Tuesday, July 6, 2010

Our Doggy New Kitty

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Sherry went to be with our daughter and the new grandbaby and came home with a new kitty. "Sophia" makes it into the Ox and Dog B...
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Eeee-ow!

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Sophia spies a big, hairy hidebehind.

Harry the Hidebehind

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  When loggers failed to return to 19th century logging camps, the hidebehind (C. silvestris palinensis) was sometimes believed responsible ...

Yoke Gets Finished

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Putty nail holes (Yoke is made from used lumber). Sand. Oil.

At the End of the Rainbow.

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photos by sld
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Oxcarting

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Scout in fine form. photo by sld   Temporarily abandoned beside the road is this boat on steel wagon wheels, one of which had come undone...

Yoke Headlights

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Upcycled Bicycle Reflectors (up·cy·cle [uhp-sahy-kuhl] Where old products are given more value not less.)
Monday, June 28, 2010

(Video #1 of 2) Hip-hop. . . .Back to the Drawing Board

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Watch closely. One of the neck pieces drops out of the yoke surprising the ox. After the camera stopped his head went down and the yoke an...

(Video #2 of 2) Re-Hitching the Oxcart

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After the yoke falls apart and the whole mess gets tangled around the ox's head, he stands calmly while I get him reharnessed. He'...
Friday, June 25, 2010

View from the Oxcart

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My first ride on the cart.
Thursday, June 24, 2010

Oxcart: The Preferred Mode of Transportation. . . .

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. . . .When Getting There Was Half the Fun. Basque Ox-Team c. 1884 Source Unknown

Labrador Retriever?

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Dr.Bob (Harry's Vet) believes Happy Harry's Landseer Newfoundland mother must have been bred by a Labrador Retriever --- this pic...

Wading in the Water: A Special Reward For the Ox

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After a hot, humid, and buggy day Scout the Ox enjoys wading in the water.
Monday, June 21, 2010

Bugs!

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Biting insects are a general nuisance to the ox when yoked to the oxcart. Scout's on the way to the pit to go wading.

Scout Pulls Like an Old Hand

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Ox training on ox cart.

Scout the Ox's New Yoke and Cart

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Ox cart and ox yoke.
Saturday, June 19, 2010

How To (or not to) Make an Ox Yoke, Part II

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Making My Single Ox His First Yoke Addendem: These two videos will give you an overview of the basic skills and tools you might use to make ...

How To (or not to) Make an Ox Yoke, Part I

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Making My Single Ox His First Yoke Addendem: These two videos will give you an overview of the basic skills and tools you might use to make ...
Friday, June 18, 2010

Mountaintop Experience

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Hey. . . .this is pretty steep! Don't ya think?   Surveying the land. Better view over here. I'm on top of the world.

King of the Hill

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Harry and Scout Exploring the Shoreline

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Ox and Dog 6/13/2010

A Day at the Beach

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  Ox and Dog   6/13/2010

Midday Rest, Ox and Dog

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Frank F. English ,-- Artist, (1854-1922) Chromolithography by L. Prang & Co. -- Publisher Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art New...
Monday, June 14, 2010

Child Crossing Kortright Creek in Cart Pulled by an Ox

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Five-year old Walter Gildersleeve in a cart very similar to the one at the auction. He is photographed on the Davenport Center (NewYork) b...
Sunday, June 13, 2010

My Momma Always Told Me Not to Play With My Food

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BUT I CAN'T HELP IT! T-shirt quote

Stud Cart at Farm Auction, Bought for Ox

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As late as the 1930's one of the Larson men would hitch his stallion to this stud cart and make the rounds to a number of farms where ...
Saturday, June 12, 2010

At the Water's Edge

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B eside a green meadow a stream used to flow, So clear one might see the white pebbles below: To this cooling brooke the warm cattle woul...
Friday, June 11, 2010

Weather Alert!!!

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A cow with its tail to the west, makes weather the best; A cow with its tail to the east, makes weather the least.

An Outing to "The Pit"

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On a beautiful day in May.... ....Scout the Ox was very curious about the natives on the beach.   Harry the Dog waded right in on his ow...