HAPPY HALLOWEEN

 

 

 

 

 

 

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HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO ME whining

 

 

The flu came to visit, introduced its self to George, they chatted a bit and left him alone.

The next evening in the late hours of night it came back to have a word with me, I must have lipped it off cause the damn thing took hold of me and abused me in every way imaginable for the next 11 days, which brings us to today *MY BIRTHDAY*.

 My eyes are still weeping, I sound like a hyena, and Im regularly medicating myself just to

get to the next cat nap. I have not been able to work or blog, even sitting reading emails has

been difficult. Im afraid this was my bodies way of saying "you should have gone on vacation"

 

 

I do have another simple applique trick that I have been wanting to show you and the photos

have been sitting here waiting.

Think about all those decorative shower curtain hooks you see at thrift stores.

I twisted the metal hook out of the resin shape, some broke in half so I glued them back together.

Once glued onto your furniture project and painted they dont resemble shower hooks at all.

 

 

I do not recall ever being this sick.

Projects will slowly get back on track soon and so will the blogging

George has done a fine job of taking care of me

and I cant wait to see what brings home for my birthday gift!

Yes honey ... thats pressure!!!!

 

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Yellow Poplar Happy Labor Day

Hi Everyone,
Happy Labor Day! I hope youre all having a quiet and easy day today. And Im grateful for spending this Labor Day as an employed person. Many thanks to Jennifer, Elaine, Stacy, Emily and Dr. B.
I went to Woodcraft over in Bloomington this past weekend and bought some sanding stars, which are strips of sandpaper that are stacked together in the shape of a star and used to sand irregular shapes, and something that Ive needed for a while now. And while I was there I wandered into a big basket of small turning blocks of red maple and yellow poplar. Ive used a lot of red maple and its cuts beautifully and is one of my favorite woods. Ive never used yellow poplar and didnt really know much about it so I took a chance and bought one block and took it home.
I am really glad that I did. It turned beautifully. It looks a lot like rock maple--same ivory color, same smooth, closed grain, but just not as hard. And sometimes thats a nice thing : ). Even on a lathe with high speed steel tools, hard woods can be tough to work and hard on the hands. A lovely piece of softer wood is always welcome.
The piece that I got has a small amount of wild grain but most of it was straight and very even and a pleasure to turn. Here are the pictures:

This particular bowl is about 5 inches in diameter and approximately 4.5 inches high with a small foot on the bottom. Im finishing it with a special food safe finish and it will be done in a couple of days. All in all a lovely way to spend a day off.
Ill send more photos when Im done.
VW

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