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[catsittingstill]

Not much accomplished yesterday except that I finally got the board for hanging canoe paddles set up. They look nice hanging in front of the wood-panelled wall in the Troll's Lair, except the plastic ones at the ends kind of detract from the look. But they need to be hung up too; the canoing books all say that hanging is the only way to store them without the risk of warping.

I'm going to need to refinish my wooden paddles this winter. The varnish on the edges of the blades is wearing away and water is starting to get into the wood.

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Re: Perhaps Hiawatha was an Elf

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

:-) Cool. However I've never had much luck getting Treowesith to go places by thinking. That is, he goes places, especially if it's a bit windy--but never where I *wanted*.

So I need to take care of my paddles. They're beautiful, actually. I think they're a classic example of beauty following function. Must be that streamlining stuff. Or maybe the people who carve canoe paddles all have pretty much the same esthetic sense.

Re: Perhaps Hiawatha was an Elf

[randwolf.livejournal.com]

It may have more to do with the feeling of the carving process, or it may be a result of final shaping based on testing in water. Good question of technical history.

Re: Perhaps Hiawatha was an Elf

[tnatj.livejournal.com]

Cat --

By the way, how does one pronounce "Treowesith"?

-- Dave

Re: Perhaps Hiawatha was an Elf

[catsittingstill.livejournal.com]

Treowesith is pronounced TRAOW (rhymes with now) ih sith (rhymes with with). It's Anglo-Saxon for [true/faithful/wood]-traveller. Treowesith is actually plastic, but I loved the idea of faithful and wood being one word (sort of like heartwood) and it seemed very appropriate for a boat.

Re: Perhaps Hiawatha was an Elf

[tnatj.livejournal.com]

Hmm ... trochaic tetrameter? A fragment might be ...

PADdled SHE in SILent WATCH-ing
PADdled TRAOW-ih-SITH in WAT-er
TRAOW-ih-SITH the HEART-wood TRAV'ler
NOT of WOOD the CRAFT was MADE of
BUT of PLAS-tic DEC-ades NEWer
YET of FOS-sils AGEs OLDer
MADE its HULL both STRONG and SLEEK-er:
TRAOW-ih-SITH the FAITHful TRAV'ler

heh.

I think I'd better stop now.

-- Dave