Time to Remake Me

Sorry have been gone so long but have been busy working in the carving business, doing rehab and....thinking about how I am going to remake myself after retirement.  I started thinking about the "remaking" thing when I read that as the economy and business industry changes, people need to think about how they are going to remake themselves.  I have completed the first year of not being in schools since 1948-does that make one seem old or what-my dad always said that teachers never joined the real world because since we were 6 we had been doing the same thing every year...August school starts, Christmas vacation, then out of school in May!  So perhaps he was right because this has been a year of wandering around some times, glad that don't have to fight some battles but missing the contact with educators and discussing current issues in education.  So now I have to think about the remaking part.

The carving goes well, I think that I get better with each piece; I am learning that not all pieces can be done totally by hand as way too time consuming.  Having a hobby that needs to become more business like is also difficult especially when it comes to developing an inventory then trying to find a market or a venue from which my carvings can be sold.  Am going to try to put some of the carvings into a venue called "Etsy" and see how the general public feels about my work.  I have also posted some pictures of antique decoys that have become work a lot of money; you never know, if you have something of mine,  even if you are tired of it, put it in a box, might be worth something to the next generation!  Found a decoy "Yellowlegs Shorebird, carved by George Boyd, carved in the late 1800's to early 1900's in Seabrook, New Hampshire that just sold for $13,000!  Wouldn't it be nice to find one of these in an old barn!

This decoy went for over $8000!

Guess I will continue to look for how I am going to "remake me" and will try to keep you posted.  Check out Etsy for my new products and I promise that I will be more prompt in my thoughts-perhaps that is the "new" me.  Keep measuring twice but for all those fishermen out there, keep your lines tight too.  Much peace to all.

Nelson (pappa)