Wonders of Rabbits

  Recently I have started raising rabbits both as pets and as a source of meat. Currently I have 5 rabbits of four different types California giant, Harlequin rex, Chilean giant Black satin mix, and American Cotton tail. All of them are very tame. My favorite one is the Chilean giant black satin mix male Basta. I Feed them on wild grasses, Leftover lettuces, cabbage, carrot peels,  and turnip greens. Most of them are tame enough to be put on a leash to go for walks around the yard.

Basta

                                               The Harlequin Rex

                                                    The California giant

The American Cotton tail

and Cloud

 

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Flag

Here is a picture of a flag that my granddaddy gave to me. It is one of my most treasured artifacts as in 1986 it flew over the White house when Ronald Reagan was President. Later it flew over my grandparent’s porch for another 4 or 5 years.

                                                  Here it is

                                          Folded and ready to hoist

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Music

 Music

I am not a great fan of music but I do like some songs especially older ones from the 60s and 70s . Here is a quick list of my favorite 10 songs in no particular order.

1. CALIFORNIA DREAMING, THE MAMAS AND PAPAS

2. MR TAMBOURINE MAN, THE BYRDS

3. SLOOP JOHN B, THE BEACH BOYS

4. BLEECKER STREET, SIMON AND GARFUNKEL

5. THE SOUND OF SILENCE, SIMON AND GARFUNKEL

6. LEAVING LOUISIANA IN THE BROAD DAY LIGHT, THE OAK RIDGE BOYS

7. GENTLE ON MY MIND, GLEN CAMPBELL

8. DO YOU WANT TO DANCE? , THE MAMAS AND PAPAS

9. SALVE CAPUT CRUENTATUM, FROM THE CD CHANTS SACRED JOURNEYS

10. BE THOU MY VISION, FROM THE CD CHANTS SACRED JOURNEYS

The Lord of The Rings CDs done by the Tolkien Ensemble from Denmark are all good too. My favorites are  The Road Goes Ever on, & The Song of Earendil.

Sounds retro huh? Except for the last 2 songs and the Lord of The Rings all of them are older (recording wise). You should really check out these songs they're all pretty cool.

More Art

                                ONCE AGAIN, MORE ART by Artist
Here is another post all on art! I am sure you are very excited. However, I promise I will do a post concerning something other than art next time... well, can't actually say I can promise that. But anyway, here are the pictures from this week. Enjoy!

Water color of the two famous airborne division patches. 

Colored pencil B-17 bomber crewman.

U.S sailor 1943.

SUPERMAN! After watching the 1978 movie I thought I would try drawing Superman. I drew this in crayons. The cape was the most fun to shade. And the S on his shirt was very tricky to draw.

Rangers from LOTR.

Happy Birthday to Myself

On February 13, 2014 I celebrated my thirteenth birthday! We went out to Stubby’s Barbecue, ( which I have only been to once yet is still a favorite of mine) and celebrated with my Grandparents, who met us up there. I ordered last time: barbecue ribs, baked beans and a REALLY big baked potato with butter and sour cream, and a little bag of Doritos.

My birthday picture with Bear on the left and Ajax sitting next to him.

Another great picture of me!

 Happy Birthday to me! Happy Birthday to me! As you can see plaid is pretty much our standard winter wear. Everybody together now, Happy Birthday to me ! Happy Birthday to me! What , you think I’m vain or something? Does it remind you of Peter Pan saying “Oh, the cleverness of me!”?

  

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A DAY OUT

   Yesterday my mom took me on a special outing with just the two of us. We stopped at the army surplus store. As I have undoubtedly said before this is my favorite store to shop at. When we went in the first thing we saw were 10 steel M-1 helmets with canvas liners from the Vietnam War. They all had NATO forest camouflage covers on them and one even had a sergeants chevrons. Hangings on one rack were several sets of army tactical vests. Mom got me this set of SP0100-00C-5007 Tactical Load Bearing Gear. This set has 4 M-16 ammo pouches, two small pouches for whatever, and several clips to attach flash lights, canteens, first aid kits, and whatever else one might need.

Here is a patch from the U.S.N SEAL team 4. It is in my patch collection my first navy one.

This ribbon is for service in the Korean Conflict. The owner of the shop said that the gold frame around it was for gallantry in action.

This pin as the picture shows is from the Special Forces, the shop owner said it was worn by The Green Berets and the Army Rangers

This is a Purple Heart dress pin. It was supposed to be worn on suits to show the decorations that had been won.

      On the same day we also stopped at Dick’s Sporting Goods here we got several interesting items

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This is the airsoft gun I got for Christmas. It has full automatic fire and can shoot almost 150 BBs a minute.

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And of course if you have a gun you need ammo. This container of 10,000 was on sale for 7.49!

And last but not least arrows. Yes I Know they are purple but that was the only color they had.

The crowning touch to our day out though was a trip to the PURPLE COW I got a BBQ, Bacon, and Cheddar cheese Burger!

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World War Two Weapons

As I have said before I enjoy woodworking and making small toys and carved items. Also as I have said I like collecting military items and was wondering how I could combine both of these interests. My solution?  Make accurate (or as much as possible) replicas of the weapons. So far I have made only three weapons, the colt M1911, a Thompson (or “Tommy” gun) M1A1, and an M-1 Garand self-loading rifle.

The M-1: This gun was the mast common weapon for the U.S soldier during World War 2. It had semi-automatic fire and shot a 30.Cal bullet that was carried in clips of 8. This gun was so successful that it was used in the Korean War and Later in a modified form as the M-14 in the Vietnam War.

 

Here is the colt M-1911 it was the stander issue side arm for the American soldier in world war 2 it fired a .45 bullet. First issued in World War 1 this weapon is still in use today with the U.S.M.C

 

 

And last but not least the ever famous “Tommy” gun. This is an iconic American weapon used by gangsters as well as Soldiers. I gave this one to my brother for his birthday. (please note this one is not quit finished as I had to hurry to get it made)

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