Today is JRR Tolkien's birthday. Don't forget to smoke a bowl of Capstan Blue and reread some of your favorite passages of Middle Earth lore in honor of the Professor. #tolkien #pipestr #grownostr

Another Meshtastic node deployed. Rak board with an 8 dbi antenna #meshtastic #grownostr

Good morning I'm starting off Christmas Eve at 5am in the shop finishing up my gifts with some leather stitching and mesh radio assembly. #grownostr #gm #leather #meshtastic #makeyourownshit

Old barn in the woods. Polk County, Missouri #ruralruins #grownostr #getoutside

Today, we're going to learn about one of my favorite obscure tools. This is a hookaroon. It's used for moving firewood. It allows me to stick a piece of wood and pick it up off the ground without bending over. It's great for dragging logs or branches. I've also found it to be quite useful for demo work like stripping out drywall and pulling up subflooring. With just a little creativity, I'm sure you can imagine how useful it could be as a breaching tool or improvised weapon. It's basically a backwoods war hammer. It's definitely one of the things I would grab in case of a zombie apocalypse. #grownostr #obscuretools #hookaroon #getoutside

Working in the woods today. It's 14° F. Good morning for a fire. Now that deer season is over, it's time for some high-impact woods activities. I have several dead and fallen tree clean up and process into firewood. #grownostr #proofofwork #fire #getoutside #knifestr