Well.. here are some photos of some crows that I have been working on.  .decided that maybe I would hunt crow this fall... the duck hunting in these parts has gone down, way down.. so hunting crows you use calls, a blind, and decoys... it is like waterfowl but your only hunting one species and on dry land...
These decoys were styled after some antique style that I have seen... also making one with a wing out and some uprights...
Now I'm off to teach a seminar on carving a Pintail... wish me luck...

Well ... here is a photo of Ben (my nephew) carving a shorebird.. see how excited he looks..  ... I got selected for the National Endowment for the Arts.. so he is one of six students that I'll be teaching carving to... the we will be taking these birds to Salisbury, MD in Oct...
Now... off to the basement to paint...

Well... here was my Saturday project... stacked and sorted over 2200 board feet of Eastern White Pine...
This is kiln dried.. and some of this wood is 5x10x 12' or 4x9x 12'... that is some heavy stuff...move some of this wood to the shop...
As I went thru this pile there are some really nice pieces of wood in there...
Now I'll need to do is come up with projects for all this... some of this will be my retirement wood...
Now going to take some pain releif and rest my weary bones...

Here is a photo of Chincoteague, VA.. looking out at the new bridge... I guess I havew to get back to taking carving photos...
It is summer and I still carve, but it is just hard to sit and paint when there is stuff to do outside...

Well... just got back from our trip... first photo is Sue and I on sky line drive in VA...the other photo is most of the gang on the chesapeke bay bridge tunnel...
1042 mile in five days .. in 95 -100 degree heat... have fun... saw alot of sights... got to see some friends and family along the way.. got to meet some new people...
Glad to be home safe... now back to carving...

Well... welcome to summer... not much going on in the carving world... been working on several project and making little progress...
leaving for a vacation / motorcycle trip on Sunday... we are gouing to circle the bay.. we also call it the "non-beach tour".. are plan is not to go to any beaches...
Here a Avocet that I did awhile ago..

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Well.. been working on some small project... also been hunting turkeys.. (with no luck)..
doing a woodpecker and a pair of Hooded Mergansers...
starting to draw out some crows.. going to make a rig of crow decoys.. nothing fancy... just fun...