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I have GOT to get a real camera. Must have been a persistent updraft today from the cliff at my neighbors place. Made for a legit raptor fest. Besides experiencing a few eagle "eclipses", there were a couple red tails, possibly a rough legged, and another I can only guess at (smaller, curved...

Oh I don't... for that matter, how do I know you're not a machine. Hmm. ;)

Picked up another questionable Melin ID this morning. Especially with Stellars present now that I know they're mimics. Pygmy owl just seems so random.

Last time I saw an April return summer, 40-ish years ago, it was 75 yrds downstream from where I hooked it and cartwheeling 6' above the water just before it threw the hook. Not that it would've mattered. No way I could stop it from crossing over the tailout into the rapids. This was a Skamania...

Yup!

This wouldn't help with the cost of tungsten by weight, but what about forming the beads as a composite using tungsten powder and resin? Seems like a molding process would be cheaper in comparison to machining. Based on some past experiments I've messed around with using tungsten powder and...

Some feeder shots from this morning. The red breasted nut job finally stood still long enough for some decent cell phone shots.

It's a straight cylinder. I'm going for simple, easy, cheap... but no reason you couldn't taper the boards to make a cone shape.

Thanks! I can do better esthetically with the wire wraps, but this should be functional for now. Using 12 standard 5.5" fence boards (6 full length boards cut in half), the bevels work out at 15°, with an inside diameter of just under 20". On another note, it should be easier to assemble by...

Need more raised bed space but too many other projects eating time and money. This cheapo, minimal material planter experiment might be the solution. Just 6, five foot cedar fence boards at 4 bucks each. Sawn in half, beveled, and stitched together with 14 gauge galvanized fence wire. Just...

On the subject of ouch, snapped this on the way to get our taxes done (passenger side).

I have too many hobbies as it is, so no still... I like whiskey so it is an intriguing idea. A full-size smokehouse is definitely going to happen so there's that.

I'm curious as to why George has 5 appendages? Just say'n.

Worms creep me out as it is. Bobbit worms are alien space monsters!

My "shop" has a pressure treated 4x4 framed plywood floor, attached to a rented storage box, with a blue tarp roof - currently sagging with pools of rainwater. Only thing that's missing is banjo music.

Your friend owns Turneffe? I'd say have a great trip, but how could you not?

No kidding. 3 or 4 days just enough to unwind.

And looked at giant goldfish while doing so: https://www.usda.gov/about-usda/news/blog/super-sized-goldfish-pose-giant-problem-lake-tahoe