Your red Robeson canoe is ravishing!!
I appreciate your reactions, Jack & Steve & Paul; I think that's the oldest canoe I have.
That Craftsman whittler is a winner, Jeff!
Classic! I don't know why that simple pattern moves me so much.
Thanks for showing that cool old Bear wood stockman that put in a lot of time as your EDC, Mike!
Congrats, and Cherish the Churchill, Paul!
Marvelous metal knife with all the kitchen "tools" cast into its covers, José!
Thanks, Rob.
I do a lot of walking around urban neighborhoods now, in my golden years, and I'm trying to learn to recognize various types of residential architecture to make the walks more interesting. My house is basically Tudor, although it doesn't have any of the half-timbering characteristic of that style, probably because the builder built it for himself and used lots of leftover materials from other houses he built. I think I remember seeing your house in a photo one time; IIRC it's some kind of big old Colonial, right? (I'm not too good on distinguishing among the many different "flavors" of Colonial houses.)
Good luck with the glasses, Dan!
Great that you haven't needed them until now; and don't have any of the other "old eyes" problems so far. I've worn glasses since first grade: before I even get out of bed in the morning, I put on my glasses, and the last thing I do at night is take off my glasses. I had cataract surgery on both eyes a few years ago and had "distance lenses" installed, so I can actually walk around without glasses now, but I can't read without them, so I still wear glasses with progressive lenses but almost no correction for distance. I also have 4 different kinds of drops for glaucoma. My eyes have been sort of a mess most of my life, but the rest of my health is way better than I could ask for!
Marvelous looking Maserin, Greg!
Colorful knives, and wonderful wildlife pics, John!
You have a good clear conception of a basic probability principle, Jeff!
Thanks for the photo comment. I've tried several times this month to get the snow off my hemlocks, but the first snow we got was heavy and wet and basically froze onto the hemlock branches. But now we've had 9 consecutive days with the temps in mid to upper 30s, so the trees and my roof are clear of snow. Basically almost all of the 30+ inches of snow we got this month has disappeared except for all the piles from shoveling.
Striking pair of knives, and the "sawcut" background of the Catt photo is also quite striking!
Better be careful to whom you feed your seeds, Dan! Those squirrels in Canada look VERY large and aggressive!
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Snow's all gone here now. 
Still always stop and stare, though.
