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[Erik the Anglophile]

Ride home at 0020hr

 

[pvtpublic]

Ride home at 0020hr

How far north are you?

 

[day_trippr]

Pretty far north, I'd say...

Cheers!

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

Yeah, about as far as it gets...

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

And now we actually get a few hours of sort of kind of twilight around midnight.
Earlier in the summer if it's cloudy you basically can't tell 12 am and 12pm apart...

 

[balrog]

Um, we aren't.

 

[balrog]

Pfsh. Amateur.

You stand at the kitchen sink staring out the window to the back yard thoughtfully with your back to the room, ready to drop any contraband into the sink.

Where the glass of bourbon sits.

 

[ehall]

^^ I do that all the time! yay me! I'm a veteran dad!

 

[El Whedo]

A star sapphire set in a custom sterling setting I sold a few days ago.

 

[corkybstewart]

 

[corkybstewart]

Chateau Brousse, situated in the absolute middle of nowhere with only 1.5 lane roads leading to it. But the restaurant was definitely worth the effort.

 

[day_trippr]

^stunning^

Also stunning - in a totally different way

Cheers!

 

[day_trippr]

Names are hard.
We passed one of these wreckers on the way out to Cape Cod last week and had to laugh.

Cheers! ("It's a lock!" )

 

[balrog]

 

[Hoppy2bmerry]

A faceplant on the asphalt doesn’t end well. Well, 2 hours in the ER and 15 stitches later it ended.
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The rest of the story-

Our oldest grandson graduated college a couple of months ago and scored a really good, entry level, job in his field here in Billings. He’s been staying at our house until he can get into a place of his own He brought his dog along (a Border Collie) and we’ve enjoyed having both of them here.

The dog is used to being on the farm and adjusting to being in the city, and on a leash, has been a bit of a challenge for him. This morning we were walking the dog and he decided to change directions abruptly, He got tangled up between my feet and I went down face first.

No major damage, nothing broken, I’ll just look like Herman Munster for awhile…

Ouch! My dog did something similar (feral cat involved) and I had to have 4 front teeth pulled. Hope you are feeling, and looking better soon.

 

[El Whedo]

The latest creations, opposite sides of the same nugget, a pendent and a ring.

The lady that owns the gallery I sell at asks me if I wanna sell them as a set, or individually. I tell her "individually". And tell her why it will be easier and faster. She tells me "I'm gonna prove you wrong and sell them as a set."

OK, Cool?

She is a wonderful human, so I'll go with the flow!

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Had a skid loader for the weekend to get some parts of the yard graded, got the important stuff done then I remembered a huge cherry tree that fell in my woods a few months ago and thought while I had the machine i should fetch it. A buddy of mine has a saw mill I'm gonna take it to and get boards made, also I've been wanting to make a new live edge bar to replace the one in my kitchen... this should do.

 

[Tom R]

Wow! Never seen a cherry tree grow that large in my neck of the woods.

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

This was probably the largest one on my property, came down in storm... it was uprooted and the majority of the tree stayed off the ground, allowing me to get to it when I had the time. After that piece it split off into a couple sections that were still nice and straight so I pulled them out too, the only thing I wish it had was a couple burls, several of my other cherries have them.

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Took some measurements.
About 11 feet long.

 

[ehall]

you lucky son of a.... damn! I wanna see what you make with it.

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Gonna take a while, but I'm sure I'll post it.

 

[day_trippr]

That is a serious chunk. Looking forward to post mill pics...

Cheers!

 

[Erik the Anglophile]

Be sure to get some chunks to throw on the smoker

 

[corkybstewart]

Took some measurements.
About 11 feet long.
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Beautiful wood, it's gonna be pretty stuff to work with.

 

[balrog]

Cherry is my fav woodworking wood.

 

[nobadays]

Be sure to get some chunks to throw on the smoker

A bit of hickory and a lot of cherry wood make nice smoke for brisket!

 

[bailey mountain brewer]

Be sure to get some chunks to throw on the smoker

We're smoking a whole hog this weekend, and yeah I cut some chunks for that.

 

[balrog]

 

[nobadays]

Doing some log work...that first step of the porch is a little tall! Too warm and too many biting black flies. Lots of breaks.

Edit... finished the steps!