Well... Here is  a photo of a mini Loon that I just finished... put this bird on a cherry base with waves carved in...
it is about 6" long and a fun project...

Well... here it is the day before Christmas... been making a few items for the big day...
here is a photo of the news guys at shop doing a little carving...
Also a photo of a Red-Headed woodpecker that I did... this one is carved coming down the tree...
Next week will be time to tie up loose ends and then get carving for the upcoming competition season... have several ideas for our local DU and for Worlds...
Want to wish everyone a great hoilday... enjoy the time with family and friends...

Well.. I guess you all been woundering what I have been up too... here are some shots of  us finishing the 1st Hometown Marathon... Mark Sullivan, Robin Sullivan and I were the only competitors on this run... we had help along the way from our pit crew of Sue Smoker, Jeri Smoker and
 Ben Drumheller...   we trained with several long run and when the day came the weather was good and we ran 26.2 mile around the local area...
Also had several folks from the local running club tag along in sections... want to thank Rose, Dan,
Mark and Doug for giving up part of their Sunday to run along and all the encouragement...

Now back to carving and running shorter distances...

Well... here is a mini Can that I carved awhile ago... been hunting ducks and carving alittle... doing the basement over...working on some mini for Pepper's Art Store... and helping others with their projects....
Will post pictures of the stuff I'm working on now...

Well.. here is what it looked like out our window the other day... the big storm has not been fun...
some damage here.. but are problems are minor compared to alot of folks that we know...
Duck season is just around the corner... getting the decoys together, the boat, and looking foreward...
Carving a bunch of little items... going to start my contest stuff shortly...

Well.. here are some shots from the weekend at the Chesapeke Challenge...

first photo is all the NEA class birds that I was prelidged to take to the Ward Museum of Wildfowl Art... you can see my student were all over the place.. but shorebirds were the theme this year...

 

The next photo is Yellow-Fronted Woodpecker that I finished and entered into the contest... I was lucky enough to finish first and this bird will be in the museum for six months...

so now that we are home.. it is back to work..

Well... Thanks for the long weekend... got a few projects done....just kept painting and throwing them on the pile...
now if you believe that....
This is part of our collection.. we are remolding our basement and we cleared the shelves....so the birds look alittle unorganized ....
now back to work....