked four miles on the Dakota Rail Trail today, from mile 17 to 19 and back. (It actually ended up being a little over four miles, as there was no place to park between those two mile markers, so I had to start a little ways before from the mile 17 marker).

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Much like the parking options, there wasn’t much to see on this section of the trail. It’s was definitely the most rural bit so far. There may have been a house or two off in the distance, but it was pretty much two miles of just trail.

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There was a brief break in the tree coverage for this small bridge crossing.

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Well done Barrett, looks like beautiful weather you're having :) :thumbsup:
btb01 said:
I had my Waynorth Flat Cap Lambsfoot with me today, pictured here on my charcoal chimney starter that I sometimes use as a background for knife pics. If it looks a little flatter than normal, well, that’s because it is. I usually grill out on our front deck, and when I dump out the lit coals, I don’t want to set the red-hot chimney starter down on the wood deck, so I set it on the driveway. Well I forgot about it the other night, and Julie accidentally ran over it. 🤣It’s just about as flat as a pancake, so I had to pick up a new one today.


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Sorry about the accident! :eek: :D Great pic of your FC Lamb though :) :thumbsup:
btb01 said:
One more pic. I spotted this Mini Cooper when I was out running some errands yesterday, and got a laugh out of its D.B. Cooper vanity plate. 😁


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🤣 👍
 
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