Wednesday, March 25, 2009

Hark! Iris! Or would that be Irae?







Yes, in Russell Moccasins - from the Russell Moccasin Shoe Company of Berlin, WI - you can tread lightly, as you must, in negotiating the to-be-disturbed detritus covering the delicate but powerful shoots of spring.






You want to be able feel through the leather form-fitting soles what lies beneath your feet. Or at least to be careful where you step, the sort of walking that Russell Mocs inspire. http://www.jsonline.com/multimedia/video/?bcpid=1869637852&bclid=1842745343&bctid=16529762001 Thanks to the heads-up of the former hikers of the Baltimore and Ohio Canal Hiking trail outside of DC. including Supreme Court Justice Wm. Douglas and LBJ aide for consumer affairs, Les Dix (I). Because of them, we know of the time-honored shoe-making cobblers in Berlin, WI.






Here at raccoon headquarters the combustible, thicker sticks from last year's plants are carefully gathered up and stacked for kindling bundles, thus igniting our hearth fires using the stored power of the sun.

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