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Goose-Inspired Sugar Maple Bowl
What a dull world if we knew all about geese! Aldo Leopold, A Sand County Almanac (1949) Geese still hold plenty of mystery for me. In this part of the world, they are Canada geese. Their abundance makes them easy … Continue reading
Posted in bird bowls, figure, finding wood, nature, quotes and excerpts, tools, Uncategorized
Tagged carved goose, goose bowl, maple bowl, maple goose, saw blade scraper
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Explorations in the Deep Snow
A lot of snow has fallen around here over the past couple weeks, and, after doing the necessary digging out, we’ve been enjoying it. Noah and Chip made a dog igloo in the back yard. Chip loves the snow, but … Continue reading
Posted in nature, quotes and excerpts, Uncategorized
Tagged Shrub oak, Thoreau Journals, Thoreau oak
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Winter Whittled Bird
On a “cold, cold, wet day” this past weekend, I sat warm and dry in the shop by the window and whittled a little bird from a pine branch. Winter birds bring a special joy. It’s magical to be in … Continue reading
Posted in bird bowls, carving, finding wood, nature, patterns, sketch, Uncategorized
Tagged bird carving pattern, carved bird, pine bird, whittled bird
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Into the Woods Exhibition
The lag since my last post along with the reports of Ida rains drenching Pennsylvania led some folks to kindly email me to see if all was well. The upper edge of Ida’s swath fell short of us here in … Continue reading
Posted in bird bowls, bowls, events, finding wood, Lettering, nature, trees, Uncategorized
Tagged Into the Woods, Two Villages Art Society
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Odd Birds (and Other Winged Things)
At first glance, this rhododendron bird bowl seems typical of other bird bowls I’ve carved, but this one was an experiment in working with crotch wood. As usual, I learned from it. There’s the huge rhododendron Y above. The area … Continue reading
Posted in bird bowls, finding wood, nature, trees, Uncategorized
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Carving Book for Kids of All Ages
There’s a great kid in my neighborhood, Conner, who pops over to play with Chip, help stack wood, or look for fishing worms under logs. He’s also taken an interest in carving and was excited when I showed him Frank … Continue reading
Posted in books, carving, nature, Uncategorized
Tagged Easyt Wood Carving for Children, Frank Egholm, whittling
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Spring Birds
Suddenly the sun is there on the horizon and the wait is over. Every bird in every tree begins to sing. The earlier chorus was only a preliminary. This is the main event. The birds sing as though it were … Continue reading
Posted in bird bowls, finding wood, nature, publications, quotes and excerpts, trees, Uncategorized
Tagged bird banding, bird bowl, carved bird bowl, staghorn sumac, turkey vulture
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Winter Branches
On overcast winter days, I appreciate the quiet simplicity of the landscape. Soon enough, vibrant color will return and leaves will burst forth from every twig. For now, the underlying structure is revealed, with a beauty of its own. When … Continue reading
Autumn Evening
As I walked old trails with a young dog last evening, our world was lovely and quiet. Especially so after the previous day’s windstorm, the one that pushed over the screen at the drive-in theater. I sauntered, scanning for spoons … Continue reading
Posted in nature, quotes and excerpts, Uncategorized
Tagged Emily Dickinson, Hal Borland
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Late June
“If man is ever going to admit that he belongs to the earth, not the other way round, it probably will be in late June. Then it is that life surpasses man’s affairs with incredible urgency and outreaches him in … Continue reading
Posted in nature, quotes and excerpts, trees, Uncategorized
Tagged Hal Borland, robin fledgling
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