Found more of that weird pod. I *think* what's happening is there's some kind of grainy seed or something inside, then these little fly things get in, eat it all, and lay eggs. It's the strangest thing...

Oooh... that charcoal stuff does look great! What pattern are you using?

Now that is just fantastic - I love how well it suits your tinderbox to!

Oh that's just glorious!

.... no fall color for you yet Iodo? Or is it just that part of where you went is all pine and such?

Wow! That's awesome - I love it!! You could probably answer this - I've the leather cut and dyed for a set of fingerless mitts - something in this direction - merf-fingerless-mitts.jpg http://middleearthrangers.org/forum/viewtopic.php?f=25&t=3253 ... but I'm not certain about the stitching. I se...

I think it depends on where you are. If you're talking northern Dunedain of the Angle, then probably you're in a Dunedain settlement and probably you've married another remnant of the Dunedain people. The Dunedain of late Third Age Eriador strike me as a people very much aware that they're a dwindle...

Hunh. Well that was fun. Not what I was expecting though. I confess, from the kickstarter promo I thought there would be more "epic journey" and a great drama of trying to convince the Eorlingas. Instead it was ten minutes of swordfight with a handful of lines to either end. :? .. but abso...

This post wounds me right in the feels.

Dang he's good.

... just released


https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wVFtSUQm-jQ

Can't wait to watch it tonight after work.

Manv... if I break it, rest assured you guys will know. Certainly so far I cautiously recommend them. :mrgreen: Here it is compared to some other bows: a (c.1990's) fiberglass recurve, the cheap knockoff horsebow I've used for ages, and a Victorian-style English longbow. Thoughts: The yew bow is jus...

... and finally got some pictures! Harper - the maker is user trinity_2025 on eBay. Surprisingly affordable! As much as I drooled over pictures from ravenbeak et al, I didn't feel right asking for something so big last Christmas. But the Trinity seller had a cheaper model we could afford. The size i...

Today I learned ANOTHER thing. As an aside - that's I think the secret to getting better in the woods. Always always be able to say at the end of even a short walk "here is a thing I did not know before, and now I do." Sometimes it'll be something small, even if you try you won't retain ev...

Well, this weekend I went for a walk with a foraging book I got some time back. Absolutely a worthwhile way to spend the afternoon! :mrgreen: merf-foraging-book.jpg I confirmed the berry-tree is "silverberry" also called autumn olive. From what wiki says, it's another invasive from Asia. N...

Cool - thank you!

You're right about the Pollington book: I've been getting his books as I could over the last couple years, and I have to say of all of them, that's the "if you can only have one..." volume.

Customs, food lore, artifacts... a little bit of everything!

That looks like a grand time!

I especially like the rock wall. Do you know more of the story? Was it only a retaining wall against the hillside for the road? Or was something else there once?