In loving memory of Kenis D. Keathley 6/4/81 - 3/27/22 Loving father, husband, brother, friend and firewood hoarder Rest in peace, Dexterday

"Twas a good day in da woods

Discussion in 'The Wood Pile' started by ole, Feb 27, 2018.

  1. eatonpcat

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    Yes...From our fearless leader Scotty Overkill:

    "Pictures will upload very easily simply by resizing them. One of the reasons our forums were crashing out so bad recently is because the files being uploaded here for years were huge and clogging up the server. We had to upgrade to a more expensive server and downsize the size of files we can take in. You don't have to crop your photos, just edit them by resizing them. If unsure how to do it, go to YouTube and watch a quick tutorial. Once you figure it out, you'll never have another issue with uploading pics here again."
     
  2. ole

    ole

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    Found an $18 hickory handle at a small town hardware store the other day. So now my $2 garage sale double bit is hung.
    Did not like the shellac/varnish finish so I scraped it off with a knife blade. Rubbed in 3 coats of linseed oil and called it good enough for the girls I go with.

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    It had a decent edge so just shined it up a tad.

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    ole

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    The farmer cut our alfalfa field behind our home yesterday. Today we had just pulled in the driveway and there were two bald eagles on the ground. One immediately flew away as he saw us the other one stayed. 5 minutes later 2 turkey vultures were circling the solitary eagle. Eagle got a little perturbed with them but held his ground. After a bit they all flew away. This is about 70 yards straight south of our home.

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    I had a very good idea what they were doing. A fawn went through the mower and they were having a late lunch.
    This is all that’s left of the fawn.

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    clean up on aisle two
     
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    on the way to the mailbox a half hour ago I had a visitor

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    Growing up on the farm my dad called these bull snakes but google tells me it’s a western fox snake.
    I carried him across the road and let him go in the cemetery
    He wasn’t happy with this procedure

    almost 4 feet long when he was stretched out
     
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    Good pictures, my friend. Nice job on the axe. Beautiful hay field. I've used that spray too. Works great.
     
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