<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><rss xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:content="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/content/" xmlns:atom="http://www.w3.org/2005/Atom" version="2.0"><channel><title><![CDATA[Lyle Estill]]></title><description><![CDATA[Lyle Estill]]></description><link>https://www.lyleestill.online/blog</link><generator>RSS for Node</generator><lastBuildDate>Mon, 18 May 2026 22:15:59 GMT</lastBuildDate><atom:link href="https://www.lyleestill.online/blog-feed.xml" rel="self" type="application/rss+xml"/><item><title><![CDATA[Making Toys (2)]]></title><description><![CDATA[My daughter Kaitlin has a narrative she likes to run through that suggests there were no toys to play with whenever she visited me as a...]]></description><link>https://www.lyleestill.online/post/making-toys-2</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6860651ca5354756409e5287</guid><category><![CDATA[Metal Work]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 28 Jun 2025 22:22:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a4490c_1797e862a77b43d3b1aefb5a3080941a~mv2.jpeg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lyleestill9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Time Machine]]></title><description><![CDATA[I made this time machine for my grand children.  It was filled with buttons and switches and valves and lights.  Mostly analog.  Things...]]></description><link>https://www.lyleestill.online/post/time-machine</link><guid isPermaLink="false">683650d38076a97f5e0e9848</guid><category><![CDATA[Metal Work]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 23:58:40 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a4490c_0a9a5bc21b9246179b9a36fe1b9943cc~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lyleestill9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Thirteen Moon Calendar]]></title><description><![CDATA[I found some ceramic disks when demolishing the electrical room.  Thirteen of them. I brought them home, cleaned them up, and covered...]]></description><link>https://www.lyleestill.online/post/thirteen-moon-calendar</link><guid isPermaLink="false">68363f928076a97f5e0e621b</guid><category><![CDATA[Metal Work]]></category><pubDate>Tue, 27 May 2025 22:53:47 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a4490c_5b9ba59fc377493b86b544a8f7a2b0b8~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lyleestill9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[This Week At Little Pond]]></title><description><![CDATA[Arlo has started sending out a group email to all who care about Little Pond Gardens.  It's a list of things that need to be done, and...]]></description><link>https://www.lyleestill.online/post/this-week-at-little-pond</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65f2ef47b98b33a97624bd76</guid><category><![CDATA[Local Economy]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 14 Mar 2024 12:57:27 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a4490c_682fb295537a49febd5460b81a280b68~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lyleestill9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Ginkgos From Seed]]></title><description><![CDATA[Years ago, when Arlo was living in Raleigh, attending NC State, I stopped by with a plastic bucket, and we harvested ginkgo seeds from a...]]></description><link>https://www.lyleestill.online/post/ginkgos-from-seed</link><guid isPermaLink="false">65e4eb7a6d0e26a7e4816729</guid><category><![CDATA[Local Economy]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 04 Mar 2024 02:30:13 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a4490c_bcd2c9f2ec4e410f88170f69e47a258b~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lyleestill9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Boomerang Mirror]]></title><description><![CDATA[The problem:  Mirror needed for bathroom.  I hate working with mirrors.  One wrong move and it is seven years of bad luck.  The solution:...]]></description><link>https://www.lyleestill.online/post/boomerang-mirror</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64dd3e97940b4ef0fe3cfd29</guid><category><![CDATA[Metal Work]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 16 Aug 2023 21:31:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a4490c_9b58ae63695a44c0b4d4739610d30946~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lyleestill9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[National Sea Serpent Day]]></title><description><![CDATA[When Tami alerted me that today is National Sea Serpent Day, it reminded me of the "Basic Yard Dragon" at the Plant . 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They are no...]]></description><link>https://www.lyleestill.online/post/hay-tines-on-the-wall</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64bdbea804f92e4a1168a0ce</guid><category><![CDATA[Metal Work]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 24 Jul 2023 00:01:19 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a4490c_f9ec7f5381284b6ea80e4f6fa09d3ebe~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lyleestill9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Grave Marker for Ed]]></title><description><![CDATA[My father-in-law, Ed Schwerin died a year ago today.  Ed was a driver of trucks, and buses, and RVs.  He was a sailor.  And a pilot. ...]]></description><link>https://www.lyleestill.online/post/grave-marker-for-ed</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64ab35482b29617393bd039e</guid><category><![CDATA[Metal Work]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 09 Jul 2023 22:36:39 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a4490c_f354422f62994ca89a6b3c5f00c7d4ac~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lyleestill9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Enjoy Your Time]]></title><description><![CDATA[I read a piece in the New York Times recently about a woman who got a call from a grumpy cobbler.  He left a message that ended with...]]></description><link>https://www.lyleestill.online/post/enjoy-your-time</link><guid isPermaLink="false">64a718de4ae94767dba6e4d6</guid><category><![CDATA[Metal Work]]></category><pubDate>Thu, 06 Jul 2023 19:53:55 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a4490c_1a3d2d132aa041fea1d75966bc0d05ad~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lyleestill9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Fabulation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Fabulation is a word.  It's about inventing fabulous tales.  I like to fabulate.  I misuse the term to describe household projects.  This...]]></description><link>https://www.lyleestill.online/post/fabulation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6382ec40347ac46f284e576e</guid><category><![CDATA[Metal Work]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 27 Nov 2022 05:06:22 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a4490c_7d384623124c47c693b409f2755a479a~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lyleestill9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Me and B]]></title><description><![CDATA[After a year of back-and-forth silly bureaucratic nonsense, I have re-certified the Fair Game Beverage Company as a B Corporation.  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At the time I...]]></description><link>https://www.lyleestill.online/post/steel-toes-to-stilettos</link><guid isPermaLink="false">62ae959ac819055bccb56006</guid><category><![CDATA[Poems]]></category><pubDate>Sun, 19 Jun 2022 03:34:10 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a4490c_6c606a9318014b23be1631691bc0f73c~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lyleestill9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Pelagic Birding]]></title><description><![CDATA[Ever since reading Mark Obmascik's The Big Year, I have wanted to "get my pelagic birds." That's a section of my Sibley's guide that I...]]></description><link>https://www.lyleestill.online/post/pelagic-birding</link><guid isPermaLink="false">628e2d6a39d387699735d4f3</guid><category><![CDATA[Travels]]></category><pubDate>Wed, 25 May 2022 14:33:04 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a4490c_2fd86511f5924f3ea0e46fc5bbbbe195~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_320,h_213,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lyleestill9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Making Toys]]></title><description><![CDATA[I make toys for my grand children.  Not all of them are big hits.  The first "Busy Board" that I took to Virginia, made from things lying...]]></description><link>https://www.lyleestill.online/post/making-toys</link><guid isPermaLink="false">626ce6310d05ab4f39ad25b5</guid><category><![CDATA[Metal Work]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 30 Apr 2022 07:53:28 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a4490c_acee3fece84b437abe3096247a1600c5~mv2.png/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lyleestill9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Rusty Pelican to Everglades]]></title><description><![CDATA[I've always been a sucker for cityscapes.  It's probably my upbringing in crummy little factory towns--where there was never a sky...]]></description><link>https://www.lyleestill.online/post/rusty-pelican-to-everglades</link><guid isPermaLink="false">621999ab7d4370c388d46f78</guid><category><![CDATA[Travels]]></category><pubDate>Sat, 26 Feb 2022 03:24:12 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a4490c_654f2f1232db40c5993a4eee1cab8bc1~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lyleestill9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Florida Vacation]]></title><description><![CDATA[Night one.  Savannah Georgia.  Grey and coolish--but the azaleas are in bloom.  Sunshine here we come. Carrie and I are embarking on...]]></description><link>https://www.lyleestill.online/post/florida-vacation</link><guid isPermaLink="false">6214108dfa882abba13feda8</guid><category><![CDATA[Travels]]></category><pubDate>Mon, 21 Feb 2022 22:35:01 GMT</pubDate><enclosure url="https://static.wixstatic.com/media/a4490c_31cc224772094dc78ba7c88edf3fc665~mv2.jpg/v1/fit/w_1000,h_1000,al_c,q_80/file.png" length="0" type="image/png"/><dc:creator>lyleestill9</dc:creator></item><item><title><![CDATA[Brunswick Stew]]></title><description><![CDATA[On a recent trip through Ohio I scored a squirrel that was cleaned and dressed and vacuumed sealed in a freezer by my friend Brandon. 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