After two weeks of things out of my hands, the logs got stood and the big bear is getting carved .

Here are a few pictures .

Bear with me . We will be done tomorrow . I think it is going to be ok .

Let me know if it is up to the mark . It’s ten foot six over all height .

I have to go . More big bear coming soon !

I did a couple of carvings to bring to ( The National Road Chainsaw Carving Festival ).

Bam Bam and I are leaving in the late morning to start are first big road trip of the year.

Addison , Ohio , Caro MI. and back home or maybe strait to Mifflin county youth fair.

Her are some pictures of carvings for Addison.

This stack thing is a lot of work !

It takes a lot of time to make sawdust out of that much wood.

I will finish this when the rain stops.

Soon I hope.

That’s it for today ! Let it rain. Book work tomorrow .

Finish the second stack on Friday.

Well we had a lot of lookers. And many good comments by the passers by.

I hope the lingerers stop by tomorrow and do some shopping.

The boxer dog is and order and I will finish it in the morning.

The stack of heads totem is on display  and the little owl is going

to it’s new home in the morning.

It was a rework of one of my practice speed cuts for samurai speed

carving competition in Japan that I did two Octobers ago after

after Aya and I got married. I did some more carving ,a little burning,

and a bit of paint. Everybody loves it.

Here are the pictures.

Tomorrow could be the big day this week!

I hope it doesn't rain but the rain coat is in the truck.

We have had to many rainy days lately .

Yes this week Is race week in the Poconos.

My new carving spot is just three miles from the track.

Sunday it will be three lanes from I-80 to the track and

after the race it will be three lanes going back to I-80.

Wow it should be an interesting week.

Here are some pictures of some of the carvings that are

at the site on route 115 one mile south of I-80.

We will be putting in some long hours from Friday to Sunday.

I have to keep a eye on the carvings to keep over zealous fans

from wondering off with carvings with out paying for them.

It could be a good week. We have to wait and see.

Little Fella got a hair cut ! Now he can see and he still likes the carvings.

I hope the race fans get out and about and come and look at these

and many more carvings. It’s going to be a big seine in the Poconos this

weekend.

Yes this guitar is my first. I hope the customer likes it.

Later this week I have to put finish on it.

I will have to post a finished picture then.

Well there it is my first guitar.

Here are some more cheery carvings.

The little bear is made of pine. The rest of them are cheery.

After carving I have been getting ready for next winter.

The wood pile is growing.

When I say that I have been practicing my swing I don’t mean my

golf swing. I mean my mall swing. It is getting better all the time.

We have a way to go on the wood pile but it is a good start.

The sooner it is done the dryer it will be for winter.

Well that’s all for now.  There will be more coming soon!

We have a good rain today. We need the rain.

It will make everything very green. And keep the pond running over.

The past few days I have made some tree sprits along with other things.

All this pieces are cheery wood.

There were some other cheery bears and a dolphin that I did not get

any pictures of. One was a five foot bear that came out very nice.

I will have to get a picture.

That’s all for now. Thanks for looking. Come and visit any time !

A lot has happened in the last week. Lots of black flies.

I also did a lot of carving and I went trout fishing for the first

time in two years. The last time I went fishing was with Aya when we

put fish in the pond.

Here are sum pictures of the goings on.

Some very nice trout and some very nice carving? I think so.

Here’s a fire for my Aya! And an order for some plant stands.

Look I am an eagle!

That’s all for now. I hope you all like it.

I have been making new things and broadening the scope of my carving.

I hope the people like the new carvings.

Little Fella is a wild horse. He is my critic.

He likes most of the carvings I do. And he is ok with the chain saw noise.

I still have to finish the eagle heads but I like it so far.

I hope you do to. I will put up finish pictures soon.

I have a customer that wants some cheery wood piece.

So I had to take a tree down at the house.

It is all move to my carving spot or on the truck ready to go.

I got the limb wood all picked up and the cord wood too.

Plus I have been carving away.

Here are some pictures of the seine,the wood and the carving.

We have a nice sunny start today. And we will be making more saw dust!

Here is some more spring carving from the new spot.

We are making a lot of sawdust and filling a few orders.

The inventory list is growing.

Here are some pictures of some of the carvings I have done.

Well that’s it for now. I should be going to Ohio soon to do some custom onsite carving.Yea!

We have been carving almost every day.

I wish there was more on sight carving.

But I have been making a pile of saw dust.

We also moved carvings this week to new homes.

I have some more moving carvings to do but I will

have to do that next week or some time.

Here are some pictures of some of the new carvings.

Here is the first wild flowers

that bloomed on the home property this spring. I also put in a couple

of pictures of my new friends. Happy Easter to every one.