Song of the Magpie

Tonight was the night that Junior's scout pack was supposed to have a weekend campout at Pawnee Lake (it was cancelled!). Up until now w...

The main body of the cover is all hemmed and double stitched. I couldn't resist trying it on! After the initial shrinkage of the canvas...

I've been doing plenty of research for the design of my lodge cover, since I want this to be both authentic and a durable costruction. I...

Can you see him? Out there lurking in the thick brush? Yep, that's him... And he's B-I-G! It may look like I scrambled up a tree to ...

Today we made the commitment of putting scissors to a very LARGE hunk of fabric - there's no turning back now! BEFORE AFTER The 24' ...

Add Grandma's freshly lubed Sears Kenmore, a spool of UV resistent polyester thread and two large canvas sections measuring 24' lon...

This was a completely new experience for me - thousands of campers pitching tents bumper to bumper (while in the dark in our case!) and waki...

Junior's scout pack had a service project of cleaning one of the area lakes today. In the meantime, I was able to sit back and watch the...

At a local hardware liquidator I found some large canvas dropcloths, strong but lightweight, which is just what my Grandma's old sewing ...

I came across a pair of these guys, crossing the road to see what was on the other side.

Another good excuse to go camping at the lake!

This pair of owls are cared for at the Chet Ager Nature Center. Unfortunately due to injury they are unreturnable back to the wild. But as a...

What do you do in your sleeping bag at late at night when you can't get to sleep? The same thing you'd do at home. Bring along a b...