Bush craft

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7seasrekeyed

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Locoponydirtman said:
Keeps saying file too large.
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using windows?

double click the photo off your desktop and the windows photo app should open with the photo in it

far right, you will see 3 dots...click on dot...you will see resize

click on that and you have 4 choices...using define custom dimensions...keep the aspect ratio (make sure the box is checked) and type in yr own dimensions ... actually just type one and the other will automatically correct to keep the aspect ratio

you now have something usable

now save, (for example to yr desktop or file or whatever) and then left click on the photo and select copy...click...now come back to where you want to plant it...in the forum...and left click again and click paste

there yah go

it's not as complicated as that all might read.
 
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Locoponydirtman

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7seasrekeyed said:
using windows?

double click the photo off your desktop and the windows photo app should open with the photo in it

far right, you will see 3 dots...click on dot...you will see resize

click on that and you have 4 choices...using define custom dimensions...keep the aspect ratio (make sure the box is checked) and type in yr own dimensions ... actually just type one and the other will automatically correct to keep the aspect ratio

you now have something usable

now save, (for example to yr desktop or file or whatever) and then left click on the photo and select copy...click...now come back to where you want to plant it...in the forum...and left click again and click paste

there yah go

it's not as complicated as that all might read.
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That's part of the problem. I use my Android phone.
 
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7seasrekeyed

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Locoponydirtman said:
That's part of the problem. I use my Android phone.
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oh

well I am sure you can find a photography app in Google Play

I have Android too and used to do everything on my phone...but stopped about 4 yrs ago

but just about anything a person could want to do in their phone can be found in the play store...look for the free apps...tons of them...under photography/resize images
 
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Locoponydirtman

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7seasrekeyed said:
oh

well I am sure you can find a photography app in Google Play

I have Android too and used to do everything on my phone...but stopped about 4 yrs ago

but just about anything a person could want to do in their phone can be found in the play store...look for the free apps...tons of them...under photography/resize images
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You can see all my pictures now any way.
 
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Great Thread and personal posts to read, really enjoyed them...

hub grew-up at a stable from the age of (8), when he got his first horse, and it all went up hill in to 'horse-stuff' from then on, = (parents raised on big farms in Iowa, and his mom rode a 'horse & cart to school') - sold the farms and moved to the south =
him apprenticing at the local-stable and then going on to 2 horse-shoeing-schools in different states, then returning home and
apprenticing with the local best Vet in the area, and also apprenticing with the very best local farrier-horse-shoer,
'race track and local' - a very small community -in the whole area of townships and outside, and also at the same time,
going to college getting a degree!!! I still so admire this wonderful man to this very day for who he is and what he has done...
you both will understand this; when we 'got together', I was always horsey from pre-school, but could only be allowed the dressings; anyway, when we hooked-up, he taught me the ropes,=technical, but when Jesus stepped into the mix, He allowed
me to teach him about 'the heart' of the Horse, God's gift to me! = been together since the 70's, making a living off of our blessed
knowledge of God's Blessings and teachings of this most beautiful Animal in such a variety of different directions =
we're retired for now, but we know for sure that our future will most definitely, once again, include His most honored stead,
(Horses)...:):)
 
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Locoponydirtman

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oldethennew said:
Great Thread and personal posts to read, really enjoyed them...

hub grew-up at a stable from the age of (8), when he got his first horse, and it all went up hill in to 'horse-stuff' from then on, = (parents raised on big farms in Iowa, and his mom rode a 'horse & cart to school') - sold the farms and moved to the south =
him apprenticing at the local-stable and then going on to 2 horse-shoeing-schools in different states, then returning home and
apprenticing with the local best Vet in the area, and also apprenticing with the very best local farrier-horse-shoer,
'race track and local' - a very small community -in the whole area of townships and outside, and also at the same time,
going to college getting a degree!!! I still so admire this wonderful man to this very day for who he is and what he has done...
you both will understand this; when we 'got together', I was always horsey from pre-school, but could only be allowed the dressings; anyway, when we hooked-up, he taught me the ropes,=technical, but when Jesus stepped into the mix, He allowed
me to teach him about 'the heart' of the Horse, God's gift to me! = been together since the 70's, making a living off of our blessed
knowledge of God's Blessings and teachings of this most beautiful Animal in such a variety of different directions =
we're retired for now, but we know for sure that our future will most definitely, once again, include His most honored stead,
(Horses)...:):)
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Very cool, love when people share their story. Probably why elder folks like me so much, I will listen to their stories of the days of old. This creation that God gave us, fascinates me. His creatures and Earth scapes of seas and rocks and Flora and fauna, God made a true wonder for us to behold.
 
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oldethennew

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very sweet of you to say, but always keep in mind, 'the in-between', when we have the gift of
reading between the lines, then we can discern that there is truly nothing NEW, but just
feeling the old/ joys and understanding the gifts that our Saviour has blessed some of us with
and they are truly NOT OLD or NEW =
just a repeating/sharing of what has already been, given, done, being experienced to those whom He has
'called and chosen and elected' = His family...
 
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I would totally love to learn some of these, though I’m in the burbs so I wouldn’t get much ability to practice them.

I think I’d most enjoy leatherwork, small scale farming, and learning a bit about home cooking. Sadly I do know that it certainly comes from a certain level of romanticism and not having done the work before. The HARD work.
 
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oldethennew

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very sweet AS,
but when we are in the mix of things at certain times-ages of our lives, we never think 'ahead', and this is a sorrow really,
for if we could, we certainly would have done so many things differently...
:):)
 
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I can make baskets from vines and branches, I can also make pine needle baskets. I don't use real sinew but I would if that was what was available. I can drop spindle spin roving into yarn. I can hook rugs with burlap, and whatever leftover material is around (though that may be more of a homesteader or heritage craft). I have done soap making and candle making (that was a ways back). I make my own jams and harvest alder buds to make a balm of gilead that is good for arthritic joints.
 
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7seasrekeyed

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laughingheart said:
I can make baskets from vines and branches, I can also make pine needle baskets. I don't use real sinew but I would if that was what was available. I can drop spindle spin roving into yarn. I can hook rugs with burlap, and whatever leftover material is around (though that may be more of a homesteader or heritage craft). I have done soap making and candle making (that was a ways back). I make my own jams and harvest alder buds to make a balm of gilead that is good for arthritic joints.
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I really like those handmade baskets and such

back up in Canada, some people knew how to use a small and very bendable tree called an alder, to make benches, chairs and so on. I really liked the rustic look. I always wanted to try and make one but never got around to it

you sound pretty self sufficient ;):)
 
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7seasrekeyed said:
I really like those handmade baskets and such

back up in Canada, some people knew how to use a small and very bendable tree called an alder, to make benches, chairs and so on. I really liked the rustic look. I always wanted to try and make one but never got around to it

you sound pretty self sufficient ;):)
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I love the idea of being self sufficient. Locally we have a contest called sheep to shawl. Teams compete and they start in the morning with shearing the sheep, cleaning and carding the wool, spinning it and knitting/weaving/crocheting it into a shawl. To me that is amazing. I like taking what is considered throw away items and making something useful from it. Making soups is a big part of my heritage as well as all sorts of food preservation. It feels good to be able to look after yourself.
I also love that furniture you are talking about. Up around Pemberton in BC I believe you can take classes to learn how to do it. Right now a lot of what I am doing is not so much bush craft as more homesteading type of activities, the ultimate in renew, reuse, recycle. Tonight I was working on some baskets make out of clothesline and scraps of material. I like a rustic look so I get creative. I was cutting up an old sweatshirt for rags and was left with the seams. I decided to use the seam material as part of the basket. No waste! :)
OK. Enough from me. Time to sew in some hints of colour.
 
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7seasrekeyed

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laughingheart said:
I love the idea of being self sufficient. Locally we have a contest called sheep to shawl. Teams compete and they start in the morning with shearing the sheep, cleaning and carding the wool, spinning it and knitting/weaving/crocheting it into a shawl. To me that is amazing. I like taking what is considered throw away items and making something useful from it. Making soups is a big part of my heritage as well as all sorts of food preservation. It feels good to be able to look after yourself.
I also love that furniture you are talking about. Up around Pemberton in BC I believe you can take classes to learn how to do it. Right now a lot of what I am doing is not so much bush craft as more homesteading type of activities, the ultimate in renew, reuse, recycle. Tonight I was working on some baskets make out of clothesline and scraps of material. I like a rustic look so I get creative. I was cutting up an old sweatshirt for rags and was left with the seams. I decided to use the seam material as part of the basket. No waste! :)
OK. Enough from me. Time to sew in some hints of colour.
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I like rustic too. but I have eclectic tastes so our home is a mix of stuff

but I really like these:



these are pretty neat too:

 
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