MAY 2012
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05/31/2012
![arrow holder](arrow_10.jpg)
Made arrow holders for shooting and storage.
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05/30/2012
![arrows](arrow_9.jpg)
Fletched Arrows, Old Aluminum and Douglas Fir.
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05/29/2012
![points](points_12_c.jpg)
Made an obsidian point and put it on a primitive arrow.
![arrows](arrow_8.jpg)
Douglas Fir Arrows made with new arrow jig.
![arrows](arrow_7.jpg)
45 minutes work.
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05/28/2012
![bow](Bow_6c.jpg)
![arm](bow_6b.jpg)
Real and imagined dangers of home made Bows. Broke when I tried
to string it.
We remember who made our Freedom Possible
![Hank](Hank_marge_s.jpg)
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](Bow_6.jpg)
Worked on a new bow.
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05/26/2012
![arrow jig](arrowjig1.jpg)
Made an arrow jig for making arrows. This is my first Douglas Fir
Arrow.
![dirt](wldirt12b.jpg)
Moved more dirt.
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05/25/2012
![primitive arrows](arrow_6.jpg)
Worked on primitive arrows.
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05/24/2012
Happy Birthday Mom
![Marge](Marge12b.jpg)
Marge, she would have been 93.
![dirt](wldirt12.jpg)
Moved dirt.
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05/23/2012
![bees](bees5_12.jpg)
16 Bees trying to get in the door at one time.
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05/22/2012
![Bees](swarmone12_h.jpg)
Moved trapped bees into a new home.
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05/21/2012
![swarm](swarm1_2012.jpg)
Ran around town and mailed stuff, moved the new swam home.
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05/20/2012
![arrows](arrow_5.jpg)
Made Arrows.
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05/19/2012
![home made fletching jig](fletchjig_5.jpg)
Made three more fletching jigs, out of scrap.
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05/18/2012
![maple cordage](cordage_12_12.jpg)
Worked on cordage from Maple bark.
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05/17/2012
![home made fletching jig](fletchjig_1.jpg)
![home made fletching jig](fletchjig_2.jpg)
![home made fletching jig](fletchjig_3.jpg)
![home made fletching jig](fletchjig_4.jpg)
Made a Fletching Jig
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05/16/2012
![swarm trap](swarm1_2012.jpg)
Caught another swarm.
![Fire starter](firestarter12_1.jpg)
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_12_6.jpg)
![cordage](cordage_12_10.jpg)
Worked on cordage.
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05/14/2012
![arrows](arrow_4.jpg)
Made some arrows
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05/13/2012
![Bracer](Bracer.jpg)
Made a Bracer
Happy Mothers Day Mom!
![Helen](mombest.jpg)
Marge
Helen
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05/12/2012
![primitive arrows](arrow_2.jpg)
Worked on arrows, cat tail, maple sapling.
Turkey feathers, homemade glue and sinew.
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05/11/2012
![hat](hat5.jpg)
Indian Soap Plant
![hat](hat7.jpg)
Hats
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05/10/2012
![Dad](dad20.jpg)
Happy Birthday Dad! He would have been 92.
![atlatl](atlatl_9.jpg)
Once she learned how there was no stopping the box killer Karen!
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05/09/2012
![cedar](fire_b_d_cedar.jpg)
Found a dead Cedar and cut out fire tools with my knife.
![Fireboard](fire_b_d_cedar_2.jpg)
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](Hat2.jpg)
Made a Hat
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05/08/2012
![mowed](grass2012_1.jpg)
Mowed
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05/07/2012
![garden](garden2012_6.jpg)
Worked in the Garden
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05/06/2012
![garden](garden2012_2.jpg)
![garden](garden2012_3.jpg)
![garden](garden2012_4.jpg)
![garden](garden2012_5.jpg)
Started the Garden
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05/05/2012
![bee trap](trap2012.jpg)
Put out the last Bee Trap
![atlatl](atlatl_5.jpg)
Bought plants for the garden.
Practiced with Atlatl from 10 yards.
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05/04/2012
![Darts](atlatledart.jpg)
Found a Prunus limb for an Atlatl and Mullein Stalks for Darts
![atlatl](atlatl_2.jpg)
Atlatl and Dart
![atlatl](atlatl_4.jpg)
In a short time, under an hour I made this Atlatl and dart.
Works well.
![Fire Piston](firepiston10.jpg)
Made a fire piston out of Lemon wood from Sharon's house.
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05/03/2012
![bow](maple12_9.jpg)
Made soup, and started work on a new bow.
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05/02/2012
![paint brush](ipb12.jpg)
California ring snake, getting color from the Indian Paint Brush.
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05/01/2012
![greenhouse](ghwindows.jpg)
Worked on the grapes, washed windows on the Greenhouse.
![Watercooler](watercooler3.jpg)
Fixed the water cooler.