MAY 2012
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05/31/2012
arrow holder
Made arrow holders for shooting and storage.
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05/30/2012
arrows
Fletched Arrows, Old Aluminum and Douglas Fir.
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05/29/2012
points
Made an obsidian point and put it on a primitive arrow.

arrows
Douglas Fir Arrows made with new arrow jig.
arrows
45 minutes work.
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05/28/2012
bowarm
Real and imagined dangers of home made Bows.  Broke when I tried to string it.

  We remember who made our Freedom Possible
  MD  Dad  Hank
Thank You! 
Dad, Hank E., Marvin M., Mike E., Ron E., Tim M., Neil M.,
Dennis P., Gary  L., Brian O., and to all the veterans.
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05/27/2012
bow
Worked on a new bow.
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05/26/2012
arrow jig
Made an arrow jig for making arrows.  This is my first Douglas Fir Arrow.

dirt
Moved more dirt.
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05/25/2012
primitive arrows
Worked on primitive arrows.
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05/24/2012
Happy Birthday Mom
Marge
Marge, she would have been 93.

dirt
Moved dirt.
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05/23/2012
bees
16 Bees trying to get in the door at one time.
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05/22/2012

Bees Bees
Moved trapped bees into a new home.
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05/21/2012
Busy Bee swarm
Ran around town and mailed stuff, moved the new swam home.
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05/20/2012
arrows
Made Arrows.
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05/19/2012
home made fletching jig
Made three more fletching jigs, out of scrap.
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05/18/2012
maple cordage
Worked  on cordage from Maple bark.
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05/17/2012
home made fletching jig

home made fletching jig

home made fletching jig

home made fletching jig
Made a Fletching Jig
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05/16/2012
swarm trap
Caught another swarm.
Pitch Bar Fire starter
Made New Pitch Bar.  Made a fire biscuit with carbon cloth inside, wood shavings outside
and bees wax to seal and burn.  Cut in half and hit with ember or spark.
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05/15/2012
cordage

  cordage
Worked on cordage.
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05/14/2012
arrows
Made some arrows
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05/13/2012
Bracer
Made a Bracer

Happy Mothers Day Mom!
Marge Helen
Marge                                                    Helen
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05/12/2012
primitive arrows
Worked on arrows, cat tail, maple sapling. 
Turkey feathers, homemade glue and sinew.
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05/11/2012
hat hat
Indian Soap Plant
hat hat
Hats
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05/10/2012
Dad
Happy Birthday Dad!  He would have been 92.
atlatl  atlatl
Once she learned how there was no stopping the box killer Karen!
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05/09/2012
cedar
Found a dead Cedar and cut out fire tools with my knife.

Fireboard
Made these tools with just this knife.  Fire board, drill, pivot, catch board
and Atlatl to use as the bow.  Made fire first try took less than 5 minutes.

Hat
Made a Hat
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05/08/2012
mowed
Mowed
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05/07/2012
garden
Worked in the Garden
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05/06/2012
garden

garden

garden

garden
Started the Garden

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05/05/2012
bee trap
Put out the last Bee Trap
vegies atlatl
Bought plants for the garden.                            Practiced with Atlatl from 10 yards.
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05/04/2012
atlatl  Darts
Found a Prunus limb for an Atlatl and Mullein Stalks for Darts

atlatl
Atlatl and Dart
atlatl
In a short time, under an hour I made this Atlatl and dart.  Works well.

Fire Piston
Made a fire piston out of Lemon wood from Sharon's house.
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05/03/2012
soup  bow
Made soup, and started work on a new bow.
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05/02/2012
snake paint brush
California ring snake,  getting color from the Indian Paint Brush.
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05/01/2012
grapes greenhouse
Worked on the grapes, washed windows on the Greenhouse.
Watercooler
Fixed the water cooler.