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The Number Game – 234

And Judy’s number is: 234

Four wooden utensils displayed on a white paper towel atop a circular wooden surface, showcasing different shapes and sizes: a large spoon, a medium spoon, a small spoon, and a thin spatula.
A selection of Treen
copyright L N Carreras 2025
siblings fighting
A side profile clay carving of a Native American figure with long hair and a feather, placed on a light gray crocheted background.
Carved Iron ore
An interior view of a vintage store filled with various antiques, featuring a large suspended fish and whale, an eagle sculpture, and an American flag in the background.
Oldies Marketplace
A framed artwork depicting a three-masted ship sailing on waves, with a textured blue and purple background.
Reefing Sail Before the Blow
A woodworking workspace featuring a round wooden bowl with shavings scattered on a work surface. Various woodworking tools and materials are organized around the bowl.
A domestic cat sitting on a wooden desk, next to a computer mouse and keyboard, with a colorful background featuring office supplies and a monitor.
Marcus captures a mouse
A collection of woodworking tools, including various chisels and carving knives, laid out on a workbench with wood shavings and scraps.
a selection of specialty carving tools
  • A selection of woodenware just after it’s received its first coat of mineral oil and beeswax to seal the wood. If you own woodenware, you should periodically recoat it with a food-safe coating.
  • Sabrina and Marcus mix it up.
  • One of my wife’s Grandmothers acquired this in the 1940’s it’s evidently a carved iron ore.
  • Oldies Marketplace, in Newburyport, MA. A phenomenally fantastic place to browse for hours!
  • One of my recent series of schooner carvings. In this one, she’s just before the gale, reefing topsails and preparing for a blow. It’s a shadowbox-style carving, but from a distance, people have assumed it’s an oil painting. I’m extremely pleased with it, but not too sure of my carving of the reefed topsails…always room for improvement.
  • A large cherry bowl is in the process of being carved here. Last year, I found a supplier for wide, thick cherry planks, and it stimulated a flurry of bowl-making. Hand carving a bowl is kind of a sensuous process, as the wood is removed, it reveals patterns in the grain that you enhance as you finish with a hand rubbed finish.
  • “Dad! This looks nothing like a mouse!”
  • Most of these tools are over a hundred years old, and I am merely their current custodian. They are specialty veiner tools that I needed for doing detail work on my recent ship portraits.
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The Numbers Game – #111

And Judy’s number today is : 233

little frogs all in line
make a wish
Baggy Wrinkle
carved sloop on top of small box
  • One day at the pond all these little frogs were all in a line
  • Make a wish
  • Baggy wrinkle- found on sailing ships as an antichafing device. Made from strands of unlaid rope.
  • One of my earliest carved boat boxes- just simple carved sloop on the wind
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The Numbers Game: #110

And Judy’s number today is- 232

A collection of potted plants, including carnivorous species, arranged on a windowsill under artificial lighting. The scene shows various plant sizes and shapes, with some pots displaying roots and soil.
Carniviverous plants
A close-up view of various orchid plants, featuring purple and orange flowers, alongside green foliage, set against a window with natural light filtering through.
Orchid
A tabby cat sitting on a perch, partially wrapped in colorful Christmas lights, with a visible battery pack beside it.
Marcus ligtens up
Carved wooden wall art depicting a sailboat with two large sails and a small flag, set against a textured wood background.
Steam Yacht Zaida
A black eight ball with a white circle displaying the number 8, sitting on a wooden surface amidst tangled wires and electronic devices.
thetrustworthy Magis Eightball
A decorative wooden fan with intricate cutouts, placed on a multicolored woven mat.
An Ed Menard cedar bird
Close-up of a katana handle featuring ornate gold and black detailing, with a sharp blade partially visible.
hilt decoration on a Japanese sword
A detailed bust sculpture of a historical figure with a prominent mustache and elaborate collar, displayed against a dark background.
Sir Walter Raleigh figurehead
  • Last winter’s dispay of carnivvierous plants
  • orchids
  • Marcus in a celebratory Christmas mood
  • A carved portrait I did of the steam yacht Zaida
  • The trustworty Magic Eightball
  • Ed Menard is a skilled Vermont woodcarver. This miniature cedar fan is one of his works. What Talent!
  • The decoration on the hilt of a Japanese sword
  • A Sir Walter Raleigh figurehead in the collection of the Peabody Essex Museum, in Salem, Massachusetts
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The Numbers Game #109

Judy’s Number Game is fun to play! and the number today is: 231.

A hand-carved Celtic Knot design as a tray or trivet design
A Compass Rose design inset into a chest top
Carving on wall Sherborne, MA
The old place in Maine
A wooden wall art piece depicting a sailboat with three sails and a red hull, mounted on a natural wood background.
Found at Charlie’s Place in Gloucester, MA
  • I’ve carved these designs as trays and trivets. Carved in cherry wood.
  • A small chest with an inset of a compass rose carved in cherry.
  • This is not my work, but it is an excellent bit of public art in Sherborne, MA – the artist is unfortunately unknown.
  • The old place in Coastal Maine. They tore it down a few years ago to put up a ritzy “private community” – Progress?
  • This bit of clever artwork was on the wall in one of my favorite restaurants in Gloucester, Massachusetts- Charlie’s Place.
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The Numbers Game #108

and the number is 230:

A sign for 'Husband Daycare Center' with a decorative design, indicating drop-offs are welcome, located near a restaurant or bar.
Many wives only wish…
Graffiti on a wall reading 'SILENCE BRUTALITY MUST GO' with various stickers and peeling paint.
Absolutely!!
from the internet a pictureo f a can of tobacco
Xenia enjoys Cat TV
A playful cat standing on its hind legs, reaching for toy airplanes above a miniature train set with buildings in a colorful layout.
Katizilla as a kitten
  • The sign was found at the Festival of Fools in Burlington, Vermont deveral years ago…It’s the dream of many wives…
  • Whatever Slice Brutality was someone disagreed and took a slice out of the poster.
  • Ahh…Holiday Tobacco. The favorite of my first father-in-law, The Cap’n. He made my life miserable, and I made him the fall guy, fool and butt of a collection of stories. Never make an enemy of an author. You’ll be satirized, pilloried, and roasted.
  • Xenia enjoyed watching Cat Flix or Cat TV for hours…but she just didn’t get into Netflix.
  • Sabrina showed early promise as Catzilla.
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Judy’s Number Game – #107

And the number is 229:

A collection of ten metallic ship models arranged on a wooden surface.
Monopoly battleships
carved gable end, Bearskin Neck, Rockport, MA
whimsical marine theme. Rocky Neck, Gloucester, MA
A clipper in a 27 inch hoop
  • Way back when I was working as an anthropologist, I was sent to visit a children’s museum. At the gift shop, they had massive amounts of Monopoly tokens for sale. The battleship had always been my favorite. So I bought a small fleet.
  • This small head is barely visible, and you really have to look for it.
  • Once again this whimsy is not too obvious.
  • This was a large carving I did of a clippership in a genuine mast hoop.

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Judy’s Number Game – #106

And the number is: 228

A large sailing ship with multiple white sails, navigating through turbulent ocean waters. The ship has an American flag flying and is depicted with a dramatic sky in the background.
Clippership Dreadnaught
A collection of intricately carved wooden animal figures placed on a woven textile background.
practice peices for walking staff heads
A close-up of a decorative skull, displaying its hollow eyes and a slightly open mouth, with dust and spider webs visible on its surface.
Say AHHHHHHH…
A man with gray hair is brushing his teeth while a cat sits on his shoulder, looking upwards.
Can’t do anything without the cats!
A top view of a small wooden planter filled with various green plants and moss, set on a bamboo surface.
small marsh terrarium with carniverous plant.
A close-up of a window displaying a sign that reads 'OUR HARBOR OUR RULES.'
the local rules…I like it!
A cluttered server room with two equipment racks filled with networking gear, a computer monitor displaying a meeting, and a laptop on a desk surrounded by various cables and tools.
small tv station
An old, weathered boat resting on a gravel path with a calm waterfront view in the background.
Available to a motivated buyer for a good price!
A curious cat peering through a screen door.
If I push a bit harder…
A flat, dark rock specimen with visible textures and a shiny surface, placed on a wooden table.
“Sea coal” found on the coast with barnacles/
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THE NUMBERS GAME #105

And the number is:227

A detailed scale model of a historic wharf with various buildings and boats displayed under glass in a museum.
A diorama of Newburyport’s harbor
A playful dog and a cat interact in a cozy indoor setting, with wooden floors and various furnishings in the background.
Max and Marcus at play
AI generated art for a post
A tabby cat sitting on a black chair with a colorful storage unit in the background.
Sabrina posing on her chair
An assortment of sketches and paint supplies on a workbench, featuring images of a tall ship under construction.
study materials
Four bags of dried herbs labeled 'Cali Clancy', 'Hot C Cat', 'Cali Blend', and 'Catnip' placed on a festive tablecloth with a floral pattern.
Catnip…honest!
  • The Newburyport Custom House Museum is a great, smaller museum. This year, they added this diorama to the exhibit space.
  • Marcus and Max play rough.
  • The WP AI designed this illustration for one of my posts. I guess I was in a louche mood.
  • Sabrina in a more pensive moment.
  • Study materials for the Clippership Dreadnaught. I’ve just done the establishing groundwork for the portrait at this point…there is a long way to go.
  • OK, we grow our own catnip for our cats, and it’s much more powerful than the commercial stuff – think Maui Wowie, or tyhe equivalent. This year our label )Col. Clancy’s Finest Kind) put out a blend – The Hotel California Blend. Only for discerning cats – five star!
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Judy’s Number Game#104

and the number is 226:

Boarding plank carving on the USS Constitution.
A close-up of a carnivorous plant, possibly a pitcher plant, surrounded by various pots of greenery in a garden setting.
Some of my carniverous plants
A close-up view of a vintage book titled 'The Seaman's Friend' with a gold embossed illustration of a ship on the cover, placed on a wooden surface next to a keyboard.
Dana’s Seaman’s Friend
A wooden box with a compass design carved on the lid, displaying the directions N, E, S, and W.
compas rose box
A cat peeking out of a black and white patterned bag, sitting on a tiled floor.
Sabrina- the search for sleepy places
  • The Boarding plank on the USS Constitution. I’ve carved the design several times for customers and used the design of the eagle’s head for walking staffs.
  • Invading bugs Beware!
  • Daana not only wrote great fiction. He wrote this seaman’s guide for new seamen.
  • One of my custom Compass boxes. Designed to house compasses on boats, most would be used for gentlemen’s jewelry.
  • Sabrina, no bag of potential sleeping place will remain uninvestigated!
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Judy’s Number Game – #102

And the number is -224

A festive table setting featuring a vintage Santa figurine, three wooden utensils with engravings, and a small ceramic house decoration on a red tablecloth.
  • Hand-made cherry spoons with engraved names as a Christmas present.
  • Max is not a lap dog, but he tries.
  • Cats just want to have fun…on my model railroad.
  • Amaryllis blossoms at Christmas time several years ago.
  • Handcarved rocking horse at an antiques store.