Last October

Today I was working on organizing all the photos I need to scrapbook. I've been two years behind in scrapbooking for awhile now, so I decided to put half of the photos in some photo albums that have a place for journaling beside the pictures. I figured that at least this way I'd be able to write down memories beside the photos and not be two years behind in scrapbooking the rest of my life. Or worse - longer than two years. I'd prefer to be able to scrapbook newer pictures while I still remember which baby the photo is of, what happen around the time the photo was taken, etc. It makes for better journaling. Anyway, as I added photos into these new albums today I came across some photos I took mainly for the purpose of this blog, but never got around to posting. I decided to post them along with captioning in spite of it being nearly a year since they were taken (October '08). So, without further ado...

Brad took up blacksmithing last year. Here's his forge.

Handmade hardware for the oxen yoke.

The oxen yoke Brad made. It started out as a square timber and he turned it into a yoke - hardware and all!

Brad's post leg vise that he often uses for holding metal still while he works on it - bending it and such.

Our anvil with hammer - for shaping the hot metal on.

Ethan cranking the blower on the forge.

Ethan squinting into the sunlight as he cranks the blower.