- There is a long walk going up the hill in Burlington. It faces the lake for some incredible views, and scattered along the retaining wall are small marble carvings like this.
- A practice piece I made for students to refer to. The order of the cuts and their angle are essential to the leaves looking right when carved.
- Stardust was a large sign I carved for the home of a musical family.
- This piece is tiny. It was carved in Occupied Japan by a skilled carver.
- One year I did these frig magnets for presents.
- Sabrina, my female cat, meets Arthur, my grandchild, for the first time.
- One of my earliest maritime jobs was this transom banner for my friend’s boat, Quaak. Quaak is the sound made by a night heron.
- The sign says it all!
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Arthur seemed more interested in getting acquainted than Sabrina did! Great shot. I never took videos before I got my cellphone, but have thousands of slides..some of which I’ve digitized. I even bough a little apparatus to do so but never found the time. Where is Quaak?
She had never seen a baby before.
i would love to know what animals think…Without language, what do their thoughts consist of?
Me too, but the cats chatter away at me all the time…sometimes I think it’s much more like: “let’s get the idiot to fill the food bowls! We are so sick of his idiocy!”
I love the practice piece. It does not look easy to do!
It’s a style of carving where precision is needed.
I like it too! And the little stars, and the amazing photo of the what — Sabot? — at Quaak.
The locale is just behind where the USS Constitution berths.
It made me want to go there.
It’s worth a visit. I have to resist saluting the flag, and OOD as I go up the gangway. I feel around, but my gob hat and Peacoat are gone…And I didn’t even like being in the Navy. The Constitution just has that effect on you.
The light in your photo makes the scene even more magical.
Actually bad film photography, but thanks anyway!
It’s like a painting.