Murf the Steely Ironwork Master does one for Basesix
Murf is going to make a sculpture of my spirit animal. I've sent him photos, and my kids and I even caught a couple, that I gave alive and healthy to Murf at midnight at the Crown and Anchor (RIP).
here's fun, @AW, you knowledgeable legend.. I've never told you my spirit animal..
1. it is an interloper (non native)
2. it is probably along my coast cos of the plantation radiata pines
3. it likes its own company
4. spend any time in limestone coast sand dunes and one will wander past..
basesix wrote:here's fun, @AW, you knowledgeable legend.. I've never told you my spirit animal..
1. it is an interloper (non native)
2. it is probably along my coast cos of the plantation radiata pines
3. it likes its own company
4. spend any time in limestone coast sand dunes and one will wander past..
European Hare ? . AW
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?si=Uh1URTC_XHP9j2de 5. they relentlessly plod.. endlessly plodding towards an undetermined goal.. fling 'em in the air, they'll land lightly and happily continue to plod in the new direction.
basesix wrote:5. they relentlessly plod.. endlessly plodding towards an undetermined goal.. fling 'em in the air, they'll land lightly and happily continue to plod in the new direction.
The suspense is killing me. An invertebrate? AW
6. It is not a bird.
7. It is an invertebrate with an exoskeleton.
8. A girlfriend and I did New Year hikes through Canunda NP a couple of times a few years ago. We dropped supplies off hidden in sand dunes a week prior, then got dropped off and did a three day walk along the beach. One day we made an obstacle course for what we called 'angry ants' (inch, bull, sergeant), and for what I've always called 'plodding beetles'.. seriously gonna be curious if people know them. Through my life I have seen them so often, simply cos I used to sit recovering from surf in sand dunes really often. Since having kids, I don't sit in sand dunes, I drive away. Busy busy busy. I see 'plodding beetles' very rarely now. so Murf is going to immortalise the idea of a newcomer to Aus that feels completely at home on a southern beach and is happy to do slow and steady among the flung spray and the blown spume while the wave song chimes on. To remind me to sit in sand dunes once again.
You will need to be a bit more precise than using your own "common name" there b6. Not even AW, king of the kingdoms and suppository of all wisdom relating to biota, will be able to deduce the answer from that. I want it to be a dung beetle just because.
9. these groovy arse Pine Weevils. Plodding Beetles to we simple of mind. They just plod along in the dunes, nibbling tussock roots and leaving a little trail of foot dots in their wake.
… three cheers for aussie beetlejuice ;)
Funky purple tussock eater.
Basesix, you little weevil. Had us all fooled.
I love weevils, Australia is home to 4111 species across 826 genera.
Coleopterans as are beetles.
Well observed, they are slow moving. AW
There's a feller who has a metal works south of Adelaide. Part artist, part brute. Makes sculptures to take your breath away.
Spends weeks wrestling steel in showers of sparks and clouds of steam.. and when the dust settles.. well.. ding my quiver if the guy ain't a genius.
Surfs. He competed as a grom. But quickly sought less crowded waves than a 3 man heat could offer him. These days he just gets wet to keep his pop up clutch, and to wash off the metal filings. And temporarily soothe his scorched hands, face and soul.
Plays guitar and hollers. Rumor is he hung around the Century Hotel in a brand new leather jacket as a micro-grom, chatting to the jaded old punks. Had a few bands himself.. Numbskulls, Slingshot.. played with the Exploding White Mice.
Goes by the name of Murf.
Murf from Blue Temper.