I have no pictures to go with this blog but hope that you will bear with me. July is hot, always has been and probably always will be but this year seems unbearable! I could go into my belief about climate change but don't want to get political here-I just hope that "we" don't wait too long to really start to try to understand this issue. Summer wood working is always hot and dusty, try to run a fan to blow the dust away but dust just seems to swirl around the room and come right back at me and since it is hot...the sweat runs off my nose and gets in the way too. There is a possibility that there may be a new shop space that I can share during the upcoming year, but still waiting for construction to begin-would be nice, just hope there is a view.
I miss those summer nights in the upstairs bedroom at the old farm house, with the south window open when you could smell the new mown hay but then I think about how I used to "stick to the sheets" and realize another example of the good old days .... Not!
But July will pass, weather will cool and snow can't be far behind, one of the advantages to living in the east is that August and September have the warm days but night temps that require a light jacket and an inviting fire pit. This all happens before the leaves start to turn. We have been very lucky that even the "heat" of the summer has not nearly compared to the "heat" of the midwest and I feel for the folks out there. I do have a couple of benches in progress, several leaves cut out but not worked, several Santa Christmas ornaments and a couple of Santa's in various stages. Still have an eagle that I need to start plus a couple of more loons and have to put legs on the huron! Perhaps I need to spend less time writing and more time getting busy. And try to post some pictures.
Thanks for visiting and remember to measure twice and cut once....
or
if you are waist deep in trout water some place-"keep a tight line".
Much peace in your world.
