Guardians of The Lambsfoot!

l9geAeaj_o.jpg
 
Jack Black said:
Only good thing about getting old! :D :thumbsup:

Well-spotted Mitch :) :thumbsup:

Many Happy Returns Bob 🍰 :) :thumbsup:

Handsome FC Lamb David :) :thumbsup:

Looking nicely seasoned Mitch :cool: :thumbsup:

Handsome pic Will :cool: I received a nice bolt-action pen from Paul @Jakeywax31 last week :) I have a few, but it's my new favourite :) :thumbsup:

Great photo Will, thanks for telling us about Jub-Jub's adventures, and I hope her kill-frenzy subsides soon! :D ;) :thumbsup:
Click to expand...
Thanks Jack
Have a great day.
 
Speaking of travel, I bought a Cold Steel Walkabout "cane/walking stick". It looked normal in the pictures on line. This at least has a taper, unlike the CS Eastern European shepherds' tomahawk stick, which carries like a telephone pole. But the transition between knob and shaft is very gradual, so it balances not very far back from the middle, so it's slow at the point, and any advantage from the slightly greater mass of the knob is probably neutralized by the larger surface area. (I bought it for beating my giant Japanese drum, obviously. Obviously I don't do weapons.)
But it's heavy enough to provide exercise for the wrist.
(I always bring my giant Japanese drum on all my travels.)
DSCF3008a.JPG
 
Last edited:
It looks like my new next-door neighbors moved in yesterday. I haven't met them yet. Aren't they supposed to offer me a cup of sugar?

And I don't remember if I told you all that I went to the Nature Center last week to see about sharpening a misery whip. (It's fine for the most part, but I shined up the cutting teeth.)
Regular volunteering starts today, and Kirsten tells me I'm welcome any time, and she's making me tool-sharpener. I probably have said this before; it means a lot to me.

I finally cut out that walnut in the garden that I've been cutting back and poisoning for years. It involved rolling a pt timber out of the way so I could dig below a 6" junction and chop the root with my 6-pound axe. (I love that axe.)

DSCF3002c.JPG
 
Jack Black said:
Good morning Guardians, it sounds as if everyone is having a good week :) I sure hope that is the case :thumbsup: I have a few dull, non-urgent emails to deal with, but I might put them off for another day :rolleyes: Other than that, and some housework, I don't have much on - which is how I like it! :D I might see if Wolfie is free for a coffee later ;) Have a good day Guardians, got L'Ariete in my pocket :thumbsup:

View attachment 3129329
Click to expand...
Crete must have been a wonderful experience Jack. That horn has real character now.
Thanks for acknowledging my old age Jack.😅
 
Last edited:
Rufus1949 said:
First, thank's for all the kind congratulations. Second, your tolerance of me is greatly appreciated.

The final list
sbh06-307
SteveC-396
black mamba-327
pat9198-200
DaleS-137
Cambellclanman-317
( for Barrett)
Mac0731-243
echoscout-156
Scubaroo-275
birdsbeak-108
Jakeywax31-225
(for DaveHS)

Thanks for participating, and as always, I feel bad there is only one winner.
View attachment 3120418

My wife tabulated the clay balls and came up with 297, which makes Jeremy@sbh06 the winner.
Please pm me with mailing info so I can pass it on to Gerstner.View attachment 3120419
Click to expand...
I just realized I had missed the results so went back looking for it. Congratulations to Jeremy sbh06 sbh06 and Bob for another great GAW 👍👍👍
I didn't enter because I've already been the recipient of Bob's generosity, although I did have a number in mind. It was soooo far off 😂
 
Jack Black said:
Good morning Guardians, it sounds as if everyone is having a good week :) I sure hope that is the case :thumbsup: I have a few dull, non-urgent emails to deal with, but I might put them off for another day :rolleyes: Other than that, and some housework, I don't have much on - which is how I like it! :D I might see if Wolfie is free for a coffee later ;) Have a good day Guardians, got L'Ariete in my pocket :thumbsup:

View attachment 3129329
Click to expand...

Nice to see the pile side of L'Ariete. Have a great day buddy !


Rufus1949 said:
My dark twisted.View attachment 3129410

Will, I received my first sunburn yesterday....and I am not a tourist.
Click to expand...


Don't forget that sunscreen 👍
 
birdsbeaks said:
Thanks, Jack! 😀

--

Happy belated, Bob! 🥳

--

Bonus Pic:

ad43b555-b36b-4b27-a0e0-3717df2ee398.jpg


--

Extra Bonus Pic (In this case, "Extra Bonus" should be read as "No lambsfoot content."):

a08d8430-947b-446d-8af5-b35b6a7294e4.jpg


You might remember Jub-Jub. She's eight months and had her first beach day today. That's not a thing, going to the beach when you're eight months old, it's just the way it shook out. It was 86°F which, though pleasant in theory, with intense sun makes the sand hot enough to feel like the soles of your feet are crisping, like bacon, if you should be brave (or foolish) enough to remove your flip-flops.

I didn't take any sunscreen so was forced to cower under a keffiyeh I had in the truck. The sunburned tourists probably thought I was a vampire or a light-skinned sheik. The more interesting among them may have opted for a combination of the two. The hole in the theory is that if I were a sheik of any shade, or a vampire, or both; I'd have a private beach which, if I were any part vampire, I would go to only at night. Not a public beach on Key Biscayne in the middle of the day. That's tourists for you.

I am happy to see the lambsfoot community taking such vigorous recent interest in the health of our oceans. As a resident of a coastal city, I'm positively pickled in facts insinuating how even glancing at the ocean might cause irreparable harm. I did worse. Worse than waving a bright light around during turtle nesting season. Worse than cutting loose an industrial fishing net. Worse than kidnapping baby orcas for our profit and amusement. I threw Jub-Jub in it.

She seemed to think that the small fish in the surf were some species of water rat and proceeded to try to kill them all and managed to kill none. Pretty sure they were all traumatized though, if that's something that can happen to a fish. Seaweed was both frustrating and exhilarating and was bitten and flung about with great ferocity and enthusiasm. It's hard to learn to swim while trying to kill slippery water rats and chew seaweed at the same time. She eventually retreated to shore. There, she tried to kill pigeons, seagulls, lizards, squirrels, crabs, and a couple of good-natured dogs that easily outweighed her by a factor of ten. Unsuccessful in her murderous plots, but not for lack of trying, she bulldozed face first through fifty yards of sand, got a bunch stuck in her nose, and made annoyed snorts until I got her home and flushed her out in the shower.

I'm not sure the beach will ever be the same again but Jub-Jub's mom says it was a great time and we're taking her back next week. The ocean is going to need all the help it can get.

Buy more ocean knives. 🌊 Ha.
Click to expand...
Hail Bearcat!
 
mitch13 said:
Thanks Jack
Have a great day.
Click to expand...
Thanks mate :) :thumbsup:
screened porch said:
Speaking of travel, I bought a Cold Steel Walkabout "cane/walking stick". It looked normal in the pictures on line. This at least has a taper, unlike the CS Eastern European shepherds' tomahawk stick, which carries like a telephone pole. But the transition between knob and shaft is very gradual, so it balances not very far back from the middle, so it's slow at the point, and any advantage from the slightly greater mass of the knob is probably neutralized by the larger surface area. (I bought it for beating my giant Japanese drum, obviously. Obviously I don't do weapons.)
But it's heavy enough to provide exercise for the wrist.
(I always bring my giant Japanese drum on all my travels.)
View attachment 3129375
Click to expand...
How big is your Japanese drum Jer? I've seen a few of the CS African walking sticks here, but they're huge, and look like clubs! 😱😁 I look forward to seeing your Walkabout cane 😎👍
Rufus1949 said:
Crete must have been a wonderful experience Jack. That horn has re character now.
Thanks for acknowledging my old age Jack.😅
Click to expand...
Apart from being attacked by a dog on my first day there, it was wonderful Bob! 😱😁 Thank you my friend :) 👍
Rufus1949 said:
My dark twisted.View attachment 3129410

Will, I received my first sunburn yesterday....and I am not a tourist.
Click to expand...
Nice pic buddy 😊👍
SteveC said:
Good morning Guardians !


We got a bit more white stuff overnight. It should hopefully melt by the end of the day.


Rodgers lamb :thumbsup:


View attachment 3129450
Click to expand...
It made for a great pic at least Steve 😉👍
SteveC said:
Nice to see the pile side of L'Ariete. Have a great day buddy !
Click to expand...
Thank you very much, I always forget to take pile side pics 👍
black mamba said:
Hopefully no Guardians were effected by the tornadoes last night throughout the midwest. Prayers for those who were.
Click to expand...
Yikes! 😱 Hope everyone is ok 👍
 
Last edited:
I hope everyone is having a good day :) I dodged the emails and housework, and walked down to Charlie's cafe, phoning Tool Man on the way to let him know I'd be at the market tomorrow. After coffee, I went into town, and called in at The Yorkshire Shop in Leeds Corn Exchange, grabbed a samosa in the market, went to the bank, picked up some shopping, and then called in Leeds Art Gallery. Art galleries aren't somewhere I visit very often, but I fancied having a look at the John Atkinson Grimshaw exhibition they have on. A friend of mine has just retired after working at the art gallery for many years, so I was sure to speak to one of his former colleagues, and tell her I was sorry to hear about him being sacked after yet another incident. She looked suitably horrified! :D There's a very nice cafe there, where I happened to bump into a pal, and an Irish mate of his, from Newry, so we had a good chat over tea and cake. I then went off to meet Wolfie for coffee, so it was quite a nice afternoon :) :thumbsup:

20260311_183424.jpg
 
You must log in or register to reply here.
Back
Top