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Blood and Sawdust

@bloodandsawdust.bsky.social

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Woodworking with traditional tools, spoon carving, and mucking about. Occasional 16th/17th Century historical interpretation and shenanigans. Dog Dad. Comments and questions welcome. Not to worry, the blood is my own. Slava Ukraini

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Blood and Sawdust @bloodandsawdust.bsky.social · 2h

My soul is already being consumed by this fellow.

A head carved from wood, with bug eyes, bulbous nose, crooked teeth, and a brimmed hat.

Blood and Sawdust @bloodandsawdust.bsky.social · 18h

Okay, why is this called a motorbike?

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Blood and Sawdust @bloodandsawdust.bsky.social · 20h

I’m in the process of removing them from my website. The income from them has dropped to a small fraction of what it once was, and I’m not liking them for political reasons.

Blood and Sawdust @bloodandsawdust.bsky.social · 20h

Excellent, congratulations.

Blood and Sawdust @bloodandsawdust.bsky.social · 1d

I find the shape of the man’s walking stick interesting as it bears a close resemblance to the sort of modern cane I’ve used after leg surgery. Nothing is new.

Two peasants, one with a bandaged leg, dance. One leans on a cane with a shape similar to modern ergonomic canes.

A modern asking cane with an offset handle.

Blood and Sawdust @bloodandsawdust.bsky.social · 1d

As did we volunteers at Jamestown Settlement. We come in to cold hearths, no wells (water available at the fort office) and wood conveniently staged about the fort.

Blood and Sawdust @bloodandsawdust.bsky.social · 1d

Hmm, I think you have more staff than I do. 🙂

Blood and Sawdust @bloodandsawdust.bsky.social · 2d

Oh no, hope she gets better soon.

Blood and Sawdust @bloodandsawdust.bsky.social · 2d

Haul the water from the creek.

Haul the wood in from the woodpile.

Build up the fire.

Heat the water.

Drag out the wash tub.

Take a nap. Fire goes out.

Wake up. Take a cold bath.

Blood and Sawdust @bloodandsawdust.bsky.social · 2d

Or slowly starving to death on an ice floe.

Blood and Sawdust @bloodandsawdust.bsky.social · 3d

Just reminiscing about my days at ol’ Hohenheim U. before we head off to see the original Bride of Frankenstein. I’ve seen it several times but never on the big screen before.

Happy Halloween!

Blood and Sawdust @bloodandsawdust.bsky.social · 3d

It’s a spoon! It’s a spatula! It’s both in a dubious combination. #woodworking #woodcarving #spooncarving

A long-handled wooden spoon with a small spatula on the other end.

Blood and Sawdust @bloodandsawdust.bsky.social · 3d

I found “What would Shackleton Do?” useful in my days of managing people who were overworked, underpaid, and reduced to eating boiled penguin guts. (Okay, maybe not that last bit.). Now that I’m retired, “What would a total layabout do?”.

Blood and Sawdust @bloodandsawdust.bsky.social · 7d

a cartoon of marge simpson says it 's bliss while holding a jar

Alt: a cartoon of marge simpson says it 's bliss while holding a jar

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Blood and Sawdust @bloodandsawdust.bsky.social · 8d

Wait, if you guys go back tonight, and we (North America) don’t go back for another week, does that mean I won’t see your posts for an hour? Or will I see them before you post them? Confused.

Blood and Sawdust @bloodandsawdust.bsky.social · 9d

The completed expansion of the dog run (“LuluLand”), encompassing The Folly. Emerson in particular seems to enjoy the additional space for running laps and chasing balls.

An elevated view of an open gazebo (The Folly) surrounded by a dog run. The fencing has been expanded to about double the size now that we have two dogs.

Blood and Sawdust @bloodandsawdust.bsky.social · 9d

Lulu and Emerson took me for a walk through the meadow and the woods. A frosty morning but it looks to be a beautiful day.

A path leads into a meadow of tall grasses, looking coppery in the morning sunshine. Frost is on the ground.

Blood and Sawdust @bloodandsawdust.bsky.social · 11d

This one was mine.

King Arthur’s Castle from the Sears Christmas Wish Book of 1973.

Blood and Sawdust @bloodandsawdust.bsky.social · 14d

Do you deliver?

Blood and Sawdust @bloodandsawdust.bsky.social · 14d

Caption this picture…

#dogsofbluesky #dogs #poodles

Two poodles on a deck. The white poodle in the background has a happy expression. The black poodle in the foreground is looking the other way with a very serious expression.

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Blood and Sawdust @bloodandsawdust.bsky.social · 17d

The expansion of Lulu and Emerson’s zoomie run is now operational, and Emerson seems to having a grand time with the additional space. Lulu, being older and wiser, uses shortcuts to keep up with her big little brother. #dogs #LuluLand

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Blood and Sawdust @bloodandsawdust.bsky.social · 18d

Autumn is getting settled in central Virginia, and Blue Stem grass has erupted in puffy white seeds. We are forecast for a heavy acorn mast this year, though so far it’s just been average. Looking forward for the leaves to turn and drop, wood cutting doesn’t really start until the leaves are down.

A field of Little Blue Stem in the autumn sunshine. Puffy white seeds emerge from the stem, which is now a coppery brown.

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Blood and Sawdust @bloodandsawdust.bsky.social · 18d

Lulu sez it’s bliss!

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Blood and Sawdust @bloodandsawdust.bsky.social · 20d

Just the couch?

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Blood and Sawdust @bloodandsawdust.bsky.social · 27d

Careful, they get bigger than you expect.

A giant praying mantis threatens a 1950s screen siren.