How does this even work? You see a hawk (and determine from its size or feathers that it is a juvenile?) and do a magic dance to make it come to you so that you can put a bag on its head and bind it? You drive aroun in a van that has 'free rabbit entrails' on the side? I remembered, Greg answered a...

How does this even work? You see a hawk (and determine from its size or feathers that it is a juvenile?) and do a magic dance to make it come to you so that you can put a bag on its head and bind it? You drive aroun in a van that has 'free rabbit entrails' on the side?

Oh that looks like a grand time! ... the streambed looks familiar. I take it that's a regular haunt? Most of the hills in this part of the world (from Wisconsin and Michigan all the way down to Kentucky) are usually terminal moraines- the detritus bulldozed at the front edge of the glaciers and the...

Nice! Where was this at?

I can't wait for solid fall weather- I've got a dozen projects at the Inn that I've been avoiding due to the heat and humidity.

A few years back, they found a similar thing in the forest in Germany.

Unfortunately, it was aspens planted in the shape of swastikas on a hillside covered in pines.

Before the modern method of dividing real estate on a grid, the method was known as 'metes and bounds.' Some US states still have such measurements from colonial times. "Beating the bounds" was a way for mostly illiterate communities to become aware of real estate divisions and to pass alo...

I've heard of the "Game of Thrones" cookbook, and mostly heard good things about it. I have to work on my pie dough, though. When I make chicken pot pies, I usually cheat with store-bought dough. I have that cookbook! I'll have to post some recipes and my results. The Honeyed Chicken reci...

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Great photos and a great looking kit. I'm looking forward to cooler weather and testing some of my gear.

I got the catalog book yesterday. It's a beauty, with high resolution reproductions of letters, maps, and drawings on card-stock paper pages. One thing that surprised me are reproductions of newspaper pages that Tolkien doodled on with colored pens. Very psychedelic. The book, shipping, and handling...

Nice kit, great photos. Looks like a fun day.

Elleth wrote:Oh.... that does look interesting!

Seems there's a lot of really intriguing things coming out from the archives lately: am I just only paying attention lately, or has the pace picked up a bit?

I think the pace has picked up.

I ordered the catalog today. $75 with taxes and shipping. Whew.

Like most here, I'm not going to be in Oxford any time soon. However, I am going to get a copy of the exhibit catalog, which has things like color reproductions of the first map of the Shire, etc. https://io9.gizmodo.com/j-r-r-tolkiens-archives-come-alive-in-this-stunning-bo-1827640174 http://press....

It was me highly recommending it. It's a father and son team. Dad is a botanist, son is an artist. The illustrations are woodcuts (or in that style), reminiscent of Tolkien's art style. The information is straight on Botany 101 for Middle-earth. You not only get a listing of every plant mentioned in...

I had forgotten about the Dragons Wood Inn. Until very recently the ability to go much beyond my own region was essentially impossible. I am only just beginning to venture out again, now we have good vehicles, the children are grown, and things have settled some. I shall keep an eye out for doings....