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Peter
Plott Hound of Axe Women
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Hello everyone!
Peter PlottHound here again!
Some of you may remember my very first attempt at writing a blog back a few months ago (you can check it out here! )
I asked Mom if I could try my paw at blogging again. I bet a lot of you have been pretty curious as to how I've spent my summer.
Well... it was definitely different, not being in the public eye and not getting to see my adoring fans at every AxeWomen show... I have definitely been missing you all!
Ever since Mom and Dad adopted me, we have traveled all over the country, coast to coast, every single summer! So, as I'm sure you can imagine, I didn't know what to think when this summer started, and we weren't packing up to hit the road...
Peter PlottHound here again!
Some of you may remember my very first attempt at writing a blog back a few months ago (you can check it out here! )
I asked Mom if I could try my paw at blogging again. I bet a lot of you have been pretty curious as to how I've spent my summer.
Well... it was definitely different, not being in the public eye and not getting to see my adoring fans at every AxeWomen show... I have definitely been missing you all!
Ever since Mom and Dad adopted me, we have traveled all over the country, coast to coast, every single summer! So, as I'm sure you can imagine, I didn't know what to think when this summer started, and we weren't packing up to hit the road...
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Alissa
World Champion LumberJill
Founder & Owner of the Axe Women Loggers of Maine
The summer of 2020 is quickly coming to an end...the nights are becoming cooler, we are splitting and storing firewood for the winter and there are some schools that are back in session... while others are moving to online classes and virtual lessons...
This has always been the time of year that I try to squeeze in a few Woodsman's Day competitions. Unfortunately, this year, all of our favorite competitions have been canceled... there will be no Woodsman's Days at the Fryeburg Fair, the Windsor Fair, or the Oxford Fair... as well as many others. It's sad... but we also appreciate why so many fairs and festivals made the hard decision to cancel, postpone or try a virtual fair. They made the call to keep everyone safe so that we can all get back to competing, having fun, and eating fair food by next summer!
I've personally enjoyed seeing the events that are attempting to go virtual! Great job of making the best of a tough situation!!
This has always been the time of year that I try to squeeze in a few Woodsman's Day competitions. Unfortunately, this year, all of our favorite competitions have been canceled... there will be no Woodsman's Days at the Fryeburg Fair, the Windsor Fair, or the Oxford Fair... as well as many others. It's sad... but we also appreciate why so many fairs and festivals made the hard decision to cancel, postpone or try a virtual fair. They made the call to keep everyone safe so that we can all get back to competing, having fun, and eating fair food by next summer!
I've personally enjoyed seeing the events that are attempting to go virtual! Great job of making the best of a tough situation!!
Written by
Alissa
World Champion LumberJill
Founder & Owner of the Axe Women Loggers of Maine
In this blog post I want to tell you a little history behind the events of log rolling and speed climbing! Definitely two super exciting logging sports competitions!
We don't actually do speed climbing in our AxeWomen shows... but a few of the ladies on our team compete in it across North America and absolutely love it!
We do, however, have log rolling in our shows... always a crowd favorite!
Log rolling has changed so much in just the 20 years that I've been competing!
But log rolling actually became a sport way back in the 1800's! And just like most logging sports events it's a sport that grew from an actual technique or job from the timber and logging industries over the years…
We don't actually do speed climbing in our AxeWomen shows... but a few of the ladies on our team compete in it across North America and absolutely love it!
We do, however, have log rolling in our shows... always a crowd favorite!
Log rolling has changed so much in just the 20 years that I've been competing!
But log rolling actually became a sport way back in the 1800's! And just like most logging sports events it's a sport that grew from an actual technique or job from the timber and logging industries over the years…
Written by
Alissa
World Champion LumberJill
Founder & Owner of the Axe Women Loggers of Maine
Throughout all my years of competing, training, teaching, and performing in the world of logging sports.... 21 years so far... I always find that our audiences and fans tend to be just as interested in hearing a little about the history of each event (and why we do them) as they are in watching us compete in each event.
During each of our AxeWomen shows Mike always gives a little history about axes, saws, and lumberjacks. And we always hear back from at least a few audience members about how interesting they found it!
Over a few upcoming blog posts I want to share with you the history of each event we compete in.
Today I want to start with axe throwing and underhand chopping...
During each of our AxeWomen shows Mike always gives a little history about axes, saws, and lumberjacks. And we always hear back from at least a few audience members about how interesting they found it!
Over a few upcoming blog posts I want to share with you the history of each event we compete in.
Today I want to start with axe throwing and underhand chopping...
Written by
Alissa
World Champion LumberJill
Founder & Owner of the Axe Women Loggers of Maine
Our 2020 season had started in March... and ended in March…or so we had thought. Nearly all our scheduled shows, events and competitions had all been postponed and rescheduled for 2021. Nearly all....
We had a show that had originally been scheduled for July in Iowa. We always try to work closely with all our event organizers at each venue we go to. As was the case here.
We all realized that July was not possible (with closures, quarantines and spikes in COVID 19 cases) ... so we discussed rescheduling this show until later in the summer and, of course, it would all depend on the ability to keep our team and fans safe during these crazy times…
We had a show that had originally been scheduled for July in Iowa. We always try to work closely with all our event organizers at each venue we go to. As was the case here.
We all realized that July was not possible (with closures, quarantines and spikes in COVID 19 cases) ... so we discussed rescheduling this show until later in the summer and, of course, it would all depend on the ability to keep our team and fans safe during these crazy times…
Written by
Alissa
World Champion LumberJill
Founder & Owner of the Axe Women Loggers of Maine
Apparently, we are growing a "Victory Garden" this summer...
What is a Victory Garden??
According to Wikipedia: "Victory gardens, also called war gardens or food gardens for defense, were vegetable, fruit, and herb gardens planted at private residences and public parks in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia…during World War I and World War II. "
Back during WWI and WWII the "Victory Garden Movement" urged people to start growing their own food wherever and however they could... backyards, side yards, fire escapes, empty lots, balconies and even on roof tops to help promote self-sufficiency!
According to a story published by the New York Times in March of this year, written by Tejal Rao, "...at one point (During WWII) it's estimated that home, school and community gardens produced close to 40 percent of the country's fresh vegetables, from about 20 million gardens." Southern Living also published a helpful story by Steve Bender in March, titled "Plant a Victory Garden". It states, "Now we're engaged in a very different war. We can't see the enemy, but it's affecting us all." This story gives some useful tips and ideas about what, when and where to plant!
Countries around the world seem to be seeing somewhat of a return of these gardens this year with the outbreak of COVID 19. That is definitely the case in our yard as well...
What is a Victory Garden??
According to Wikipedia: "Victory gardens, also called war gardens or food gardens for defense, were vegetable, fruit, and herb gardens planted at private residences and public parks in the United States, United Kingdom, Canada, Australia…during World War I and World War II. "
Back during WWI and WWII the "Victory Garden Movement" urged people to start growing their own food wherever and however they could... backyards, side yards, fire escapes, empty lots, balconies and even on roof tops to help promote self-sufficiency!
According to a story published by the New York Times in March of this year, written by Tejal Rao, "...at one point (During WWII) it's estimated that home, school and community gardens produced close to 40 percent of the country's fresh vegetables, from about 20 million gardens." Southern Living also published a helpful story by Steve Bender in March, titled "Plant a Victory Garden". It states, "Now we're engaged in a very different war. We can't see the enemy, but it's affecting us all." This story gives some useful tips and ideas about what, when and where to plant!
Countries around the world seem to be seeing somewhat of a return of these gardens this year with the outbreak of COVID 19. That is definitely the case in our yard as well...
Written by
Alissa
World Champion LumberJill
Founder & Owner of the Axe Women Loggers of Maine
What is a Lumberjill??
Where did this name originate?
Common definitions of a lumberjill are a female lumberjack or a woman who works in the logging industry... felling trees, cutting timber, hauling logs, manufacturing firewood...
There is actually a super cool history behind the term "Lumberjill"... A really amazing history that, unfortunately, not nearly enough people know about. Let's change that!
Lumberjill was the name used during World War II for members of the Women's Timber Corps. While we had Rosie the Riveter here in America, the British Army had these wartime icons keeping them supplied with lumber...
Where did this name originate?
Common definitions of a lumberjill are a female lumberjack or a woman who works in the logging industry... felling trees, cutting timber, hauling logs, manufacturing firewood...
There is actually a super cool history behind the term "Lumberjill"... A really amazing history that, unfortunately, not nearly enough people know about. Let's change that!
Lumberjill was the name used during World War II for members of the Women's Timber Corps. While we had Rosie the Riveter here in America, the British Army had these wartime icons keeping them supplied with lumber...
Written by
Alissa
World Champion LumberJill
Founder & Owner of the Axe Women Loggers of Maine
Over the years tons of people have asked me how we go about booking our shows throughout the year and filling up the AxeWomen show schedule... "Do people just call out of the blue and hire you?" ... "Do festivals email you and ask you to come?" ... "How do people find you? Do they Google you?"
The answer to all these questions is... yes! We get phone calls, emails and "contact-us" submissions through our website.
But we also get to travel to super fun trade shows throughout the year where we book a lot of shows. If you are not too familiar with our type of industry... the best way to describe these trade shows is…
The answer to all these questions is... yes! We get phone calls, emails and "contact-us" submissions through our website.
But we also get to travel to super fun trade shows throughout the year where we book a lot of shows. If you are not too familiar with our type of industry... the best way to describe these trade shows is…
Written by
Alissa
World Champion LumberJill
Founder & Owner of the Axe Women Loggers of Maine
Being a logging sports competitor has given me so many exciting opportunities over the years! I get to travel, have amazing adventures, make new friends, try new things... all while earning a living doing something I love!
Once in a while things pop up that you'd really never expect... Like the chance to go to New York City to chop logs with Harry Connick Jr, or fly to Los Angeles to throw axes with Queen Latifah... or... film a Carhartt commercial in Detroit!!
Once in a while things pop up that you'd really never expect... Like the chance to go to New York City to chop logs with Harry Connick Jr, or fly to Los Angeles to throw axes with Queen Latifah... or... film a Carhartt commercial in Detroit!!
Written by
Alissa
World Champion LumberJill
Founder & Owner of the Axe Women Loggers of Maine
A few years back I received an email from a producer working on the Queen Latifah Show! She had come across our website and wanted to invite us out to Los Angeles, California to be on the show!! Of course, I called the producer right up and said, "Yes!!"
We went back and forth throughout the following days with emails and phone calls trying to plan everything out and figure out all the logistics. They didn't want to wait for me to pack the truck up and drive out... they wanted to film this the following week! And they wanted us to demonstrate several logging sports events... which meant lots of equipment! They wanted chopping, crosscut sawing and axe throwing...
We went back and forth throughout the following days with emails and phone calls trying to plan everything out and figure out all the logistics. They didn't want to wait for me to pack the truck up and drive out... they wanted to film this the following week! And they wanted us to demonstrate several logging sports events... which meant lots of equipment! They wanted chopping, crosscut sawing and axe throwing...
Written by
Alissa
World Champion LumberJill
Founder & Owner of the Axe Women Loggers of Maine
Friday is "Take Your Dog to Work Day."
We are lucky enough that our best friend gets to work with us every day! That's right... Peter PlottHound hops in the AxeWomen truck every morning and does everything with us... whether it's going to the log yard or the woods to cut trees for the next show, heading out to practice logrolling on the lake or ocean, or driving across the country to perform or compete! He's with us every step of the way...
We are lucky enough that our best friend gets to work with us every day! That's right... Peter PlottHound hops in the AxeWomen truck every morning and does everything with us... whether it's going to the log yard or the woods to cut trees for the next show, heading out to practice logrolling on the lake or ocean, or driving across the country to perform or compete! He's with us every step of the way...
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