Our "Front Porch" ....

Nice day here :)



Mother Natures little "breath mint" my property is full of teaberries. I was out in the glorious woods yesterday dropping the dead wood on my property and enjoying the day, I ate my share of these little beauties too. Tasty!

 
Yeah, we are having incredible fall weather here as well. I should have taken some pics today! Does your property come up to the river Rubi?
 
Gorgeous pictures Rubi. Texas has many good features, but too few mountains and too few rivers. Hopefully I'll actually have fall weather this weekend and will get the chance at some outdoor fun.
 
Got back from the West Coast yesterday, the Plaza Show was great, but being with my wife and spending time with my daughter who lives in San Diego was even better (sorry Rob O). The three hour time difference makes you feel like lounging around, sort of like the sea lions in San Diego Bay.

 
I bet Rubi started that fire with one of his flashlights, maybe a colt fire. Very relaxing, and yes the sea lions are quite lucky, they are protected by US Pacific Fleet, and these slippery behemoths were just outside the nuclear powered missile subs, highly protected!
 
RubiconSS said:
Nice day here :)



Mother Natures little "breath mint" my property is full of teaberries. I was out in the glorious woods yesterday dropping the dead wood on my property and enjoying the day, I ate my share of these little beauties too. Tasty!

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Man, this kind of stuff makes me want to be up at my home in NC sooooo badly. Especially this week. We were up two weekends ago and saw a little red, but I bet the leaves are awesome now!
 
I love the fall, it's my fiancee's and my favorite time of the year:) I will have to see if those teaberries grow around in this neck of the woods. We only recently discovered ramps here, and nooobody else knows:D

Here's a little Southern Ontario foliage:
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The Air France A340 planecrash of a few years ago was about 1/2 mile downstream from here
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We were shocked to see Rainbow Trout spawning in the creek! I had no idea this creek had a fall run of them! Very cool to see, hard to photograph
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R.I.P. Lou Reed. Rock and Roll, Music and Philosophy lost a real original today.

One of my favorite, oft quoted Lou Reed lyrics....

"They say things are done for the majority
don't believe half of what you see and none of what you hear
It's like what my painter friend Donald said to me
"Stick a fork in their ass and turn them over, they're done"
 
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I don't think my little daily assessment is worth its own thread, but I think it might be of some interest so I'll share here. Through a strange and unfortunate course of events, I really haven't had a whole lot of interesting outdoor time since I got my XM. I've mostly been locked away behind laptops, law books, years and years of business records, legal pads, and gallons of coffee. I have usual daily ranching chores that vary with the season, but since it's still warm here (also unfortunate) they have been pretty light so far. Today I finally got to put my XM through a deceptively rigorous workout in cutting wrappers off round bales (the big round bales of hay that horses and cattle eat for anyone who may not know). Though this particular task doesn't really require much toughness, it is an excellent edge retention test as anyone who has ever done it and wrecked razor edges knows. Cutting across all of that abrasive hay destroys an edge like none other. I'm happy, and absolutely not surprised, to report that my little XM held up extremely well. After a pretty good work out all of the blade except that spanto tip that received the brunt of the abuse would easily shave, the spanto tip still was quite sharp and could cut printer paper with ease, and after all of that 5 minutes with my strop returned it to lightsaber sharp. Hopefully soon I'll have the chance to put my XM to more fun and more frequent use.
 
NjHart said:
I don't think my little daily assessment is worth its own thread, but I think it might be of some interest so I'll share here. Through a strange and unfortunate course of events, I really haven't had a whole lot of interesting outdoor time since I got my XM. I've mostly been locked away behind laptops, law books, years and years of business records, legal pads, and gallons of coffee. I have usual daily ranching chores that vary with the season, but since it's still warm here (also unfortunate) they have been pretty light so far. Today I finally got to put my XM through a deceptively rigorous workout in cutting wrappers off round bales (the big round bales of hay that horses and cattle eat for anyone who may not know). Though this particular task doesn't really require much toughness, it is an excellent edge retention test as anyone who has ever done it and wrecked razor edges knows. Cutting across all of that abrasive hay destroys an edge like none other. I'm happy, and absolutely not surprised, to report that my little XM held up extremely well. After a pretty good work out all of the blade except that spanto tip that received the brunt of the abuse would easily shave, the spanto tip still was quite sharp and could cut printer paper with ease, and after all of that 5 minutes with my strop returned it to lightsaber sharp. Hopefully soon I'll have the chance to put my XM to more fun and more frequent use.
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No doubt, hay and straw along with twine can wreck an edge in short order. Rick and Lori know a think or two about baling hay/straw.
 
RDA said:
No doubt, hay and straw along with twine can wreck an edge in short order. Rick and Lori know a think or two about baling hay/straw.
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Never really thought about it, but that would definitely make since with the whole "Ranch" and general geographical location. I wasn't shocked that it held up. I didn't buy a Hinderer expecting it to be second rate- I bought it expecting the best, but it is always nice to have well placed trust reaffirmed.
 
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