Tuesday, 30 May 2017
Monday, 29 May 2017
"Once Upon a Time": The Jumonville Skirmish
"Once Upon a Time": The Jumonville Skirmish: Jumonville Glen In 1753, 1,500 French soldiers entered the disputed Ohio Valley area and established seve...
Saturday, 27 May 2017
Australian Survival and Preppers..: Top 10 Aboriginal bush medicines
Australian Survival and Preppers..: Top 10 Aboriginal bush medicines: The 10 most common Aboriginal bush medicines 1. Tea tree oil (Melaleuca alternifolia) Bundjalung Aboriginal people from the coast o...
Thursday, 25 May 2017
17th Century shoes discovered in attic
The flat metal ring below the shoe created a platform of several
inches.Photo: Hansons
Auctioneers.
Image edited by author.
New paintings from David Wright.
Edge of the Old Fields By David Wright.
A Well Deserved repose By David Wright.
Wednesday, 24 May 2017
Some Of My Equipment. Crusoe's Plunder.
I called this image "Crusoe's Plunder". I have always loved the thought of being able to collect anything & everything I wanted from a wrecked ship.
Monday, 22 May 2017
Australian Survival and Preppers..: Firearm Owner’s Freedom at the Cross Roads.
Australian Survival and Preppers..: Firearm Owner’s Freedom at the Cross Roads.: Thoughts For The Week. Firearm Owner’s Freedom at the Cross Roads. The NEW ‘NFA’ will impose the worst restrictions on our rights si...
The Road Not Taken, By Robert Frost. For my young friend Swamp Fox who has just graduated.
The Road Not Taken
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear,
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I marked the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less travelled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost
Two roads diverged in a yellow wood,
And sorry I could not travel both
And be one traveller, long I stood
And looked down one as far as I could
To where it bent in the undergrowth;
Then took the other, as just as fair,
And having perhaps the better claim
Because it was grassy and wanted wear,
Though as for that the passing there
Had worn them really about the same,
And both that morning equally lay
In leaves no step had trodden black.
Oh, I marked the first for another day!
Yet knowing how way leads on to way
I doubted if I should ever come back.
I shall be telling this with a sigh
Somewhere ages and ages hence:
Two roads diverged in a wood, and I,
I took the one less travelled by,
And that has made all the difference.
Robert Frost
Friday, 19 May 2017
Early American Gardens & Cultural Landscapes: On Virginia's wild stoned fruits - Robert Beverley...
Early American Gardens & Cultural Landscapes: On Virginia's wild stoned fruits - Robert Beverley...: The History and Present State of Virginia , in Four Parts published originally in London in 1705. Beverley, Robert, ca. 1673-1722. OF THE...
Thursday, 18 May 2017
Wednesday, 17 May 2017
Friday, 12 May 2017
Early American Gardens & Cultural Landscapes: 18C-early19C Seed Dealers & Nursery Owners from th...
Early American Gardens & Cultural Landscapes: 18C-early19C Seed Dealers & Nursery Owners from th...: Emerging Seed Dealers & Nursery Owners The method of selling seeds & plants changed dramatically in the Mid-Atlantic & Upper ...
Sunday, 7 May 2017
Friday, 5 May 2017
An 18th century Asian sword has been found on a Welsh riverbed!
© Provided by Independent Print Limited The sword features a
distinctive wavy blade patterning that helped Mr Evans identify its origins
(Gavin Evans)
The Kris sword has a distinct ornate bird on its handle, which may be made of bone (Photo: Carmarthenshire County Museum)
More information here: http://www.walesonline.co.uk/news/wales-news/mystery-surrounds-asian-sword-found-12981767;
Thursday, 4 May 2017
New TV Series Coming on the Jamestown Settlement.
Jamestown stars . . . above
from left, Niamh Walsh, Naomi Battrick and Sophie Rundle.
The girls arrive to the Jamestown colony from Britain.
More Information Here: https://www.thesun.co.uk/tvandshowbiz/3472210/jamestown-sky1-cast-max-beesley/
Early Maps Of Australia.
A close-up of the rare map found in Italy of early
Australia.
The map of Australia by Dutch cartographer Joan Blaeu,
dated 1659.
More Information Here: https://www.centraltelegraph.com.au/news/rare-17th-century-map-australia-found/3173974/
Tuesday, 2 May 2017
Monday, 1 May 2017
The Modern Reenactor: Evidence Versus Preference
The Modern Reenactor: Evidence Versus Preference: When Historical Evidence Isn't Good Enough This has been on my mind recently--it's one of those things that also just keeps resu...
Talking about research, there is plenty of primary documentation on people not shaving in the early to mid 18th century. As far as not being the norm, & flooding reenactment events with over representation of Indian influenced woodsmen & the like, I think everyone has the right to be what ever they want to be. If there is documentation that a certain persona existed, then that is good enough. We only read about a small percentage of woodsmen & woods-women that existed, there must have been many more that simply did not survive or made it into the history books.
Regards, Keith.
http://woodsrunnersdiary.blogspot.com.au/
http://woodsrunnersdiary.blogspot.com.au/search?q=beards
Talking about research, there is plenty of primary documentation on people not shaving in the early to mid 18th century. As far as not being the norm, & flooding reenactment events with over representation of Indian influenced woodsmen & the like, I think everyone has the right to be what ever they want to be. If there is documentation that a certain persona existed, then that is good enough. We only read about a small percentage of woodsmen & woods-women that existed, there must have been many more that simply did not survive or made it into the history books.
Regards, Keith.
http://woodsrunnersdiary.blogspot.com.au/
http://woodsrunnersdiary.blogspot.com.au/search?q=beards
Rare 17th-century wall maps
A hand-coloured map by Briton John Speed dating from the 17th
century, showing the provinces of Ireland (Sotheby’s/PA)
A hand-coloured map by Briton John Speed dating from the 17th
century, showing the provinces of Ireland and map of Great Britain (Sotheby’s/PA)
Archipelagus Orientalis sive Asiaticus (1659) (Sotheby’s/PA)
Asiae Descriptio Novissima (1659) (Sotheby’s/PA)
Water Canteen or Gunpowder Container?
This one is claimed to be a American Revolution powder horn filling keg.
Can anyone help with primary documentation on these containers?Thank You, Keith.
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