And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
A late cousin built a cabin from scratch near the home place. Spent spare time whittlin' spoons & kitchen tools from different types of wood. He also tied off and nurtured young trees that eventually become walking canes. I have one he fashioned from dogwood. A self-taught stonemason, he fashioned several nearby fireplaces--hearths from native stone. Man was born 100-years or so too late.
Betty & Wilma are preparing for the weekend pig-out.
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ReplyDeleteI love these. I wish that I could duplicate them in clay.
ReplyDeleteA late cousin built a cabin from scratch near the home place. Spent spare time whittlin' spoons & kitchen tools from different types of wood. He also tied off and nurtured young trees that eventually become walking canes. I have one he fashioned from dogwood. A self-taught stonemason, he fashioned several nearby fireplaces--hearths from native stone. Man was born 100-years or so too late.
ReplyDeleteNeat, if you were doing a survival course, or just wanted the practice.
ReplyDeleteSkills are always a good thing to practice.
Not so much, when you can have stainless steel actual implements for a coupla bucks even at WallyMart.
But if you're going for rustic, get yourself some foodsafe oil or wax, like for cutting boards, to seal them a bit.
https://www.thekitchn.com/best-wood-oils-and-conditioners-23105296
Real men utensils
ReplyDeleteI make all kind of things from what I find in my woods. Feels natural.
ReplyDeleteAre they dishwasher safe?
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