"Seems Like...."
The Farm Report
01-11-2021
Bloom girls! for tonight you will die. |
Annie found voles in the greenery. She wants to herd anything that moves. She isn't a killer - she's a HERDER! It is so funny to watch her herd mice and voles. Genetics makes for an amazing animal. |
Maybe this little guy will be a hummingbird house? |
A grin and a last bouquet. |
The tarp garden has been stripped! That greenery down there is my sage crop. I'll get that cut and indoors to cure pretty soon. I love sage in my dressing, on my roast chicken and in my sausage! |
This project is made from plain old ordinary Sunday Roast Beef Cow bone- as in femur. |
Here we are in the rough. All turned round, but not colored correctly. |
A little art magic, and the colors came true. One is the original, one is mine. |
Topside, bottom side all around all around. When I've done my very best work, you can't tell I've done anything! I live a strange life. Here is a link to more pictures of this project if you're interested: Click Here. |
Indoors, the fun never ends. For O.J., it never starts. It's like Annie is saying, "Tim, do you think he would play with me this morning?" |
"Maybe if I'm really nice to him, would he play with me?" |
"He won't play with me, will he?" No Annie, he won't and you know what he will do if you keep bugging him. Has this ever happened before - like yesterday morning?! O.J. don't play. |
Lovely to read about your adventures and work again. Great idea with the globe! I know a lot of homesteaders would love to have a rootcellar like that. What a treasure. About the funrniture restoring: it would be a shame craftmenship like yours is lost. When getting older the more I appreciate "real" furniture. Looking forward tot the next report.
ReplyDeleteKindest regrds, Wendy
Being able to restore - and USE - the root cellar is going to be fun. Try the globe trick. It is really fascinating how much each month changes the angle and hence the seasons. I've been blessed to know many fine craftspeople over the years. To be considered one is a compliment I cherish. We make things faster now, but the quality is just not there, except special one-off commissions. Cheers!
DeleteThat is the most beautiful root cellar I have ever seen! My grandparents' was a white-washed, two-room, neat-as-a-pin root cellar/storm shelter/bomb shelter that you accessed in the garage, but that barrel-shape is wonderful.
ReplyDeleteLove the blog. I love the front porch pots and will look forward to seeing them with the patina. The drawer pulls look just like the original.
ReplyDeleteAin't she a dandy! The mess is just a ginormous job waiting for me. I've figured out a lifting system so I don't have to lug everything up the steps. Fortunately for me, the wood facings have completely rotted away. All I'll need to do to fit new doors is to reface the brickwork with new wood, and away we go. I think the shelving (which is good as the day they put it in) is cypress wood. It is really deep. I think the top of the arch is about 3 feet below ground surface. Cross your fingers for me!
ReplyDeleteUsing your globe to relate weather changes as the Earth's tilted axis causes the seasons is good fun science. Productivity at Oakdale Farm seems to be moving at high speed. It appears you are prepared for Winter and have selected the root cellar as a new project. Annie needs a friend and Ziva seems perfect. The alternative would be a second dog for you and Annie. As you state, OJ is not going to play (nice).
ReplyDeleteEvery July and August, I begin worrying that planet Earth has slipped it's moorings and flung itself out of orbit. The globe project reassures me. It is amazing how much the inclination changes in the August to October frame. It happens again in the spring months. Which I suppose is why Fall and Spring fly by - but Summer and Winter drag on. Science!
ReplyDeleteLove reading your writing, Tim. You don’t let any Moss grow under your feet, that’s for sure.
ReplyDeleteI smiled as I looked at the pictures.