This is a great video about the Yellowstone National Park … if it’s true.
Eco-propaganda?
Great video, though, give it a watch. Then, read the contrary opinion, from the March 14, 2014 edition of the New York Times: Is The Wolf A Real American Hero?
Archive for October 2014
How Wolves Change Rivers 12 comments
New Cutting Boards … And One Like New 4 comments
One last batch of cutting boards finished before the 4th quarter craft fairs begin. These, and many others, will be at Mrs M’s booth this weekend.
If you’re out and about in Santa Clarita on Saturday, please join Mrs Ms Handmade at the LA Sheriff’s Department’s Annual Fun In The Sun Chili Cook-Off at the Equestrian Center in Castaic. The address is 26983 Tapia Canyon Road.
If you’re not so fortunate as to be out in the heat with us on Saturday, then write me on the Contact Us form and tell me what you would like!
Two Hard Maple boards. Cutting boards for your RV? Cheese boards? Bar boards? You choose. One is 12-1/2″ x 8″ x 1-1/2″. The other is 13″ x 7-1/4″ x 1-1/2″. End grain.
# 63 Cutting Board, $125. Edge grain cutting board. Hard Maple, Black Walnut, Cherry and Yellowheart.
# 62 Cutting Board, $150. Hard Maple, Walnut, Yellowheart and Cherry. 22-1/8″ x 14-3/8″ x 1-5/8″. Edge grain.
# 68 Cutting Board, $150. Black Walnut, Yellowheart, Cherry and Hard Maple. 18-3/8″ x 14-1/2″ x 1-1/2″. End grain.
# 66 Cutting Board, $150. Black Walnut, Jatoba, Padauk, Yellowheart and Hard Maple. 18″ x 16″ x 1-1/2″. End grain.
# 69 Cutting Board, $125. Black Walnut, Hard Maple, Padauk and Yellowheart. 15-1/4″ x 12-1/4″ x 1-1/8″. End grain.
# 64 Cutting Board, $125. Black Walnut, Cherry and Hard Maple. 19-1/4″ x 12-1/2″ x 1-1/2″. End grain.
# 67 Cutting Board, $125. Black Walnut, Hard Maple and Cherry. 20″ x 12-1/2″ x 1-1/2″. End grain.
# 65 Cutting Board, $125. Hard Maple, Cherry & Black Walnut. 16″ x 12-1/2″ x 1-1/4″. End Grain.
# 61 Cutting Board, $100 – $150, depending on size. Hard Maple end grain.
Hard Maple. 20-3/4″ x 12-3/8″ x 1-1/2″. End grain.
Commissioned restoration project. This 20-year old board was presented to me in two pieces: a glue joint had failed. The pieces were squared up, re-glued, sanded and re-finished. Purpleheart and maple.
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Cutting Boards: What Kind Do You Want?
Survival Of The Fattest 4 comments
The Rangers at Katmai National Park had a bit of fun on Facebook yesterday: they ran a contest, with their followers voting on who was the fattest star from their bearcams this summer. They put together a photo collage of each bear’s “before” and “after” figures, proving that bears do one thing very well in the Alaskan summer: they eat, and then they eat some more.
It’s as if they’re storing up for the winter or something…. Click on the photos to get the photos larger. Not life size, mind you, but larger!
Cute, yes … but this is not a baby’s game.
Beadnose must win for cutest ears, no matter what else you think of her rotundness.
Otis fishes in this part of the river so much the Rangers call it his office!
Best comment of the day came from Stuart Siegfried, who commented on 409’s picture, ” ‘Does this fur make my butt look big??’ Holy cow.”
For all of Katmai’s bears, fat equals survival. Brown bears will lose one quarter to one third of their body mass during hibernation. The fat they now carry sustains them through winter hibernation and well into next spring.
The 2 finalists were Otis and “4 Ton,” I mean, 410. It’s big boy versus big girl. They handled the pressure differently, as the live Bearcams showed yesterday:
Otis did some last minute fishing to round out his bulk.
410, oozing with confidence, decided it was time for a nap.
The results after a full day of voting: Otis, estimated to weigh 900 pounds, reigns as the champion of #FatBearTuesday!
Otis, in his office, doing what he does best: fishing.
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