Pudelpointers, a Small Munsterlander and a (mostly Unter)see Teckel

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Up bright and early this morning to exercise the two young dogs somewhere where there’d be many swimming opportunities. Our route to a favorite cover/swimming hole takes us past a State Game Mgt. Area that hosts a lot of field tests – quite a few trucks in the lot at 7 AM, so I thought I’d stop in, say hi and kibitz a bit. Turns out it was a Pudelpointer fall test – judges included Rich Dobey, Dave Trahan and Blaine Carter. I watched one dog run…

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…then spent an hour running around our swimmin’ hole cover…

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…then back to the testing grounds in time to see the last two dogs run the bird field. The last pup up was a nice Small Munsterlander.

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And, in case you hadn’t seen enough of the main event – Pudelpointer face time.

Rambo Lambo

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Impractical (I read long ago that reliability was a bit of an issue), but oh so groovy.

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Hemmings Find of the Day – 1988 Lamborghini LM002 at Hemmings Blog – Classic and collectible cars and parts.

And as long as we’re focusing on wild excess (as is appropriate – there’s an air show coming up this weekend), a picture from the Chrome, Smoke and Fire: Old School Mechanical Fetishism flickrpool – Art Arfons‘ Green Monster:

Yurt raising

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Popped over to a yurt (ger) raising Tuesday. White Mountain Yurts were putting up a 24 footer not too far from work, so I did a quick lunchtime run.

The site is well back in the wood – maybe 800 feet from the pavement. There’s a trail leading back; you can get a pickup truck in, but I don’t think there’s going to be an eight car garage going up anytime soon (thumbs up).

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Lattice wall, cable (transfers the roof load to the walls and keeps the roof/wall interface compressed – traditionally done by a woven band), crown/roof wheel and in the lower photo the roof wheel filler.

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Lots of progress in the short time I was there.

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And a picture of the finished product (via White Mountain Yurts’ FB page).


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One possible plan I’m turning over in my mind for a few years down the road – big platform/deck with a bathhouse/kitchen/greenhouse hanging off one side and a yurt next to it as living space – maybe up (down) in Hancock or Washington counties (Maine).