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06/30/2012
Little by little.
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06/29/2012
Pull the tin, replace the wood, put up tar paper and sheeting, move the scaffold.
Caught another swarm today!
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06/28/2012
After 27 years a new front/backdoor.
Ready for foundation
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06/27/2012
Hard day. Had to pull the window and repair the wall and floor, move the stairs too.
Repaired
Rotten
Tear it out with fingers.
Moved 7000 pound stairs to repair floor and wall.
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06/26/2012
South Wall
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06/25/2012
Rain again today, went and got tar paper 400 square foot rolls.
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06/24/2012
Cabbage, Broccoli, Basil, Onion and Fennel all picked from the garden.
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06/23/2012
Rain, the garden likes it.
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06/22/2012
Rain
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06/21/2012
Many pieces, it took 6 hours.
Removed stump
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06/20/2012
70 ft tall, I could hear my mother crying. Look at the large growth rings 15 years ago.
Out of the way, timber!
Took limbs off tree, to miss the house.
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06/19/2012
Worked on addition
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06/18/2012
Opened a can of worms.
Starting
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06/17/2012
Happy Fathers Day Dad!
says Sharon, Jim, Karen and Shad
Picked some onions
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06/16/2012
Copper Culture Points found at Shan Creek, after I made them.
Reworked old flakes
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06/15/2012
Weeded the garden
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06/14/2012
Flag Day
To town for six 23 gallons and six 5 gallons of propane.
Mowed
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06/13/2012
In the woods I found a scapula from an Elk and it had been nibbled at,
I cleaned it up and added a Madrone stick to make a food getting tool.
What is it? A Turkey call ! This is it making noise.
jim's turkey call
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06/12/2012
New Queen goes into the box.
In here is the new queen.
Swarm Two gets inspected and new home.
Moving day even if you do not want to. Ten minutes and all were inside.
These are the real deal, top row Oregon, middle Nevada, bottom Illinois.
Some points, I made copper, obsidian and elk bone.
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06/11/2012
That is a bear...about 50 yards away, Dixie has no clue...good!
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06/10/2012
Still having fun.
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06/09/2012
I know that is the trail.
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06/08/2012
My first attempt at forming a copper vessel with a hammer.
Six inches across and one and half deep, holds 8 oz of water.
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06/07/2012
Made a needle clamp. Push the needle through the leather and then place it in the clamp
and step down to hold it and pull the leather off the needle and over the thread.
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06/06/2012
Made Leggings, hand stitched with sinew.
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06/05/2012
Garden is growing.
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06/04/2012
Now all I need is some tobac. That is a real Anasazi pottery chard.
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06/03/2012
Buried a power line for the Green House down the fence line,
and under the walkway.
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06/02/2012
Caught the second swarm of the year and put them in the apiary.
Made a sheath for Otzi's Knife.
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06/01/2012
Made a knife for Otzi.
Made a bow stringer.