show and tell

[owl_girl]

Thought id show some pics of what I did this summer.

First up is a wigwam me and my bf and familly tried to build but half way through a couple cops told us we couldnt finnish it cuz we were on public land which was a bummer but at least they were verry impressed and said we didnt have to take it down.

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t315/firebug_photo/shelter.jpg

I had some chikken of the woods. That was yummy

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t315/firebug_photo/mushroom2.jpg

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t315/firebug_photo/mushroom.jpg

Saw and held a live luna moth which if my fav

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t315/firebug_photo/luna.jpg

Got lost in the woodland flood flats me and me bf camped in. We camped about 3 days and that was the most disorienting environment I ever steped foot in even though it wasnt thick forest. It felt like the twilight zone lol. You cant really see what its like from the pic of it like how the grass was to my hips and how tall the trees were and how it felt like a maze. There were lots of eagles there also. It was verry pretty and I wish I had a better pics

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t315/firebug_photo/mncity.jpg

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t315/firebug_photo/mncity3.jpg

I also went looking for twisted sticks for a walking stick ( you know the ones where a vine grows around it and makes it all twisted) well with some help I found one and got it all stripped and then i took a wood burning pen and did some celtic disigns on it and this is how it urned out

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t315/firebug_photo/leaning.jpg

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t315/firebug_photo/stick2.jpg

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t315/firebug_photo/stick3.jpg

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t315/firebug_photo/stick5.jpg

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t315/firebug_photo/stick4.jpg

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t315/firebug_photo/twisted.jpg

http://i163.photobucket.com/albums/t315/firebug_photo/wholestick.jpg

Id like to make a bunch like that this fall.

[huntermj]

Nice work on both the wigwam and the walking staff.

[nell67]

Very nice owl-girl!

[crashdive123]

Nice pics Owl Girl - thanks for letting is take a look.

[Riverrat]

Nice pictures, very nice work on the staff...Thanks for sharing.

[Rick]

Holy cow!! That's some very nice work on the walking stick. Pretty cool!

[Sarge47]

Loved the pics Owl-Girl & I'm glad to see you back on the forums. You've been gone way too long. It would seem to me that there are very few people on this site as qualified as you are on 'shrooms. perhaps, if you ever get the chance, you could post pics on what is edible & what is not & show us the difference.:cool:

[owl_girl]

Thanks guys. Im glad you liked the pictures.

[chiye tanka]

Great pics, love the walking stick and the lodge looks great too. To bad you didn't get to finish it.

[trax]

thanks owl_girl, those are great pics. You guys were doing a really good job on the lodge, nice work on the stick too.

[Tony uk]

Exellent work on the walking stick and shelter, Looks like you had a great time :)

[Gray Wolf]

Great job on the walking stick and the shelter! That was also a wonderful looking chicken of the woods! Luna moths are the most beautiful. IMHO
Outstanding photo's! Thanks for the look. ;)

[tonester]

man that walking stick looks so cool! youre so lucky you got to hold a luna moth, it looks beautiful! ive never even seen one...only in books.

[trax]

Think if I had Remy's morning visitors, I'd want Owl_girl's walking stick to greet them with.... :D

[crashdive123]

One of the offices I worked in had a tarantula for an office mascot (cheaper than a watchdog). Pretty amazing to watch them eat.

[RangerXanatos]

That is a really beautiful art design you did there owl_girl. How long did it take you to get that far on the wigwam?

[crashdive123]

You know what's really funny about the wigwam.....I can see somebody that went on their first hike coming across it and when they get back home they're telling all of their friends how they came across this ancient tribal site.

[trax]

or hikers rooting around it all day looking for arrowheads or pottery shards....

[crashdive123]

Now that would be worth setting up a trail camera. Go plant some broken pottery....maybe a broken arrow with some plastic fletchings on it...

[RangerXanatos]

I've been wanting to do something like that but with rocks, just like Rock Eagle (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rock_Eagle_Effigy_Mound). I could see the media frenzy now...

[laughing beetle]

Little journey in the Mohave...little visitor in the morning...

http://i244.photobucket.com/albums/gg33/volwest/100_0764.jpg

That aint little!:eek::eek::eek:

[Rick]

I found a luna moth caterpillar a couple of years ago. I'll have to look. I think I have some pictures of it. It was huge!! Currently on the road but will look when I get home.

[owl_girl]

That is a really beautiful art design you did there owl_girl. How long did it take you to get that far on the wigwam?
I dont remember how long it took, maybe a few days working off and on. we used only cordage we made and everything :D

[sh4d0wm4573ri7]

Very nice pics sounds like you all had a great time thx for the pics

[bulrush]

Very nice wigwam and walking stick owl_girl. I've seen other people sell stuff like the walking stick on ebay.

Nice, tarantula, Remy. Is that species aggressive? Will it jump and bite you if you get too close?

[crashdive123]

Is that species aggressive? Will it jump and bite you if you get too close?

There are hundreds of different species of spiders commonly called tarantulas. Most eat insects. However - the spider that is shown has two large (VERY LARGE) fangs that it sinks into it's prey (mice, lizards, etc.) Kind of disolves the insides and sucks them out, leaving just the hide.

[owl_girl]

Very nice wigwam and walking stick owl_girl. I've seen other people sell stuff like the walking stick on ebay.


I was wanting to do a bunch of these and sell them. How much do you guys think I should try selling them for?

[erunkiswldrnssurvival]

those bright orange and yellow mushrooms growing on the side of a Red oak tree are
Laetiporus sulphureus (sulfur shelf) extreemly good> Grifolia Frondosus is a simular species.

[owl_girl]

Sulfur shelf is the same thing as Chiken of the woods and yes it is verry good. They can take a long time to cook though.

[chiye tanka]

Owl_girl, I bought a walking stick from a shop on the A.T. in GA a few years back and gave $30.00. They had different designs and ranged from $25.00-$50.00. The detail you put on yours should be worth at least $40.00, IMO.

[owl_girl]

Well from what I can tell from this site the twist in it alone should make it worth at least that much http://www.tglass.net/Spiral%20Bound/Ash.htm

[wareagle69]

those bright orange and yellow mushrooms growing on the side of a Red oak tree are
Laetiporus sulphureus (sulfur shelf) extreemly good> Grifolia Frondosus is a simular species.

i found a stash this year along side the river cut up in small pieces and sizzled in bacon grease tasted yummy