All About Pocket Knives

cudgee wrote: No, that was very useful. I forgot how big America is.

This may help. We're actually close to the same size.
Australia's land area almost 7.7 million sq km. The 48 contiguous states if the US, which excludes Alaska and Hawaii is just slightly over 8 million square km.

Good example!!! We have only 7 states, that can be deceptive in it's own right. But i have driven across Australia, East to West, And North to South, and it is a big country. The differing climate zones make it confusing as to what fruit is available in each state at differing times.

One of our Hibiscus plants has gone a little crazy.

Charlie

We recently moved into our new office a few months ago. We were allowed to decorate our offices as we saw fit (within reason). So, no centerfolds, LOL, but I decided to do something related to my knife hobby.

Dimitri had given this poster of Walden, NY, to me after our bucket list trip years back...

I needed some wall hangings, so I found some neat cutlery-related factory pics online, and put them in floating frames...

Last, I wanted something for a credenza in my office. I had a chopped down printers tray, so I made a little knife display...

Beautiful flowers Charlie. Hibiscus are hard to beat.
Glennbad, not only knife magician but also interior decorator. You wear many hats.

glennbad wrote:We recently moved into our new office a few months ago. We were allowed to decorate our offices as we saw fit (within reason). So, no centerfolds, LOL, but I decided to do something related to my knife hobby.

Dimitri had given this poster of Walden, NY, to me after our bucket list trip years back...

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I needed some wall hangings, so I found some neat cutlery-related factory pics online, and put them in floating frames...

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Last, I wanted something for a credenza in my office. I had a chopped down printers tray, so I made a little knife display...

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Excellent! You have a flair for decorating, I see!!

LOL, I won't be winning any awards from Better Homes & Gardens anytime soon.

Not only decorative, glennbad, but fine conversation pieces when the situation permits. If I was your boss, I'd be mightily impressed.

Quick Steel wrote:Not only decorative, glennbad, but fine conversation pieces when the situation permits. If I was your boss, I'd be mightily impressed.

He's probably tired of all the packages I get sent to the office, LOL

The day before yesterday, I went down to "the ranch" to tend my feeders and pump some water to my dwindling pond. Thought this was one of the best pictures, from this round. I stay in a beat-up travel trailer, when I go down. It's fully covered and my temperature sensor, is in a well ventilated area, in the shade. This was the first day, that my a/c, on high, couldn't keep it at 72 degrees... Today is "National Relaxation Day"...I'm fully participating. Did a skillet of stir-fry rice, on the grill, a basket of grilled veggies, and some chicken thighs, deboned by the Bullnose. Of course you have to have a beer, to go along with it, when it's this hot and it's National Relaxation Day. Happy NRD, to ya!

Great pic DocB, the old doe has figured out the source and her fawn in the back ground is taking notes. The grub doesn't look too bad either. The heat not so much.

That fawn is just as cute as a bug's ear and Yuengling is an excellent choice.
(I just love messin' with the posted pictures.)

This guy was hanging around outside my office window this morning...

glennbad wrote:This guy was hanging around outside my office window this morning...

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For anyone who didn't know what it is --- From Wikipedia:

"The Phasmatodea are an order of insects whose members are variously known as stick insects, stick-bugs, walking sticks or bug sticks. They are generally referred to as phasmatodeans, phasmids, or ghost insects. Phasmids in the family Phylliidae are called leaf insects, leaf-bugs, walking leaves, or bug leaves."

Wow! That is a sure neat bug. Bugs are fun As long as they stay out of my house

glennbad wrote:This guy was hanging around outside my office window this morning...

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We've had an epidemic of those walking stick insects here this year. The chickens and guineas go nuts over them. They caught a lot on their own but I was picking them off of bushes and trees and the side of the house, and throwing them on the ground where the chickens could get them easier. The scrambling to get a bug was comical.

Ken

Mumbleypeg wrote:

glennbad wrote:This guy was hanging around outside my office window this morning...

walking stick.jpg

We've had an epidemic of those walking stick insects here this year. The chickens and guineas go nuts over them. They caught a lot on their own but I was picking them off of bushes and trees and the side of the house, and throwing them on the ground where the chickens could get them easier. The scrambling to get a bug was comical.

Ken

The picture of that in my mind makes me chuckle. Thanks.

High school football time is here in Texas. The best football of all IMHO! Went to a pre-season scrimmage last night.

Ken

I didn't realize how big high school and college football was in the south until we went to visit my in-laws in the little town of Kirby, Arkansas for Christmas of 1989. Arkansas was to meet Tennessee in the 1990 Cotton Bowl. The half hour local news went as follows: 5 minutes of local news AND weather, 20 minutes of Arkansas football, 5 minutes to recap news and weather.
High school football took up almost two full pages in the newspaper's sport section.
I'm a football fan for sure, but to be honest, this Yankee boy almost overdosed on football!!
I loved it!!!

By the way, Vols 31 - Razorbacks 27

A Septarian nodule aka lightning stone again. app. 150 years old, only a 10 mile stretch of Lake Michigan. as found shape, app 2 hours work. The cracks in the clay filled in with calcite.

Another very cool specimen, mrwatch!!

Got my critters fed this morning, and was taking acouple of snapshots of my ole yeller feral cat that just got through eating. He was resting and surveying his domain.

Very nice catch of the Hummer in flight.

Correction, very lucky.

Got some more accidental shots, was taking some photos of the hummers and look at what wandered by.