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The Iowan Path
JW_Halverson:
What the heck do you do for overflow release with an earthen dam made of sand?
Billinthedesert:
John, just wanted to say how much I enjoyed reading this 31-page thread this morning. I wanted to learn something more about Iowa, as my daughter is working on her Ph.D. in genetics at ISU in Ames.
So many things to absorb here. First off, I found your art pieces fascinating and very lovely. Are you an art professor?
The pond work is most impressive. Until a year ago, I had five acres of pasture and timber land, and even with my little diesel Mahendra, cutting and processing oak and Pacific madrone was exhausting -- especially for an old get with two lumbar fusions. So I have great respect for all that you accomplished cutting, moving and processing timber near the dam.
Really look forward to seeing how your pond responds. I hope you bring it into balance much sooner than later.
As far as bowyering, you guys are so fortunate to be in osage country. Wow there are some nice staves and bows in this thread -- and some very, very fine knapping.
I am not much good at either, but hope to get back into it. Here in Oregon, we of course have our wonderful Pacific yew -- and hazel and vine maple as well. I cut a vine maple stave just a week or two ago -- first stave I have harvested in years.
I am also a two-hour drive from the Glass Buttes, which provide obsidian in a number of colors and which are the location for the annual Glass Buttes Knap-Ins in March.
Anyway, enough gab. Suffice it to say I will keep my eye on this thread and your fine bunch of friends.
Bill
Chad:
Came across this thread and very happy I did, awesome stuff. I wish I had something like this! Good luck to you!
iowabow:
I am really glad you enjoyed the post. I have a lot of great help bringing this club together.
I am an Art Instructor so it fits well with whole primitive making part of this adventure. Thank you for the complements on my work I never know if people are going to really get the ideas or not.
It really is so interesting to see the wide range of people who take the primitive path to archery. I have meet a lot of really great people on here.
Genetics wow what a great career for these times that is a very interesting and expanding career field!
iowabow:
Here is a picture of the first fish caught at the new pond. I had caught a bunch of fish from my small pond and put the in the new one. This is a great way to end the summer.
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