Good stuff of the day

[Tony]

You can decide if you're glad or not Tengu, I for one love the snow!

just has some nice toad in the hole, very tasty. Earlier today i had to order some wood off the builders merchant in town (I'm rural) as my usual wood supplier didn't have what I wanted, they offered to deliver so I took them up on it thinking it would be a couple of days, an hour later it's on my drive...Great service, just a pity it was pouring with rain so I didn't fancy going outside to use it

 

[woodstock]

Thank you
It's -6.8C here this morning, and I can honestly say I'm enjoying Winter for the first time in years

M

Well done on repairing yourself, I noticed the weather up at woolford cottages just outside Tabrax loads of snow and plummeting temps. here in Llanelli we have had sunshine most of the day been down the beach collecting cockles and mussels oh and wild parsnip.

 

[daveO]

January must have been a bad month for everyone. Not a single good thing happened

But today is February and it's sunny, there's snow on the hills and all the windows are open to fill the house with fresh mountain air and bird song. It's like spring has come out to shake hands with winter and start agreeing the terms of winter's retirement. Winter still has some work to do I imagine but at least spring can start gradually moving it's stuff into the office. I don't know where I'm going with this analogy

 

[Toddy]

Spot on with the day

It's beautiful here. I've washing out on the lines, the snowdrops and crocus' are flowering, the light is wonderful, everything seems so much something to look forward again.

I'm really glad we have seasons, real seasons

M

 

[Tony]

January must have been a bad month for everyone. Not a single good thing happened

Ha ha, lots of good things happend, although I also had a couple of funerals and it was ultra busy.

Today, I've a friend that's just picked up her two boys whom i've had for the morning making bokes with in my workshop (it was supposed to be outside but the heavy showers and hail storms scuppered that) it was great having them and sharing some knowledge with them, they did me a service by coming over.

 

[snappingturtle]

considering the tribulations of my youth and how raw life had be, I'm glad to say at 47 I have (two months back) just finished my mortgage, I miss the adventure of my youth but not the lack of mean's nor its impoverishment. I guess now I have the chance for both, I still have strength and the will to be adventurous and now the means, funny how things turn, I'm grateful for the hardships and pain odd to say that but I see my life much like the crafting of a blade, youth was the moulding by heat and blows, the hardening was to know all I had to do was keep going, now comes the refinement of form. As for the weather well yesterday I was out in the pig with the roof down eating ice cream, because it was a beautiful dark cold dreek day

 

[daveO]

How did I hear it put the other day? You can never be too old for adventure but you can be too old to hesitate about going on one. That doesn't sound right...

It must be a great feeling to get the mortgage paid off though.

 

[Robson Valley]

Into week 5/7 post op recovery = all is going very well.
No more than 10cm new last night and 25 cm+ to come over the weekend.
People already turning around on highway 16 back east and going back home.

Yes. Paying off the mortgage and all other big debts is a pleasant experience.
Gawd! The average Canadian is holding almost $24,000 in debt, besides a mortgage.

 

[oldtimer]

One good thing about getting old is that one has plenty of memories to look back on.



This does, however, depend on doing things worth remembering when young!

 

[snappingturtle]

I know what you mean with that saying DaveO we get more time and fortune with age but don't always have the heart to make use of it, we are still young men just looking out of older eye's! and yer mortgage free is a good an odd feeling I don't think its fully sunk in.
Robson, truly god speed with your recovery, enjoy the snow I'm sure your well prepared for it.
As for memories, there's girls, cars, raves party's and crazy times, the human experience is as varied as you wish, it just depends on how bold you are and what you will risk to know something.

 

[John Fenna]

The first cup of coffee in the woods this morning -
I have just recovered from Ozzie flu, did not get out for a kip in the woods at all in Jan, spent a great weekend with old friends but it was cold, wet and windy but woke this morning before dawn, got the fire lit and a brew of strong black Java going and watched the dawn rise crisp, clear and beautiful through the trees.
The others woke as they smelled the coffee
Simple pleasure that cost nothing but are worth the world!

 

[Robson Valley]

Complete eye examination and new prescription for new glasses all done this afternoon.
My eye sight has been very stable since last exam, 20+ years ago.
Eye health is excellent for my health and for my age.
Very happy to learn all of that.
Best part? Turned out that the eye Dr. is a former student of mine from decades ago. Nice visit.
Worst part? Senior's discount and medical benefits included, the bottom line cost is still 2X what I expected.

 

[ProjeKtWEREWOLF]

I'm currently beating a particularly nasty and insidious depression. Mainly with medication, Dialectical Behaviour Therapy techniques and regular exercise. My exercise of choice is yoga and Brazilian Jiu Jitsu. Received a stripe promotion on my white belt last night. Another year or so to my next belt

 

[Insel Affen]

Whilst posting on another topic about multi-tools, Clanchief said he had an old leatherman Supertool pouch (as they don't make them any more). Yesterday, it turned up at work and I am chuffed to bits, especially as my old Cordura one lasted 20 years and since then I've been through 3 pouches in just over a year! So very much happy with a leather replacement.

Cheers for that Drew.

 

[Broch]

Sitting out in the sun with a cup of coffee for the first time this year (the sun that is, not the sitting out). Absolute human silence; not a man made sound to be heard. Birds singing, ravens croaking, buzzards mewing - perfect. In fact, it was so quiet, I could hear the wing beats of the chaffinches 20m away. Those moments just have to be soaked up when they come

 

[Robson Valley]

Today is the day to love 4X4. -10C and about 20 cm new in the night.
Still snowing hard, another 25-40cm expected today but no wind at all. Visibility 200m.
Perfect circumstances to mess about with fire starting methods in the back yard.

 

[woodstock]

How did I hear it put the other day? You can never be too old for adventure but you can be too old to hesitate about going on one. That doesn't sound right...

It must be a great feeling to get the mortgage paid off though.

Well your right about never being to old im 61and a half, Fi and I have saved up to buy a live aboard van when we find the right one, we have the wood stove and flu ready to go, I think we may head for Portugal.

 

[santaman2000]

A few days ago I posted a thread about my dog (an older dog) being ill. As she's continued to improve Oldtimer suggested (quite correctly) that this would be an appropriate entry for this thread as well. As of tonight she's back to her pre-illness strength and energy levels and her appetite has completely returned.

Also tinight's supper with my daughter and her family was a wonderful time despite some cooking mistakes on my part.

 

[Hammock_man]

Might not be bush craft but I got an hour long cuddle off my 5 day old grandson.... works for me.

 

[Tengu]

Its good to be out of debt.

I have student loans...but I will only pay those back when I earn (to my mind) crazy money.

(Heritage workers do not get crazy money; they get lots of fun).