The Sandhill Crane family still visit several times a day.
It is so nice to see their chick grown now to his parents' size and coloring.
He will be on his own come Spring but for now they are still a happy family.
I played at the lathe on a new Camphor bowl.
There sure was a lot of sawdust!
It smells so good, I think it would be good in little sachets to keep away moths, too!
The bowl is just roughed out; the end on the right is the bottom of the bowl
and is now turned around on the lathe so I will begin hollowing out the bowl portion.
I will then wait for the bowl to dry out a bit-it is full of water
and needs to dry out so the final bowl will not crack and warp.
It was so relaxing to sweep away the waste wood to get it rounded out,
that dinner was late!
I'm so happy to have the area and tools to work with wood!
INKTOBER DAY 20--CORAL
A fantasy coral reef--I think it would be pretty painted on the wall on our pool!
Your coral reef is so colourful - what a great hope that they will re-generate in real life too. Little cloth bags of moth-repellant camphor wood shavings sounds like a great sideline hustle :).
ReplyDeleteHow wonderful to see the cranes successfully raise a young one! It must be mesmerizing to watch the wood transform. The coral reef is lovely, although the peeking eel is creepy!
ReplyDeleteThose cranes are so stately! I love seeing them. I'm fascinated with your wood working and yes, sachets of camphor would be great for keeping moths at bay! A mural in your swimming pool is a very cool idea - do it!!
ReplyDeleteI love seeing your woodwork
ReplyDeleteA pool mural is a great idea!
I love the smell of camphor. The wood grain on the bowl is gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI was looking forward to your coral drawing. I knew it would be a good one!
ReplyDeleteYour new wood project is lovely. That color and that grain pattern WOW! It's amazing how much sawdust it makes. I bet it smells wonderful.
Beautiful cranes and beautiful coral drawing. You are amazing.
ReplyDeleteI had just thought, "I bet that smells wonderful" when I read "it smells so good!" That would be great for keeping moths away from wool wouldn't it? I really like the smell of camphor.
Blessings,
Betsy
Such a wonderful talent to have, turning wood!!
ReplyDeleteWhere did you learn to do woodworking?
ReplyDeleteThe bowl you are turning now has such a pretty grain.
You are soooo clever!!! My dad has a wood lathe and I would love to learn... xx
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