[TheForge] Skunk Parts

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wow dave can i come over!? sounds like a great day. also sounds like you should submit some articles to newspapers or magazines. looks like the start of a good article right here...."dark red and dry as a bone"? mmmm

bob s.
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>Snow?  Cold weather?  What's that.  This is Green Bay, Wisconsin and the 
>high temp for the day should be in the mid 20's. and there should be 6"-1' 
>of snow on the ground.  So, what do we have?  A balmy forecast high of 40F+ 
>and the ground isn't even frozen yet, although I did see some hoar frost 
>the other morning.
>
>So today it's off to Heritage Hill, but not for blacksmithing this 
>weekend.  They have some college student History major in doing some 
>obligatory grant time.  He can make S-hooks though.  Me?  I'll be working 
>at the 1905 Belgian immigrant farm.  I wish there was snow so I could take 
>the ox out with the big sled.  But I'll have to settle for pulling the 
>stone boat or the grain wagon.  The dumb questions will change from "Is 
>that fire hot" to "Is that a real ox?".  As a good friend told me recently 
>"Suffer the fools gladly", and so I shall try.
>
>Christmas dinner at the farm tonight.  Cooked on and in a wood 
>stove  Tortierre (pork pie), Belgian tripp (sausage) Belgian pies (think 
>large Danish pastry, only better and no glazed topping), vegetables and a 
>jug of dark red and dry as a bone table wine.  All grown or raised right 
>there at the park.  They do call it living history, and we do have to live.
>
>No snow, but life is good.
>
>Dave Brown
>Blacksmith/Tinsmith
>Green Bay, WI
>ABANA, UMBA, GoM, MODA, ARG
>
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