I’ve just added a new item to my store. Something Like That is my first completed sculpture. Let me know if you are interested in acquiring this piece, or any of my other w… more →
Flair Woodworkswrote 5 days ago: One more post about spring-like topic: flowers and trees. Now it’s in fact the last chance to … more →
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wrote 1 week ago: Often, using wild foods means a lot of time in the kitchen. Many ingredients need at least some pr … more →
wrote 3 months ago: Did you know that trees provide most of the surplus nectar and pollen for bees? Or that 5 or 6 trees … more →
wrote 3 months ago: From time to time, I buy a jar of Chinese honey. It makes sense. After all, I live in China. Why not … more →
wrote 4 months ago: The pods tell black vs. honey also. These shorter pods indicate black. 38.930503 -92.321457 … more →
wrote 4 months ago: Black Locust. Trunk: very straight, gray. Leaves: stay on in winter. Bud: has no scale, shaped like … more →
wrote 5 months ago: I’ve just added a new item to my store. Something Like That is my first comple … more →
wrote 5 months ago: Leaves aren’t the only things that have come down this fall. The surrounding forests lost a few tree … more →
wrote 5 months ago: Today Rich and I continued cutting and piling on the hilltop where we left off last time. During a … more →
wrote 5 months ago: … the Three BrushCuteers cried as they fired up their chainsaws. Rich, Lindsay and I took the … more →
wrote 6 months ago: The Fall sky is often astonishingly beautiful. I love to see the trees, branches now revealed, reach … more →
wrote 6 months ago: One of “the old boys” who used to manage the maintenance shop at the DNR headquarters in … more →
wrote 6 months ago: In Part I – Visualizing in Wood, I selected and prepared the table components. Part II … more →
wrote 6 months ago: This table was inspired by a coffee table design of Brian VanVreede with a daring cantilevered top. … more →
wrote 6 months ago: Don’t tell anyone, I still have my Cat Stevens records. The Springs were beautiful this mornin … more →
wrote 7 months ago: I planted a dozen or so Black Locust seedling trees around our property last year.. and the deer fou … more →
wrote 8 months ago: I have become a fruit tourist! Whenever I am travelling, I can’t help but seek out (fruit) trees and … more →
wrote 9 months ago: It happens every year at about this time. Every single black locust tree on our road turns brown. Th … more →