Photos of Nature and doing what you like!

[rickcharles606]

[TobaccyLassy]

Kind of reminds me of myself and nunchaks and an elbow 30 years ago

LOL, me too! I don't know how many times I smacked myself in the arms and head with nunchakus and 3 section staff.

[Frankie Reloaded]

Double whips are fun....until I smack myself in the eye learning a new trick.

Kind of reminds me of myself and nunchaks and an elbow 30 years ago

[rickcharles606]

That's so awesome! My sister tried to teach me calligraphy once....I can't even draw stick figures well much less do calligraphy. Great work!

Thanks, I've been reading, practicing, watching vids on YouTube (invaluable!) and then blowing through a TON of ink and paper, lol. I love whips, have a 12 footer that I used to be quite good with. Have to dig it out and play with it, but I'm sure my teenager will terrorize his siblings and the pets with it ;-)

[TobaccyLassy]

ignore the stupid mistake at the top, lol. I was just practicing and didn't want to waste the paper...I'm not satisfied, but wanted to just work on offhand flourishing

That's so awesome! My sister tried to teach me calligraphy once....I can't even draw stick figures well much less do calligraphy. Great work!

[TobaccyLassy]

Those are some cool photos, Lassy. Never seen dual bullwhips before! Is that part of one of your martial arts or a seperate thing all its own?

Its a separate thing....but there's an martial art called "Latigo y daga" (Whip and dagger) that I like to practice, so I guess whips does play into martial arts. Double whips are fun....until I smack myself in the eye learning a new trick. Yay for safety glasses.

And yes...Honda....Shadow VLX.

[rickcharles606]

ignore the stupid mistake at the top, lol. I was just practicing and didn't want to waste the paper...I'm not satisfied, but wanted to just work on offhand flourishing

[Zimobog]

Those are some cool photos, Lassy. Never seen dual bullwhips before! Is that part of one of your martial arts or a seperate thing all its own?

[Zimobog]

Honda?

[TobaccyLassy]

I like hiking, jogging and doing Tai Chi outdoors, as well "wind in my hair-bugs in my teeth" motorcycle road trips with moto-buddies. I'm also bullwhip trick cracking enthusiast and a martial arts nut, and prefer to practice outdoors whenever possible.

[rickcharles606]

Snazzy penmanship Rick! I like the one that says "Thank you" "dick" haha. And the 2nd B in Badger is badass!

I like the "Thank You" page too. I did that with a Pilot Parallel pen though, not a dip pen. I could do something like that with a dip pen, but it would take FAR longer.

I'll post updates of the shiznit I'm working on, from time to time. Thanks for the kind words guys ;-)

Below is somewhat a freestyle, italic with gothic influences. I learned gothic first, and I still love using it, but it's more fun and faster to just do a "version" or mix of the two, lol

[Roo]

Snazzy penmanship Rick! I like the one that says "Thank you" "dick" haha. And the 2nd B in Badger is badass!

[rickcharles606]

Good stuff Rick. My handwriting sucks, and I don't have the patience for proper calligraphy, but I like to play around with the pens every so often. Even using them as normal pens, it looks more interesting than a regular ballpoint.

Thanks Lx. I write exclusively with fountain pens, and now I'm buying up dip pen nibs, etc. It's a sickness, really ;-)

[lxskllr]

Good stuff Rick. My handwriting sucks, and I don't have the patience for proper calligraphy, but I like to play around with the pens every so often. Even using them as normal pens, it looks more interesting than a regular ballpoint.

[rickcharles606]

That is really cool, Rick! Real Handwriting is a true lost art. Have you considered trying your hand at illumination? Impressive!

Yo, Snus-didya know Alaska is the only state where the largest political 3rd party is secessionist? Look up the AIP! We have a large population of Texans here so that might be helping .

South Carolina will always be remembered as the start if the Second American Revolution!

I love Alaska, and have spent quite a bit of time up there working. There was a time that I'd come up there for work and stay for a month or two in an apartment (it was cheaper than renting a hotel for that length of time), and had a great time working, lol. I've spent the most time in Anchorage and Fairbanks, but also Juno which I didn't like as much. The best part was after working hours, during the Summer, I had unlimited daylight to have fun ;-) Have done a ton of hiking, fishing (caught King and Halibut...big ones of both), fell in love with Reindeer sausage and smoked salmon. I've sat in hot springs near the Arctic Circle and smelled like sulphur for 3 days, LMAO...it did however feel great. I like southern Alaska far more than I like the "Interior", and one of my favorite places is the Kenai peninsula...if for no other reason, the sheer beauty. I've stood on glaciers, rafted down glacial melt rivers, kayaked around glaciers as they've calved and stood in Denali National Park and cried because it's the first time in my life that I realized just how insignificant we truly are. OH, and I've hiked up to the top of Flat Top near Anchorage, and once I hit the top....found MANY topless co-ed sunbathing...that was a great day, lol.

All in all...I've had several trips of a "lifetime" so to speak, and almost all of them have been to Alaska. Sadly, I've not been back since, but will return in the near future.