Split Rock is having there annual beer fest this weekend.

So I finally carved my first drinking bear.

That is a bear with a beer !

Aya has been carving this week and we have been taking turns

playing with Freddy. Freddy loves to ride on the dolly.

We went for a dolly ride up the ski slope to the Split Rock.

And we ran into a porky pine.

Here are some pictures of are adventure.

That’s all for now. We will have more after the festival.

Me and my family are back from are Ohio trip.

The weather was not so good and we had a lot of mud.

We made a lot of sawdust to stay on top of it.

We also made some very nice carvings.

The few people that came to wade in the mud loved them.

Here are some pictures of the work.

Now we have many great carvings at Figaro Farm on Rt. 619 in

Green Ohio and in Pa. on Rt. 115 south of Blakeslee.

I hope it dries out and people get out to look at are work.

Remember custom orders are what we love to do.

If you want it we can carve it for you!!!

It’s fall festival time at Figaro Farm in Green Ohio.

It is the place to be! lots of fun for all and carving.

Aya and myself are making lots of sawdust.

And we have many nice carvings here. Plus we are filling custom orders.

We still have thing going on at the farm in Pa.

Freddy is on the go!                Aya is getting leaves to cover the compost.

Here we are at Figaro Farm swinging with Freddy!

Freddy swinging by himself! WOW!! Zack, Freddy, and Aya .

A custom order and A very tiered Freddy !!  The end.

Visit Figaro farm !!

Michael and I are carving, Freddy is play around.

Thanks, Aya

The seed have been planted . Split Rock Resort has entered the carving world.

Talk and planning for future events has already started.

I have a meeting today to talk about setting up a carving class package.

That is a week long class with accommodations , meals , classes and other activates to fill your week.

This could be starting soon. Interested parties can e-mail me .

Five carvers carved and Rick Mack got the peoples choice.

The weather was cold and rainy most of the day.

But the rain stopped in the afternoon and some people came out.

The pumpkin roll from the head wall of the ski slope was a gas.

Some pumpkins made it all the way to the bottom of the slope and more.

Some got blown apart way at the top. But it was fun for all.

Here are the pictures of the carvers and carving and the site .

The logs were nice and fresh and the same size . That was great for a first time event.

They were stopping in to road today to look at the big bear.

That’s good and bad. Good that they look. Bad that it is a 45 mile an hour zone.

And everyone goes 50 and faster. Everyone that pulled in had a lot of good things to say.

The biggest thing that was said was we have never seen that detail with a saw.

The people love it !!!! That’s a good thing.

That’s it for now.

There will be more coming soon. Rain is coming and I have some things to do that are not carving.

Maybe more come Sunday. Bye now.

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 have landed !

Three trips to New Hampshire and back to the to the house in PA.

All in three days. Plus loading and unloading.

Wow ! I am tiered !

Last Friday I drove to Hamlin Beach state park to do a show.

That’s west of Rochester , New York .

I carved at the beach. Here is what was done.

Bye now ! I have to go !

I am staying close to home but I still have a lot of running to do today !

The 3 rd 4 th and 5 th I was at the Mifflin County Youth Fair.

Show times were 5 , 7 , and 9 pm .

A lot of people came to the fair .

A lot of people watched the show.

A lot of people liked it.

Seven years running and they still love the show.

I just drove from Caro Mi. to Reedsville Pa. last night

and today. I got the laundry done and if all goes well I

will be fishing in the morning. There are some nice

rivers and streams here in Mifflin County Pa.

We will be on the hunt for trophy brown and rainbow trout!

Maybe tomorrow we will have a fish story!

Here is what was carved in Caro this pasted week.

The eagle was for a friend of mine in Ohio.

The wood in Mi. was a little tuff but I meet with a wood

guy who said we will have sweet wood next year.

Here are the works!

The rain held off until I was done.

Everybody I happy. The customer,the neighbors, the workers,

the mail man, the friends of the neighbors, and on and on.

Pictures please! Come on.

That’s it for now.

Until the next saw dusting! Take care.

The people are all very happy with there carvings.

I had to take a few days off because I hurt my shoulder.

But I have been busy this last week.

Here are some pictures of the carvings.

The big eagle piece could be the best on site carving of the year.

They are so happy and I still have to carve a deer in the bottom.

Aya and Freddy are coming home in August !

I miss them so much. What would I do with out the live messenger?

At least I get to see them everyday for a bit.

Freddy is growing so fast. Wow!

Come on Daddy is waiting for you!!

Here are some cool pictures of Aya and Freddy on the pond.

This is just before they went back to Japan, March 10th.

With the hot weather coming maybe a couple of cool pictures are good.

It was a black walnut day.

The stump was rotten in the center and the plan changed.

There was a lot of working around the wood that I had.

But the customer was very happy with the stump carving.

She is having two parties this week, one Fri. and one Sat.

So many people will see her new carving.

Maybe I will get another job from this one soon.

I am doing work in north east Ohio now.

And the first big on site carving was a bat hotel in a grand way.

Four plus meters tall and very well seasoned white oak.

talk about your hard wood ! This one was very hard.

Bats are on the decline but I hope this hotel gets many guest soon.

There was talk of moving some bats in from else where.

Here it is the bat hotel.

Open for bats now! First come first pick on rooms.

Bat rooms are in the top of the mouths, up around the tails and ears,

and in the bottom wing. Ten rooms in all.

The people that came to Addison cast there ballots for the carving they liked the most Saturday and the most votes were for my piece.

A bench that I called “Same Mind”. I also got the highest auction bid for a single piece.

I carved a chainsaw wheedling lion that will have all the carvers names put on the base. Think fifty or more carvers were there.

In spite of some big rains during the week a good time was had buy all and the sun came out some too.

Here are some pictures of my carvings and others.

Looking forward to next year!

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.