" The thing about you is, that your bow is really, really big. But your arrow is very short. "
- spoken at camp today
On Wednesday, February 17th, Log Cabin camp was full with some excellent bow and arrow making apprentices. We began the day outside in the glorious sunshine after a big snow. The crew started measuring, hand sawing and nailing cedar boards onto the sheep barn.
- spoken at camp today
On Wednesday, February 17th, Log Cabin camp was full with some excellent bow and arrow making apprentices. We began the day outside in the glorious sunshine after a big snow. The crew started measuring, hand sawing and nailing cedar boards onto the sheep barn.
The younger campers worked hard and then began practicing " violins " on a new snow stage, singing in harmony and performing musicals for the young carpenters. At 11:00 we needed a break so the crew headed up to the forest camp to build a big cooking fire for the day. The children heated mulled cider over the fire in a heavy cast iron pot hung over a sapling on a sapling frame we dug into the ground. After a long and hard-earned snack with loads of fruit, crisp bread and hazelnut nutella, we started to cook lunch over the fire. The lumberjacks gobbled up many, many servings of smoky farm chili, baked beans, fresh farm fried eggs, bacon, pasta and cheese all served in a bowl. After the big cook out we worked on arrows, bow making, quivers and made targets of hay and wood for practice once the bows were strung and arrows were carved.
Time flew up in the woods and soon it was time for barn chores. 18 eggs to collect and clean, sheep to feed, hens and sheep to water and close up for the night.
The girls made a peace garden of reeds down in the flat meadow and asked for visitors to enter " only with kind thoughts in their mind".
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