Hey, Jock Scot! "Don't Fence Me In."

**Bugbear** · 17th March 09, 09:12 PM

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**Jock Scot** · 18th March 09, 04:53 AM

You are looking just the ticket there Ted. Well done. Those hats are so very sensible in your sort of weather and fit in with your attire well. I am not sure about your foot wear with all those prickles about! Kevlar shoes may be a thought! It all looks so, well ,dry there, how much rain do you get in a year?

**English Bloke** · 18th March 09, 04:59 AM

Those slippers do look the picture of comfyness Ted!

**Bugbear** · 18th March 09, 08:32 AM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

You are looking just the ticket there Ted. Well done. Those hats are so very sensible in your sort of weather and fit in with your attire well. I am not sure about your foot wear with all those prickles about! Kevlar shoes may be a thought! It all looks so, well ,dry there, how much rain do you get in a year?

I guess that seddles it then, the straw hat and that style is fine with the kilt. Thanks, Jock.

We get about ten inches of rain a year on a good year.

**Bugbear** · 18th March 09, 08:40 AM

Originally Posted by English Bloke

Those slippers do look the picture of comfyness Ted!

Well, their tweed walking shoes basically, and are very comfortable. Wasn't sure what footwear to go with the hats, but I wouldn't normally go romping through the cacti in those shoes or the kilt... or those Lewis hose.

**meinfs** · 18th March 09, 08:59 AM

Originally Posted by Jock Scot

[...] It all looks so, well ,dry there, [...]

Hmm -- I wonder if it's just H²O in that flask of yours Ted or perhaps something more potent

Well done Ted!

**Bugbear** · 18th March 09, 09:20 AM

Originally Posted by meinfs

Hmm -- I wonder if it's just H²O in that flask of yours Ted or perhaps something more potent

Well done Ted!

Thanks, Mein. That's just a fake cantine from Mexico that I usually have hanging on the wall as decoration.

I'm in the middle of re landscaping that area, and it is going kind of slowly.

**Bugbear** · 18th March 09, 01:55 PM

Well, Jock, I have looked over your post several times and I think you are actually approving of wearing either style of hat as shown in the pictures. I kind of like the straw hat as seen in my mind.

I thought that you would reject the gray canvas hat, but since you think it is ok, I would go as far as to ponder whether a real "cowboy" style hat might work.

However, I think I will probably still plan on getting a Balmoral bonnet.

I am also wondering why you, Jock, are the only one so far who has directly commented on the hats... Am I missing something here?

I guess Mein approved indirectly, though.

Just wondering... I thought the Americans would be leaping with joy to finally know which sun hat to wear with the kilt.

**piperdbh** · 18th March 09, 02:00 PM

Ted, since you asked for Jock's opinion, the rest of us don't feel worthy to butt in.

I like the hat. I wish they made them big enough for my head.

By the way, has anyone ever made a sporran-shaped canteen? It would look like a sporran, but when the flap was open, there would be a canteen full of a tasty beverage. I'm not a leather worker, but surely it could be done.

How's the air layering coming along?

**Bugbear** · 18th March 09, 02:09 PM

Thanks.

I'm about to start air layering on the citrus. It's warm enough that their sap is flowing and the bark is slipping. I don't do too good with bud grafting; it requires some kind of hand eye coordination that I don't seem to have.

I use an approach graft, and it's about time to start that.

I've mostly been working on that rock garden area. It's not easy to move those berel cacti!