Series of new posts from Steve below. Some of these I’ve had to add photos to (Steve’s connection is positively Magdalenian) so appear out of order. Please scroll down a bit for the first post. Best,Matt
More Doggie Descendants..
AKA “granddogs”– the latest in a series. These are of Dutch Salmon’s lurcher girl “Mona” from Plum and Lash, who caught 30 hares in her first year– and who would be sterile (and illegal to breed) under the new law mentioned below. Photos courtesy Dan Gauss.
Another Mauser
I posted a while back on a beautiful classic Mauser. Unfortunately, it had hidden problems and ultimately it went back. I kept my eyes open and eventually found another 7mm. Mauser, this one a fifties- style custom gun on a Czech military action, with a Belgian Fabrique National sporter barrel, for half the already cheap …
More Pigeons– Flight Art
Pigeons with flute and camera Artist and pigeon fancier Timothy Hume of of the Lord of the Isles Loft and Dovecote Gallery on Salt Springs Island in BC has been collaborating with another artist, Annie Dunning, to create more flying “Sky Art”. They really need a website of their own to do it justice, but …
Why Pigeons?
Another guest post, this one by semi- regular commentator Jake Sewall. The “Why” of the Pigeon Sometime in the not-too-distant past Steve made a comment about looking at racing pigeon mags periodically and not finding what it was that initially attracted him to pigeon racing. Which, if you look at the way it is practiced …
Spay Neuter
Our friend Dutch Salmon has allowed me to post this urgent op- ed piece from the Las Cruces Sun News here in its entirety. Take it away, Dutch. Spay/Neuter Bill is Anti-Hunting Law By Dutch Salmon A bill in the State Legislature relating to the spaying and neutering of pets would seem to be something …
Catching Up
I have received some complaints about light blogging. I have been deep in the New Mexico AR battles, especially the as- yet- in- doubt one against mandatory spay- neuter. (I will post a Dutch Salmon op- ed on that one above). I have also just completed two long articles and a short essay– a piece …
Godzilla, Vampires, and Moby Goshawk?
Darren has been busy– he has the first of his promised vampire posts up, and one on the science of Godzilla. In a comment in the second, I learned of the derivation of the monster’s name: “Godzilla of course is a corruption of the Japanese Gojira, which is a portmanteau of gorira (gorilla) and kujira …
Delicious Martini
A while ago I posted a link to Winnie the Pooh with a (non- drinkable) Martini. In response, Bruce Douglas sent me pics of the most wonderful example of that venerable British colonial rifle I have ever seen. I WANT one! He wrote: “Great silver work and goatskin sling are tasteful (by Khyber standards)… A …
Black Hole
Reader (and writer you should read– see here and here and here, for some examples) John McLoughlin has just visited a most amazing store in Los Alamos. He writes: “Here’s a fun place to visit. I’ve appended some images from today’s trip to the Black Hole down in Los Alamos, an eerily amazing place that …