Forsoothe!
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He is advanced beyond his years.He will be 10 in September.
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HorseloverFat
Squarepants with Conkers
Thank you! He REALLY enjoys arts and “taking to them”...that was always the environment we liked to provide.
Japonicus
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Vacation ended yesterday, and was able to goof off just over half the wall up.
At least the hardest part is out of the way...
Dumbass here snapped chalk lines AFTER I had the 2nd row up, red chalk at least from the 50's or 60's.
Now there's a red hue atop the entire 2nd row, and may have to order some artists chalk in a sand colour, crush it and redust it there.
There's a story behind this wall, I mean about it and why it's being constructed if anyone is interested. Another dumbass call on my part.
At least the hardest part is out of the way...
Dumbass here snapped chalk lines AFTER I had the 2nd row up, red chalk at least from the 50's or 60's.
Now there's a red hue atop the entire 2nd row, and may have to order some artists chalk in a sand colour, crush it and redust it there.
There's a story behind this wall, I mean about it and why it's being constructed if anyone is interested. Another dumbass call on my part.
Forsoothe!
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Ex-wife won't be bothering you anymore...?
defra
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my oldest son too the september 15thHe will be 10 in September.
HorseloverFat
Squarepants with Conkers
defra
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close one haha14th!!!!!
defra
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oops forgot my picture....
another prety sight on the tracks
another prety sight on the tracks
HorseloverFat
Squarepants with Conkers
My younger son will be 5 on December 24th.
Here’s a pic of our (the boys and I) next project.
HorseloverFat
Squarepants with Conkers
I did not post any pictures on this thread yesterday (I was busy starting threads for a handful of my trees)
So here’s today: Forestville, WI (again)
Upon exiting the vehicle and surveying the trail head/intersection, we were greeted by this friendly reminder.
So a few seconds later, off the trail, we noticed a very heavy and active wildlife presence. Predominantly frogs... lots and lots... of frogs. It got to be ridiculously redundant as I was attempting to capture a photo of EACH one. I gave up and was satisfied with the few that I did “get”.
We started noticing large amounts of snailshells on the trail, evidence of the recent flooding.
Here is a shot of some snail shells as well as one representing amount of flooding.
So here’s today: Forestville, WI (again)
Upon exiting the vehicle and surveying the trail head/intersection, we were greeted by this friendly reminder.
So a few seconds later, off the trail
, we noticed a very heavy and active wildlife presence. Predominantly frogs... lots and lots... of frogs. It got to be ridiculously redundant as I was attempting to capture a photo of EACH one. I gave up and was satisfied with the few that I did “get”. We started noticing large amounts of snailshells on the trail, evidence of the recent flooding.
Here is a shot of some snail shells as well as one representing amount of flooding.
LanceMac10
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Neighborhood rodent sharing it's thoughts on grafted Japanese Maples.....
Forsoothe!
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Don'cha just love squirrels?
LanceMac10
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HorseloverFat
Squarepants with Conkers
There is an older female squirrel who lives out by my growing area. She is ridiculously aggressive towards other animals and enjoys a good fight (evident by her missing half ear piece and 2/3 tail piece).
She jumps, scratches and “phhhht phhhht!”s at birds to herd them out of her territory. I also believe she took out MOST of a bee’s nest (I could be misunderstanding the situation)..
Weirdly enough, hasn’t gone after my trees yet. She will also sit about 5-6 ft away from me (social distancing) and just watch me “work on plants.”
LanceMac10
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Don't get too attached, it's just lulling you to sleep.....
Just had to come inside, a skunk was making a frontal assault on my driveway...I have started organic pellet application so maybe Pepe LePeux could be the guilty party?
Just had to come inside, a skunk was making a frontal assault on my driveway...I have started organic pellet application so maybe Pepe LePeux could be the guilty party?
HorseloverFat
Squarepants with Conkers
Yeah... I feel like she’s too grizzled to be actually sweet with no ulterior motives.... she’s like a smooth-talking city gal playing to the naivety of the honest-hearted farm boy.
....gheissuhs!
Japonicus
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LOL Heavens no. We did it right the 1st time around, and as you can see, she likes MOOSE.
Ok, we go to Maine do a moose watching tour, already liked it out West, so being a dabbler in wood working
I bought a double live edged 10 ft x at most 27" wide "slab" of locally sourced black walnut 5/4, band sawn...
I made her a bar table for her late dads sunroom we had added onto our place. African Mahogany, ceramic tiles and travertine.
The idea was born laying 6 then 8 tiles out on the floor at Lowes with my wife and alternating the travertine in, which is thicker than the ceramic.
Collected a few pieces of a black walnut tree that had been cut down in our neighborhood.
Cut some slabs to make bar stool seats which I finally ended up using as the corbels for the mantel of the fire place I did a makeover on...
Just chain saw and belt sander to make the corbels and two 10" lag bolts from the 2x4's in the enclosure. OSB is all new.
Grabbed a wire from the blower and put a receptacle on the left end for her to plug lights or vacuum into
and encased the metal lathe with mortar for a scratch coat to stick the rock to.
See the difference between the warmth of an oil based urethane on the mantel, versus a lighter colder look of a water based urethane on the corbels.
I thought going that route would help with the shadows and lighten the walnut. I wish I had used the warmer oil based now. It brings out the red, no stain.
For dry stacking I mostly used a 4.5 inch hand held grinder, but a tile saw came in handy here n there.
When I switched from mixing the sand and Type S cement (fine for the scratch coat) to a premixed Type S mortar
I didn't have any trouble with the rocks not sticking. Hard lesson learned.
...so @Forsoothe! In that picture of the wall I'm building, is a picture of the Tetons near Jackson Hole, WY.
The Stetson hat was her daddy's, but while shopping in Jackson we both wanted a special momento to place on the mantel.
She got a nice moose antler, but we found a "matched" pair at another shop, and I told her they WOULD fit. After all, I built it I am
the dumbass that should know whether they fit or not. I lugged that rack down and across the street at a red light.
In and out of 2 hotels...only to get home with them and find out they were too blasted tall to fit on the mantel!
So I told her I would tear out and build her a wall to display her new souvenirs on.
BTW this fireplace is where I cut my teeth on learning how to do this stuff. I've never laid much of anything with mortar.
I got a friend to help me wire the Bluetooth dimmer switch and had to rent an electric "jack hammer" to bust the old fake concrete
fireplace out. Talk about heavy. I needed help carrying parts of it out of the house.
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HorseloverFat
Squarepants with Conkers
That is absolutely fantastic... the whole presentation “hugs” you, firmly, like a trusted old friend.
Japonicus
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Well thanks. She's a keeper!
Here's some fireplace pics we've taken at places we stayed or visited.
Now next week it's waterfalls...LOL!
Forsoothe!
Imperial Masterpiece
Magnifico!