All About Pocket Knives

Took my annual Memorial Day weekend hike along the northern rim of Pisgah Gorge, in Jackson County, Alabama.

We go there for Sarah’s Ferguson Family Reunion and Decoration Day.

I’ve done this every year since 1966, save when I was in service in 67, 68 and 69 and in 2023, when Sarah had fallen at home and broken her neck the week before.

I met a young couple that told me something I had never heard. At the top of the second set of falls, there is a rope that can be used to lower oneself down to a ledge and a second rope that will take one to the floor of the gorge. From there, one can walk a few hundred feet, hugging the side of the rock face and reach a natural bridge or hole in the wall, just before the third falls.

I might try that next year.

The photo was texted to me by the young man and a video of the descent process.

The little snake was basking on a hot rock in the wash that hoes fown to the second falls.

Very interesting. Be careful!

Ken

I found these cute baby muskrats at the pond the other day.
Just a little bigger that a tennis ball.

This young Black Bear wandered out of the brush and onto the trail at the pond I frequent.
He soon went back in the brush.

What awesome pics, Joe, thanks for posting those!

Waukonda wrote: ↑Sat May 31, 2025 7:30 pm What awesome pics, Joe, thanks for posting those!

Thank you, Ike.
I appreciate the comment.

Super pics Joe. Great experience.

Great pictures Joe. And a very interesting pond that you frequent.

Ken

Thank you doglegg and Ken.

I even managed to catch a little Sunfish there this morning.

The wind shifted direction and cleared out the Kilauea vog that's been suffocating us for the past few weeks so Ann and I headed down to the end of our street to remember why we love living here so much. Thought I'd share a few pics of our "front yard" and a bit of history about this historic area for those who may be interested.

Beautiful Q, thanks for the tour

Q, you truly live in a paradise. Thanks for the glimpse of Hawaii’s beauty.

Ken

Looked outside this morning and this snapper was on the sidewalk at the bottom of the front steps. Shell length is about 12 inches.

OLDE CUTLER wrote: ↑Mon Jun 02, 2025 12:39 pm Looked outside this morning and this snapper was on the sidewalk at the bottom of the front steps. Shell length is about 12 inches.

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Cool pic.

Q, you chose a beautiful spot to live in. Appreciate your photos.

Heavy rains last night left a reflecting pool at the park this morning and the waves rolling in made some nice splashes. Hard to capture in photos, though, because they happen so fast. I was lucky to capture one really pretty wave

Found a broken welk shell and setup this picture of our lighthouse this morning, one of 7 in NC that we on the island are very proud of. Second picture was earlier in the week from my drone.

Q and Tom, you fellers are showing us some beautiful sites!
Sometimes we are guilty of overlooking what is around our everyday lives. It's surprising the beauty that surrounds us close to home.
Treefarmer

We have a lot of feral goats and hogs around our place. The hogs are generally solitary, stealthy, nocturnal and most often seen as roadkill, but the goats roam in sizeable herds that leap across the road in front of your vehicle out of nowhere and are so quick they rarely get hit. This morning a single goat kid was hanging around the rubbish dump all alone...unusual to see a baby this size without the nanny mama nearby. He didn't seem too concerned, but he didn't want anything to do with me either and kept a safe distance whenever I tried to get closer for a better photo. Cute little fella!

treefarmer wrote: ↑Sun Jun 08, 2025 8:53 pm Q and Tom, you fellers are showing us some beautiful sites!
Sometimes we are guilty of overlooking what is around our everyday lives. It's surprising the beauty that surrounds us close to home.
Treefarmer

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bestgear and Q, fine shots. Always drawn to lighthouses. Not too long ago, the Boston lighthouse went automatic. It was the last manned lighthouse in the U.S.

Fellers there's some calendar shots in these photos x10

from the last few days, I wish this way the heyday of the postcard business cuz I’d be in biznis

Tom, the first and last shots are outstanding, wonderful really.

bestgear wrote: ↑Tue Jun 10, 2025 3:06 pm from the last few days, I wish this way the heyday of the postcard business cuz I’d be in biznis

Great shots!
Treefarmer