tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400219905863730154.post6415045692584957210..comments2023-10-22T01:22:40.529+11:00Comments on The Natural History and Antiquities of Lalor: Basket weaving for mandarin eatersAlexis, Baron von Harlothttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400219905863730154.post-1588176686791524672014-08-31T20:54:30.899+10:002014-08-31T20:54:30.899+10:00Haha! Guides taught me all the best things I know:...Haha! Guides taught me all the best things I know: how to pitch a gigantic canvas tent, how to turn an empty fruit tin into a portable pikelet stove, how to make a toy echidna for a nursing home resident out of a withered liquid amber seedpod. Etc.Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400219905863730154.post-73708848809775684992014-08-31T19:31:11.034+10:002014-08-31T19:31:11.034+10:00How lovely. It almost makes me want to be a girl g...How lovely. It almost makes me want to be a girl guide. Almost. Bekhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02225621037420851059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400219905863730154.post-17519856083422991042014-08-31T09:58:42.801+10:002014-08-31T09:58:42.801+10:00Naw, thank you, Elephant's Child. This very si...Naw, thank you, Elephant's Child. This very simple act of basketry has seriously increased my respect for people who make wicker furniture (not to mention baskets that are actually symmetrical and not able to be repurposed as colanders).<br /><br />I hadn't thought about using guano ... might make the basket a bit unsuitable for mandarin storage :-)Alexis, Baron von Harlothttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04675225579658733004noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3400219905863730154.post-32476958696568586322014-08-31T09:25:37.999+10:002014-08-31T09:25:37.999+10:00Those persons who wasted asparagus by casting it a...Those persons who wasted asparagus by casting it at basket weavers had obviously never attempted the task.<br />Like so many other things it is considerably more difficult that it looks. And the end results (and yes I am including yours) leave rather a lot of more mainstream carriers in the shade, for beauty, and for function.<br />Mind you, I suspect that sea-eagle structures use guano glue instead of God's eye. Shameless unbelievers that they are.Elephant's Childhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06650565833097914052noreply@blogger.com