That looked like a Mockingbird to me. They dive bomb the feral cats here and get eaten.I liked the disapproving blue jays in the video you posted earlier.
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Need help from former MFS (MyFreedomSmokes) customers
Has any found a supplier or company that has tobacco e-juice like or very similar to MFS Turbosmog, Tall Paul, or Red Luck?
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I'm thinkin' maybe we should try this again? . . . . and you kids should behave yourselves
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oh boy.
I have to say that my personal take on such things is to let nature take her course. It's kind of either a losing battle with nature's graceful touch, or a losing battle with the hapless markings of Sisyphean human intervention. You've got a lot of end grain going on there: on the ends, of course, and on the cheeks of the relief cuts where the main flat surface is established, and then on the sides/edges of every thru-cut forming the negative space and the sides of every letter. So, it's like a giant wicking/checking/cracking thing you got going on there. Cool tho.
Anyway, I would only clean with scraping and dry scrubbing (stiff plastic bristle brush), and perhaps sanding (if you actually want to remove the "patina"/oxidation).
Trying to preserve it is problematic because most preservatives will end up looking blotchy over time (shiny/dull areas and oxidized/non areas). However, the first step in preservation would be to wick as much penetrating oil in there as it'll drink. I would be using SeaFin primarily because I'm familiar with the stuff and don't know of many alternatives. (I'm sure there are plenty of other viable products out there.) SeaFin is non-viscous enough to really soak deep into the endgrain; but is very effective, when cured out, as a hardening/preserving agent. (things like polyurethane or epoxy may work; but are basically plastics, which will perhaps not wick nearly as well, and will exacerbate the blotchiness issues in spades.) I would liberally dab with a 2" paint brush all exposed endgrain (log ends to letter edges) until it finally stops drinking it up. (this, of course, I would do after at least a week or three of hot, dry weather.) IF you start in on the other surfaces, the "flats" (anything that isn't endgrain), you'll be heading into blotchy-ville and shiny/dull patch city. I wouldn't be going there, or if I did, it would be just a throw-away "evening-out" coat to mitigate any wicking slop-over from your endgrain exercise. I would simply brush on the oil one time and wipe away any excess after 10-15 minutes (so as not to leave any surface build → which is what will result in blotchiness after a year or less of weathering).
The wicking into the endgrain (especially on the letters) may buy you a number of years where they don't start to crack and disintegrate. Conversely, treating ("painting") primarily the flat/long-grain surfaces for a renewing effect (but not addressing the end-grain wicking properties) will surely lead to an annual chore with sketchy results. It would perhaps give it a face-lift while everything under the skin deteriorates and cracks.
Seriously tho, unless you're just looking for 20-30 hrs of work this year, and annual maintenance (because I know for a fact that you're not busy enough as it is), I would strongly suggest letting this one go and enjoying the natural wonder of graceful decomposition.
I think it looks pretty the way it is (with the gray oxidation and the moss n' stuff).
Thanks Peter. Not looking to restore it, I also like the way it looks. But it has some sentimental value so I might look at oiling 'er up.
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Magnets go in pretty much last so it should mean you're almost finishedthere was a time when an image containing magnets meant something .. . . .
there was a time when an image containing magnets meant something .. . . .
Oh, it still does
(Doesn't it
)Ya got any other wood/mag eye candy to show off, maybe a certain wood in particular
it's "magnet day".
it's not any other kind of day.
on another day, it'll be that other day, whatever day that would be . . . . on that particular day. and that day, that other day, may be a day when I have some pictures to share. but not today.
because today is this day.
magnet day.
today.
it's not any other kind of day.
on another day, it'll be that other day, whatever day that would be . . . . on that particular day. and that day, that other day, may be a day when I have some pictures to share. but not today.
because today is this day.
magnet day.
today.
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