It was my wife’s birthday recently and as is often the case it was a challenge to think of a present for her. Not only does she not drop hints but she insisted that she did not want me to get her anything for her birthday. That of course would not do so I decided …
With the stretch of time that I have come to call “birthday season” having now kicked off with one of my niece’s birthdays I have to be careful what I post about and when. It is now safe to post about my latest efforts. I was somewhat stumped on what I could make for my …
A few weeks before Christmas I received a request to make a pair of wedding goblets. I was quite busy at the time but agreed to make them after Christmas when things slowed down. Since the wedding is not until the spring sometime there was time to work with. I have now made four goblets, …
I have been working on some Christmas tree ornaments in the last week or so. Thanks to the generosity of a fellow in Lynn Valley I recently acquired a stash of holly which is proving to be a very good material to make the ornaments from. These ones are globe ornaments in which the ball …
Well October has come and gone in the blink of an eye so it is time for an update. I really have not had much shop time in the past month. Between working too much and being sick with a cold for couple of weeks my opportunities to get into the shop have been limited. …
