What Manly Things Did You Do Today?

I broke up a fight.

 

Pardon me.....BUT!


The visuals that brings to mind.......................

 

Yeah, yeah. Thanks a lot. Good thing for me the wife wasn't here to see it. She'd still be yelling at me. All cleaned up now and the heat is cranked to 72. I'd say whatever is inside the walls will dry nicely. I do need to cut out a small piece of sheetrock above the kitchen sink but that can wait until after Thanksgiving. The total loss today was a bag of fresh basil and whatever salt was sitting in the salt cellar. Now I can take a shower, and get out of the house to get some air and decompress. Pheeewwww. Oh, an I'm glad I can provide you with some visuals. Clarity and illustrative prose tend to lend more credence and hilarity to my shortcomings. Thank god we don't have cameras inside the house. That would have been a sight that would have scared anyone, even me.

 

It's all good!

 

I was going to like this, but somehow that seems wrong...

Definitely manly.

 

Scotch broom is invasive in the Pacific Northwest. It can form dense stands and choke off everything else. It is a legume, with large seeds that can germinate even after 40 years in the soil. In silviculture, it will change the soil chemistry, adding lots of nitrogen and changing the entire balance of plant life. It also shades out the seedling trees we plant.

But it does have attractive bright yellow flowers. That makes it easier for me to find and kill the last survivors, before they can set seed. Ruthless. And manly!

 

But didn't you, upon reading that, smile, grin, or outright laugh at the image you formed in your mind!

 

I started learning to shoot a recurve bow yesterday. I wound up buying a pretty good used leftie from another club member. It draws 18lb, which is a good starting point, as they are harder to hold at full draw, compared to compounds.
Meet my new bow. I named it Brummell

 

Shooting for fun or competition?

 

I am a certified instructor (through the National Field Archery Association). But I know little about recurves, which means I would find it difficult to teach someone how to shoot them. So I am learning it for that purpose. I still plan to compete with my compound bow.

BTW, with this one, my husband and I now own a total of 6 bows. I have yet another acquisition disorder!

 

Going to church. Can I get an amen?

 

Very clever. It's a dapper bow. I mean... Beau.

 

I carved out slots for my recurve bow components in a block of foam (the bottom half of the bow case.) with a kitchen knife. The top half of the case is for the arrows.

 

Razor blades, or sharp box cutters will cut smoother.

 

And a Sawzall would have been more manly.

 

Machete !!!!! Better yet, a chainsaw.

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But not deep enough for that block of foam.

 

Sawzall.

 

an extended razor knife would work..