Ribh's D'Coopage

[Aussie-Chookmum]

I can post some more pictures. I'll put them on the lamps thread.
The lamp you mention took about two months to finish. It was the base that caused the majority of the problems. The black on the base is slate paste worked into a cut out and polished flat. It took ages. I had someone offer my £500 for it and I turned them down. It's probably fair to say it isn't for sale. I have a couple that I would find difficult to sell, the lamp mentioned above and the first lamp I made.

I obviously have very good taste! ☺

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

I can post some more pictures. I'll put them on the lamps thread.
The lamp you mention took about two months to finish. It was the base that caused the majority of the problems. The black on the base is slate paste worked into a cut out and polished flat. It took ages. I had someone offer my £500 for it and I turned them down. It's probably fair to say it isn't for sale. I have a couple that I would find difficult to sell, the lamp mentioned above and the first lamp I made.

I just found your lamps thread and indulged in having a good sticky beak. Your lamps are even more beautiful than I remembered!

I love the smooth flowing lines of these ones. I just want to touch them.

This one is like a diorama. It feel like there is a story behind it.

This one looks Art Deco.

I'd be happy just to have a base as a diorama or sculpture! I'd never put them down!

 

[Ribh]

I just found your lamps thread and indulged in having a good sticky beak. Your lamps are even more beautiful than I remembered!

I love the smooth flowing lines of these ones. I just want to touch them.
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This one is like a diorama. It feel like there is a story behind it.
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This one looks Art Deco.
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I'd be happy just to have a base as a diorama or sculpture! I'd never put them down!

They are very tactile, aren't they. They just beg to be touched & rubbed, as well as being visually appealing. I think they are gorgeous!

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

Thanks, Bob. They are very different to Shad's honey bees. I can't usually see them with the naked eye, they're that tiny.

Wow! I didn't realize that they were so small.

The videos on that "sugarbag" bee website are very interesting and informative.

 

[Aussie-Chookmum]

They are very tactile, aren't they. They just beg to be touched & rubbed, as well as being visually appealing. I think they are gorgeous!

Tactile! That's the word, thanks Ribh.
When I was trying to think how to describe it it just started sounding creepy!

 

[Ribh]

Wow! I didn't realize that they were so small.

The videos on that "sugarbag" bee website are very interesting and informative.

Yes, He's one of the leaders in the field up here. The Man has more patience than I do for sitting through them. I'm surprised I know as much as I do because I get distracted fast.

 

[rjohns39]

Good evening folks

Beautiful wood work Shad

 

[LozzyR]

Wow! I didn't realize that they were so small.

The videos on that "sugarbag" bee website are very interesting and informative.

I think a couple of our childcare centres purchased hives from them!

 

[Grammy60]

Good evening everyone

Very nice lamps Shad

 

[BY Bob]

This is Morrigu.
She is odd ~ even for a Campine.
She's a screamer ~ but relatively calm ~ for a Campine.

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There is a fair bit of jockeying @ dinner time. Those @ the top of the pecking order move leisurely between the available feeding stations. Those lower down flock round me, though even so the pecking order determines who can eat from my hand first.

Morrigu has a problem. She came into the flock as an established laying hen, though I have no idea how old she actually is. She was also a top order hen in some previous life. However she is a very small hen, smaller & lighter than my bantams, who are little roly~polys. She came into the flock thinking herself a top order hen & claiming a top bird's rights & position. It went down like a led balloon & she was very firmly put in her place. Hepzibah was so miffed to find Morrigu in her nesting box there was a serious barney & it will be some time before Morrigu grows her breast feathers back but I appreciate her. She's not one of my chronic fence hoppers. Aoife, who could be a serious contender for a lead bird some day, holds that dubious honour.

But she has some odd quirks. Today she grabbed Medh's tail & hung on for dear life so that the food stayed just out of Medh's reach! Poor Medh couldn't gain traction no matter how hard she tried. She doesn't like the Aracaunas & they stay well out of her reach. The big girls tend to bully her off her dust or sun bath for no other reason than that they can & for a long time it took her ages to roost because the pecking was vicious Morrigu was not only last into the coop but getting frantic as well~ but flocks are very adaptable. She is almost always on the top roost these days. Patricia, who is lowest of the big girls, is often forced to roost alone on the 2nd bar. She is too big to squeeze into no space @ all the way the Campines all do. Lavender seems happy to tuck smaller birds under her wings. Morrigu is sometimes there. But her size & attitude seems to be causing some confusion about her status.

She looks bantam sized ~ but is not a bantam. I suspect she is molting, so is probably a more mature hen. Her eggs are small ~ bantam sized. As a laying hen she does have extra status. The other Campines don't seem to consider her a Campine. They are all bigger than her. Ha'penny could easily make 2 of her & the silvers are developing into bigger birds. For a while I thought she wasn't going to fit into the flock & be accepted but happily the flock seems prepared to tolerate her oddities.

One thing I do know, & I don't know what her previous daily life was like, is that she loves her life here. She is a deeply content & grateful bird. That she is happy to stay within the confines of the run foraging suggests she has more freedom now than she did & she makes the most of every moment!​

I think she is very pretty and it sounds like she is very interesting. It's been quite a ride for her. She is pretty small from the sounds of things. After seeing your fence I think you must be right. She must be happy there. A small hen would have no trouble jumping your fence. I hope to hear more stories of her behavior.