Logwood dye is supposed to be quebracho extract. I have used it successfully before. Someone told me the current logwood dye available is not actually quebracho anymore but actually contains petroleum products in it. I bought some quebracho powder from Mackenzie Taxidermy specifically for bark tanning to compare that with logwood dye. Looks and smells the same to me. At least the brown logwood dye. I prefer using the logwood/quebracho powder to gathering bark off trees. It's a lot easier.

The actual seatbelt webbing material deteriorates in the sun. Racecar 5 point harnesses have expiration dates for the same reason.

Car seatbelts don't, because 1. They mostly stay rolled up inside trim panels, out of the sun, and 2. It would be prohibitively expensive to replace them every few years.

Last night, coming home from eating out… I spotted a big ole fresh roadkill coon… being in my wife’s vehicle, I never even uttered a word about stopping, but I knew it would still be there this morning…. Something in the back of my head kept telling me just leave it, but I couldn’t do it… so I make the 10 mile round trip and gather my coon.. he’s a nice one.. biggest this year! I clamp his foot in my skinning machine.. make All the necessary cuts and on the first pull… his leg comes detached… switch legs and start the second pull.. it also comes detached.. so now I have a rope tied around the base of the tail, finally get the legs skint.. clamp the hide in my vice grips and gently hit the winch button.. yep.. the backbone gives way and down it comes.. along with all the intestines… he was full of acorns if any of you were wondering… finally get him tied back up.. winch bottoms out.. re tied.. had to adjust the vice grips and tear a hole in him.. finally get him skint , fleshed and on a board.. I would not doubt it took me 45 minutes from start to finish… maybe he will bring $4!!!

The amazing thing is the one that sits in a box in the closet disintegrates at the same rate as the one sitting in the back yard under the sun all day.

Have to store the crab and shrimp pots with the access doors open, for the tweeties to find their way out, here.

5 1/2 inches here now. Another 3 to 5 later today. Thats more than normal for us. Especially so early.
It really don't affect me. Doc says no bending, lifting or twisting. So I can't even think about shoveling. pretty boreing though.
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I bet you will cherish that picture forever. My three sons are grown know and the outdoor pictures I have of them are some of my favorites.

Looks great. As far as nagging with me near to deaf she can complain all she wants. Can’t hear it anyway

The only problem with killing a buck like that is it's all downhill from there on. But I could live with that.

I remember growing up, when we got a bunch of snow, they called it “winter” and people, including weathermen, didnt freak out about it.

Not much wind here now but it ain't gonna be pretty when it starts blowing.

Opened the cellar door once and found a rabbit staring at me on the top step...no idea how it got in the cellar, lol

Now crab pots....empty, on dry ground, catch everything that'll fit....birds, squirrels, possums, box turtles ,even got a sharpshinned hawk once...
Gotta keep my eye on them and let the silly things out.

my son smoked a brisket last year , he trusted it on the table for about 2 minutes while he ran to the kitchen , HIS dog decided it was the best thing ever
it had just been sliced so only lost about half.

if you think it is possibly the best meat you have ever had , not many dogs can be trusted