Friday, February 14, 2020
Sunday, January 19, 2020
Survival or "Indian Time"
Awhile ago, sitting in my truck on a cold winter evening listening to a radio program on CFNR called "Journeys", an indigenous-run show out of Terrace B.C., the guest talked about "Indian time". What Indian time was.
When salmon are running it is time to fish. If you don't you'll starve over the winter. When salal berries are ripe it's time to pick or they're gone for the season. A simple idea. Do or don't, live or die.
Frozen trees |
Indian time is about survival. Indian time is about life whether it's about food, finances, relationships or keeping control of your car in a tight situation.
Kitchen Window frost |
Understanding critical times. Times that can determine our survival.
Our son played tournament chess, at 13 he was challenging the best players in the country. The game is about critical thinking, recognizing critical times and situations. A tool for children to learn about consequences. Indian time.
I just fell hard, cracked ribs, that night the temperature went down to -45C. Pipes froze, nothing would start.. no ambulance service. We kept the fires burning. Indian time dictated that we hunker down, stay warm and didn't move.
Wilderness survival |
Regards,
Aki and Scott
www.caribooblades.com
Friday, December 13, 2019
Encountering a Wolf Pack
uprooted
We live in their space. Wolves, bears, moose and cats. Never had a problem with any animal here in 22 years except, of course, human.
Regards,
Aki and Scott
Sunday, November 10, 2019
Wolf Pack
Photographs taken by Aki Yamamoto |
Wolves |
On a morning walk, Aki found herself amongst a pack of wolves.
www.caribooblades.com
Sunday, August 11, 2019
Eating Steak
Distortion
-in progressA Place Setting
We are what we eat.
Copper
has been used by the indigenous here for thousands of years. In trade,
ceremony, tools, cutlery and generally showing affluence. We’ve melted
copper onto the blades, before hardening, intentionally distorting the blades. The
distortion comes from what we have seen here living in the bush in
British Columbia for 20 years. The impact on the indigenous peoples and
environment is distorted. The distortion in the steel follows the
organic lines in the moose antler handles.
Custom Made Crossed Steak Knives
4 1/2 inch blades. Long 4 1/2 inch handles.
3 Handmade Steak Knives
The
blades are made from a steel we’ve recovered and repurposed. A high
carbon steel with a cobalt content. You can easily get a razor edge that
holds..
Custom Made Steak Knives Point a View
Three steak knives in a condo window look out at Canada Place.
We’ve used moose antler off cuts we saved from our knife shop, bent and distorted. We boiled the pieces, straightened them with clamps and vise. They are the scales that hold the razor sharp blades.
Melted Copper Close Steak Knife Blade
Melted Copper Knives Closer
A
bear will come into the yard every 5 or 6 years. They smell chickens,
our food, the dogs food, apples, berries and lots of dandelion and
flowers. I step out of the cabin and they leave. Jack, our dog, makes
sure they stay away. They don’t want trouble, we don’t want trouble.
We are amazed bears don’t come more often.
Steak Knives Crossed and Pointed
The spine thickness is a mere 1.4 mm. Very thin. Moose antler scales held with threaded stainless steel and brass pins, peened.
Ranchers blame bears for taking their calves. We hear gun shots
all year because it’s open season on bears.
Hanging to Dry
Knife Roll Closed Up Tight
Lives not respected, in the way…they are inconvenient.
Regards.
Aki and Scott
Monday, July 22, 2019
Thursday, July 18, 2019
Swans
Two or three times in the last 20 sum years when the water
is low enough, swans visit and feed. They come and go for a couple of months in
the fall. They were here in 2018.
The small lake we're on gets smaller and much noisier.
Trumpeter swans are loud and like a big brass band that can't seem to keep a
tune but they sure are majestic creatures. We get the chance to get to know
them. Aki had a new attachment to the spotting scope.
Two
or three times in the last 20 sum years when the water is low enough,
swans visit and feed. They come and go for a couple of months in the
fall. They were here in 2018.
The small lake
we're on gets smaller and much noisier. Trumpeter swans are loud and
like a big brass band that can't seem to keep a tune but they sure are
majestic creatures. We get the chance to get to know them.
Two
or three times in the last 20 sum years when the water is low enough,
swans visit and feed. They come and go for a couple of months in the
fall. They were here in 2018.
The small lake
we're on gets smaller and much noisier. Trumpeter swans are loud and
like a big brass band that can't seem to keep a tune but they sure are
majestic creatures. We get the chance to get to know them.
Two
or three times in the last 20 sum years when the water is low enough,
swans visit and feed. They come and go for a couple of months in the
fall. They were here in 2018.
The small lake
we're on gets smaller and much noisier. Trumpeter swans are loud and
like a big brass band that can't seem to keep a tune but they sure are
majestic creatures. We get the chance to get to know them.
Two
or three times in the last 20 sum years when the water is low enough,
swans visit and feed. They come and go for a couple of months in the
fall. They were here in 2018.
The small lake
we're on gets smaller and much noisier. Trumpeter swans are loud and
like a big brass band that can't seem to keep a tune but they sure are
majestic creatures. We get the chance to get to know them.
Two
or three times in the last 20 sum years when the water is low enough,
swans visit and feed. They come and go for a couple of months in the
fall. They were here in 2018.
The small lake
we're on gets smaller and much noisier. Trumpeter swans are loud and
like a big brass band that can't seem to keep a tune but they sure are
majestic creatures. We get the chance to get to know them.
Two
or three times in the last 20 sum years when the water is low enough,
swans visit and feed. They come and go for a couple of months in the
fall. They were here in 2018.
The small lake
we're on gets smaller and much noisier. Trumpeter swans are loud and
like a big brass band that can't seem to keep a tune but they sure are
majestic creatures. We get the chance to get to know them.
Two
or three times in the last 20 sum years when the water is low enough,
swans visit and feed. They come and go for a couple of months in the
fall. They were here in 2018.
The small lake
we're on gets smaller and much noisier. Trumpeter swans are loud and
like a big brass band that can't seem to keep a tune but they sure are
majestic creatures. We get the chance to get to know them.
Photogaphy by
Aki Yamamoto
www.caribooblades.com
Two
or three times in the last 20 sum years when the water is low enough,
swans visit and feed. They come and go for a couple of months in the
fall. They were here in 2018.
Two
or three times in the last 20 sum years when the water is low enough,
swans visit and feed. They come and go for a couple of months in the
fall. They were here in 2018.
The small lake
we're on gets smaller and much noisier. Trumpeter swans are loud and
like a big brass band that can't seem to keep a tune but they sure are
majestic creatures. We get the chance to get to know them.
Two
or three times in the last 20 sum years when the water is low enough,
swans visit and feed. They come and go for a couple of months in the
fall. They were here in 2018.
The small lake
we're on gets smaller and much noisier. Trumpeter swans are loud and
like a big brass band that can't seem to keep a tune but they sure are
majestic creatures. We get the chance to get to know them.
Two
or three times in the last 20 sum years when the water is low enough,
swans visit and feed. They come and go for a couple of months in the
fall. They were here in 2018.
The small lake
we're on gets smaller and much noisier. Trumpeter swans are loud and
like a big brass band that can't seem to keep a tune but they sure are
majestic creatures. We get the chance to get to know them.
Two
or three times in the last 20 sum years when the water is low enough,
swans visit and feed. They come and go for a couple of months in the
fall. They were here in 2018.
The small lake
we're on gets smaller and much noisier. Trumpeter swans are loud and
like a big brass band that can't seem to keep a tune but they sure are
majestic creatures. We get the chance to get to know them.
Two
or three times in the last 20 sum years when the water is low enough,
swans visit and feed. They come and go for a couple of months in the
fall. They were here in 2018.
The small lake
we're on gets smaller and much noisier. Trumpeter swans are loud and
like a big brass band that can't seem to keep a tune but they sure are
majestic creatures. We get the chance to get to know them.
Two
or three times in the last 20 sum years when the water is low enough,
swans visit and feed. They come and go for a couple of months in the
fall. They were here in 2018.
The small lake
we're on gets smaller and much noisier. Trumpeter swans are loud and
like a big brass band that can't seem to keep a tune but they sure are
majestic creatures. We get the chance to get to know them.
Two
or three times in the last 20 sum years when the water is low enough,
swans visit and feed. They come and go for a couple of months in the
fall. They were here in 2018.
The small lake
we're on gets smaller and much noisier. Trumpeter swans are loud and
like a big brass band that can't seem to keep a tune but they sure are
majestic creatures. We get the chance to get to know them.
Two
or three times in the last 20 sum years when the water is low enough,
swans visit and feed. They come and go for a couple of months in the
fall. They were here in 2018.
The small lake
we're on gets smaller and much noisier. Trumpeter swans are loud and
like a big brass band that can't seem to keep a tune but they sure are
majestic creatures. We get the chance to get to know them.
Two
or three times in the last 20 sum years when the water is low enough,
swans visit and feed. They come and go for a couple of months in the
fall. They were here in 2018.
The small lake
we're on gets smaller and much noisier. Trumpeter swans are loud and
like a big brass band that can't seem to keep a tune but they sure are
majestic creatures. We get the chance to get to know them.
Two
or three times in the last 20 sum years when the water is low enough,
swans visit and feed. They come and go for a couple of months in the
fall. They were here in 2018.
The small lake
we're on gets smaller and much noisier. Trumpeter swans are loud and
like a big brass band that can't seem to keep a tune but they sure are
majestic creatures. We get the chance to get to know them.
Two
or three times in the last 20 sum years when the water is low enough,
swans visit and feed. They come and go for a couple of months in the
fall. They were here in 2018.
The small lake
we're on gets smaller and much noisier. Trumpeter swans are loud and
like a big brass band that can't seem to keep a tune but they sure are
majestic creatures. We get the chance to get to know them.
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