I have always liked Photoshop and its associated programs but I truly think the newest version is amazing.
This is a panorama of the Blackwater Draw site taken from about 13 photos with vignettes removed, auto-aligned, and smoothed. The original is about six feet long and awaiting printing.
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We had a small ghilie making class at the Bois d’Arc Rendezvous. Maybe not as exciting as the arrow-making but it is a real and useful skill.
Now those are sexy shoes!
This is a double post from my other page but definitely worth reading.
“ancient pots were so numerous they were used for target practice”
“Around here, it’s not a crime. It’s a way of life”
This is an excellent article on the culture of pothunting and the recent repercussions in the way of arrests in southeast Utah.
I have uploaded more photos on the Primitive Gatherings Page. Looking at these makes me think that many will not make much sense or be of much interest unless you were there or are into the same crazy things. Hope they are enjoyable.
More photos are now available on the Rabbitstick page within the Primitive Gatherings section of this blog. I will keep adding photos of older events as I get time.
I have returned from Rabbitstick 2009 and will upload some photos of the event. For those who don’t know or just stumbled into this page, this event is a gathering of people who are seriously interested in primitive technology. Its a place to learn, teach, and exchange ideas on subjects not easily found elsewhere.
This is a view of a beautiful skin-on-frame kayak made by Kiliii of Dancing Hawk.
My ratty old moccasins that have spent a lot of time in the woods. These have been my winter moccasins for nearly a decade. I can’t remember exactly when I made them but it was a quick and dirty sewing job. They have been re-soled (I think) once. They are an oil-tanned leather I bought from a saddle and boot maker supply house I found while driving through Texas. As can be seen, the tops can be worn up or down.
I am adding some new pages to organize things a bit around here. These will be under construction for a bit as I add photos and information. I hope to make this a resource for some hard-to-find pre-industrial technology.
See you soon.
It was blind shooting again. After seeing the mother leave to gather food, I set the camera for full-auto, held it as high as I could and fired away. I think I got pretty lucky with this one.
I have a couple of road runners living in the yard and have for some time. They are usually skittish but have been hanging out on top of the chicken coup this spring. They built a nest under my carport in some vines growing there and I finally got a peak at the chicks. The mother goes out and brings back lizards and that’s when I snuck in. She caught me the second time and did a great injured bird impression.
The nest is kind of high so I just set the camera for “auto”, raised my arm up as high as I could reach, and just fired away. Most of them were no good but this one I liked well enough.
As a follow up. This was under the nest a little while later and I’m sure it was looking for a snack of baby bird. I hated to cheat it out of a meal but I took it a ways from the house and think it will do well on rodents.
It is a harmless bull snake so I wasn’t concerned for my safety. Even the chickens were relatively uninterested.
