This picture is from last weekend. This was the oyster knife I spoke of in that last post.
I think I liked how it turned out.. Fits my hand perfectly!
Hannah asked to go shooting again.. I asked her what she was interested in, and she said I want to learn to shoot a shotgun. I’m interested in her learning how to handle and respect weapons, (since they are not going away) so it sounds like a good plan to me. Arthur said she could shoot his 20 guage, so we went and got some supplies!
The prices where surprising. 100 round box of 20 gauge shells is only 20$, and the skeet and thrower were less than 10. I think I paid 30$ total, including tax! I dont have a picture of her shooting, but I have a little video! She catches on quick.
Dad would have gotten into this.
After getting a call from Arthur yesterday saying “Ed I need some help mounting my sugar cane press! I have cane, and I need to press it before it goes bad!!”
Oh boy. We have to build a mount for a sugar cane press and then press it this weekend?? So, We got a couple friends together and made it happen…
So after it was mounted, I got Hannah to drive the tractor around in circles. (We could not find a mule or a horse, so Hannah on a Deere it was!)
Or even better, you can see some action video here:
Then, After, comes the cooking of the cane. To be honest, this would be a little bit funner if these guys drank beer.. 🙂 None the less, It’s fun hanging out in a old shed with (in order:) a PHD (Mike), a JD (Arthur), and a PE (Vince) shooting the breeze over some boiling sugarcane. It was quite an experience.
And here is a picture of a selection of different kinds of cane we got to press and taste. A friend of Arthur’s grows some obscure strains here in little old North Augusta. I have to say, the white cane tasted the best straight out of the press.
Hannah caught Primo, Arthur’s turkey. He really is quite friendly. He still seeks Arthur out, and sits on his lap. Right now he hangs around in the woods with some other turkeys Arthur got.
I caught this one just by luck.. Rockwell kissing one of the chickens. We really are quite fond of them.
Arthur raised this turkey from an egg. He would have had more, but the eggs only produced at about 10 percent, and then he lost a few to predators. I don’t think he had any intention of befriending them, rather they were going to be nice meals in the fall. However, this one follows him around like a baby looking for its mom, and I think Arthur is going soft on it. I think I even heard him call it a name!
This guy has a lot of growing to do.. I don’t think Arthur will be able to coddle it much longer. (Note, this pictures was NOT staged.. that bird found its way to Arthur’s lap by itself.)
