Mary Ostler

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The tent was debued at SYGC this weekend. I forgot to cut the center poles done to size.  Instead of 6’6″ center, It had  whopping 8′ center poles. Made it look more like a roman wall tent than bedouin, Today I took a moment to cut down the poles, and it made it have a [...]

I finished the Bedouin tent tonight. My hands ache, and I can’t sleep. I am chomping at the bit to try it out. To figure out what I did right, and what I most definitely did wrong. Tomorrow will not come soon enough!

Not much done today on the tent front. I had an adorable 3yr old hindering… er ….. helping me. Everything took at least four times longer than it should have. Top view of the roof.  Thats a long wide piece of canvas, which is why….

So for some reason that I am not quite sure of… I have decided I need a Bedouin tent.  Well, after countless enjoyable (yet wasted) hours surfing for information on Bedouin tents, I have got this much information on them. 1. They are rectangular 2. They are usually black. 3. They are made of goat [...]

I am giddy with joy today, as I have received a set of plans from Clayton Boyer (Maker of awesome clocks). These are currently not available for purchase, as they are in the proofing stage. In non-scaish parts of my life, I am a movie enthusiast, and through film review blogging and film related podcasting [...]

The Non-war went ahead as per normal. Maybe a bit smaller, and a whole heck of a lot drier. This is going to be an image heavy post, so if your interested in a boat load of images from the event, please click on “Read More”.