Journey

A couple of my friends and I decided to get together and make a music video..........
What's that you say? It's not finished?.............. Well............. it will be!!!!
Have patience.

Long time no post!

Woah! Can anyone say time machine or what!! For all you who are following my blog with dedication, I'm sorry (not really, cus no one is following my blog, I'm just doing it for fun) because I've been swamped for almost an entire year now! Anywho, I am proudly announcing my return to action, and promising my future dedication to my people, (that's you) and to my blog (yeah like that'll happen).

I am also making this a new blog in cooperation with ZAW productions and hopefully a guest appearance from Greatscape productions (I wouldn't count on it though). The new blog will be called dangerous blog for boys, (no we will not be doing everything in and or from the book) we hope to make videos, take pictures, and write all about the adventures. Some of the projects we will be documenting will hopefully include: How to make a bow, how to make a camouflaged semi-weather proof shelter, how to say no to drugs, how to become a better christian, (my personial favorite) how to make a 1,500 volt tazer, how to play the electric guitar like matt ratch, and hopefully much more.

But. To catch you up on what I've been doing, watch these two videos to get excited about the potential of this blog.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M77KKF9DFgY

Under liberty (a video that my friends and I were in. Produced by GreatScape productions)

http://www.tangle.com/view_video?viewkey=4d520b276f1f537afad8
"Lost World" (with my band "Ignition". Our first performance)

Farewell to all you pawns who are faithfully following this oh-so-wonderful blog.

Invader iBoy signing off..........
but surely expected this of me

MY SPINE!!!!!

Observing and preserving

Sorry it's been a while since my last post, but the holidays have held me up a bit.  So as a space filler I wanted to show you guys a few pictures my family and I have taken.  Also I encourage every one to "Observe and preserve" what you can.

P.S.  I promise next post will be more interesting and interactive.

Barn Swallow instructions

So for my first adventure I want to show you guys the how-to of raising barn swallows. To start it off you will need a home for the chicks. A rat cage, shoe box, or aquarium will work, but more importantly you need a heat lamp(vital). Next, make a nest for them in your chosen container, to do this you could either put wood shavings/paper towels in a bowl or use an abandoned nest. This is what I did.

Next is food for the chicks, I mainly use wet cat food and crickets, but its good to throw in a chopped up dead bug once in a while. Also it is very important to know that they will not open their mouths for you to start. You will have to GENTLY pry their mouths open and set the food inside the mouth (they have a swallow reflex so you don't have to do anything from there). It is easiest to use either a plastic fork with all the prongs broken off but one, or a straw with the top half of the end cut off to make kind of a mini spoon.This is the nest that I got the chicks from originally. (:

The first post

Dear everyone who is reading, this blog is all about the area around my house, which is all woods and Weyerhauser land.  I am very happy to have all this wooded area and would like to share it with everyone.  So my following posts will consist of interesting facts about nature, where to look for animals houses, edible plants and berries, how to set correct snares and traps, and my personal favorite, how to raise a baby chick from a hatchling.  

I am completely open to comments and criticism about my posts and what I will be doing in the woods.  Anybody who thinks I am doing something wrong or could improve my methods please say so.  I will be starting the first adventure with a couple of months ago when I was raising two baby barn swallows.

Ian