On the Evergreen Beach

On The Beach...

Took a walk to the beach with friends.

Ate cold pizza and artichoke pasta salad from a local shop...the gulls were jealous. 

First whole day of sun, without work, since summer.

Felt good to lay in the sun on my wool blanket,

and spend time working on my bowdrill set.

 

The set is Western Red Cedar on itself, 

with a pine socket I found on the beach 

and whittled into shape.

I tried many different techniques on this outing.

Side notch, different depth, angle and position of the socket.

Took a few attempts before I got close to a coal...

 The camera died before we got a coal, this was the last attempt.  

So close!  The angle was all wrong, and the spindle flew right out.

Making Fire

...WITH A BOW DRILL SET

We took a walk on a trail we love.

Things were damp, but not too rainy to sit on the ground.

Took a few tries without the bow before my arms got too tired.

Bow made things much easier.

Happy flames...