This post has absolutely nothing to do with woodworking, but I thought that I would post it here, just because this is where a lot of fine folks who might appreciate this hang out.
It’s a truly fine day: a few high, willowy clouds in the sky, a slight breeze, about 82ºF, and on the way to work this morning, I was fortunate enough to see a coyote pup on the road. It was about 12 inches high at the shoulders, maybe 20 or so lbs., a nice desert tan coat, and very skittish, as it took off like a bat out of …. as I came driving up the road. Passing by where it left the road, I could see it about 10 meters off the road next to a Chamisa bush staring back at me. Its parents were no where in sight.
What a superb way to start the day!
Cheers! and have a great weekend!
James
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Nature - and the world we live in is wonderful! I'm glad you appreciate it.
(And the fine folks at Knots.)
Jerry
That's what it is all about: stopping to smell the roses.
But what you didn't realize is that years ago a band of Gypsies stopped there to fix a flat and when they pulled out the old infil fell off the truck. For years the coyotes have been sniffing out the woodworkers as they drive by, trying to tell them that, that smoother is just lying there waiting for someone to pick it up. So you see James, it is about woodworking after all! Check it out on your way home. :-)
Have a great day,
-Chuck
Chuck,
I did that during lunch: took a look around where that young coyote pup was standing.... You can imagine my severe disappointment when I could not find that infill. Hmmm...maybe I just wasn't looking in the right place...or maybe that coyote was just testing me to see if I am worthy of it..... (They have legends about coyotes and bears and other magical critters around here, you know....)
Cheers!
James
Chuck said it was years ago. Did you brush back the leaves that have settled each year and the soil that has washed over the area in the rain. Maybe a metal detector would be of use here.A prize found is not time lost.Andy"It seemed like a good idea at the time"
I read your profile. You have a keen sense of appreciation for the better things in life. You are obviously a person possessing excellent taste and are able to easily discriminate between the grain and the chaff. You are mature, well respected, and considered to be a master of all you undertake.
(PS - Your profile reads a lot like mine ;o) )
Regard it as just as desirable to build a chicken house as to build a cathedral.
Frank Lloyd Wright
Thanks for the kind words; some of them are far too kind indeed.
Our profiles and tastes/interests are pretty similar. If I might be permitted to say so, you, sir, would also be gentleman of refined taste.
It has been my good fortune to have been exposed to a fair number of things different than those in my neck of the woods, a goodly number of other cultures, new food and drink, and many other ways of looking at things. Combining that exposure with my curiosity accounts for much of my taste in food, music, reading material, etc., and has heavily contributed to my appreciation for what we have here.
Cheers!
James
It is 98 degrees, with a heat index of 105 and not a breath of air moving. I'm working outside on my deck railing, actually building a couple of sections in the "Chinese" design depicted in the current issue of FHB. I've got a tub of ice and at least three-quarters of a case of gatorade and I'm not sure if that's going to be enough for the whole weekend. Yes! I believe in global warming. Believe it or not, I am using a small adjustable square made by the folks at Bridge City Tools. I have other, more utilitarian versions of this tool, but it's too hot to muster the extra energy to find them.
Ed,
You just live in a HOT part of the country!!
This sounds like a fun project; I hope you'll post some pictures.
Cheers!
James
James, I know the feeling. On my last trip to Tn I worked on the shop most of the AM then made a little lunch with a large glass of "sweet tea" (my new addiction from the south) and sat on the front porch swing. I had your blue sky with puffy clouds to the WNW, about 78 degrees in the gentle breeze and a large hawk just floating on the thermals in very large circles over the meadows across my Meadow view road-also looking for lunch- I spent a long time over lunch. Regds, Pat
Dear psgren,
I used to have a secretary who often said, "Any day you can sit up, take a deep breath, and take in sustenance, is a good day." When the day is as nice as the one you described, it's even better. Here, near Washington, DC we have been deluged with rain for over a week. Lightning blew out our television, damaged our computer, and knocked out our telephone/cable/data lines. NO PROBLEM. Got a new TV. They repaired the cable lines and installed four new boxes, and I put a new Network Interface Card in our computer, which is back up. SO IT IS A GREAT DAY. It may still be a little damp, but I sat up, took in a deep breath, took in sustenance, and I did some nice woodworking. What could be better?
Enjoy,
96
PS - it is hard to remember what a secretary is. Now I have a word processor instead.
You must try my start to each day. Drive 5 miles, collect carrots and scoops, feed two mares and foals, race round field picking up droppings whilst fending off attentions and hooves of youngsters, do it again because barrow is not big enough, drag hose over three fields to fill water butts, hand out polos and escape,assuming hooves do not need picking out or electric fence has packed up etc etc. Join wife who has been doing similar for two shetlands ( the others are Connemaras,) and go home. And we do not own horses or do this for any reason other than to prevent our substitute daughter from hitting us! Aint life good.
David.
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