Pictures Uploaded ~ Heading South

Pictures Uploaded ~ Heading South

I got the pictures uploaded from the last couple pow wows, I won't be able to do the video's until I get to Dothan.  The pictures from King NC are awesome, especially the fire.  Ken participated in lighting the fire, he is our Firekeeper at Thundering Spirit Pow Wow.  There was an eagle dancer, and Iroquoi Smoke Dancers.  The woman Grass Dancer, Diamond,  is the daughter of Robert Roach a Lakota, She walks in leg braces normally and was given the Grass Dance by several Cherokee Elders.  She was Amazing!!  I love ALL MY GrassDancers.  It had Rained really hard Saturday night, but the Firekeeper kept the fire going through it.  When we came out to the shop, both vendors on either side of me had to move because they got flooded out, yet we were dry.  It was weird, We were on the Baseball diamond behind the pitchers mound and the ground was hard when it was dry, yet when it rained it became like Quick Sand!! As always we met more extended family, met a veteran that knew some of our people in Florida, and Utah Ferris, Rex Beggae, Lola Brantly were all there.  Irene Bedard was there, she and her husband sang together and told stories in a very unique way.  She did the voice for Pocahantas and starred in various Native American Movies.  As I say It was a really awesome Pow Wow - Check out the photos, and dont forget you can go to my Flickr account to see the pics closer.

While travelling to Alabama, I got rather good at taking photos from the moving vehicle   So you will see the Huntsville NASA Center.  And the Bluff Creek Pow Wow was very small and rainy, we only had a little time on Saturday to pow wow.  However, Keep look out for a video I shot of my Brother Tatankla Yellowbird's son playing the flute, He was really good!!

Love,

wrulf

Hangin' with Fay in Arley, Alabama

Hangin' with Fay in Arley, Alabama

I haven't been feeling too good these past few days.  The pow wow in Phil Campbell was ok.  It rained a lot Saturday, but we pow wowed a bit - then Sunday it rained starting at 2am strait through, so we packed up and moved on to Arley, Alabama.  We are hanging with Fay, she has sent her finest Tornadoes to set down all around us.  We are resting, doing laundry and watching the news.  There is no phone service, but I have a little internet speed.  I will try and get pictures posted today.  They will be on my Flickr account also:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/spiderwrulf/sets/

Here is a weather blog link from the local news - we are 4 miles from Arley:

http://cfc.abc3340.com/externalwebsite.cfm?website=http://www.alabamawx.com

 

On the Road Again...

On the Road Again...

What a day we had travelling from NC to TN on I-40 west.  There was a Truck accident that we were seconds from being involved in *see photos*  Also note: my Flickr photo sets are located here:

http://www.flickr.com/photos/spiderwrulf/sets/

The pow wow in King,NC was really awesome and we had a rather profitable pow wow as well.  We sure needed that with gas the way it is and the long journey back to the sandbar.  I will be editing and uploading all the pictures as soon as I can.  Pretty pooped today and got an early morning tomorrow and 300 more miles to go.

Much Love and many prayers,

Wrulf

Awakened from a quiet slumber at midnight....

Awakened from a quiet slumber at midnight....

By our spitz (Little Wolf) to her trademark AWOOOOOO *bark* *bark* *bark* then I hear a mans voice outside the camper door and say to myself '"What the..??!!" 

Then all of a sudden ***BANG BANG BANG*** (and of course more barking, with big brother backing her up this time.)  And the mans voice again louder and directed at us, "Come out Please and Hurry!!!!"

As we exited the camper, we see the woods ablaze right behind us.  The, now recognized, Ranger asked if we had a hose urgently.  My husband, immediately going into firefighter mode from days gone by, ran around the other side to get the already charged hose.  Bare footed on the gravel and seriously spraining his ankle along the way, he knocked the fire down in minutes.  The Ranger awoke the campers next door to have them also get a hose and a rake to overhaul the 2 foot deep leaves in the woods that had been burning just minutes before.  They flooded the area for about an hour to make sure the thick flammable floor would not spark up again.  It must have been a stray spark from a campfire that had festered into such a scare, they had determined.  And many  Thanks to a camper across the street who had initially called the Ranger, noticing that the fire had no attendant and was growing larger.  Dudley, the Ranger, was also Thankful that we responded  with a proactive recall of the duties that had come so natural to us many years ago.

And so I close, with those ultimately famous words, from the ever so popular Bear:

"Only YOU, can prevent forest fires!"

Beadin', Craftin', and Chillin'

Beadin', Craftin', and Chillin'

We have this weekend off, thank goodness, so we can make more product and restock the shop for the next pow wow.  Which, by the way, will be in King, NC - and a VERY good Pow Wow from what I hear. 

Started yesterday morning with chasing Bear around the woods, he must have got the scent of a rabbit or something MAAAAN!!! he never took off like that before!!!  Daddy was veeeerrryyyy angry at him and Bear is totally on leash probation for a while now.

I have updated the dot com calendar for upcoming fall pow wows, so check that out.  I made more beaded spiders (see pictures) nothing fancy, just a fill in of the original spiderwulf's they were selling down, started a generation 3 with 3 colors now instead of just 2 colors - made some more spirit web totems, about 9 of them to fill in, so I have one of each totem available.  Need to make more Dragon Bobbies - WOW they are popular, only have 6 left and usually like to keep about 20 or so on hand. 

well, gonna shut this skyecomp down and get back to it - it is just beautiful here -mid 70's and breezy

Much Love and many prayers,

wrulf

Thank you Lance Redhawk!

Just a BIG THANKS to Lance Redhawk for fitting us into his pow wow in King, North Carolina!  If anyone is near there, this is going to be a really good Pow Wow, I haven't stopped hearing about it since we got to North Carolina in June.  Also, We haven't stopped bugging Lance about getting into it for about as long. 

So we have a week to make more product and get ready for pow wow the weekend of the 15th.  Check the calendar for details, also check my dot com for the google map to the pow wow grounds.

Frank Liske Park Pow Wow ~ Concord, NC

Frank Liske Park Pow Wow ~ Concord, NC

The pow wow was really great!  We had a wikid storm run through in between the afternoon session and evening session.  Creator cleansed us of all the bad stuff and cooled us down, then we pow wowed into the night!!!  Just uploaded the pictures, might take a day or so to upload the videos.  Still recovering from the pow wow hangover LOL.  It is soooo great to be this far away and see familiar faces, Jeremy Lang and family was there this weekend. 

Well, we have a week off to make some product and restock a bit, and I beleive we will be doing the King, NC pow wow.  Hope everyone is well.

Much Love and many prayers,

wrulf