All About Pocket Knives

Spring is near

Just had to share these beautiful carvings that Ivoryman has sent me over the years. I swear, that guy can carve this stuff in his sleep! (I went to a craft fair here in Hawaii recently and saw very similar fish hook patterns being sold for between $50 - $200 each...and they were made out of bone!)

~Q~

Beautiful stuff, who knew he was so talented!

Very nice !

I decided to make a clock for each of my grandchildren.I made them using the first letter of their name.I found with the "T" I had to leave some timber on the bottom to stop them falling over.
I will have to make a extra "A"as a new grandchild arrived yesterday.

Grant

Very cool Shearer., I think I will make one for each of my 7 grandchildren

Larry

Go ahead boys. Brag it up. I only have four but they're all very dear to me.

Speaking of clocks. We got this one around 2001.

The redbud trees are blooming better this spring than they have in a few years. Here's a couple of pics of some of the blooms on the tree in my yard.

WOW!!!
That is pretty, Phil. I wish something like that would happen around here ....... soon.

Dave, that clock ....... it's .... it's .... classic, very, very classic ................

How about some spring wildflowers ?

I like wildflowers.

Isn't wildflowers another word for weeds?

Nice picture Phil.

Jerry, according to many botanists/gardeners...the definition of a "weed" is simply any plant growing anywhere you don't want it to. So, according to that definition, any plant could be considered a weed depending on where it's growing and how it's affecting the ecosystem. I wouldn't necessarily call native wildflowers weeds because, personally, I feel that wherever they grow is appropriate and desirable...just as long as they're not an invasive species that overtakes and destroys native species and/or upsets the ecosystem (we have a big problem with invasive species of all kinds here in HI).

Beautiful flower photos, Phil. Spring is in the air.

~Q~

Aww ~Q~, I was just givin' Phil the business.

Just returned from a vacation in Kentucky. Found these stone fences near the town of Lebanon which are similar to a style used in Ireland. Note the top row of stones are placed vertically. I learned that sheep will not jump over a fence they cannot see through.

I don't know enough about Kentucky geology, but can we assume all those stones were gathered during the clearing of that pasture land?

And if so, how long have those stone fences been there?

I'm thinking about copying your photo, then cropping out a pic that is just all stone and using it for a PC background.

Charlie Noyes

In the early 1900's, my grandmother and other women carried such stones in their aprons in order to help construct a two story school building at Moody's Cross Roads, Alabama.

That school was torn down in the 1980's.

Charlie Noyes

RobesonsRme.com wrote:I don't know enough about Kentucky geology, but can we assume all those stones were gathered during the clearing of that pasture land?

And if so, how long have those stone fences been there?

I'm thinking about copying your photo, then cropping out a pic that is just all stone and using it for a PC background.

Charlie Noyes

Most of these stone walls, especially in the Bluegrass region, Paris, Lexington, etc., have been attributed to the slaves kept in the area, so, early to mid 19th century.

And if so, how long have those stone fences been there?

I can't contribute much to the knowledge about these fences. These did not seem to be common in Marion county and surroundings. However the photos show fences on a property associated with the Shakers. Would the shakers have used slaves?
Here is another photo you may find easier to use.

Those stone fences dot the country side throughout Tennessee and Kentucky. I believe it is shale or slate. You can see it in the cuts along I-75 and I-64. I have seen people stopping to gather it in their pickups. Don't know if the slaves made them but that stone is very plentiful in those areas.

Limestone

some flower pics i took last year

a view

Lovely photos.