Tuesday, February 22
Feb. 23rd, 2022 12:37 am![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
gottawonderToday I am grateful for:
Getting done what needed doing with the animals, since there is just a little more effort when it is this cold.
Going to see River, and working with him on groundwork/Liberty since it was a little too cold to ride. That made it a quick visit because I didn't need to take his blankets off or tack up, then reverse the process. He did well with everything I asked, so I didn't push anything. It's good to have a quicker day with him once in a while.
R found a chunk from the liner that was all torn up, and I think that with this piece I can fix it.
Coming home and putting the goats in the garage. This is, oddly, getting harder to do. I don't know if they don't like being in there or what, but they are harder to convince to go in the garage these days. They seem comfortable enough in their little pens.
I got the long extension cord sorted out again so I can plug in the car.
I worked on sewing up River's liner, and with the piece that R found, it looks like it's all there. I got it about half finished tonight.
A very interesting thing I learned about Medieval arrows: Surviving original arrowheads show a few interesting details. While many arrowheads classified as hunting points show a small hole where the socket was fixed to the shaft with a small nail or rivet, this is absent on arrowheads for warfare.
Most likely these were just pressed onto the shaft or loosely fixed with beeswax, which was not only more economical, but had several advantages. When pulling the shaft from a wound, the point was likely to remain inside. Shafts without heads could not be re-used by the enemy, while arrowheads could easily be removed from broken shafts and re-fitted.
https://www.bow-international.com/features/arrows-in-the-middle-ages/
Getting done what needed doing with the animals, since there is just a little more effort when it is this cold.
Going to see River, and working with him on groundwork/Liberty since it was a little too cold to ride. That made it a quick visit because I didn't need to take his blankets off or tack up, then reverse the process. He did well with everything I asked, so I didn't push anything. It's good to have a quicker day with him once in a while.
R found a chunk from the liner that was all torn up, and I think that with this piece I can fix it.
Coming home and putting the goats in the garage. This is, oddly, getting harder to do. I don't know if they don't like being in there or what, but they are harder to convince to go in the garage these days. They seem comfortable enough in their little pens.
I got the long extension cord sorted out again so I can plug in the car.
I worked on sewing up River's liner, and with the piece that R found, it looks like it's all there. I got it about half finished tonight.
A very interesting thing I learned about Medieval arrows: Surviving original arrowheads show a few interesting details. While many arrowheads classified as hunting points show a small hole where the socket was fixed to the shaft with a small nail or rivet, this is absent on arrowheads for warfare.
Most likely these were just pressed onto the shaft or loosely fixed with beeswax, which was not only more economical, but had several advantages. When pulling the shaft from a wound, the point was likely to remain inside. Shafts without heads could not be re-used by the enemy, while arrowheads could easily be removed from broken shafts and re-fitted.
https://www.bow-international.com/features/arrows-in-the-middle-ages/
