WHAT A WEEKEND THIS WAS

Starting with Friday at the Forge which was only a half day this week because of other commitments, but we did get to refine the Belt Buckle I forged out last Friday as well as making a Troll Cross which is a Viking symbol to warn off bad spirits.

The next task was to sort through the Calling equipment and load it to go to Peterborough Saturday Morning. 

Saturday was a beautiful day and we had a great drive to Peterborough (thanks to Shawna) to participate in the Calling of the Lift Lock Square Dance Clubs "Spring Spree" starting at 2:00 PM and ending at 10:00 PM. an excellent event which took a huge amount of work and organization by the Members of the Club. Thank you to the the Lift Lock Squares. 

Also a huge Thank You to all the Ottawa Square Dancers who traveled to Peterborough to support Judy and I, words cannot express our gratitude for your attendance and support, this was greatly appreciated by us, and I'm sure by the Lift Lock Squares as well.

Tomorrow evening is Adams Aces and we hope to see you there. Take care of yourself and each other and I'll see you on the Dance Floor.

FRIDAY AT THE FORGE

 Another great day at the Forge, outside just a little cool but good for working in the shop. I goal for today was to try to forge out a belt buckle, which we did to some degree, although it isn't perfect and Dave's handiness with the ZipCut made things easier, the next one will be better hopefully as my Forge-welding continues to improve. Even though this buckle needs some refinement, I am pretty happy with it.

My First Belt Buckle

Anyway, that's how the day went by, like a fast train through a station as you watch it speed by. 

COOKIE CLUB TODAY

Good morning Dancers, it looks like the snow has stopped and it's not too cold so the Cookie Club will dance this afternoon. As you recall we have moved the regular scheduled Cookie Club from April 14th to today, so no one has to rush back from the Spring Spree in Peterborough on the 14th. The next Cookie Club dance will be April 28th. which will also be our last dance for this season. We hope to see you this afternoon if you can make it.
Take care of yourself and each other and I'll see you on the Dance Floor.

FRIDAY AT THE FORGE

A beautiful day to be at the FORGE and 2/3 of my planned work completed. I set out to #1. make a hanger bracket for my Yak Stack Speaker, #2. to forge a wrist band of mild steel, and #3. forge a Viking Troll Cross. We made the aluminum speaker hanger from a 1/8" sheet of Aluminum, and the arm band of mild 3/8" square Bar. I am very pleased with both projects, unfortunately we ran out of time for the Troll Cross, so that will be next week.

Speaker Hanger

Wrist Band

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That's it, now it's on to  the next project.
Dancers don't forget Cookie Club tomorrow March 31, 2:00 - 4:00 A2.
Take care of yourself and each other and I'll see you on the dance floor.

COOKIE CLUB SUNDAY

Well now, what do we see, I think this will be a good day for the COOKIE CLUB. No rain, freezing rain, snow, or extreme temperatures, so after a couple of cancelation we finally get to dance, providing this old caller can still put it all together, hummmm.

Hopefully everyone is well and ready to dance, we'll see you at 2:00 PM.

FRIDAY AT THE FORGE

Good afternoon, it is a little cooler today than yesterday allowing a slow down on the snow melting process, which is a good thing. Spring will come eventually as it always does, hopefully without too much flooding.

We had another very productive day at the Forge and one more set of tongs added to our collection, we now have one set of each of the following, Flat Jaw, Bolt Jaw, and Wolf Jaw tongs, all very useful and we are getting a good deal more proficient at forging them out. Our coat hooks from two weeks ago are now in use in the shop and we have an order for a few more sets, which we will start working on next Friday.

At lunch yesterday I met up with a High School Friend of mine, whom I haven't seen in about a year and as you might imagine we had a lot of catching up to do. As well as some reminiscing of the days back then, such as Hot Rods "Flaw-Flaw" which was a phrase one of our classmates used to describe the sound of a Hot Rod. When the Addressograph Building at 248 Slater St. blew up, and Patty Mitchel who was in our 9EF Class at Tech, and later became the leader of the Stop-Watch Gang. Fun times to remember, knowing we both survived unscaved, to be sure, and avoided being sent to The Alfred Reform School. As my chum said yesterday, "that was another era, and that era is over".

That's all I have for today, hopefully I'll see you at the Cookie Club tomorrow and/or at Adams' Aces on Monday Evening.

NO COOKIE CLUB TODAY

Good snowy Sunday morning to you, and just so you know, I am now sure that Mother Nature does not really care much for this old Caller and our attempts to hold Sunday afternoon Cookie Clubs. Looking at the weather forecast for the rest of the day, it is far wiser to stay at home in the warmth and comfort, and off the roads where visibility is poor, danger of being in an accident or in the ditch is just ahead, just to go Square Dancing. Accompanian the weather I still have the cold and cough, and sore back, so although the weather is my reason for canceling my need for rest is a contributing factor.

Therefore Cookie Club is Canceled for today, we will try again for next Sunday. Thank you for your understanding.

Adams Aces is closed tomorrow evening due to March Break.

Have a good week take care of yourself and each other and I'll see you on the Dance Floor when the weather is better.