This music doesn't seem as old to me as it should, because I have been listening to it all my life. The percussion in Oh Johny, Oh is very typical of pre-electric recordings. The engineers needed sound that would record well, and wooden blocks did a great job coming through, even with a worn out needle in the parlor phonograph.
Saturday, January 7, 2017
Friday, January 6, 2017
Weekend Steam: Minnesota New Giant
This is a rare engine, one of only a couple that are operable in the country. What is really extra-neat is that it has a Clark feedwater pump just like the one on the New Giant engine that operates every Labor Day weekend at Old Threshers, in Mt. Pleasant, Iowa. That is a rare treat!
Thursday, January 5, 2017
Musical Brainstorm
Many years ago we read most of Hank The Cowdog's adventures. Every book has a song or two, and they are all fun. For some reason one of the Buzzard songs came to mind the other day and I went looking on YouTube. Here it is; great fun, and the Buzzards remind me of Da Yoopers!
We gave away our Hank books to someone who needed them, and now I am wanting to revisit the series. Here is where you can study the selection: Click
We gave away our Hank books to someone who needed them, and now I am wanting to revisit the series. Here is where you can study the selection: Click
Wednesday, January 4, 2017
Months With An R
Time to be doing your necessary pruning. If you don't have a good pruning blade, look them up on Forestry Suppliers or Ben Meadows.
Tuesday, January 3, 2017
Ruger's Auction To Benefit The Light Foundation
Here's a rare one, and the collectors have noticed. It is a Blackhawk Convertible fro 1989 with cylinders for .32 H&R Magnum and .32-20. This fine revolver will sell mid-day, Wednesday, January 4, 2017. 100% of the proceeds of this auction will go to benefit the Light Foundation. Click Here to read all about it. $1175
Inquiring Minds Want To Know; What Kind Of Wood Was It?
This story and photo were on The Blaze, and it's a good one. This heinous perpetrator kicked in a door and was clobbered in the face by a piece of firewood. My first thought was "It must not have been SOFT maple!" But seriously, I would like to know what it was, and the reporter did not provide that info. There is a nice indentation above the right eye from a bark imprint. White oak is flaky or ridgy, so that's not it. Hickory will have plates or narrow ridges depending on the species, so that's out. It might have been black oak, because its bark can be blocky, and it is relatively hard. But if I had to bet, I think it was persimmon. Persimmon has hard little blocks of bark, and persimmon was used for making golf clubs. Quoting a departed friend with an interesting vocabulary, "It's harder than hammered Hell!"
Photo credit: The Blaze, and Raleigh, Wake City Bureau of Identification
Monday, January 2, 2017
Sunday, January 1, 2017
No Snow In Southern Illinois Yet This Winter
And that's a good thing! It's downright discouraging watching this, and I am glad that we are practically in the sunny South.
Back To The Old Grind!
Back To The Old Grind!
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